michael: michael. pleasure to meet you. lemonis: michael, nice to meet you. there's an interesting scent in here. michael: yes, it is a pretty heavy aroma. i don't smell it at all. lemonis: it's strong. michael: we're cheese guys. we smell nothing. lemonis: how you doing? i'm marcus. josh: josh. nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. julius: hi, marcus. julius. lemonis: julius, nice to meet you. julius: this is angela. angela: hi, marcus. lemonis: really nice to meet you. how long has the business been here? julius: in april, it will be 20 years. lemonis: in this location? julius: in this location, yeah. lemonis: but the company has existed for how long? michael: 1954. lemonis: and when did you guys buy it? michael: 16 years ago. we do kind of three businesses in one, so we have the retail shop. second one is online, and then the third one is a wholesale business where we sell to restaurants and hotels. we have 5,000 restaurants in manhattan that we can sell to. lemonis: how many do you service? michael: probably, like, 65, so 0.1%. lemonis: oh. a littl

[applause and cheers] michael: hello. hello. [applause and cheers] michael: thank you. thank you. it is great to be back in utah. every time i come here, i look at the mountains and the valley and the salt lake and think, this is the place. [applause] michael: i have a question for all of you and i mean no offense, but let's say brigham young showed up today. the question is, will he settle in salt lake city, or given the construction on i 15, he calls sandy his home instead? thank you for that kind introduction. i would want to say peter gave a great introduction. he read it just the way i wrote it. it was perfect. we have a lot in common. he is a champion for the environment and protecting the places that make this state and country so special. peter, thanks for being a leader and an ally in the fight. we owe you a great round of applause. [applause] michael: i also want to thank lauren and the team for helping us to win on super tuesday. [applause] as war said, i was here in salt lake last month. we had a great event, but the energy is even greater today. and just like last nig

[applause and cheers] michael: hello. hello. [applause and cheers] michael: thank you. thank you. it is great to be back in utah. every time i come here, i look at the mountains and the valley and the salt lake and think, this is the place. [applause] michael: i have a question for all of you and i mean no offense, but let's say brigham young showed up today. the question is, will he settle in salt lake city, or given the construction on i 15, he calls cindy his home instead? thank you for that kind introduction. i would want to say peter gave a great introduction. he read it just the way i wrote it. it was perfect. we have a lot in common. he is a champion for the environment and protecting the places that make this state and country so special. peter, thanks for being a leader and an ally in the fight. we owe you a great round of applause. [applause] michael: i also want to thank lauren and the team for helping us to win on super tuesday. [applause] as war said, i was here in salt lake last month. we had a great event, but the energy is even greater today. and just like last nig

michael bloomberg is here. elizabeth understands a strong growing economy begins with a strong middle class. >> joe's candid honest counsel made me a better president in chief. and the best part, he's nowhere close to finished. >> in south carolina, a voter who switched frommed byton sanders, says, walla, barack obama, who is neutral. >> you really would not know. i have been talking to the other campaigns. this is a source of anxiety. voters are coming away from the television screens believing obama has weighed in on this race when he has not. there's nothing you can do about it. the ads are everywhere. the debate stage, i'm sure someone will bring this up tonight. that will not do the trick. especially for joe biden, a real problem for him. >> someone will criticize obama for endorsing them all. >> make a decision. >> just to show you how much his good will is within the democratic party but no way we can return to the obama way of doing this. >> i saw him at the all-star game in a panel discussion, i saw hi

michael bloomberg confessed. pa rt sure. michael bloomberg confessed. part of leadership is, when you mess up, you confess. you see that you made a mistake. michael bloomberg has said that and, further said, he has said that and, further said, he has learned from that. and learning from that, he has made so many great proposals on african—american empowerment. he has created 100,000 new business opportunities in the united states, and affordable housing programme for african today, he is announcing his total criminal justice reform package that hits on every point that african americans in this country have been talking about for decades. the thing about michael bloomberg is that, as a mayo, what you promise and when you make a policy proposal, you do it. michael bloomberg has a record of doing things that he has committed to do. on capitol hill, he will perform them. when he was back or do you make mistakes and he apologised and learned from it i need to do more to explain to african—americans the us, hey, he was wrong. in doing so, move on and i d

