the state of play in south carolina. all this as michael bloomberg rises and new reporting focuses on his long public history, from stop and frisk to accusations of sexism. but first the story goes like this. president's long-time friend gets convicted of crimes and prosecutors recommend a sentence. justice department overrules its own prosecutors and reduces sentence. now more than 1100 federal prosecutors and justice department officials, along with nine democratic senators are calling on attorney general william barr to resign after he intervened in the roger stone case. and while barr claims the president's comments had no impact on his decision, he did convene the way things unfolded was problematic. >> the question is now what do i do? and do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or pull back because of the tweet? and that illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be. >> after that interview aired we waited and waited for tweets from the president probably lambasting his attorney general. but those never came. and simply the president asserted his, quote, legal right to intervene in criminal cases if he wants to. and stephanie grisham said the president wasn't at all bothered by barr's comments. after all, what's one tv interview compared to all of this? >> it was relentless speculation in the news media about the president's personal culpability, yet, as he said from the beginning, there was, in fact, no collusion. i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. yes, yes, i think spying did occur. there are scores of parallel investigations to an avalanche of subpoenas is plainly designed to incapacitate the executive branch. it is the left that is engaged in the systematic shredding of norms and undermining the rule of law. >> wow. and as this week came to a close, we learned barr has now assigned an outside prosecutor to scrutinize the case against michael flynn. and the moderator of "washington week" on pbs, robert costa, nbc news correspondent covering national news and intelligence, and michael steele and former deputy attorney general under ingeorge h.w. bush administration, donald aire. i want to talk about the comments you've had on the attorney general. bob, let me start with you and get the big picture from a pl political perspective. he literally seemed to take a victory lap around the racetrack. and some of the things he's been doing seem especially problematic to a lot of americans. >> based on my reporting the president is still in a pretty decent spot with the attorney general. he called the attorney general in recent days to express frustration about the lack of pursuit of new charges for figures from the russia investigation. >> mccabe another decided not to charge? >> right. and your program laid out why it's been sustained personally, legally is because he's seen inside this white house as a loyal person. >> time and time again he's clearly done and said what the president has asked. you told "politico" quote, with bill barr, on an amazing number ofications, you can assume there's something improper going on. what did you mean by that? >> i think one of the things that is true is you keep getting new news that crowds the other news out. and so there, certainly they go back before the initial whitewashing of the mueller report. there's all sorts of things that he has done that seem very fishy at the time and really it's important to find the time to put the pieces together and they add up to something. and i think what they add up to and you can find him saying this in so many words and in the speech he recently gave, he does not believe in the basic feature of our system predicated on the idea no person is above the law. >> so, can you just -- what are you basing that on? i think clearly we've got a lot of examples where he seems to be right up there with the president. at the same time, he was respected lawyer, he worked for george h.w. bush. he's not necessarily a new guy. he seems to have played by the rules for some period of his career. >> and throughout his whole career he's been an advocate of a very powerful chief executive. and he did go through two years as the attorney general under george h.w. bush. well, george h.w. bush had no asspration to be an autocratic president. donald trump does and donald trump, i think, is a critical foil for bill barr to carry out what is, in his mind, a priority. and that is a government unchecked. i can go through events he's done in the justice department that are, in effect, ways of accomplishing that objective. there are opinions they've written stonewalling conerous. this situation with the department intervening to get results in criminal cases. criminal cases are the most sensitive of all. >> mr. steele, and noting nine democratic senators signed a letter and there has been a lot of silence from republicans, frankly, on this topic. why? >> again. republicans don't want to be sideways with the president, number one. they do have much more of an affinity for barr and has staked out the positions he has. and again, i think it's one of the situations where a lot of t uglies behind them and like the president tonight a lot of republicans want to take the victory lap and move on. they have their campaigns coming up, primaries are starting to come into focus. so, they don't want this additional microphone in their face to talk about these types of things. and everybody knows the dirty secret is there's very little daylight between president trump and mr. barr, period. you can stop the pretense that barr did something dramatic by saying what he said the other day. >> what happened there? did he actually break with the president? like we said at the top, you might expected an angry tweet from the president if the attorney general, in fact, did something to anger him. >> on the substance, what was so frustrating about the abc news interview was he didn't answer the question of why, of all the sentencing decision, why did he pick that case to intervene on? and we don't know why. all you have to do is listen to what he said. he