We can only control, judge, at this point what is in the care and custody and control of the commonwealth. Right. As far as information contained within the specific Service Providers of these individual cell phone carriers, that is different. We have no control over that, judge. We would suggest as far as the preservation goes, to the individuals directly or to the providers, that it be limited at this point to the 7th and 8th until more information could be provided as to why it might likely be exculpatory versus a phishing expedition. I havent seen any of the Police Reports so i dont know what except for the affidavit, i dont know what information that you base this request upon. I do think that the 7th and 8th certainly would be appropriate to time span to preserve the evidence but i understand even if the motion is allowed it can be modified down the road and can be tightened up and so im inclined to allow the motion. I dont know if ill do it up from the 7th or 8th. Maybe six months worth of preservation but other than that im going to require that everything but preserved. At this point is satisfaction. Six months of preservation is good to accommodate the commonwealth on that. So from july 7th july 7th and 8th of 2016, and six months thereafter. The motion will be allowed and requirement that the cell phones and i think the cloudbased and then some passwords, et cetera, that all be preserved. As i say, that is subject to further modification one way or the other depending upon what is discovered during the course of this matter. Thank you. We have a further date for the gents and ladies that work we havent discussed one yet. Confer with counsel, i think we could come up with a date. Go ahead. Sure. Sir, you could be seated. You dont need to continue to stand. Thank you. Thanks. Your honor, may i consult my cell phone real quick. It has my calendar on it, i apologize. Sure. Your honor, mr. Jackson is admitted prohackvichi and im local counsel, are you going to require my appearance or someone from my office at all proceedings . Are you in already . I know you came in so that he could enter the pro hockviche. And mr. Jackson was filed one on file today. So your appearance is already in. My appearance is in. Well leave it there. Thank you. Youron hor, if it pleased court, we have discussed a date of the fourth of march, which is a monday. I understand that is most convenient for the court. Yeah, thats right. That is a jury week is in february so march 4th would probably work. And counsel and i also discussed off the record and i would ask for the courts guidance on this, he has no objection and the commonwealth has no objection to mr. Spacey not making that appearance. I could make that appearance on his behalf with miss polaro if need be without him having to be there on that date. That is fine. His appearance could be waived but his requirement is that he should be available if he needs to be contacted. Absolutely. But his appearance could be waived. And could we schedule that for 11 00 a. M. Again . Sure. We all set . Anything additional, folks. Nothing, your honor. Thank you for your help and ill step off and then the camera people could break down their commitment and those connected with the case can depart. Thank you. This is rescheduled for and report to the Probation Department before you leave the buildi building so you could sign the documents for no contact with the victim. [ multiple speakers ] youre watching it there with us. The breaking news, kevin spacey the actor, long time Actor Kevin Spacey in court in nantucket, the island of nantucket, massachusetts, to face charges, a charge of felony indecent assault and battery, possibly facing prison time and in relation to an allegation or a charge he assaulted a minor in the summer of 2016. A lot playing out there and a lot of questions now coming out of what we just saw. Lets get over to cnn jean casarez and outside of the courtroom and following this from the beginning. Jean, what we thought would happen going in is we learned there would be cameras he was expected to enter a not guilty plea. Did we miss that . Reporter i personally didnt hear it. According to the law in massachusetts, he can or cannot. So i never thought that it was a conclusive thing. But i do know he signed an affidavit, kevin spacey, did on Christmas Eve saying i plead not guilty. Not literally but figuratively at that point. But what we heard in the courtroom was an interesting legal argument brought on by the defense because when the alleged assault occurred and the accuser said that it happened for about three minutes near the piano bar at this local restaurant, he was a busboy off work excited so meet kevin spacey and with him for about an hour that night, midnight until 1 00 in the morning or a little after at tables, at the bar area. A lot of drinking was going on. But what we just heard in the courtroom was that when the alleged assault was happening, there was texting going on between the accuser and his girlfriend and the defense wants to know what those texts were. Now the accuser said to detectives that his girlfriend didnt believe him as he was saying that he was being assaulted or touched without his consent by kevin