michael: it was. until we have a clearer view on who the democratic candidate is going to be, i think markets have been watchful but not really trading the political risk just yet. that will change as the year goes on and it will depend a lot on who the candidate is and their policy. at the moment, all the noise is around the coronavirus and so far, political risk hasn't really reentered the u.s. market. nejra: we turn to washington, d.c., we are joined on the phone. john, talk to us about how eager the candidates were to differentiate themselves before super tuesday and did it work? certainlyink they all tried very hard to do that because as you said, this is the last chance for probably a good number of them to not only do and superuth carolina tuesday, but to stay in the race. trying to they are single out sanders over his as ae, and he set himself true believer who wants to bring about great change. you had amy klobuchar trying to stay above the fray and it was a raucous debate. a lot of sparring,

rob: that will take aim at michael bloomberg. jillian: griff jenkins joins us with highlights from the campaign trail. >> i'm staying at the hotel, i'm terrible at the casinos. i digress, they are not rolling out the welcome mat for michael bloomberg. bloomberg along with sanders, warren, buttigieg, klobuchar and biden. any doubt the knives were out for bloomberg, listen to elizabeth for net latest tweet. it is a shame michael bloomberg could buy his way into the debate. primary voters curious how each candidate will take on donald trump get a live demonstration of how we each take on an egomaniac billionaire. bloomberg's name coming up last night in that townhall with candidates asked if they would consider taking a bloomberg's money should they become the nominee. watch. >> if nominated would you help a billionaire like bloomberg? >> our contribution is average contribution all of $18.50. >> i was asking, $500 million left over to give to you would you accept that? >> if mister bloomberg wins and i hope he does not i will suppo

that would involve michael flynn. deputy assistant attorney general john you, good to have you on fox news at night. robert barnes, another attorney we had on the show tweets this today, they get tv deals, book deals, if a government official with an alleged crime, at an unprecedented level. they need an explanation. >> i can see why people think trump critics are being treated differently from trump supporters but they should keep in mind these are the results of actions of the trump justice department. it is true as donald trump tweeted today that he has the legal authority to direct all the prosecutions, to take care of the law is executed. he have -- we have tried to keep the white house and the justice department at arm's length, culminating in watergate and it helps donald trump in the end, it gets cleared by mueller. and donald trump allowed the justice department to be independent. >> he was frustrated by this. doing a deep dive, outside the original prosecution, want to look into the michael flynn case. micha

with michael bloomberg, too, there's two ways to go. hurt them and take them back to gravity comes into play and takes them down or it can elevate them. i agree with you and any press is good press and a lot of press for bloomberg tonight. >> i'm curious. have the candidates mentioned there's a debate next week, too? look. i think i like our debate to be the single most important debate. >> isn't it? >> okay. hard stop. but it seems as if, you know, if you have one strategy that you're thinking you test one this week, might do another one noex week, have you gotten a sense from the candidates they realize this is maybe a two parter? >> i feel like for mike and i maybe our candidates are taking it warren and biden very week by week. this debate night is i think higher stakes for her than it's ever been because nevada she needs to show that she still has energy here. >> she has to something to pop here? >> yeah. i think that tonight that's it. like the debate stage next week is its own thing. >> for sanders, you can extend it beyond the d

i think michael bloomberg learned his lesson. that was so long ago. a few years ago as mayor of new york. it was not just stop and frisk. he said run lighting, canceling redlining started the financial crisis. the african-american community were not the perpetrators of that crisis. many of them were the victims. what is he talking about? this billionaire that has made this life's wealth in the financial services industry is now saying that. burning a flag at woodstock. he said this several years ago. it is the way he said it appeared you can basically xerox a description of male minorities between the ages of 16 and 25 and handed over to the cops. that is somebody who looks at people beneath him differently. we cannot have that. i literally cannot, this week, i cannot believe all the prominent african-americans i have seen publicly say i think we can support bloomberg because after all he is electable. he can beat donald trump. the calling card for hillary clinton four years ago. joe biden this entire year. electability means nothing if the person loo