gave this incendiary speech from too the federal society and talked about the resistance, they're the ones shredding the constitution, not donald trump. and said the fbi was justified in launching the russia investigation and issued a statement saying the fbi launched an investigationen the thinnest of suspicions and took steps he didn't think was appropriate. so, he doesn't think the russia investigation was legitimate or any of the prosecutions that flowed from were legitimate, otherwise, why would he appoint a prosecutor to take a look at flynn? it's pretty clear. he's out in the open. the reactions most people probably had to the president's statement, i think it was today or yesterday, that he can intervene if we wants to, but he hasn't done it yet. guess where he got that? from bill barr. you can read the memo bill barr submitted when i guess he was auditioning to be attorney general. one of the things he says is that the president has complete control over all investigations in the justice department and he could even supervise and terminate an investigation of himself. and that's literally what he said in that memo. so, the president is a better student than we think. he's listening to bill barr and what he's saying is exactly what bill barr told him. >> to speak further to the president and his advisor's state of mind. you talked about how bannon is feeling after the acquittal. they wasted three years on a witchhunt. now he understands how to use the full powers of the presidency. is that essentially what we're seeing here? a president unincomeboard because the worst thing democrats could throw at him, they did and it didn't stick. >> steve bannon's quote underscores this moment. it's a three-year project that began with president trump's election. and don mcgahn, the former white house counsel were involved in what they call the deconstruction of theed administrative state. a conservative take over of the judiciary, working closely with majority leader, mitch mcconnell and an assertion of executive power. and president trump and attorney general barr are entirely on the same page in believing in a powerful executive. >> part of this that i think is going to test the country is the dismantling that involves the assertion of something i don't think they're comfortable with and that is this is a country of a powerful person. the principal i think most people would like to think is true, that no person is above the law. bill barr's acting on a goal to destroy that. >> can you crystallize for us, as we sit here sunday night ahead of the week and reflecting on what's happened. in a story where every story is huge and incendiary and a little insane, why does this one and what bill barr has done here -- why is it of special import? why should people pay extra attention to it? >> because the power of a federal prosecutor is an awesome power. so, when you're talking about political meddling in a political investigation, that's banana republic territory. so, people are very sensitive about this. there were talks of a walkout in the justice department. and then cooler heads prevailed because no one wants to put a target on their heads as someone protesting trump's actions. mccabe, trump wants him charged criminally. that shows the line is holding in some parts of the government. >> very quickly, what tim's talking about, the possible walkout, as the attorney general is looking into the origins of the russia investigation. there's a spotlight not only from the attorney general, but you have the ag personally supervising other reviews, probes of internal justice department matters and that has created deep divisions within the department and as the "washington post" reports, the attorney general leaves the department but he's isolated within it. >> for sure. thank you very much for your insight tonight. we have so much more to come tonight. maxine waters is going to be here and with senator elizabeth warren as she ramps up her attacks. but first, house majority whip, james cliburn is standing by ahead of the primary in his home state of south carolina. the congressman says he knows who he's endorsing but not quite ready to reveal his choice. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. almost done. what do you think? 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have you decided to make it public at some point before the vote? >> well, as you know, south carolina is the first in the south primary. when we first developed this primary, i made a deal with the national party that i would do nothing to undercut the impact of the primary. i also met with cbs news who will be televising our debate and i promised them i would not get out in front of the debate. so, what i'm going to to is wait until after the debate is over before saying anything publicly. >> so, we may not hear from you before the prime pare? >> that's still a possibility, yes. >> have you spoke within the former mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, recently? >> yes, i have spoken with him within the last several days. >> and what is his pitch to you? >> well, as you know, he's not competed in south carolina. he just told me that he was going to compete in the so-called super tuesday states. and we had a conversation. but i've known bloomberg for a long time. he has not asked me for my vote because he's not going to be on the ballot. >> do you have concerns about his stop and frisk policy or would you be open to support him if, in fact, he does emerge in front after super tuesday? >> look, we have no perfect candidates. there are people who will find some fault with joe biden, some fault with amy klobuchar. no matter who the candidate is, year going to find some warp. i think what we have to do is take the totality of people's records, of their proposals, of their backgrounds, and see whether or not more positives are there than negatives. you will find something negative about everybody. and so, i'm not going to get overly concerned about anyone. stop and frisk is a problem for me, yes. >> okay. >> stop and frisk is a problem for you. but