Here is bernie being bernie. Bernie how does it happen that the top 1 owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 . My conclusion is that that type of economics is not only immoral and wrong, it is unsustainable. It cannot continue. We cannot continue having a nation in which we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major nation on earth at the same time we are seeing a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires. Mark Bernie Sanders does talk about other issues, but how potent will that core economic message be with democrats in caucuses and primaries . Al the National Review has to be popping the champagne corks. We have heard for how many years democrats are socialists. Now they have one. Bernie is the real deal. I think there is a genuine appeal, populist appeal in america, antiwall street, antibig bank, antigovernment. I think that there are limits to what bernie can do. I do not think he can get cultural conservatives and i do not think he is going to get latinos or blacks. Mark there is no doubt he has limits, but i think that message has as much resonance now for the Democratic Party as it has since bill clinton changed the party in 1992, and his ability to say that from the heart on a consistent basis, a lot of people who will not vote for Bernie Sanders agree exactly with his critique of what is going on in the American Economy and his advantage is he says that in a full throated way with a lot of passion. Al hes a politician that means what he says. He is authentic. There is nothing phony about Bernie Sanders. I think you are right. That has appeal. And i think he can play a real role in setting the agenda. Mark as of right now, the democratic president ial contest is between two people Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. In a tweet today, Hillary Clinton welcomed bernie to the race. Bernie wrote this, thanks looking forward to debating the issues, income inequality, climate change, and getting big money out of politics. We call that an elbow. Sanders was asked to contrast himself with Hillary Clinton. Listen to the three topics he chose to highlight. Senator sanders we do not know what hillarys stances are on the issues but this is what i can tell you. I voted against the war in iraq. I helped lead the effort, and many of the things i said back then turned out to be true. The destabilization in the region. I am helping right now to lead the effort against the Transpacific Partnership because i believe it continues the trend of horrendous trade policies which have cost us decent paying jobs. I have helped lead the effort against the Keystone Pipeline because i do not think we should be transporting some of the dirtiest fuel in the world and we have got to be vigorous in terms of transforming our energy system. So those are some of my views. And well see where secretary clinton comes out. Mark iraq war, Keystone Pipeline, and trade two of the three that Hillary Clinton has not taken positions on yet. In a press conference, he took a pass on criticizing the Clinton Family foundation. But earlier in an interview with Jonathan Karl of abc news he said, do i have concerns about the Clinton Foundation and that money . I do. How potent will be the negative frames that sanders will drive going to be against Hillary Clinton . Al these have great potential. She has said she was wrong on the iraq war vote in 2003. But she is much more of an interventionist than her husband or certainly Bernie Sanders. Lets not forget libya. On trade, the overwhelming majority of Congressional Democrats will vote against the transpacific trade pact. Big money in politics. I think that is a problem for Hillary Clinton. Mark the foundation is a huge problem. More stories about that. I think the iraq war which bedeviled her last time is a big problem. Then you go to the issues where she has not taken positions. On the pipeline and on trade, i think sanders, his authenticity and his willingness to take clear stances will cause her to be on 1000 typical Hillary Clinton calls to say, what do we do about Bernie Sanders . Lets evaluate Bernie Sanders on his style, his posture, and his clothes. Ok, not his clothes. At his best, he channeled and Dennis Kucinich saying that the race should not be about sniping but about real issues. Senator sanders i believe in a democracy that elections are about serious debates with serious issues, not political gossip, not making campaigns into soap operas. This is not the red sox versus the yankees. This is a debate over major issues facing the American People. Mark how will bernies style play . Should he really try to keep the media focused away from the clinton soap opera . Al yeah, i think he has to because that will happen no matter what he does. Bernie does not do warm and fuzzy. We know that. And i think, given his message i think the style he brings probably is an asset. I think people we talked about it several times in this segment, he is authentic. I think authenticity is his calling card. Mark we have had tons of candidates saying i do not want this campaign to be about style, i want it to be about issues. I think he demonstrated a good ear about shaming the press and saying, you know what . This is about serious things. He says he wont run negative ads. I think after today, he will be a much bigger part of this debate than i thought before today. Al and there will be no focus groups. Bernie will say what bernie thanks. Mark the only real question in the end concerns Bernie Sanders is whether he has got a chance at all of winning the democratic nomination, beating Hillary Clinton. This is what the man himself said about that today. Senator sanders we are in this race to win. The question is if you raise the issues on the hearts and minds of the American People, if you try to put together a movement that says we have got to stand together as a people and say that this capital, this beautiful capital, our country belongs to all of us and not the billionaire class, that is not raising an issue. That is winning elections. That is where the American People are. Mark can you paint a scenario in which Bernie Sanders is the democratic nominee for president in 2016 . Al no. He has as much chance of beating mayweather or manny pacquiao. That