i think michael. would agree there is way too much money in our political system with our lobbyist with you know. a supreme court decision that allows gobs of money without being able to identify who gave him but it's a system that we have and you know what he's committed to do is investing in communities that are hard to reach we know that in 2016 whites voted 69 percent blacks voted 67 percent asians voted 49 percent the team has voted to 47 percent the fastest growing part of america 54000000 now a big part of the democratic party to get them out to vote is hard you've got to work them he's got the resources to do that and he's the only candidate that's committed to keeping all of the battleground states offices open fully staffed whether or not he's the nominee so whoever the nominee is he's going to staff those offices one of the i think the fact that he is a wealthy man is i think important to the extent that he he intends. to spend what it takes to be down drugs and tornadoes stay right there w

it will be a blowout michael dukakis. i was very discouraged with what i saw as a democrat and somebody who wants the party to win in november. >> stunned by your answer so far. your thoughts on who won the night and who lost. >> for all the reasons leslie and doug say i was very pleased. i agree with your analysis. bernie sanders was the winner of the night because he was the front-runner going in and nothing happened that knocked him off of his frontrunner status. if anything the guy giving him the most potential competition was michael bloomberg with $2 billion ready to burn and he had a flame out. what a disaster. it reminded me of when jeb bush in the 2016 campaign wasn't ready for the question about the iraq war. how could you not see that coming? how could you not have that prepared? he wasn't ready for the question about women, wasn't ready to answer about stop and frisk, like he hadn't prepared and you only get one chance to make a first impression. he has a lot of money. you can't count about but that was a deva

i think michael. would agree there's way too much money in our political system with our lobbyist with you know. the supreme court decision that allows gobs of money without being able to identify who gave him but it's a system that we have and you know what he's committed to do is investing in can 49 percent the team has voted to 47 percent the fastest growing part of america 54000000 now a big part of the democratic party to get them out to vote is hard you've got to work them he's got the resources to do that and he's the only candidate that's committed to keeping all of the battleground states offices open fully staffed whether or not he's the nominee so whoever the nominee is he's going to staff those offices one of the i think the fact that he is a wealthy man is i think important to the extent that he he intends. to spend what it takes to be down drop and trying to stay right there we'll be back with more politicking right after the break. aeroflot russian airlines. in a world of big part of a

i think michael. would agree there is way too much money in our political system with our lobbyist with you know. a supreme court decision that allows gobs of money without being able to identify who gave him but it's a system that we have and you know what he's committed to do is investing in communities that are hard to reach we know that in 2016 whites voted 69 percent blacks voted 67 percent asians voted 49 percent the team has voted to 47 percent the fastest growing part of america 54000000 now a big part of the democratic party to get them out to vote is hard you've got to work them he's got the resources to do that and he's the only candidate that's committed to keeping all of the battleground states offices open fully staffed whether or not he's the nominee so whoever the nominee is he's going to staff those offices one of i think the fact that he is a wealthy man is i think important to the extent that he he intends. to spend what it takes to be down drunk and trying to stay right there will

[applause] michael: but i can't do it alone. if you want to qualify for health insurance for everyone, if you want to combat inequality with fairer taxes and better mys, if you support commitment to quality public education no matter what zip code you living, if you share my belief in opportunity for all, not just a few, if you are ready to protect and defend the constitution of the united states of america -- [applause] michael: and if you are ready to clean out the oval office and get things done, then i would be honored to have your support, your help, and yes, your vote. thank you for having us. [applause] >> follow campaign 2022 nevada this weekend. at 11:00 p.m. eastern, democratic presidential candidates joe biden, pete -- senator amyer klobuchar, const i are, senator elizabeth warren speak for democrats and on sunday, live at 5:00 p.m. eastern, joe biden, pete buttigieg, senator amy klobuchar, and tom steyer speak at a forum on infrastructure. live coverage on c-span. watch on-demand on c-span.org and listen on the go on

