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Independents have pre-existing conditions and believe that they ought to be able to keep their health care, including people who watch fox news. so we reached out to all of the media outlets, including fox news as we were preparing for these debates. our second north star principles in this these debates is to make sure that whichever network runs them ensures that our candidates are treated fairly. now, you had the video before of chris wallace. i have great respect for chris wallace, and my co...

Chris wallace. i have respect for him. but i do not have the confidence that we need to take such an important part of the nomination process, these debates, and trust them to folks who, at the top levels, are consulting donald trump before they do anything. i couldnt do that. >> you know, as the field grows, it strikes me, these debates are extremely important. i mean, they have this kind of breakout potential. they will be the subject of a tremendous number of eyeballs and potential, lots of p...

Right, and i actually think there you have a very honest assessment. i think hes being honest. i also want to tip my hat to him. a lot of politicians have trouble restraining their egos and finding any kind of limits to their egos. i think mike bloomberg did a whole bunch of research here. the people around him did a whole bunch of research. they looked hard at the fact and they said, am i really going to make a positive impact if i run for the democratic nomination? hes getting out of the race ...

Saying is im not the person because of the contours, the dynamic of the democratic nomination process, im not the person whos going to be able to do that but im absolutely going to continue working to make that happen. >> ryan, is -- i dont moknow, there another way to interpret this? obviously he doesnt believe the howard schultz way of things, go ahead and run in the middle. if he can win the general but not the democratic primary, is there also the risk that someone who can win the democratic...

On this issue. we take this issue very very serious. >> how has it affected you personally knowing what has happened? >> it was very painful, very painful, and it will not happen again. weve got another question, jacqueline smith is with us. shes the circuit court clerk from prince william county in virginia. >> hello, senator. my question for you is why have you decided to pursue the democratic nomination for president despite the fact that you have consistently run as an independent or other...

Thats really important, an interesting development -- when he was running, particularly at the beginning of his campaign 2015, there is a highly revealing interview with vox that i think about when we talk about immigration. his views were almost identical to donald trumps in terms of the impact of uncontrolled immigration and open borders -- >> harris: barack obama used it, as well. >> steve: during the course of the campaign, it became clear to him that you cant get away with it in the modern ...

National socialism and socialism is different. >> the popular -- >> its your base. >> its more than just the base. theyre popular with donald trumps base, too. they want their healthcare -- >> can i make this point? on economic issues, look at what donald trump has proposed. forget about -- im very critical of trump a lot. >> i love you for it. >> look what he proposed policy-wise. it middles center right. look what the democratic part is pushing. its so left -- >> neil: theyre dialling it back,...

People didnt realize. the democrats have changed their policy. if you want to run in the primary, you have to be a democrat. bernie sanders never has labeled himself that way. i know you talked to their team about the fund-raising. any indication as to when or whether he will actually declare as a democrat? >> reporter: theyre going to have to do it at some point. another big change the sanders and his allies supported was to shrink the power of superdelegates. a few years ago he felt the superd...

Loyalty from folks in government who should be in nonpartisan and apolitical positions. did you vote for me and are you a supporter of mine? look, this is the fbi. this isnt is an agency thats charged with upholding our laws and holding people accountable and top law enforcement that, you know, our country would be unraveling without them. you need people who are able to put politics aside. and, yes, politics should not matter, it should be about exactly your credentials. but, again, this presid...

We expect the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will take steps to speed up the nomination process, but it takes a long time. theres political animosity on the hill. this could be the primary fight in the senate for months to come. >> josh makes the point there are allies internationally who are like, who do i even talk to at this point? what do i do? some of that unease seems to be spilling over, particularly after vice president pence went overseas. angela merkel ruffled at prospect of mo...