candidates. our qualification criteria is extremely low and reflects where we are in the race. i met at the debate drama and ongoing union debate. they say they hope to reach an agreement before the debate on thursday. also former new york city mayor michael bloomberg opened his first campaign office. doubling down on his strategy of skipping the early voting state. and also an interesting side note since bloomberg s self financing his campaign he doesn t meet the existing dnc debate qualifications. i think you. now a fox news exclusive. dozens of pilots pleaded with them to allow them to carry firearms on bases. it comes after the two deadly shooting at nabel naval
interesting to note since bloomberg is self-financing his campaign, does not meet the existing dnc debate qualifications. ed: looks like bernie sanders needs a more batting practice. that is important issue we focused on the show of minor league teams shutting down. joe biden maintaining comfortable lead among primary voters on democratic side. followed by vermont senator sanders and liz warren. a new poll showing losing to democratic rivals, new york city mayor michael bloomberg despite his late entry into the race despite hypothetical matchups. let s bring in harris poll chairman. former chief strategist for hillary clinton 2018 campaign. mark, thanks for coming in. thank you. ed: you advised president bill clinton during his impeachment battle. what do you make of this fox poll suggesting an increase for president trump, a small one, but an increase in his job
labor. he knows a little bit about this. and i hope he does resolve it. you signed on to a letter encouraging the dnc to change debate qualifications. explain why you support that. well, i think we want as many people as possible to participate. i think that s fair. that s the right thing to do. and i think the american people and people who are going to vote in the democratic primary benefit from it. not very complicated. we re here in iowa. we re 50 days way from the caucus. southeast part of the state. and let s start your numbers have been improving. if you look in iowa and nationally, but we are also dealing with an impeachment that may pull you off the campaign trail. how concerned are you that the battle will stop your momentum? look, we have an extraordinarily strong grassroots operation here in iowa. i don t think there is any other candidate has more volunteers. we have a great organization. we are working incredibly hard. our people are knocking on tens
and south carolina. that is up from the 2% threshold to qualify for the september and october debates. the number of unique donors needed as well will have to increase. from 130,000 to 165,000. candidates will need to hit both of the polling and grash grass roots thresholds to qualify for the debate stage. if you take those metrics, the only ones well above the new polling and fundraising threshold are listed. joining us once again white house reporter for politico, gabby orr, let s talk about the new debate qualifications and it seems this is the tipping point for whittling down the field as we near closer and closer to the first primary. absolutely. it s no secret that did the nc chairm chairman, the dnc chairman tom flores has wanted to narrow the democratic feld for quite some time and doing that by effectively changing the debate rules each time, in order to sort of winnow it down, make
kirsten gillibrand already cash strapped campaign, spending $1 million on air. you have to give her credit she s leaving everything on the field, but they re panicking to make the wednesday deadline or figuring out they ll never make it. so you killed hamlet in the first act there, but you didn t tell us exactly what happened. who is who is going to be dropping out today? can t say that yet. off the record. what do you mean wait a minute. i want to know. you can t? mike barnicle, i m tossing this to you. it s the bottom half. for this reason, this person won t make the debate qualifications and i think the next couple of weeks we may see the field shrink by half. all right. let s go through the list and see what his face does. no. not playing this game. mike barnicle, jump in and get the answer. pick one, john delaney, seth