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ad, where everybody who opens up instagram sees a michael bloomberg ad or facebook sees a michael bloomberg ad or they're near a rally and see everyone walking around with mike bloomberg t-shirts given to them by the michael bloomberg campaign, how do you, in these individual states, go out there, especially on super tuesday when it's as many states at once, and compete on that same level? >> anyone who is concerned with an oligarch becoming president, anyone who is concerned with the fact that michael bloomberg has spent more than every candidate in this race, every nonbillionaire candidate in this race combined on advertisements should be thrilled the fact that in bernie sanders we have a candidate that has that organic support that michael bloomberg is spending so much money to pay for. with bernie sanders, you have record crowd sizes, including the crowd we just had in washington state last night, with over 17,000 people in attendance. you have grass roots enthusiasm. you have volunteers coming out at record numbers. you have people, yes, posting and creating organic memes in support of

bloomberg and the president said michael bloomberg was 5'4" and michael bloomberg said i'm taller than that -- i'm the only one who has a claim to be 5'4", i want to be very clear. >> michael bloomberg is the only democrat who has been personally attacked by other top-tier democrats, referred to his record as racist, they called him an egomaniac, the even called him a republican. it does seem like tonight is going to be all about michael bloomberg even though he's not on the ballot. >> bret: we will have full coverage after the bait on fox news tonight. his addition to the race means three of the top candidates are either 77 or 78 years old. older than ronald reagan was when he left office after two terms. we have new polling information indicating that could be a problem for some voters. if doug mckelway looks at presidential candidates and how old is too old, plus is their health a fair election question? >> it was a presidential debate one-liner for the ages. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> president reagan was 73 at the t

going into this first debate, it was clear michael bloomberg would be a prime target. the headlines have not been kind. here are just a few, calling his performance rocky. says that he walked into a buzz saw. one even said "titanic meet iceberg." how is the bloomberg campaign looking to turn the page after last night? how are they spinning his debate performance? >> reporter: yeah, they're doing what campaigns do after a bad night, craig, which is try to find a silver lining, some positive out of this. the bloomberg campaign has been arguing he's the only one that really got a hit in on bernie sanders last night when he talked about sanders having several houses. they've also been trying to make the case that the fact that bloomberg was at the center of all of these attacks from his rivals is an indication of the fact that he is a serious candidate that everyone else is afraid of and a sign of his fortitude in the race. there's no doubt the bloomberg campaign knows this was not the performance that they wanted him to give last night. take a listen to what the campaign

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michael: definitely mixed results. years ago alan greenspan was asked about this and he said we watch what consumers do and not what they say. if that is still the case, there is reason for concern. the retail sales numbers for january were a disappointment. the headline number up .3%, but the december now more -- but the december number was revised down by point 2/10. by .2%. that number goes directly into gdp and that was a real disappointment. theanged on the month and december number revised down from a .5% gain to a .2% gain. consumers may still be buying, but their enthusiasm will seem to have flagged, except for the fact that we have the university of michigan consumer sentiment numbers, a new high. now people are telling the university of michigan survey they still feel good about the economy and its prospects. which will win out? that will be the question going forward. at the same time we did see disappointing manufacturing numbers. boeing and the global slowdown hurting contraction in manufacturing again. th

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[applause] michael: so. [cheers and applause] michael: and every day, bernie cautions us, don't say anything, you can point out the record of our opponents. that's good. but don't trash the people that are my friends, that i work with, that we want them to come along and think about these issues in this way. and then i turned on the news this morning, and there's the dnc, the democratic national committee. [booing] michael: you know, we already have enough to fight with donald trump and these enabler republicans, and corporate america, and the banks, and wall street. that's enough on our shoulders. but the fact that i have to wake up this morning and realized that we have to fight the corporate democrats, the 1% of the democratic party who are thoroughly pissed that bernie sanders is now number one, that bernie sanders might win this primary season, that bernie sanders might be the next president of the united states! [cheers and applause] michael: they're so upset, they're like, how does this happen? bernie

