my question is, and i don t mean to be rude, but do you think if you were not a multibillionaire, if your family has not made hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to the republican party, that you would be sitting here today? senator, as a matter of fact, i do think there would be that possibility. i ve worked very hard on behalf of parents and children for the last almost 30 years. i mean i ll make this quick. i think you look at three specific confirmation hearings. look at education, because of the teacher unions, very big democratic constituency, democrats have to show they re fighting for. the environment, the environmentalists, the epa administrator, and of course no question when you look at tillerson right now given all the russian stuff. look at the rhetoric that democrats are using in those specific hearings. is bernie sanders right?
i think he will. donald trump applauded the fact that the democrats and dnc were exposed for what they are, setting up the candy d.a. si of hillary clinton at the expense of bernie sanders. he applauded that. what he will never applaud and what obama s tacitly endorsed by this commutation is the leaking of sources and methods information, the most highly classified information that put american lives in danger. like tom cotton said, i was over there fighting in afghanistan while this man, private manning, this woman, private manning, was leaking information to undermine the united states. it s a sad day because obama sent a message you can do this and get away with a seven-year senten sentence. thank you all very much. when we come back, more breaking news. donald trump is about to arrive any moment. he s going to land at reagan national airport right here just moments away. one of the most beautiful things about washington is when you land in that airport you land right next to al
federal funding for public schools, if she supports bernie sanders proposal for debt-free colleges and whether or not her advocacy and work and causes translates to her as head of the education department, none of which her answers satisfying democrats and republicans believe she s being treated unfairly. but also significantly on the floor of the senate just moments ago, senator chuck schumer, the democratic leader, saying that the democrats don t get more questions, don t get a second round of questioning, that he may not cooperate on other nominees. so potentially this could have a spillover effect for other nominees because donald trump wants to get a sizable chunk of his nominees confirmed by the day he s sworn into office on friday, maybe six or seven national security nominees. the democrats are saying they may not play ball because of this betsy devos hearing, erin. and you also, manu we re seeing donald trump going to be getting off that plane, i don t know if he just got
it s not a debate. they are not on stage at the same time. we are doing this squentually. martin o malley first and then bernie sanders and then hillary clinton. i will try to get information out of them that they have not previously had to get nailed down on before. we are going to try to get concrete information to southern voters who are trying to make a decision between these democratic candidates. we ll see. there is such news just today, a lot to get them to respond to. knowing how hard you work all day and you have probably been working on this for weeks now i take you at your word every question will be brand new. everything will shake them to their roots. is that true? well, you know, there is my guiding principle for trying to come up with questions. i try to read everything that has happened on the public stage since they have been running because i don t want to ask them a question that they have already given an answer to.
can go side by side. ask how enbrel can help relieve joint pain and help stop joint damage. enbrel, the number one rheumatologist-prescribed biologic. [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders look at that thing. welcome back to hardball. for the democratic candidates forum. the democrats take stage at the top of the hour. the other big story tonight is the big shake up in the debate