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Southwest to get around the country. where is that money going to come from? >> i think thats exactly what draft biden is here to do. were growing grass routroots a the country. were talking about putting people on the ground. 200,000 people who signed our petition will be the core of the grassroots movement. as we saw in 2008 and 2012, theyre an important part of presidential politics. part of my job over the past few weeks is to travel cross the states and talk to all kinds of people, donors a...

Stick around. we have much more ahead at the top of the hour. tens of thousands expected to show up for donald trump tonight. more evidence of the candidates entertainment appeal, but a real strategy to win the nomination seems to be taking shape. well dig into that with steve kornacki. also, the grassroots effort to lure vice president biden into the race got a major boost this week. well have a live interview with the democratic strategist who worked on president obamas 2008 and 2012 campaigns...

40,000 into a stadium in alabama tonight. can he ride the wave right to the republican nomination? >> 35,000 people in mobile, alabama, on a friday night. how many other republican candidates could do that? the trump show is sort of operating at a different level. also ahead, ready for joe. ill talk to a democratic strategist who helped president obama in 2008 and 2012. he just joined draft biden. then, drastic measures. volunteers asked to fight a dangerous wildfire. volunteers, the first c...

>> who has the department of justice and the fbi at his finger tips. >> oh. >> the clintons are largely irrelevant. by the way there is a headline that there is a top obama staff now going to it the draft biden movement. >> draft biden. >> the draft biden is coming from the obama white house. >> dont forget how likeable he is. >> who is likeable? >> joe biden. >> biden is likeable? >> much more so than hillary clinton. >> i havent seen him as i mentioned in four years. i didnt know he still work...

Justice and the fbi at his finger tips. >> oh. >> the clintons are largely irrelevant. by the way there is a headline that there is a top obama staff now going to it the draft biden movement. >> draft biden. >> the draft biden is coming from the obama white house. >> dont forget how likeable he is. >> who is likeable? >> joe biden. >> biden is likeable? >> much more so than hillary clinton. >> i havent seen him as i mentioned in four years. i didnt know he still worked for the government. >> eve...

Ground in iowa calling me and saying, you know, is he getting in the race, he should get in the race. we would love to see him on the debate stage in las vegas in october. and so this is the right place for us right now, for me to be right now. >> and you are obviously getting out there as part of draft biden, getting grassroots support. >> our list has grown significantly since we started. >> i was going to say, how much support is there for biden versus maybe just the idea that theyre not so t...

Now theres this draft biden were talking about. i want to put it on the screen what the post said in its editori editorial. "run, joe biden, run." eric, im going to give this to you. you know what its like to run as a front runner and cant get a foothold. you had a lot of people in the republican party who werent thrilled with him all throughout 2012. is that whaes ooh going on around here? >> look. theres no ground swirl support for joe biden. its a function of the front-runners weakness. hilla...

Is draft biden started with a couple thousand names. over 200,000 people today. the reason is joe biden was the original authentic candidate and he can walk around and talk to people like you and me and people all over the country and connect with them on a visceral level. thats where the momentum is coming from. its our job to remind people who joe biden is. his long career and his close relationship with the president. >> there is talk this weekend about whether the vice president if he runs s...

To do that when youre running for president. how much do you think he should think about that or maybe do you as a family friend? >> i think he has a deliberative process that hes going through with his family and inerr circle. i think more than everybody he understands the demands that are put on a person running for president or as president. ily are a lot of factors hes weighing but more importantly he needs to make the decision his own way. what draft biden is doing is giving him the space t...

Conversation with dick, the former chairman of the states democratic party who also wants him to get in. according to the paper, meanwhile, the "times" reporting the draft biden movement is entering a new phase. join meg now is william pierce, executive director of draft biden. william, thanks for your time on this friday. and i want to ask you, as you have this group here, would you categorize your organization essentially as acting as an exploratory for the vice president? >> francis, i just s...