spacey, she didnt believe him. So he took a snapchat video that lasts about one second and it shows basically a picture of a hand on some clothes. We havent seen it. That is how it was described. But the defense is saying this could help us, these texts and we want to know what they are and we want everything preserved between the the a the accuser and his girlfriend and not ome for the alleged date but six months after that. That is really one of headlines i think from the hearing today, the arraignment. And now the next Pretrial Hearing is beginning of march. March 4th, 11 00 a. M. , the Pretrial Hearing set just now we heard in the courtroom. Jean, thank you very much. Well learn more from the courtroom. Joining me now is former federal prosecutor, ally honig and the host of reliable sources brian stelter. Thanks for being here. Ally, jumping off what jean was just talking about, what did you make of what you saw on there . So it was a fairly standard proceeding in the judge advised spacey of the charges against him and hes pled not guilty. I noticed the same thing that jean did which is the dispute about the text. The lawyer said i want those texts preserved and the season is what jean speculated, what was the victim saying as this happened and saying to his girlfriend and really in his mind. The prosecutors response surprised me. Your response as a prosecutor should be of course well preserve that. We have a duty as a prosecutor to preserve any evidence whether it is helpful for the prosecution or helpful for the defendant. The term we use is brady evidence. You have an obligation to do that. And the fact that the prosecutor was a little bit mealy mouth and said, well, judge, they are just phishing around. Like an undue burden to ask them to keep stuff like that. That gives me a little bit of pause about what is in those texts as the prosecutor, is he a little bit nervous. But when you are a prosecutor, your job is not to win but to do justice and if you have texts, good, bad or indifferent, they need to be preserved and go over to the defense. One of the things we watched this, brian, kevin spacey facing a felony charge that could bring serious prison time but on nantucket island. It is a sleepy place this time of the year. It is a very strange place this time of the year. The strangest way that something very serious is playing out. And you can see that also in how kevin spacey had asked the judge to his team had argued he didnt want to appear and the reason being is the circus, if you will, that would be coming, the media sirvimmediate the circus and he said my presence will amplify the publicity in connection with this case. But the circus comes because he is such a wellknown star not just in the United States but all around the world. You think about kevin spacey, his stature for decades, and most recently on netflix on house of cards seen around the world and his world started to be challenged about 15 months ago when actor anthony wrap accused him of assault and we published a story about numerous production staffers on house of cards accusing him of harassment and assault. These came out in the Public Domain in october of 2017 and now this is a different case altogether but an example of how in this metoo movement, most of the cases are not argued in court. Most do not end up in court. It is rare to see one of the highprofile men actually have to show up in court. Mostly it is in the court of public opinion. You lose your job and fired and embarrassed and ashame and people move on but in this case we may see this play out in a courtroom. Weve seen Harvey Weinstein and now kevin spacey and those are the exceptions to the rule in this metoo era. And were looking at the outside of the courthouse where we expect kevin spacey and his attorneys to leave. Well see what happens when they do. Well watch that he wants to play, to speak in some way, did he that over the holidays. Came out with a strange the strangest way on Christmas Eve he comes out with the with this video that he posts in character as frank underwood. It was almost moments after the charges had been filed against him. It is hard for him to complain about well draw undue attention and publicity if i appear in court when he puts out this crazy Youtube Video. Who adrawing attention to this. What do you think about what brian said, this is the exception . People who have allegations they have faced and in many cases not criminal charges and weve been talking about, hes facing a felony right now. Do you think this goes to trial . I do. I think it will go to trial. I think first of all, we know the way it works in massachusetts is this is already been prejudged. There is a judge called a magistrate half a level below the judge who reviewed the evidence and decided there is enough to go forward and they have done those students and as a law student could you do them in massachusetts. Sometimes judges throw them out and then some say you could proceed. The judge said there is enough to proceed. If you are the prosecutor strategically, you cannot give kevin spacey a soft deal and let him plead to some sort of meaningless little misdemeanor offense. Youve taken a stand and you need to back it. And kevin spacey, look, i