if i m the nominee. i will pledge i would not run as an independent. and i am discussing it with everybody, but, you know i m talking about a lot of leverage. he s already hedging his bet on the clintons okay? so if he doesn t run as a republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent, but i would say that he s already hedging his bets because he s used to buying politicians. well, i ve given him plenty of money. but it s what he said about women in answer to megyn kelly s question that is driving a lot of the conversation today. joining me now are the washington post chris cillizza jonathan capehart nbc s kelly o donnell live in atlanta and the red state gathering and katy tur covering the trump campaign. katy, first to you, you ve gone one-on-one with trump in the past frequently, in fact. this is class tick trump, trump being trump. i saw you tweets last night and your messages but did he cross the line particularly in answer
raise your hand now. raise your hand now if you won t make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. [ cheers and boos ] i cannot say i have to respect the person that if it s not me, the person that wins. if i do win and i m leading by quite a bit, that s what i want to do. i can totally make that pledge if i m the nominee. i mean, this is what s wrong. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. he s already dr. paul. he s already hedging his bet on the clintons. okay? so if he doesn t run as a republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent. but i d say he s already hedging his bets because he s used to buying politicians. and megyn. that s a completely ridiculous answer. i want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. how are you supposed to know, megyn? use the fourth amendment. how are you supposed to use the fourth amendment. i ll tell you
dill maxt the rank-and-file members are deeply upset with cuomo. many of them saw the poll we showed a minute ago and wanted to run their own candidate this fall. liberal candidate to cuomo in the general election, to carry the torch for economic progressivism and deliver a message to cuomo and other democrats that there are consequences for snubbing the liberal base. this past wednesday came a report that diane ralph itch, the nationally known critic of charter skills, was shown as being interested in running against cuomo. on thursday, she stepped out and a new name emerged. zepher teach headlinout, a former howard dean organize another teaches at fordham university. by friday she had other own campaign website and was calling herself a candidate. cuomo not only failed to do anything real to prevent wealthy donors from buying politicians but proposed severe education funding cuts. this evidently scared cuomo back
all right. i mean, things like democracy are considered luxuries now. so i ve noticed. it s a good thing we ve got those platinum citizens running the place. exactly. thank you, martin. thank you, dylan. the show starts right now. so the big story today, let s fix it. good thursday afternoon to you. i am dylan ratigan and we are seeing an escalating debate and more and more evidence that our political system is broken and we are hearing from many sides that it is time to structurally address the system, not the people, necessarily. although i m sure they would change, but address the system of money in politics in order to even begin to fix the mess in washington. as you know, we launched our get money out campaign and our get money out amendment to stop the auction-based prowrestling ways of buying politicians.
making more than $200,000 a year. president gerald mcentee made almost $500,000 in 2009. in the past two years afscme donated 2.3 million to dems. new york state is paying incredible 10 times more in state union pensions than it did 10 years ago. in addition, new york state employees pay half of what private employees pay into their pensions. there is no question that public union benefits are breaking the bank. so, on this very intense controversy there is truth, michael moore, and it is grizzly. no question american workers need protection. but the public unions have succeeded in buying politicians who have rigged the game by giving the unions sweetheart contracts. now all americans are suffering because of higher taxes and cuts in services. that is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. and that s the memo. now for the reaction andrea