him love. if he ends up running against donald trump, how accurate will the so-called approval numbers be. because it still looks like it will be donald trump as the republican nominee. he just raised gobs of cash. polls show him trouncing ron desantis, who is by far his nearest competitor, and despite the indictments, the alleged carelessness around classified documents, and the potentially criminal carelessness for this country s democratic process, republican voters are clearly still on his side. but is anyone else? or to put a finer point on it, will any general election that includes donald trump be anything more than voting for or voting against donald trump? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. punch bowl news cofounder and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman, and former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst, michael steele. jake, as somebody who knows mccarthy best, can you give us a sense of why he has not endorsed the
show. reporter: the crooner s unique voice and timeless style helped him win a total of 19 grammys and two emmys throughout his career. maybe the best pop singer in the whole world. i asked him why do you think we stayed around so long? and he said we stayed with good songs. reporter: but the classics weren t always hits. in the 70s, bennett found himself without a recording contract, he was in debt and battling a drug problem. i realized that i thought i was doing well with the drugs and i really wasn t. reporter: that s when bennett s son danny stepped in as his manager. bennett re-signed with colombia records and began to revitalize his career. it was then he discovered a new audience, the mtv generation. look, it s tony bennett! good to see you. the simpsons, we did a
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records and began to revitalize his career. it was then he discovered a new audience, the mtv generation. look, it s tony bennett. hey, good to see you. i had the sense we had did a commercial for mtv and they liked it so much they gave me an unplugged special and it won album of the year. sflie me to the moon reporter: bennett went to collaborate with singers like amy winehouse and lady gaga for the lady and tramp. i never bother with people that i hate reporter: at 85 he became the oldest living artist who hit number one on the billboard 200 chart with his due wets 2 album. several years later he toured with lady gaga to promote their album cheek to cheek yet bennett s talent went beyond singing. he was an accomplished painter with artwork at the smith stonian. i have always known what i wanted to do.
emmys throughout his career. tony bennett, ladies and gentlemen, maybe be the best pop singer in the whole world. i asked sinatra why do you think we stayed around so long and he said we stayed around with good songs. reporter: he was in debt and battling a drug problem. i realized i thought i was doing well with the drugs and i really wasn t. reporter: that s when bennett s son danny stepped in as his manager. bennett resigned with columbia records and began to revitalize his career. it was then he discovered a new audience, the mtv generation. look, it s tony bennett. hey, good to see you. the simpsons, we did a commercial for mtv, and they liked it so much they gave me an unplugged special, and it won album of the year.