certainly cannot get inside of this guys head but i cannot see him taking a guilty plea to an indecent assault and battery to not quite a minor but an 18yearold but we could be headed for trial. Because what weve learned about what the charge could bring, it is not only potential prison time, but it is also required to register as a sex offender. Talk about what that means for a public a person. What kind of fall that is for him. That Youtube Video over the holidays suggested that he won some sort of comeback and his career is not over and is not finished and has more to say and the consequences of this felony conviction if they go to that, would affect his career. He cant be on set with people underage if what did you think about the restrictions or lack thereof and the prosecutors were saying stay away from the family. That is fairly common. You always want that. The defense didnt contest that. Ally, what does it mean when hes facing a felony indecent assault and battery, what do you need to prove that . You need to prove the key issue is consent. I think the actual touching the allegation is that he put his hands down this 18yearold boys pants. And one thing that seems to be agreed upon is that he was 18 years old at the time and his mother said that he said he was told kevin spacey he was 23 when they met. This will all turn on consent. Did the individual, the victim, consent. Now it is complicated by a couple of factors. The celebrity is a complication. Could you argue you could argue he wasnt willing to say no to this powerful person. Or you could argue that im sure the defense will argue he wanted to be with this powerful person. The alcohol intake lets take a listen just to see any comment . Kevin, do you have any what really happened . What are you feeling today mr. Spacey . Mr. Spacey . And likely under the advice of counsel, kevin spacey did not say anything as he was walking to the car. Smart this time not to say anything. If only he listened before he made the video. Alcohol issue is come blik is complicated because it cuts both way. The prosecutors argument is you had a victim somewhat impaired and more easily taken advantage of it and spacey will argue he drank and lied to get those drinks underage and perhaps made him more eager to be with kevin spacey. So that is going to be a complicator at trial as well. And when we talk about the role of celebrity here, it is really about power in this case. It is about power, a powerful alist actor allegedly taking advantage of that power and that celebrity and that fame and using it to take advantage of this younger kid this younger person. And one thing that we so weve heard from seeing kevin spacey and we have not heard from, at all, the accuser in this. We have heard from his mother who is the person who spoke out in 2017. Do you think moving forward on march 4th the Pretrial Hearing and the judge said kevin spacey is not required to be in the courtroom for that one. Going forward, will this accuser be required to show up . Yeah. The accuser will be expected to testify at trial. You cannot make this case without the accuser testifying publicly at the trial. Before then, if im the prosecutor in this case, im telling the accuser, look, i cant order you what to do as an accuser, as a victim. But i could advise you, stay quiet. You dont help anybody by speaking out. When the trial comes, yes, that accuser will be on the stand in that courtroom, that quaint little courtroom we just saw. Dealing with victims in Sexual Assault cases, it is complicated and delicate and as a prosecutor your first vie ort is to protect the victim and make sure they dont get further vilified and it is complicated with a celebrity aspect. Complicated is where it begins and gets more complicates from there. Thank you very much. On march 4th at 11 00 a. M. For the next hearing for kevin spacey facing assaulting a minor. Coming up for us, the shutdown showdown has many government workers wondering when they will see the next paycheck or back on the job. And now trump is threatening to declare a National Emergency to get the money to build a border wall. Details on that ahead. Plus the president s shifting strategy on syria. Are we back to the beginning, or are we somewhere in between . 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Lawmakers and the white house, despite meetings over the weekend, they continue to dig in over funding for a border wall. Or or whatever you want to call it. And now trump has a new way to get around the standoff. Declare a National Emergency. I may declare a National Emergency depending on what will happen over the next few days. But i think well have serious talks come monday, tuesday, wednesday. Cnn sarah wes per is at the white house with more. Now the white house is saying it doesnt need to be a wall, calling it a steel barrier or fence. Whatever you want to call it, what are you hearing right now . Reporter well, kate, the white house appears to be hoping that changing the name of the border wall will somehow convince democrats to support it but if anything the name games are just injecting more con new confusion into a process already by a lack of clarity by the administration of what the president would support in terms of a spending deal but at the moment President Trump appears in dug in behind the 5. 