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Welcome back to "hardball." five weeks from tonight well be talking about the results of the first in the nation iowa caucuses as the presidential election gets into full swing. as we count down the final hours until 2020, lets take a look back at the highlights of the presidential campaign in 2019. >> the calendar says 2019 but dont be fooled. 2020 is already in full force. >> a crowded and diverse field of declared or likely democrats. >> im filing an exploratory committee. >> i will lead with...

♪ what is going on here? has america gone mad for the movies? apparently some of us have. they were buying bat shirts, bat hats, bat anything. and the movie hadnt even opened. >> whats new with tim burtons movie, "batman," is a mechanical marketing machine begins to tease this movie a year in advance. >> im finishing a movie and seeing a poster for it out there in the street and it freaks me out. the movies not done yet. for me, batman is the root of some of that imagery, was more horror tha...

Characters because of those reasons. >> visually, its timeless. he consciously doesnt let you know where this is. it seems like the 40s. and then all of a sudden theres a car from the 70s. and hes just using everything. >> we were lucky to be there before any super hero -- began. >> batman bee began all ofway we see now. the idea of a comic book made into a film thats taken other the business. >> you could have predicted some of the big money makers, "batman", "ghostbusters." but who would have ...

♪ what is going on here? has america gone mad for the movies? apparently, some of us have. they were buying bat shirts, bat hats, bat anything, and the movie hadnt even opened. >> whats new with tim burtons movie batman is that a marketing machine markets it a year in advance. >> im seeing a poster out there on the street. it freaks me out. the movies not done yet. >> for me, "batman" is the root of some of that imagery was more horror than comic books, so i liked that about it. and i like t...

Well, time is running out, and tonight weve got the hottest holiday toys and where you might still find them. jo ling kent with the price you pay. >> reporter: tonight its the final sprint for the hottest toys of the holiday season, with toy sales down 5.5% this year, the pressure is on retailers. walmart is calling itself americas best toy shop while amazon allows you to shop by age and category on their toy list page. target is dedicating more space in their stores both in person and online, a...

Him. im mike bloomberg and i approve this message. its hard to believe that a holiday song weve been listening to for the last 25 years is finally a number one hit. here is gadi schwartz. ♪ dont wand a lot fo christmas ♪ railroad for the queen whose voice has come to herald th holidays, christmas has come early this year mariah careys song debuted 25 years ago is finally reached the tiptop of the music chart. number one on the billboard hot 100. the only other time that happened to a holid...

Weep for the nation. >> i dont even care when im asking, im just trying to be polite and get in on the conversation, because what is the difference? >> i feel like comic book man and the simpsons with my head in my hand when she says stuff like that. but its a couple days away and it looks like according to first reports in l.a. that jj at this time big. you know who else say big "star wars" fwan his sons? pulitzer prize columnist and political analyst gene robinson. >> dont let me down. >> this...

Intention of ever running for president. >> i had a new ad that the trump campaign put out that reveals him as the all-powerful thanos of avengers. watch this. >> inevitable. what was your reaction to that? >> well, to me, i think its clear with the pro-civilization good guys are, and as a big science fiction and comic book fan myself, i think that the democratic party represents a constellation of patriots who want to do whats right for the country. >> andrew yang, live in iowa. thank you for j...

So whos going to make the case? i think in his dream thats what he would do and he would vanquish the democrats. that cartoon meme that showed him as a superhero -- yeah, and he was wiping out all the democrats? he once said to me my life is a comic book and i love living in it. >> you think he wont testify? >> no, i think not. this humiliation that loom oz on the horizon, the idea of being stamped with "impeach." >> not enough to cut a deal though. it if hed gone to the democrats and said i wil...

Donald john trump says to mitch mcconnell, im coming in in the senate. were going to have a set of rules where im going to be asked one set of questions. whatever, they come up with a deal, but that he wants to come in and put the candle on top of the cake. >> oh, boy, he would love that, wouldnt he? >> i dont know. what do you think? >> i think he was hoping that this senate trial would be a performance, and yet he looked at the senate. i dont think he sees a leading man who could top donald tr...