besides that, you think that he would be -- he's answered your other questions along these lines? >> well, i have not asked him any other questions. there are other things coming out. in fact, earlier this afternoon someone sent me an email a position he took on food stamp recipients that's also a problem for me. so, i'm going to look at the entire record of all the candidates. but once i vote for somebody on the 29th of february, that person i will stay with for as long as that person is in the race irrespective of whoever else may get in. >> can you help us understand, sir, tom steyer, the other very wealthy candidate in this race, he has spent more money than anyone else and perhaps that's what explains it in south carolina. but his popularity with african-american voters caught my notice and interest. what is it about tom steyer has people in your community taking notice? >> i don't know. i have met him, i've met his wife. they're both pleasant people. they've hired a pretty big staff. they've spent a lot of money. frrt and when you deal with primaries in any kind of campaign, you're dealing with name recognition as well. if you have enough money to get your message out, then people will take it under consideration. i wouldn't worry a whole lot about what the polls are showing right now. i think when nevada is over, people will begin to firm up their thoughts about south carolina. and so, i think it will be pretty wide open after nevada next saturday. >> do you think it's still possible, yes or no, for joe biden to win south carolina? >> sure it's possible for joe biden to win. if the election were held tomorrow, he would win. but, as i said we have no idea what would happen after saturday. >> all right. congressman jim clyburn, i'm sure we'll all be headed your way next week. and bloomberg's campaign has spent millions of dollars. now they're leaning on his past as mayor and businessman. sometimes, the pressures of today's world can make it tough to take care of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. itso chantix can help you quit naturslow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking, or life-threatening allergic and skin reactions. decrease alcohol use. use caution driving or operating machinery. tell your doctor if you've had mental health problems. the most common side effect is nausea. quit smoking slow turkey. talk to your doctor about chantix. tthe bad news? 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>> up until now he's been running a parallel campaign. he's been on the air, trying to raise his name id in super tuesday states. rs for he's rrb not been on a debate stage, and had a handful of surrogates out doing interviews. and so the two big questions are, as we move the super tuesday, number one, do these attacks start having an affect and does he have to start coming out from the other side of a television ad and start answering questions and does bloomberg turn his fire to bernie sanders and the other democrats. but until this point, his rise in the polls has basically been mostly artificial because it's been unmatched by anybody else. >> it was interesting watching the sunday shows across all the networks. you would watch one candidate get grilled, tough questions. then the tv show would go to commercial and you'd see mayor bloomberg's ad, the pitch he wants for voters in super tuesday states and around the country. and you see that's the bloomberg campaign. they've thought this out for months. and they're all about super tooulz. microtargeting and broadly appealing to voters in these key states. and you look at the time he's spent in some of the southern states that are going to matter, arkansas, north carolina, texas. he's ready in the way the other candidates are not because he's coasting on advertising and spending so much money. the other candidates are still spending time fund raising. >> some of the states he mentioned, there's the deep south where, frankly, hillary clinton beat bernie sanders last time around. a lot of african-american voters. what does it mean that michael bloomberg -- can he simply buy himself supporters in the states that perhaps would have questions for him in new york if he was taking questions? >> i don't think it stops the questions. the questions are still very much a part of the conversation. in fact, today in my local grocery store, i had a corner where people were stop -- couldn't shop but i had a lot to say about bloomberg. and it was really around what do you think about these stories that are coming out about him? is it true? and i'm like what do you think? and certainly it's there. it's bubbling. i think a lot of folks are contextualizing it. some are saying that was then, this is now. he's come out very forcefully to take a different position to apologize. i think it's going to be interesting to see how this settles, particularly with the debate coming up. whether or not he may not show up. i think he'll be there. but how he handles that is going to set what comes next because the commercials could be undone if he gets on the stage and he's flat footed from the attack. >> what is your reporting about, a, what bloomberg is doing, and how the other candidates are preparing to take him on stage? >> obviously i think he has one more qualifying poll to make that debate. something we've seen over the weekend is all the candidates are out west while bloomberg has a lot of big super tuesday states to himself is bernie sanders, elizabeth warren facing him head on, despite the fact he's not campaigning in the state they're physically in, they're contending with the fact he's in the race and going to be for a very long time. the other thing i've been watching is the powerful amount of support he's gotten from key supporters in the african-american community. even there, among just average voters i talked to, even if they wouldn't necessarily support him, there's a lot of curiosity there. the fact that while stop and frisk was a concern, that was then and this is now and compared to a president who'sed a -- advocated for stop and frisk, it