it is the height of hypocrisy. that s politics and it is the way it will be fought and you have to have a street fighter. i don t believe it has to be part of politics and the far religious right made a deal with the devil. that s the fact. what i am shaking my head about is i think it is really unfortunate that those types of deals were made. now, look, we are going to have a democratic primary here. clearly that s going to be robust and active. i agree, we have to come out with the best candidate to beat donald trump, because that s our mission, to beat donald trump. who that s going to be, a good multi, multi, candidate field will help us because we need somebody up against donald trump. he is a great campaigner, that s a fact. he is tough as nails as a campaigner, and we need a candidate who is going to be just as good, and the primary is going to help us see who that person is. i think the biggest challenge is for the media, because i think it is going to be a circus.
like iowa at the outset to win. in a multi candidate field if bernie s rock solid 20% base comes for him that could be enough to win it in a plurality. beto s team sent an e-mail to supporters. everybody is wondering if he ll jump into the race. didn t he give himself a deadline of this week. supposed to be the end of february. today he says beto wants to make sure that he s listening to everyone, not just those he knows in el paso and texas. everyone. especially people from places that are forgotten or overlooked, towns that haven t been visited enough or are only thought about when it comes to election time. josh, if i can engage in a little armchair analysis. of course you can. despite the lack of a degree or really any knowledge, when i m excited about something i don t have to be on the fence. i m not on the fence for a long time. when i deliberate for a long time it s because i have ambivalence. the fact that he seems so
england patriots owner robert kraft after he was charged with soliciting prostitution. i was surprised to see it. he proclaimed his innocence totally. i m very surprised to see it. reporter: in the meantime, the president s attention is also focused on the 2020 candidate field. new reporting from cnn shows trump is eager to play a disruptive role in the democratic primary. in the words of one adviser, his team is looking for ways to cause chaos from the left and right. one republican who speaks to him often tells cnn the president wants to get into the game. people may knock him in terms of running the government, but he gets the campaign and can t wait to get started. trump, who has closely watched democrats, has asked aides in recent days for political intelligence on joe biden. he is basically a 1% guy. he is weak. we will see what happens with him. reporter: the president is
otherwise. trump tweeting that the witch hunt is so bad for our country and must end. in the oval office today trump who has pledged to fight human trafficking commenting on his billionaire friend and new england patriots owner after he was charged with soliciting prostitution as part of a human trafficking sting. he proclaimed his innocence. the president s attention is focused on the 2020 candidate field. his team is looking for ways to cause chaos from the left and right. one republican who speaks to him often tells cnn the president wants to get into the game. people may knock him but he gets the campaign and can t wait to get started. trump who has closely watched
wallops everything from other candidates in their first 24 hours. i don t know if it tells us where the race is going. it s hard to suggest it gives us a big clue. what it tells us is that there is still this army of grassroots supporters for bernie sanders that were waiting for him to get in and are eager to participate in another sanders campaign. to me it was eye-opening. $6 million in 24 hours is a big number. it shows there are people who are sticking with bernie enough to open their wallets. in a multi candidate field that could be a dozen or more people, even if that s just 12% of the die-hard supporters who stick with you, that s enough to show in some places. yeah. as you know, john, money is necessary, but not sufficient. there will be other components here. i do look at the sanders run this time in a different context. it is a different context.