some impact for quite some time well michael candidate. often told us that he knows more than the generals and a president trump. had colonel venkman a decorated soldier marched out of the white house and he has called people in the intelligence community all kinds of names and how does stuff like this play to the men and women in uniform who protest to us and how does that play to allies and follows elsewhere in the world where they know they're professionals they know their leaders they understand the donald as well they they know that he's. shoots from the hip and and oftentimes doesn't listen to. expert advice the problem with women i must tell you is the fact that trump didn't read his talking points to sit through the president of the ukraine his problem but be that as it may and you know all of us who have been in the bureaucracy in the past oftentimes experience that and that's the way it goes but the reality is the professionals will remain professionals and you're seeing very careful calculations and they're given trying to give

i think michael. would agree there's way too much money in our political system with our lobbyist with you know. the supreme court decision that allows. gobs of money without being able to identify who gave him but it's a system that we have and you know what he's committed to do is investing in communities that are hard to reach we know that in 2016 whites voted 69 percent blacks voted 67 percent asians voted 49 percent the team has voted to 47 percent the fastest growing part of america 54000000 now a big part of the democratic party to get them out to vote is hard you've got to work them he's got the resources to do that and he's the only candidate that's committed to keeping all of the battleground states offices open fully staffed whether or not he's the nominee so whoever the nominee is he's going to staff those offices one of i think the fact that he is a wealthy man is i think important to the extent that he he intends. to spend what it takes to be down drop and trying to stay right there will

what makes it different what michael flynn did versus chris murphy's michael flynn was speaking on behalf of another administration, the incoming administration and that was the delineation but we see this all the time. congressional delegations of foreign nations, john mccain was famous for, lindsey graham, nancy pelosi, congressional leaders go across the world and have conversations with foreign leaders, i see nothing wrong with this and the senators clear saying i cannot conduct us foreign policy but i can definitely go and talk to get a better grasp of the situation and asked to legislate on these matters. >> one other thing to read. there was some transparency to it but didn't mention who else was involved in the meeting and it is recorded that former senator john kerry was also participating in these meetings. chris murphy did not appreciate it when republicans wrote an open letter to iranian leaders at the time donna -- president obama was trying to negotiate. >> not appreciating it and -- >> your beef is with chris murphy who has a different view of these things depending on whet

"president michael on a body? never say never" you're a hole at "politico" into temper of that michael avenatti is winning the 2020 democratic primary." he will be the nominee, the article says, but he is setting the terms of the debate. william la jeunesse joins us from the l.a. newsroom with details. williams? >> in one case, shannon, tax fraud, the other stealing from his clients, $300,000 from porn star stormy daniels to pay for his lavish lifestyle. the california lawyer who appeared frequent and cnn and msnbc to criticize president trump was found guilty by a jury of trying to extort nike for $25 million. avenatti now faces of the 42 years in prison. here is the ever cocky avenatti before trial. >> a lot of people are afraid of the truth in this case. i'm going to embrace it. and i can't wait for it to be made fair. >> can you tell us anything about what will be made fair? >> the facts and the truth. and the extent of what happens here. >> nike accused avenatti of a shakedown, threatening to hold a press con

michael bloomberg is here. vo: together they worked to combat gun violence, and again to improve education for every child. obama: i want to thank the mayor of this great city, mayor bloomberg, for his extraordinary leadership. i share your determination to bring this country together to finally make progress for the american people. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg, and i approve this message. he spent his life bringing people together. i know he'd be happy that we are all together now. (crying) what is happening? [what is that?] (baby noises) is that a baby nut? (baby noises) (dolphin noises) just kidding, i'm back. where's my monocle? with moderate to severe treplaque psoriasists uncover clearer skin that can last. in fact, tremfya® was proven superior to humira® in providing significantly clearer skin. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occ

you have to pay me michael avenatti the money, not so much for the client. as an attorney you can say if i'm representing you, hey, ali should get $20 million in a settlement. you have to pay. you have to come forward. that's fine. saying tom winter says you need to pay me and not something on behalf of the client where he is jammed up here. >> thank you for your reporting on this. >>> president trump has reasons to love and hate the justice department on this valentine's day. he's likely going to love this news. two people familiar with the inquiry tell nbc news that the justice department recently opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fbi's interview of this man, michael flynn, while he was still serving as national security adviser. flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements during that interview but he has recently asked to withdraw that plea. this shines new light on this. trump will likely not like this piece of news, however. the justice department will not pursue charges against this man, former fbi deputy director andrew mcca