doesn't seem that big of a deal to them. >> the issue with women voters is another critical piece of this. i don't think i can even read out loud the excerpt he told "the washington post" the remarks he made and the lawsuits he filed, the nondisclosure agreements around that. how much of that is potential problem in this primary after super tuesday? >> what we don't know is what we don't know. because of the nondisclosure agreements, "the washington post" did incredible reporting. and particularly suburban women are so important. the comments are likely to surface again and again and again. while none of the alligations have to do with sexual misconduct, they're workplace related claims. it reminds me of a conversation we were having around donald trump and whether the words he said would matter to voters and it turns out the country elected him anyway. >> the difference is we're talking about a democratic primary where 55 to 58% of the electorate could be women. and the other one focus on bloomberg is the only way he becomes the of the party is in a contested convention. there's almost no way he can get into the convention with over 50% of the delegates. and that's the real challenge is how they move into a plurality lead going to the convention and convince a lot of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren delegates he's the choice. there's big tent building that's going to have to be done regardless. >> you forget about bernie sanders. he's learn his lessons from 2016. he has african-american leaders in his campaign in a way he said they were not in the senior levels in 2016. so, they feel good, not only about their positioning for super tuesday and when it comes to bloomberg's acept. because they assumed, perhaps, mayor buttigieg would rise. now this candidate that's been railing against billionaires has a billionaire to run against. >> it's like the perfect foil. you could not invent a candidate or scenario more perfect for bernie sanders to run against mp the idea that his supporters are simply going to show up at the convention and acweesz to bloomberg -- now it has republicans saying. y moisture renewal conditioner. its color-safe formula uses smart conditioners to micro-target damage helping to repair hair without weighing it down. try pantene. but when allergies and congestion strike, take allegra-d... a non-drowsy antihistamine plus a powerful decongestant. so you can always say "yes" to putting your true colors on display. say "yes" to allegra-d. made it myself. i love this place! made that myself, too. order up. fries on the side. right where i like 'em. don't forget the grease fire. burn, baby -- wait, what? 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care to weigh in? >> and you know what that's from? that's a collection of whatever briefings he's decided to attend and what you heard is what he picked up from the briefings. it's not connected to anything. catapults? i mean, seriously? what do they roll them up and heave ho? you just say this and people say yeah, they're using catapults and they can't see over. america, y'all got to wake up. i mean, this is what we're talking about here and our immigration policy is based on this stream of consciousness connected to nothing. but there are a lot of people -- and this is a reality. a lot of people sit there and eat it and they believe that what he just described is what's happening at the wall. yeah, there's not enough water hoses, so we have to -- that's all i have to say. >> i think it's important to point out that the pentagon is diverting, again, for the second year in a row, $3.8 billion from the national guard, to the bord boarder wall, extending the national emergency at the boarder and this has led the chairman in the house, former chairman, i should say, republican, to say this is not a good plan, not good idea. we shouldn't be doing this as a country. explain why the president is so focussed on doing this in an election year? >> you saw an opening pitch to african-american voters, to suburban voters. he talked about criminal justice reform. he remembers the pivot about halfway through where you could really see the language of steven miller, one of his long-time aids come through and when i was in new hampshire last week, covering president's rally and talking to his voters, it's clear immigration remains front and center for these voters. it's a get out the vote motivational tool to make sure their core voters are motivated on this issue and they want to paint the democrats as open boarder at every turn and this is part of the strategy. and they keep highlighting it as much as they can. >> how do democrats answer? >> i think its effective in terms of appealing to donald trump's base. i think the question is what does it do beyond that? we didn't see this as a tactic that worked in 2018. we have to hold cory gardner and sally responsible. the difference between what they say and do is very different. so too, watch tom tillerson in a state like south carolina simp lae allow the president to divert money from the bases to give to a wall i think is pretty stunning and ult mimately goingo hurt these senate republicans more than today. >> thornberg said this is a wall that shouldn't be built but took issue with the fact that the president is essentially making an end run around the appropriating process to take money for something he wants to build. and to bob costa's point, part of his re-election campaign. >> and at the extense of say, military kids trying to go to school on bases across the country. thank you guys. great conversation. we've got a quick programming note before we go to break. after "kasie d.c." stick around to watch "what's eating america" with chef andrew zimmerman. he looks at immigration through the lens of farming and how the shortage impacts the food supply. >> three years ago we didn't have enough people and fields, literally tractors plowing them down. >> so the agriculture labor shortage in america is you don't have choice but to bring workers from mexico? 