7 billion figure that was included in what the white house described as an official justification for those funding requests distributed to congressional aides at last two meeting held over the weekend and on behalf of the administration was Vice President mike pence and secretary of Homeland SecurityKirstjen Nielsen and Jared Kushner but they said not much progress was made or an agreement to reopen the government and now they are at a fundamental impasse with democrats telling white house officials over the weekend there would be no progress on talks until the government is reopened and trump is saying the government is not reopening until he sees progress on talks. Now trump is declaring a National Emergency for funding for the border wall if he is unable to do it legislatively and that would be a move met with a legal challenge to the white house floating some misleading statistics on Border Security as they try to keep the pressure up on democrats to do wall funding legislatively but it appears there is no deal on the horizon to reopen the government at the moment, kate. Something has got to give at some point. Ive said this for three weeks but something has to give. Thank you so much. It is good to see you. And maybe we could find a place where that will give. Democratic congressman adam smith, chairman of the House Armed Services committee. Thank you for coming in. Thanks for the chance. I appreciate it. Thank you. So the president was watching your interview yesterday when you talked to George Stephanopoulos because he was tweeting about it because you are backing him up in this threat to declare a National Emergency to build the border wall. What do you say to that mr. Chairman. I realize we live in a world where truth no matt no longer matters but there is no National Emergency. And that is what underlines this entire issue. We have spent an emormous amount of money on Border Security and built a good wall over the portion of the border long before President Trump got into office. He is artificially creating this emergency to keep up his antiimmigrant xenophobic borderline racist coming for us from the border. Were spending money on Border Security. What doesnt make sense is to build a wall even the president doesnt seem to know why he wants it except that he made the promise. And he promised that mexico would pay for it so where are we having this fight in the first place . But this is the key issue. There is no justification at all on Border Security grounds for a wall. Everyone said the wall wont help at all. In terms of now when you talk about declaring an emergency, the president of the United States has an enormous amount of power. One of the reasons we need to be careful who we elect president. The president can declare a National Emergency and take money out of the department of defense and there is no clear legal history for what a National Emergency means. Now he would be challenged in court because there clearly is no emergency. There is no reason for this on Border Security grounds but they asked, can he do it . Yeah, he can. It would be wrong. It would be horrible policy and im totely and completely against it but from a legal standpoint he could do it and then taking the money from the department of defense. And keep in mind the 5 billion that were talking about in the shutdown crisis, the cost of this wall undefined as it is is estimated to be between 20 billion and 30 billion. That is what he would take out of the department of defense. So can he do it well again yes, but it would be a terrible idea. Totally unclear what he would take. Right. Totally unclear if hell make good on this threat. As we know the president has made many a threat that he has not made good on. But when you say it would almost immediately be challenged in court, if he would make this move, would you spearhead that lawsuit . Absolutely. But look, if im going to be honest here and i realize honesty is not well rewarded in politics these days, but look back at the history. The japanese were interned because president roosevelt declared a emergency and did it. And the courts upheld it. We dont have a long history in this country of the courts standing up to executive power. So it is dangerous. It is very dangerous. Im not saying it is a good idea. But those of us who oppose the law, those of us who think that the president is demo going this issue, wasting money 2348 the crisis on the border is asylum sneakers. They are not trying to sneak in. They are turning themselves in. It is a terrible idea, but he could do it. Does the administration now calling it a steel barrier or saying or even a fence, does that make any dense to you . No. It makes it clear the president has no idea what hes talking about. Look, understand what this is. Way back when, the president gave a speech and started attacking immigrants and started talking about the wall and he got a good response from the conservative base. That is why he decided he wanted a wall. But you are not against ive heard you say you are not against a wall as part of a Border Security well i am policy. I am against the wall as part