how wealthy is michael bloomberg? the richness of the russian oligarchs, ladled mickelson, is worth about $24 billion. michael bloomberg could literally give away twice amount, or spend it on a presidential race and could still be five times as rich as donald trump's. it's still hard to imagine how much money that is. bloomberg can seize power. a ruling class which worships money above all sees nothing wrong with it, they are equal to eager to help bloomberg with it. they are libertarian on economic matters, something that shared with only a tiny fraction of the population. no normal person things the widening wealth gap is a good thing. it's obviously making america unstable. but mike bloomberg has been one of its chief beneficiaries. he will defend the current system above all else. there is a reason he is a favorite of finance moguls and tech commissars. again, this is a total departure from anything we have seen before in the history of this country. say what you will about donald trump, but in 2016 he ran for 201

michael a: thank you. i spent the better part of the past week or two weeks trying to separate signal from noise, and that is really crucial right now. you asked whether i would still buy the equity rally. i say yes. when a look at the exit rally in the u.s., what has changed in the past few weeks? there's been a lot of noise. there's been some signals. but jobs, housing, a friendly fed, all of these things that have been in place are still in place, so yes, i still want to own the market. michael m: you've got to wonder, though, from the bond side, can you be this optimistic? we have seen yields rise, but all of a sudden, they seem capped. gene: equities are at all-time highs. treasuries are pretty much at all-time highs, too. the stock half and bond correlation really hasn't -- the stock-bond correlation really hasn't worked. it could actually go the other way. the economy is pretty good, but the market is price for it as well. michael m: there's sort of a natural ceiling there you can't break through. g

michael: that is one big part of this. i think the other thing, too, they're not sure about the progression of the disease. you can see it is spreading, but but how badly will it get and how quickly? they don't know. we don't know. and i suspect a lot of the public health officials are just making educated guesses. in that backdrop, we are not sure how this evolves over the next month or two. it is a pretty tough thing to as the fed or any other big central bank to step in right now. jonathan: deep into the unknown. the front and yield is coming down 12 basis points. victoria, it is interesting to me. we have not seen a central bank official at the fed suggest we are going to rate cut anytime soon. then the market bids down the front end a little bit more. every time they don't lean into this, i think it is a market saying the longer you wait, the more you're going to have to do. would that be your take, too? victoria: you know, the market has been driving a lot of fed action over the last 12, 18 months. we see the fed com

they have been going to michael bloomberg. he's got to get up there and prover he's the person we have been seeing on these ads. he's been flooding american's homes, $400 million in ads. how close is he to that person that some people have come to like and respect. i think he will have a problem in terms of he's not the necessarily the most ka -- charismatic. he comes across as wood. >> he's not used to people coming out and challenging him. the biggest problem will be him keeping his cool. he will have a lot of people ke questioning his record and motivations for being in politics nor saying some of the things he's said on racial issues. he has to keep calm. otherwise, i think things could really go sideways. i think -- but at the same time i think the bar is a bit low for him. people are expecting he will be a little rous trusty compared t other competitors. he needs to treads water tomorrow night. he needs to get through the south carolina debate and it's onto super tuesday and then we will see whether he has what it takes

. >> michael and gordon began preparing an appeal. their key argument was that the prosecution's star witness, richard perkins, had a hidden motive in the case. >> mr. perkins had been promised reward money by the prosecutors, and that information never made its way in front of the jury. >> michael and gordon hired elisa abolafia who knew new orleans inside and out as defense investigator on the case. >> if something smells fishy, there's a reason. humans lie, and they do things for their own advancement in their careers or for some cash. people are very unscrupulous. >> seeking a reward that today would be worth more than $30,000, richard perkins requested a meeting with the representative of the liuzza family. the conversation was recorded by police. >> mr. liuzza asked me to meet with you, and ... >> i don't mind helping them catch them, but i'd like him to help me, and i'll help me. >> because i know he will appreciate it. >> you know, everybody up in there figure it's behind the reward he has, you know, but hey. we poor, you know