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>> my primary job i was a combat officer. i built things and blew things up. when is what i'd like to do in congress as well. i was a also a uniform victim advocate. it was to work with sexual trauma and make sure they received the care they needed. the marine corp. is a service that's less than 10% female. and when i joined the marine corp., i was shocked to learn that women were still excludesed from doing certain jobs because of our gender. i thought that was wild and i wanted to do something about it. so i worked behind the scenes with a number of other folks and organizations to prep senior military leaders to go to the hill to advocate for ab exclusion of the policy. we were able to be successful working together to get that policy repealed. now all jobs are open to women. that's really important we have diversity in our ranks and diversity in leadership. >> you also mention that the don't ask don't tell policy was something that applied to you. what is the connection between a policy like that and your own life and how would it inform work you would do here? >> certainly, one of the reasons i decided to run for congress is because i know for a fact buzz of my life experience the decisions made by leaders in washington have an impact on people's lives. i was able to serve because of the repeal of don't ask don't tell. the congresswoman retiring from the district was a leader in the fight to repeal that policy. so her service made my military service possible. pit know that those responsibilities are very real and i will never take that kind of responsibility light ly. >> so you are far back in a pretty crowded field, according to a poll that we have from the san diego union tribune, which endorsed you. you're fighting against sarah jacobs, who we have covered on this program as well. what is it about your race -- why to you think that now is the time for you to run this race and how realistic do you think it is that you can get a shot to be in the runoff election? >> i have niever been afraid of fighting for what i believe in. i decided to jump into the race because i think san diegans deserve a representative with a prooumpb track record of getting things done and the courage to stand up to this administration and special interests in washington. if polls are always right, joe biden would be leading the pack. we have seen how numbers can shift. what i'm focused on are the messages i'm hearing from voters in the district. the issues they care about, standing up for women's rights, making sure every american has access to health care. these are the things that voters care about. i'm not a millionaire. i don't have the backing of lots of hundreds of millions of dollars coming in and dark money many any race. but we have raised $300,000 from the grass roots. so i know that our message is resinating and i would encourage anyone who thinks that politics should be about electing the best person for the job and not the wealthiest or to go to my website and kick in a little bit of money because we could use it in the next 17 days. >> the union tribune noted that you questioned executive power, particularly drone strikes under president obama and your opponent worked for president obama. do you feel as though your opponents tribute d to what you view apparently as policy that is wrong? 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it's not that he was burning a bar bra. he said several years ago. >> he's going to have to answer for a that. >> i don't think you should be a able to hide behind air waves. >> $60 billion can buy a lot of advertising. it can't erase your record. >> attorney general barr's strong pushback to presidential interference. >> why is the attorney general inserting himself involving the president's associates? >> mr. stone's status is not a criminal act. >> ithe had a conversation with the whole world. >> the president says he has the legal right to intervene in cases. do you agree? >> you can have a voice like mick jagger but you wouldn't want to belt out "honkey tonk woman" in church. >> a classic from senator kennedy. welcome back to "kasie d.c." we're going it talk to the chair of the house financial services committee about a divisive week for the attorney general. and i'll be joined live by elizabeth warren as she fights to make it into the top three while sharpening her warnings about michael bloomberg and do not go to bed before we talk about concerning comments from tom cotton about the origins of the coronavirus conspiracy sit theories run rampant. we're starting with a dilemma for democrats. how do you message and compete with a visual like this one? >> i have been to a lot of daytona 500s. never have i felt the excitement and energy. we have had great races on the track, but we have the president landing right now and the fans are pumped up. i mean, wow. what a greday. >> it's one of the most incredible thicks i have seen. 800 feet above the racetrack right now. what an entrance by the president of the united states. >> president trump brought air force one to the daytona 500 and its 100,000 fans serving as grand marshal the president rode in the beast, that's his presidential limo around the track before the race got underway. and though the president eegs approval rating has stayed more or less in the mid-40s, a new poll shows that 61% of americans say they are better off now than they were three years ago, a difficult prospect for democrats to overcome in an election year. meanwhile, the democrats are campaigning in nevada scrapping for every vote they can get with bernie sanders and pete buttigieg splitting votes so far. another billionaire michael bloomberg rising in the polls. here with me this hour is writer for politico jake sherman, form er commune b indications director matt gorman, strategic don callaway, and former adviser to paul ryan brendan buck. we also have correspondent garrett haake. let me start with you, garrett. it looks beautiful there. i need to get out to one of these warmer primary and caucus states. those visuals, i'm not sure what i think about the beast doing a slow