for the arkansas before tuesday s deadline. a spokesman says bloomberg has yet to make a final decision on a run. we do know bloomberg is worried that the current democratic candidates can t beat president trump. here s what joe biden had to say about that today. michael is a solid guy. and let s see where it goes. i have no problem with him getting in the race. and in terms of he s running because of me, last polls i looked at i m pretty far ahead. i spoke about the potential run with democratic national committee chair tom perez. mr. chairman you spoke with michael bloomberg last night. what did you take away from that conversation? . well, i told the mayor exactly what i tell every candidate or potential candidate, we will welcome them, treat them fairly, make sure there s a level playing field and leave it up to the voters to decide. i appreciate the call.
michael bloomberg just filed to run in the alabama democratic presidential primary. the billionaire and former new york city mayor will also file for the arkansas democratic primary before tuesday s deadline. this is according to a bloomberg spokesman who also says bloomberg has yet to make a final decision on a run. what we do know is that bloomberg is worried that the current democratic candidates can t beat president trump. here s what joe biden had to say about that today. michael s a solid guy, and let s see where it goes. i have no no problem with him getting in the race. and in terms of he s running because of me, last polls i looked at, i m pretty far ahead. earlier i spoke about the potential bloomberg run with democratic national committee chair tom perez. mr. chairman, you spoke with michael bloomberg last night. what did you take away from that conversation? well, i told the mayor exactly what i tell every
grassroots fund-raising threshold. every candidate will have to meet that. mr. steyer came in later in the process. i wouldn t say it s late, but later in the process than others, and he understood the rules, and he has complied, and i m sure the mayor, should he want to get on the debate stage, will understand those rules and do the same. so even if he s at 10% in the polls across the board, he s not going to debate in december unless he meets that donor threshold? that s correct. all right. mr. chairman tom perez, thanks for being with us today. have a good day. still ahead for us, 360 s randi kaye talks to a group of suburban women to get their take on the 2020 race. a potential key voting bloc and what they said could be a worry to the trump team. most people think of verizon as a reliable phone company. (woman) but to businesses, we re a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for what s next. (man) we weave security into their business. virtualize their operations.
jury selection began today in the trial of president trump s friend and self-described republican dirty trickster, roger stone. stone left early with food poisoning. robert mueller s team indicted him in january for lying to congress about his role as a middle man between the trump campaign and wikileaks. wikileaks was preparing to release unflattering emails stolen from hillary clinton s campaign chairman. stone is accused of threatening a new york radio host in an effort to prevent him from contradicting his testimony. roger stone has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has said he did nothing wrong. nbc news correspondent ken delaney joins us from outside the federal courthouse in washington where the trial is taking place. ken, there s no part of this that is easy to follow, but what is happening today? reporter: ali, on entertainment value alone this is going to be a heck of a trial. you can t script this stuff. we re a little bit snake bit in terms of this courtroom.
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