does not mean he can not force Hillary Clinton to take positions she may not want to take. So i agree with you. Bernie can be a real force in campaign 2016. But he is not going to be the nominee. Mark lets see if he can force Hillary Clinton to take positions. Lets see how much money he raised off this announcement. Im fascinated to see when he starts as an announced candidate spending more time in iowa and new hampshire. Do Elizabeth Warren and other people recede in the minds of liberals and progressives and do they all put down, if they are not for clinton, they are for sanders . Al he is nextdoor to new hampshire. They know him there. Pat buchanan got 37 . I could see Bernie Sanders in a two or threeway race getting that. Mark i am looking forward to seeing Hillary Clinton stand up to him and say, you are too far to the left. Up next, another ted talk. Senator cruz of texas is coming up. After that, our man in the u. K. John cleese on the British Elections. Mark our guest tonight is the texas senator, a republican president ial candidate ted cruz joining us now. Bernie sanders of vermont, another senator, announced hell run for president from the other party. What is your appraisal of his candidacy and can we hear your good and respectful imitation of senator sanders . Senator cruz i figure i will avoid the business of doing imitations of my colleagues. I welcome Bernie Sanders to the race and i will give him credit for candor. Bernie sanders ran for years as a socialist. He was on the ballot in vermont. He said, democrats did not describe him. He ran as a socialist. I think that is honest and straightforward and a healthy debate for democrats to have as just to what degree of socialism they want to embrace. I think hillarys economic policies often end up pretty close to Bernie Sanders. It will be interesting having her explain whether or not she agrees with Bernie Sanders with policies he will describe as socialist and whether she agrees those are good policies for this country. Mark part of the reason we wanted to talk to you was the speech you gave yesterday at the Hispanic Chamber of commerce. A big part of your argument in terms of the partys appeal to hispanic voters is simply talking about the economic agenda that you think should appeal to them. Let me ask you it seems to me your last name is cruz and you are from texas. Based on that, should you have appeal to hispanic voters . Senator cruz when i ran for senate i was proud to receive 40 of the hispanic vote in texas. That was at the same time that mitt romney was getting clobbered with 27 of the hispanic vote. I think the reason is that my family story, my personal experience is an experience that resonates in the Hispanic Community. In 1957, my dad fled cuba. He had been in prison, he had been tortured. He had just 100 in his underwear and he washed dishes, making . 50 an hour. Paid his way through school and went on to start a small business. Today he is a pastor. My dad is my hero. And his story is emblematic of all of our stories. Every one of us. Mark, you have a story like that. It is who we are as americans and in my experience, that personal experience resonates powerfully in the Hispanic Community, and the reason i am in politics is to fight for people like my dad, teenage immigrants washing dishes trying to achieve the american dream. And they are the ones that are getting hurt right now under the obama economy. Mark people are interested in your identity. When you filled out your application to princeton harvard law school, did you list yourself as hispanic . Senator cruz sure. I listed myself as cubanamerican. That is my background. Al lets stay on the immigration issue. If elected as president , would you repeal president obamas 2012 executive order on dreamers, young immigrants who came here and met certain conditions . Would you repeal that . Senator cruz i have committed if im elected president that on the first day i intend to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action that president obama put into place. One of the greatest negative consequences of the Obama Administration has been the injury to rule of law. We have never seen a president who so routinely declines to enforce the constitution or enforce the law. If you want to see al will that include the dreamers, sir . Senator cruz if you want to see positive improvements on immigration or any other topic the right way to do so is to change the law. Al specifically, will that include the dreamers . Senator cruz every executive action the president has taken that exceeds his Constitutional Authority that disregards the law, it would be my intention to rescind. My first obligation is to defend the constitution and defend the American People. And there is a proper way to change the law. And there is an improper way to change the law. Al i assume that includes the dreamers. Congressman stephen king of iowa has proposed narrowing the 14th amendment so it would not give automatic citizenship to what he called anchor babies. He says mothers come here and have kids who become citizens. Do you support or oppose that sort of legislation . Senator cruz when it comes to immigration, the proper way to go forward is to focus on areas of common ground. And when it comes to common ground, there are a lot of areas where the American People are in agreement. There is overwhelming bipartisan agreement outside of washington we have got to get serious about securing the borders, that we need to solve illegal immigration. There is bipartisan agreement that amnesty is wrong. And there is considerable bipartisan agreement outside of washington that we need to improve and streamline legal immigration. That we need to focus al congressman kings proposal up or down . Senator cruz i understand you want to talk about that, but im telling you what i want to talk about. Where i have focused is ways to bring us together. Mark i want to close. We will talk more about your heritage and ask you whether or not you have an affinity for or connection to anything part of your cuban past. Do have your favorite cuban food . Senator cruz i grew up eating cuban food all the time. Picadillo. I grew up eating all the time. We had planned haynes, plan tains, beans and rice. For christmas, we