lap at the daytona 500. i'm not sure that's the point, but setting that aside. the president was able to beat hillary clinton in 2016 without the trappings of the presidency. what you saw today was him using the full power of the ceremony of his office a as part of the the day today. you have been on the trail with democrats. what is the challenge in trying to compete with this. it's a fractured field right now. >> reporter: it's so true. just the opportunity to try to breakthrough in the president of the united states can command that much attention is almost impossible. bernie sanders could slide down the outside of the lux pyramid and wouldn't draw as many eyeballs as the president going to the daytona 500. this is no comparison. would i like to see it, yes. would it help his rehex, probably not. this is the challenge for all the democratic candidates. there's no theater quite like that, which the president is able to use. air force one is the ultimate prop. we saw president trump, whatever you think of his policies, taking the theater up a notch using the beast. i don't think we have seen a president use the tools of the a office available to him in that way. when you combine that with the economic numbers he's got, this completely outlines the challenges facing democrats. it will be easier for the democrats when they are in theory united behind one nominee. but especially in a fractured field. something like that where the audience of the daytona 500 is 100,000 people in the stadium. it's going to make anything these democratic candidates do look small. that's the challenge. >> and i mean, don, to that point, democrats right now seem to be trying to decide who is their alternative to bernie sanders. it seems like bernie sanders and a whole muddle of the rest of the field. >> i finished a campaign for the last three months for deval pats risk. the day after we conceded. someone reached out to me and said, hey, can we just get behind biden and stop this craziness. so there's this idea that vice president biden in a normal world would be the guy. but after 2014 when a different segment of the democratic electorate rose to power, joe biden is no longer the guy. we're dealing with a different democratic party and a field of democratic candidates who was not trained to compete for this particular electorate. and it's amazing that a 78-year-old white guy from vermont has emerged as the face of that group. >> he seems to have figured that out. >> you have to remember that bernie sanders is not just an anomaly like he was in 2016. he spent the last four years creating a revolution investing in grass root organizations, so there's something real there. and in a normal world, ten years ago, joe biden would have been the guy. but the world has shifted and politicians have to be red duh for that. >> i keep thinking back to scott walker. in 2015 he dropped out of the republican primary and sort of set up this warning flare to everybody else and said, hey guys, if you don't get out of the race, donald trump is going to be the president of the united states. and it's exactly what happened. i can't help but think we're seeing something like that unfold now. >> easier said than done. they see themselves that i'm the guy to take him on. us yo guys get out. >> questions of ego with politicians are tricky ones. >> the one person extremely good at elevating himself from the field and taking on president trump is michael bloomberg. he's done 2 for weekss thousand. they go back and forth. it goes to a broader point why he should never get near a democratic debate stage. he needs to keep this up for as long as he can. but also as you heard in the dvr, they are starting to chirp at him. all the democratic candidates. so unlike mayor pete buttigieg or bernie, why get attacked to your face when you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars telling voters what you want them to hear. barring his poll numbers going down, but right now stay away from the debate stage. >> you mentioned chirping, i like that way of putting it. but bernie sanders did criticize michael bloomberg on saturday and to a certain extent you can't create a more perfect foil to bernie sanders than michael bloomberg. look at how he himself puts this. >> regardless of how much money a multibillionaire candidate is willing to spend on his election, we will not create the energy and excitement we need to defeat donald trump if that candidate pursued, advocated for is and enacted baseless policies like stop and frisk. with communities of color in his city to live in fear. >> so jake sherman, there you have bernie sanders, already campaigning against michael bloomberg stop and frisk. talking about how many billions of dollars that he has. this sets up a potentially very long protracted war because bernie sanders is the not going to get out of this race likely. to establishment figures who say, hey, we have to do something to stop this guy. i think it might be too late. >> michael bloomberg is banking on a old commercials where you'd throw a ball like in the mcdonald's commercials throw it off the arch and see if you can get it in the basket. he's trying to build up delegates and in a bid to stop sanders and starve him of what he needs to become the normmine that's a difficult strategy to imploy and be successful. i asked michael bloomberg last week. if you win zero states, could you be the nominee. he says i'm not sure why that matters to you. and i mean it matters. >> we're face iing the real possibility that bernie sanders basically won iowa. he did win new hampshire. he's like will to win nevada. that's a pretty powerful play. i'm not sure what his argument is against sanders being the nominee with that level of support. >> the argument might be republicans would be willing to vote for michael bloomberg over d donald trump? >> he's a former republican himself. imagine there's a few. >> are you a republican if you're a republican in new york city? i'm kidding. >> i find it interesting that sanders is attacking michael bloomberg at this point. because i don't imagine there's