michael bloomberg is dominating the airwaves. but you are right, i don't know where the energy is pore michaer michael bloomberg. but we'll have a nominee by the end of march. 60% of the delegates. we'll have a shot of the figuring out hot last two or three candidates will be. chris: is bernie sanders a suicide pact? >> bernie sanders is a strong viable candidate with a lot of support out there. chris: do you think he can legitimately beat donald trump? >> i'm not there yet because i'm not sure he will be the nominee. chris: up next our power player of the week. he's known for merging punk with piano. now he's trying to bring a new union between classical and pop. [♪] looking to repair dry, damaged hair without weighing it down? try pantene daily moisture renewal conditioner. its color-safe formula uses smart conditioners to micro-target damage helping to repair hair without weighing it down. try pantene. - [announcer] as face challenges dav is there. dav helps veterans and their families get the benefits they've earned. suppor

i mean, sorry, michael. >> i was asking michael, but -- >> go ahead. >> again, real quick, let michael go. in both directions you've got to pack it up at some point. >> i agree with that. i think you're right about that, katy. there is that effort to sort of reset the playing field going into this fall's election, and they're scrambling to do that as best and cleanly as they can. part of barr getting out there and saying what he said is kind of telling the president, could you put the twitter down? because you're helping the inside game? >> michael steele, happy to have you. doug berns, thank you as well. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, most powerful cul nary union announced it will not endorse anyone. >>> plus could michael bloomberg change the entire 2020 race in his favor with his billions alone. >>> but first breaking news, the u.s. and taliban have reached a temporary peace agreement in afghanistan. what does that mean for our nation's longest war? what'd we decide on the flyers again? uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over

. >> michael, it's good to see you. >> michael avenatti. >> stormy daniels' attorney michael oppen 90 says that trump's defenders should be worried. >> now that he's crash and burn and exposed, they are licking their wounds after being exposed as a total fraud. >> that was stupid on my part. what do you make about how avenatti was covered by cnn and msnbc? >> it would've been weird to not take him seriously. i feel kind of snickered because i took him seriously. he did represent stormy daniels and i think in retrospect her legal strategy was kind of insane. >> sean: pour hum de! he was taking him seriously as a potential candidate. anyway, the 2 24/7 trump hating press hoping that this gets all glazed over like all of their other massive scrubs and conspiracy theories and lies and slanders. how much did for gnu c that kid nicholas sandmann? i bet a lot of money. our friend piers morgan after cnn tweeted, a lot of egg a lot of cable news programs, avenatti was a baseball but they pulled them up like he was as the number one show across the pond in the morning, i watch your show. your s

senator michael bennet and james carville. how is this going -- how can this -- how can you do a redo of 1992? >> i will tell you what is possible. a lot of things happened this weekend, a lot of great things. we will get our share. >> what is going to happen between now and then go -- now and then? >> we will have a rally today cannot reassess things. everybody -- everything says how fluid it is. every time you come in here and you have to get surprised. we got surprised and a 1992, surprised in 2008. it is quirky. >> [inaudible] a comeback story because they went everywhere. have you seen that with joe biden at elizabeth warren? are you seeing them wanting it? willdo not think anybody accuse bill clinton of watching it. i cannot take-- it anymore. we got discussions of ancillary issues that are not of importance to people and the time now is to get back where we need to be. >> [inaudible] >> asked me after tuesday. i do not do make any news while i'm sitting here with senator bennett. i'm not that stupid. >> you talked about

amy: that was michael bloomberg speaking last night in charleston. he made this same claim during last week's democratic debate in las vegas, saying he had put out his tax return every year for 12 years in city hall. well, our next guest says he has the proverbial receipts to prove this is not true. bob hennelly is an award-winning reporter for the chief-leader. he covered billionaire michael bloomberg during his time as mayor. all three terms. at that time, bob hennelly was a reporter for wnyc, new york's main public radio station. in 2012, he had this exchange with bloomberg after a press conference. >> why will he disclose what you actually physically pay in terms of federal taxes? >> there's no reason to. we have categories and i have a personal life. the accountants will tell you i pay 100% of my taxes. i don't have tax shelters in the context you would talk about it. i pay what i'm am supposed to pay. thearn money all around world. amy: for more, we're joined in new york by reporter bob hennelly. you heard in that clip. what is wrong here? >> i