of a Border Security and Mick Mulvaney said it best before working for trump and when he said this is a childish idea to think a wall will protect us. What has been done, walls have been built along portions of the border. The portions that make sense. Weve made massive investments. We have tripled the number of Border Security agents, we have drones and sensors and we have planes. A wall ask a colossal waste of money for a crisis that doesnt exist. The Border Security money that weve spent has worked. The number of unlawful crossings has gone down dramatically in the last 15 years. The number of undocumented people in this country has gone down. That is worked. The crisis on the border is the asylum seekers. And again, theyre not trying to sneak in. Theyre turning themselves in. That is what we need to address. The wall doesnt help anything. So the negotiations going nowhere. I do want to ask you about another very important topic. The very big news overnight about syria. The president has gone now from troops are coming home now, which ments which meant 30 days and then four months and then john bolton announced overseas troops will stay until isis is defeated and the kurds are safe. Do you know what the timeline is . Look, this is very similar to the border wall issue. It shows that our president literally doesnt know what hes doing. He is making it up as he goes along based on the whims of i guess what he sees on fox news or what his mood is. Because john bolton raised the two issues blindingly obvious. I dont want us to have troops overseas any more than is absolutely necessary but the two big questions, if we pull out of syria, what happens to isis and to the kurds. Right. That is blindingly obvious. But the president just blew right past it to say lets pull them out. Do you in some way applaud him for changing course . Who . The president. The president hasnt changed course. That actually raises a very important question i want to get your take. Who speaks for u. S. Foreign policy . Is it john bolton or President Trump . The president does. Hes the president unfortunately. And when you say do i applaud him for changing course . Hes changing course like a drunken sailer. There is no thought behind it. What we need is actually rational policy in syria on Border Security. All we have is the emotional rantings of a child. And he goes back and forth depending on what the last person said to him. And the most immediate and that undermined our credibility. As a chairman of the House Armed Services committee, for the 2000 Service Members who are overseas in syria or quite frankly any Service Member in any combat zone right now, what is the policy . Are they coming home now . Do you know if there is another timeline . Nobody on earth knows because the president makes it up as he goes along and that is terrible. Look, if you want to come and make a case, look, weve been in syria for this long, it is time to pull out. Here is why. And by the way you cant just pull 2,000 troops out of an area like this. You have to do it intelligently. There is logistics involved and you have to have a plan but this president doesnt operate on that universe, he operates on the whims of his emotions and the message that sends, even if it is right, the way hes going about it is disastrous for everybody involved. Have a clear coherent thought and then organize the policy in a structured way. This is ultimately why secretary mattis left. It wasnt just the decisions, it was the way the president made them. Like a 4yearold and we cannot govern the world and have relationships with allies when he flits all over the place with no intelligent rational, whether it is the border wall, whatever it is, it is what he likes to feel like in the morning. 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Were going to be discussing the president s decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that makes sure that isis is defeated and is not able to revive itself and become a threat again. And to make sure that the defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured. So now what is the timeline . Are u. S. Troops coming home from syria or not. Max boot is joining me, advising several president ial candidates on Foreign Policy and senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. Good to see you. Good to see you. So what do you make of this. Im wondering if jim mattis can unresign. Cant undo that one. I dont think you can. But this is such a bizarre spectacle. What youre seeing is a new u. S. Policy on syria every single week. It changes week by week. So now weve gone from the troops will pull out now, which the pentagon briefed reporters as meaning within 30 days, and then the next week trump said, no, no, they said it will be more like four months and now bolton seems to be saying they wont come out at all until those conditions will be achieved which is not any time soon which is the defeat of isis and who knows what the policy will be next week. This is just utterly baffling and confusing. The president tweeted this morning that what were hearing from bolton is nothing different from what his original statement was. That is the most bizarre thing of all because it is completely