a lot of people debating between sanders and bloomberg. the bloomberg rise has take wan from biden and buttigieg. this guy is going to be here at the end. he could be staring me down at convention and i need to make sure i have softened him up a bit. >> he may be the only person that can match dollar for dollar. garrett haake, back to you. i understand you spoke with pete buttigieg today. this the nevada caucus and the south carolina primary are going to be his first real test with voters of color. which is going to be central to the nominating contest going forward. what did he tell you? >> reporter: i'll just say i had the chance to cover a bernie sanders rally and pete buttigieg rally this morning. same kind of things. i was struck by the fact there was the same kind of energy. pete buttigieg's crowd was not quite as young, not quite as diverse, but the energy level was equally high. and i asked pete whether he can take advantage of the diverse crowd he's starting to see. here's what he told me. >> this is a much harder place to introduce yourself to voters. how do you feel like you're doing? >> it's encouraging to see more and more of the racially diverse voters in nevada. seeing how much is at stake and kicking the tires. who they want to put their one vote behind. looking forward to continuing that conversation. so many workers are closely watching the debate and looking for somebody that will expand access. >> is your campaign ready for this to go national? >> this is where it comes. two more states here and suddenly it's a national campaign. so we're gearing up with staff and volunteer organizers from coast to coast. and really looking forward to that stage of the campaign. >> that's the challenge. we know bernie sanders can run a national campaign. we think michael bloomberg can a afford to do one. pete buttigieg is the one other candidate who may have the money, who definitely has the enthu enthusiasm from supporters to upscale this when we get to that stage of the game. it's one thing to do it one state at a time. it's another to compete in 14 d states at once. you're hearing pete start to realize that. >> it's a good way to put it. thank you. when we continue, the attorney general under fire after the department of justice reverses course on the roger stone sentence. maxine waters joins me live from california. plus we'll talk to elizabeth warren, who is trying to contrast with michael bloomberg as the former mayor rises in the polls. 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>> no, absolutely not. mr. barr has been protecting the president even before he was appointed. he auditioned for the job and he wrote an extensive memorandum saying the president can do whatever he wants to do. he cant be indicted or accused of a crime. so i think this is another trick that's been worked out with he and the president of united states to try to make people believe that he's objective and that he's trying to do his job without interference. i don't believe him for one minute. this attorney general has been shameless and brazen in the way that he has protected the president, in the way he's not served the american people. he's not the president's personal attorney. he's the people's attorney. but you'd never know that judging from all the things he has done. so i don't believe him at all. >> the president said that he has a legal right to intervene in criminal cases as president. do you believe that that's the case? >> well, the president thinks he can do whatever he chooses to do. as a matter of fact, recently in a tweet, he referred to himself as king. so he supposedly was a quote, but that's really what he meant. the president does not believe that there are any reigns on him. he can do whatever he wants to do. and that's exactly what he's doing. he's going to get worse. since he was basically not indicted or charged with obstruction of justice in the impeachment trials, he's going to get worse now. this president is going to do everything from bring putin into the white house to continue to interfere. don't worry, he's going to pardon roger stone eventually. this president is out of control. >> what do you think at this point congress should be doing about any of this? house speaker nancy pelosi, of whom you have been a close ally, said it's time to put the focus on health care and economic kitchen table issues potential ly at the expense or instead of the investigations into this president. what's your view of how the next year should unfold? >> the democratic party have continued to talk about the issues that are concerning the american people all during this investigation and the trial of the president. we have never stopped and we're not going to stop. we have oversight responsibilities as standing committees of congress, and i have oversight committees of the financial services committee. so we're going to do our work. but we're not stopping somehow to continue investigations on the president. we have issued subpoenaed. those will be heard by the court. they have traveled through the court. it's been a slow process. but they will get to the supreme court. about what we're doing relative to this president. we are continually on the issues. this president gives us issues to really deal with. he just submitted a budget talking about getting rid of reducing medicare and medicaid and social security. we have a lot to talk about, and we will continue to be focused on those issues. >> so before i let you go, congresswoman, there's a major primary coming up in california on the democratic side. super tuesday, who do you think is in the best position rugt now to win california? >> i don't think i can predict that. this is an unusual presidential primary. and we see unusual things occurring. no one could have predicted exactly the way iowa or new hampshire went. >> could you vote for michael bloomberg? >> i'm a democrat. i'm a progressive democrat. i head the financial services committee. i'm concerned about predatory lending. i have a long reputation as a progressive, even a liberal. so i think that my vote will