would roast a whole pig for christmas eve. My abuelo and abuela, did not speaking english. Mark do you have a favorite cuban singer . Senator cruz i tend to listen to Country Music more than cuban music. Mark on the political front what is your aspiration for the republican president ial nominee in 2016 . What percentage of the hispanic vote will they get . Senator cruz if you look at who has been hurt under the obama economy, the Hispanic Community has been hammered. It is far worse off. The rich are doing great under the obama economy. But the most vulnerable young people, hispanic, african american, single moms, their lives have gotten harder and harder. I intend to campaign in the Hispanic Community across the country on expanding opportunity for everyone to achieve the american dream. And i also intend to campaign vigorously on school choice, which i think is the civil rights issue of the 21st century that every child, regardless of race, ethnicity, wealth or zip code deserves an opportunity to receive an excellent education. Mark we want to give you an opportunity to welcome your colleague senator sanders to the race. Do it en espanol. Senator cruz i am going to stick with english. I appreciate the invitation, senor. Mark thank you, senator. When we come back, it is the other major election we are tracking in the u. K. Our special british correspondent john cleese joins us after this. Mark the British Elections are coming up, so it is time for us to give you the most insightful analysis about what is happening in the political world across the pond. To do that, we are bringing in our politics British Elections correspondant john cleese. He is also here to talk about his memoir, so anyway. John, are you able to hear us across the atlantic . John cleese yes, i can hear. Mark voters in the United Kingdom are going to vote on may 7. How can it be that there are four nations within one country . John cleese england and scotland joined together in 1707. In 1800, they were joined by ireland. Then in 1922, we lost the southern ireland representatives and had only the representatives of Northern Ireland. So the United Kingdom consists of scotland, wales, england, and Northern Ireland mark the current Prime Minister is david cameron. He is the leader of the tory party. What is that guy like . John cleese hes an old etonian, which means he does not understand anybody who has not been left a lot of money. I do not think he is a bad chap, but i do not basically like the tory party. I think these people are not ideally suited to dealing with the problem that most people feel the pinch financially in our country except the top 1 . Mark there is this other chap named ed miliband. Does he have a chance to be the next Prime Minister . John cleese i think he does. I saw him on television on sunday. It was the first time ive seen him because i am not the slightest interested in politics. I thought he performed quite well. He has got two or three complete loonies in his shadow cabinet. People like ed balls, who i think should be taken away and shot. Mark is that a dickensian name . John cleese no. It is extraordinarily appropriate. I think he should be shot along with a couple of others because i think the Labour Government under gordon brown were pretty terrible for the last three or four years. Most of my friends literally have no idea who they are going to vote for. They are trying to think of the least worst. And i think probably, in my case, im going to vote for the liberal democrats because i think we need someone in the coalition who is not looking after scottish interests. Mark a fellow named nick clegg. He is your version of joe biden. John cleese hes very young. Hes only 17. And hes done terribly well as deputy Prime Minister. I think he is very likable. And i think he is actually a very smart guy. That is the party i support. So i would say that, wouldnt i . Im going to go on the bus with him on wednesday, the day before the election, just to say to people, i think this is the one. Mark what is the difference thumbnail between scots, irish and people from wales . John cleese scots and irish large, ginger, hairy. From wales short, dark and bowlegged. Very easy to spot. John what about in terms of their temperament . John cleese the temperaments, they are all celts, meaning they are not proper englishman. And they are excitable. Terry jones of monty python is a typical celt. John that raises another interesting question and a more existential one, what is wales . John cleese whales are Large Mammals that swim around in the north atlantic. What is your question . What is wales . John Many Americans are confused about what wales is. John cleese wales is the western bit next to england, treated as part of england since edward i went there and told them that they belong to us. Mark finally, before we sign off and let you go back to some fish and chips, whats at stake in this election for the british people . John cleese very little, i think. I do not think it matters. The place is a complete mess. I do not think it matters who gets elected, really. Mark on that optimistic note, we wish to thank john cleese our special british political correspondent. Stay safe on the campaign trail. You can check out his book so anyway at finer bookshops near you. Mark on this episode we talked about Bernie Sanders and the u. K. Elections. Guess what . Bernies brother larry is running for parliament in the u. K. As a member of the green party. This was bernies message day to his sib. Bernie sanders i hope my brother does very well in his race for parliament in the u. K. Mark john, our man john cleese is doing an investigative piece on you. You are warned. Until tomorrow, for al and myself, we say sayonara. Pimm hello, i am pimm fox and this is what i am taking stock of on this thursday, april 30. A batch of earnings after a close of trading led by linkedin. Shares are plunging, down more than 22 . Linkedin forecast revenue that missed analyst estimates. The company says the revenue will be 670 million. Analysts had estimated 718 million. Meanwhile, visa posted a fiscal Second Quarter profit that Beat Estimates as consumer card use rose. Visa shares are down in late trading. Aig announced it will purchase another 3. 5 billion in