different. You could go to the video go to trumps own twitter feed right now and look at the video in which he said they are coming home right now. He said that three weeks ago. That is very different from what john bolton said on monday. And he said they asked me for sim months more and he said no and would jim mattis resigned if this was what President Trump announced. No the reporting is mattis went to donald trump and begged him to reconsider to say what john bolton is now saying and trump refused so mattis left. This makes zero sense even by the standards of the trump administration, kate. I asked this of the new chairman of the House Armed Services committee a few minutes ago, who speaks for Foreign Policy. Is john bolton the position of the United States government . I dont think anybody knows answer to that question and that is very dangerous. That is very destabilizing. This is why you have a policy coordination process that in previous administrations they have worked very hard to get on the same page so they have one message coming out from the administration. And this administration you have multiple messages coming out from the president himself for starters because the president himself said Different Things on different days but then you have his aides saying something entirely different so nobody knows what the policy of the u. S. Is. Lindsey graham seems to be reassured. Listen to him. I applaud the president for reevaluating what hes doing. He hasnt changed his mind. But hes listening to a lot of good advice sand president obama would never do that and you saw what happened when a president shuts people out. This president is not shutting people out. He has a goal in mind of reducing our presence. I share that goal. Let lets just do it smartly. If this is how quickly things change, should graham be concerned. No. He could say Different Things on different days. He knows what he will say tomorrow. The notion that hes pe herm innocently changed his policy on syria is absurd because he doesnt know what he will end up or what he thinks himself. Quickly north korea. They are negotiating a new location for the second summit. What do you think . Well i think this is a very dangerous moment. Because we already had one summit in june in singapore where kim jongun issued the empty assurances of denuclearization and it is clear since then he has no intention of actually denuclearizing because we know that north korea is expanding the Missile Program and expanding the nuclear program. There is no indication theyre going to make major concessions. If you read kim jonguns new years day address he wants more from President Trump, such as lifting of sanctions, before he would consider doing what we already thought he would do in singapore and some of the trump aides have tried to hold the line. For example in September Mike pompeo said there could be a deadline until 2021 for north korea to disarm and trump undercut that and said there is no timeline and it will take whatever it takes so the sense i get is kim jongun thinks he could play this Division Within the administration by going over the heads of the hardlines and get major concessions from President Trump himself. Great to see you, max. Great to see you. Well be right back. Tmobile knows dancing is better when you include a partner. Singing is better when you include a friend. And unlimited is better with a phone included. Its true. Forty bucks with the other guys, doesnt include a phone. So, start the new year right. Join tmobile and get unlimited with a phone included for just forty dollars per line. Whoooo. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. 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One ally that i spoke to yesterday who recently spoke with former Vice President joe biden said the former Vice President is leaning towards a run, but ultimately this is going to boil down to a family decision. But that ally said that the Vice President is aware that he needs to make a decision quickly and that he needs to start acting pretty quickly and early in the process if he is serious about running. Now, former Vice President joe biden has been hearing a lot of encouragement from across the country trying to get him to run. In fact, his younger brother frank did a radio interview earlier this morning where he says hes absolutely been pushing him to run. Thats really no surprise there, but donors and activists are really eager to hear what his plans are to have him out there starting to make that me sssagen whats going to be a crowded democratic field. You already had Elizabeth Warren in iowa this past weekend. Julio castro will be making an announcement about his plans later this week on saturday. For now its just a waiting game whether biden is going to jump in. And waiting they are. Thank you so much, arlett. So while biden is making up his mind, democratic senator Elizabeth Warren is already hitting the trail, making a Campaign Swing through iowa this weekend. Listen. We need to think big, fight hard. Heres how i think of this. What do we need to change . First thing we need to change is we need to change washington. So how is the democratic fight shaping up for 2020 already . Joining me now