line up with one who is consistent in those kinds of issues where we protect. >> that sounds like no to me. perhaps i'm putting words in your mouth. maxine water, thank you very much for your time. >> you're welcome. >> have a great night. i can't help but notice your reaction to the congresswoman. >> she said i'm a democrat. meaning that michael bloomberg is not. i understand that michael bloomberg has united with our party in this massive struggle to beat president trump, but he's not a democrat. we're looking for a democrat who has done great things. he's invested in communities. i have a lot of friends on that campaign. but michael bloomberg is not a democrat. we're looking for a democrat to represent us. that's what the chairwoman just told you. >> you said you have a lot of friends on the campaign. they are clearly doing something right. >> incredible amount of investment nationwide. they made an interesting strategic choice to not play in the early states. perhaps they could have changed that in order to play in south carolina. that's what i would have tweaked in that strategy. but they are playing from super tuesday on ward. they have the money to do that. it's just a fundamentally a discussion of resources. it's important to note the resources come into play not only being able to hire a talent and a lot of them, but not only getting your message out there, but shaping what that message is. he doesn't have to stand on the debate stage like you pointed out and have that message needle that. he can shape the story and blast the air waves with it. >> you have been on the trail with michael bloomberg. >> his answer is people hate donald trump so much. >> he may be right a about that. >> it doesn't sound like a crazy theory as much as i thought it was at one point. he thinks that, you know, he could be the best option at theened of the day. his theory about debates is right in theory. but he's going to get on the stage this week. >> it seems they have made the calculation that not accepting that invitation would be politically unsustainable. when we return, a live interview with presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren. synonymous with the strategy she's got a plan for that. i'm going to ask her the plan just days ahead of the nevada caucuses. ♪ limu emu & doug and now for their service to the community, we present limu emu & doug with this key to the city. 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[ cheers ] >> so the piece of that here, harsh tactics might work if you're willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing. who are you talking about there? bernie sanders? >> look, i think it's an issue that we have to address as democrats. how is it that we are going to have a party that is together and ready to fight donald trump. this is not about everybody joins together and says only sweet things about each other. this is about how you build that coalition that really respects and pulls in every part of our party. it's what i have been work on for a whole year. this issue around corruption is something that all democrats get. and independents and republicans get. the 2 cent wealth tax. >> do you think bernie sanders supporters would join -- i'm sorry. we're talking over each other for the delay. >> i was just saying 2 cent wealth tax is something that all democrats can get behind investing in a whole generation of young people. raising social security and disability payments for everyone is something all democrats can get behind. we have these core economic issues that are true democratic issues. we can pull together around these. >> we are still fighting in a primary. my question here and based on what you said, do you think bernie sanders supporters and there are clearly a floor. they are a motivated group. we hear from them online. you have seen them kind of speak out pretty aggressively. do you think there's a world in which that group of supporters can get on board with any one of these other candidates or not? >> i think that a lot of bernie sanders' supporters, i would also be someone they could support. we worked on a lot of the same issues. bernie may be their first choice and i respect that. but we fight together on a lot of issues. and the same is also true with others who are in this race. when others have had to drop out, when kamala harris had to le leave the race, we reach ed out to the people a part of those campaigns. they are now part of our staff. they are part of our volunteers. the seem with kirsten gillibrand. i think that's how we energy and keep strengthening our democratic party. i built an inclusive campaign on a set of issues that are core democratic issues. but -- >> do you think michael bloomberg shares those core issues? >> i got to tell you. what he said about red lining. i have spent my life not as a politician. i spent my life about what's happening to american families. and red lining was over a discrimination against african-americans. and all people of color. it created a wealth gap in america that still persists today. and for michael bloomberg to blame the banks to continue to discriminate against people is outrageous. anyone who thinks that should not be the leader of our party. >> would you, under any circumstances, consider supporting michael bloomberg if, in fact, he were the nominee of the party in the end? 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i mean, we don't want to create panic, but at the same time, people need to be educated in terms of what exists in this region in china. >> well, the burden of proof right now is on the chinese communist party and the ambassador of china and his fellow communists. they have lied consistently about this virus from the beginning, so we should not take their word at face value. and, no, we don't want to have a ub public panic, but we do want to err on the side of caution. >> so there is in evidence to support this theory about a super lab that cotton was talking about. and we don't have to look to quote, unquote commune itseists this. 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