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Extremely damaging to the president. rudy giuliani cannot be relied on to be sober and stable these days. >> great conversation, adrian and former congressman carlos carbello. hope you both have a fantastic holiday. democrats frustrated that the justice departments isnt looking at the conduct of the inspector general. how the doj is responding. and also pete buttigieg facing a new controversy over some old comments he made. why the dispute could hurt the 2020 contender with a key group of demo...

He becomes a serious contender. >> in fact, lets play him doing that at the convention in new york. take a listen. >> i want to thank president bush for supporting new york city in changing the homeland security funding formula and for leading the global war on terrorism. the president deserves our support. we are here to support him. and i am here to support him. >> hundreds of thousands of dead iraqis, 5,000 dead iraqis in iraq, tens of thousands wounded, the worst financial crisis and thats w...

In 2004 at the republican national convention when michael bloomberg endorsed george w. bush, right? that goes in any commercial if he becomes a serious contender. >> in fact, lets play him doing that at the 2004 rnc convention in new york. take a listen. >> i want to thank president bush for supporting new york city in changing the homeland security funding formula and for leading the global war on terrorism. the president deserves our support. we are here to support him. and i am here to suppo...

Was the first black president so he inspired other african-americans to, you know, take that step. so like with pete buttigieg, hes inspiring other lgbt individuals to, you know, run for office so you can change laws that needs to be changed. >> reporter: his flock is small but committed. a little bit like the south bend mayors support among black voters here which right now doesnt even register in some polls. >> good morning. >> reporter: buttigieg is the front-runner in iowa and a top contende...

Which doesnt even register in some polls. buttigieg is the front runner in iowa. and a top contender in new hampshire. but hes hitting a wall with black voters. which presents a crucial challenge for him. no democrat claimed the nomination without winning black voters in 30 years. >> the majority of black voters in south carolina say they dont have an opinion of me. >> if hes going breakthrough here it might start with voters like him. >> he has to find what makes us nick south carolina. highway...

Campaign. why? cnns abbey philips went to the state to find out. >> reporter: its sunday morning in south carolina and this is isaiah mccauls church. isaiah is young, black, gay, from the south and he supports pete buttigieg. >> when barack obama did it, he was the first black president. so he inspired other african-americans to you know take that step. so like with pete buttigieg, hes inspiring other lbgt individuals to run for office so you can change laws that needs to be changed. >> reporter...

>> charles: lets steer to the current presidential race. just seconds ago, arizona to get on the ballot there. already very crowded. its an intriguing fields. one of the things that i see thats remarkable, youve got bloomberg, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, its all 70 years or older. it was supposed to be the multiracial -- the democrats were going to show the world how progressive america is. these are the folks that are leading. he might be a serious contender right out the gate. >> first l...

There are only 25% of the pledged delegates from there to june, you probably arent going to have anybody anywhere near a majority going into the convention. i would never use the term brokered convention. we dont have brokers in american politics anymore. contested convention, thats a real possibility. >> you said notice these arguments, if -- these are the arguments against the existing contenders. if all taken equally seriously, especiallily eliminate every credible democratic contender but so...

Effectively eliminate every critical democratic contender. someone has to win the democratic nomination. youre right, logically but the point that michael bloomberg is trying to make and he makes it -- he made it today actually when someone said are you saying that no one else can beat donald trump. listen to it in his words. >> some are saying they see your decision to run now as an indication that you feel that the current candidates in the field are weak and they cant get the job done. is tha...

46 other states rather than just those four. its really interesting to see that it could be like a whole new paradigm kind of like trump being able to run. last time with spending less money. because the current paradigm that unless you come in first, second or third in iowa you are not a contender. >> exactly. thats all about momentum. the first four states are about momentum and then the last 46 are about delegates because there arent that many delegates in the first four states. bloomberg can...