to discuss the race for 2020 nomination is another possible contender, former governor bill mcauliffe. Governor, thank you for coming in. Kate, happy new year. Thank you very much. Pardon my cough and my cough drop. Regardless, lets move on. You laid out what you think democrats need to do to beat donald trump in 2020. You laid that out very clearly in your view in the washington post. One line in it reads as follows. Negativity is playing on trumps turf. The reality show star will always win that race to the bottom. So essentially youre saying dont get in the mud with donald trump, but, governor, have you talked to any of the republicans who tried to beat him in 2016, hell say that doesnt work. Just ask jeb bush. There is nothing donald trump says that is truth, so you have to hit him on the falsehoods he has. But i think americans are yearning for is an optimistic leader whos got plans that can actually be implemented. When i think about the things weve gotten done in virginia, we stopped the republicans from shutting the planned parenthood clinics down. Ive restored more felon rights than any other governor in history. Number one state for cyber, number one state for data. We invested a record amount for education. We need to put out real ideas of where we think this country needs to go and how were going to get there. My only point is we cant be making false claims to get in the pigpen with donald trump who makes false accusations. He is a lying populist. That is what he is. He says things he thinks people want to hear but no chance of becoming law in this country. Lets rise above it. Believe it or not kate, people want to get things done. They want to create jobs, they want good education, they want the roads to work. They want to be able to move and see their kids play a ball game. Im just concerned that a lot of ideas ive seen so far, some have no chance. Good aspirational goals, im all for it, but we have to have realism. Thats what america is yearning for. He owns this shutdown we have today. I remind you, kate, that we have 800,000 people. They now cant pay their rent, cant buy their groceries. We have a lot in virginia. I met a woman last night and she said, governor, im broke. I have no money. This was created by donald trump and i hope we get it resolved. Hes a very emotional, unstable man. I think one of his mood swings, hopefully he moves the other way. We need to reopen the government and then have a real honest discussion on Border Security. But he owns this shutdown. He is in a real pickle. Unfortunately, hes caused a lot of problems for so many americans. When we talk about the democratic party, and as you just said you want them to be achievable, realistic promises theyre making. Youre raising your oped as a federal jobs guarantee, something that is not realistic. Corey booker may also run in 2020. What do you say to them . We have 79 million open jobs in america today. Do what we did in virginia. I did the first work force performance grant in america. We have 166 credentials that have so many open jobs, well pay for you to go get a credential, well move you right into the work force. Thats what we need is realistic solutions. We have a lot of open jobs today. But promising people, everybody a guaranteed job at 15 an hour when we have 79 million highpaying jobs i had 40,000 cyber jobs open in virginia last year. Starting pay was 88,000. You needed a twoyear degree, community college. Well pay for that so you can do it with no debt. Why do we teach cybersecurity in virginia beginning in kindergarten . Weve redone our cybersecurity system. Thats the only point im trying to make. I can see coming through this that youre also touting the successes youve been able to pull off in virginia as well, which leads me, of course, youve said youre considering running. Yep. Whats your timetable like . I think i have to make a decision by the end of the first quarter. I have a loet t of supporters. Some people say, well, hes been around for a long time. Ive held this party for 40 years. I was chairman of the Democratic National committee. I got our party out of debt for the first time in history. I built our first small donor database. I built our First National voter field. Ive been fighting for this party for 40 straight years and i am very proud of it, but i have a lot of supporters. I think by the end of the first quarter, most people have to make a decision. I do think Vice President biden is probably running from my conversations with him. I think hes terrific. I hope joe gets in the race. And if he gets in, would you still get in even if he gets in . Hes going to make his decision. Mine will be totally independent of what the Vice President does. Ive always been a fan of joe bid bidens. I hope he gets in the race. The more the measurrier, i thin its good for democracy. Were going to beat him because were going to have a positive realistic agenda. People want results. They want people to get things done. What did people want for governor in virginia . A tough economy, rebuilt it. I inherited a huge deficit, left a big sur plplus. Thats what people want. I have to get things done, too. I want to pay my bills. 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