of larry david s impression of bernie sanders. not a fan of the banks. they transform on the middle class, they control washington, and why do they chain all their pens to the desks? who s trying to steal a pen from a bank? you know what i don t understand, america? these podiums. what are you supposed to do with your elbows? rest them on top? they re too short. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. i could watch that for days. 22 minutes past the hour, joined by politico reporter lee munsel. good morning, betty. had trump been president during 9/11 his immigration policy would have prevented the attacks so says he. has he gone way too far? clearly jeb bush is fighting mad over it. obviously and for republicans an off limits sort of thing to
make sure you dress appropriately for every occasion. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. all right, it s coming up on 21 minutes past the hour. it is friday, you know what that means. we re joined by kevin cirilli reporting for the hill. good morning, kevin. happy friday, betty. i mean no disrespect to ann romney but i had two pretty freakin awesome grandmas growing up. they don t dress like that? they had style. they had a lot of swag. no hat tilted to the side? let s talk about donald trump for a second. he s been saying he s spending his own money, but, turns out he s really spending donor money? explain this. well, he s been spending a little bit of donor money. but i actually interviewed mr. trump in new york earlier this week for a candid ott-minute sit down and he is adamant that he is going to be self-financing his campaign. but you re right. he has been drawing in smaller donations. but he s not taking big money
that s all right. that s all right. leave it. i was i take it i take it to mean was i ever arrested by the police well, no, not necessarily. when i was when i was young. i was involved in a civil rights demonstration, and i was arrested. all right. let s call it a civil rights demonstration. don t show that to joy behar you ll get her all excited again. that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. all right from washington i m joined by syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning to you, bob. good morning, shannon. who knew that bernie sanders may be has a career in show business. i mean, who knew. who knew. all right, popular opinion after the debate seems to be that hillary won. but bernie sanders is now claiming victory. he says his proof is in the cash that he raked in, $2.5 million since the debate. does the cash make him the winner? well, you know, it s an interesting thing about the debate. just about anybody can claim he or she won as long as h
and it s become a tradition, the pros and cons of watching the debate, brought to you by tonight show host jimmy fallen. pro hillary clinton had to answer tough questions like did you lie about your e-mail service. con, jim webb had to answer tough questions like, who are you? and can we see some i.d.? pro, hearing bernie sanders supporters chant, feel the burn. con, hearing lincoln chafee supporters chant hear the chafe. martin o malley wants to see more debates added to the schedule. con, leave it to the irs guy to order another round. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. all right, let s bring in jonathan allen chief political correspondent for vox which has a partnership with nbc universal. who was the big winner last night? well, we re the winner because we get to talk about it. but i thought hillary clinton was really the big winner last night. bernie sanders is closer to democrats on policy, but a lot of them are worried that he
o malley are next to hillary. and then jim webb and lincoln chafee are on the ends. there s still a chance joe biden might show up. cnn if he does they re going to put him here at the prime spot. giving us so much material. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. let s welcome in now political analyst and best-selling hour ellis hannigan. that s where he s been the whole time. i ve seen him there from the very beginning. i m not going to run. we re still waiting for him. let me ask you about that. if we don t see him tonight is that for sure that he s not going to run? no, no, no, no. not at all. he spent the weekend with the family reflecting and thinking and feeling and looking into his heart and his head. it s very possible that he s going to run. i think it s unlikely he will show up tonight although you re right the cnn folks do have a podium set aside just in case.