unlike michael bloomberg who is completely unvetted. and in this last news cycle we see has an enormous amount of baggage to contend with. and not what we need going into a test with donald trump. >> in fact, i have heard you say that before. i know you are not a fact of michael bloomberg, but i have also heard senator sanders say what will be needed in the fall is unity. and senator sanders said he will support any democratic nominee. so i am wondering before we talk more about michael bloomberg, the negative things you have to say. in what ways do you think michael bloomberg will be better than donald trump as president? >> you know, i'm not in the business of advocating or being a spokesperson, but what i will say is that we will support the nominee. but this is a primary election. and it's important for voters to recognize it in a premare election, it's our opportunity to not be stuck with a candidate who is a hold your nose candidate or a lesser of two evils candidate. we saw what the consequences of that were in 2016. what we don'

we haven't seen michael bloomberg. who gets the incoming is really important. >> molly what is fascinating not only is the 9 point drop that biden suffered in this new national poll, but the african-american support in the quinnipiac polling about a week ago that has declined for biden by 20 points, and the increase in african-american support nationally, molly that bloomberg has seen, despite all the questions about stop and frisk et cetera. what do you make of that? >> well, look, african-american voters were democratic voters like everybody else. they're just asphyxiated on electability as the rest of the democratic primary electorate. perhaps more so. i think, you know if you're an african-american voter for a long time you haven't had the luxury of waiting for a candidate who is perfect on all of your issues. you want a candidate who can win, you want a candidate who represents what you see as the mainstream of the democratic party. so fundamentally i think we just see african-american voters making the same calcu

yes, michael is right. you put yourself in a position, and you don't even have to have trillions or billions, and you are surrounded by yes people because nobody says to you, "that's stupid, mr bloomberg, that's not going to wash". that is the problem with courts and courtiers. we have one here, we have a courtier. we'll come back to that. it creates these mad people. but do you think it is really that people don't say it or is that you don't listen because you are confident of your own...? i think people are probably worried, he's obviously a temperamental man. things he said about women, even those not covered by the nda, you know, he has talked about horse—faced lesbians and fat broads, and in a sense he is the democratic face of trumpism. i can see why he thinks he can do it. i think it is all very disturbing. what i worry about, and i have heard young people, young democrats, wondering about, you know, why is this man running? because what they are saying is he is buying his way into american politic

michael bloomberg is here. vo: together they worked to combat gun violence, and again to improve education for every child. obama: i want to thank the mayor of this great city, mayor bloomberg, for his extraordinary leadership. i share your determination to bring this country together to finally make progress for the american people. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg, and i approve this message. >>> all right. now to president trump. yesterday announcing a host of pardons and commutations, wiping away the crimes of nearly a dozen once powerful public figures, among them trump commuted the sentence of former democratic governor of illinois, rod blagojevich, one time contestant on trump's tv show "the "celebrity apprentice."" blagojevich served eight years of a 14 year sentence after being convicted of corruption for trying to sell the u.s. senate seat from illinois vacated by barack obama, in an effort in part caught by fbi wire taps. trump also pardoned former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik, a clos

how wealthy is michael bloomberg? for context, the richest of the fabled russian oligarchs is worth about $24 billion. michael bloomberg could literally give away twice that amount, or spend it on the presidential race, if you wanted, and still be five times as rich as donald trump is. it's hard to imagine just how much money that is, but with that money, bloomberg could suffocate all opposition and seize power. aa ruling class, which worships running above all, sees nothing wrong with this. they are eager to help bloomberg do it. like bloomberg, they are heligiously libertarian economic matters. that's a position that shared by only a tiny percentage of the population. no normal person inn this county thinks the widening wealth gap is a good thing. it's so obviously making america unstable, but mike bloomberg has been one of its chief beneficiaries. he will defend the current system above all else. there's a reason he is the favorite of finance moguls and tech commissars. again, this is a total departure from anythin