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Who is, you know, a sad case. >> joining us now to preview more from that exclusive interview with donald trump, sunday morning futures anchor, maria bartiromo. thanks so much for being here. maria: thank you, pete. pete: what are the big take aways. maria: a lot of take aways. the president made a lot of news in the interview. youll be surprised to hear what his answer is to reforming the fbi and doj. of course he agrees its been weaponized and politicized. republicans are talking about moving ...

The votes. the other votes are sort of being divied up. . >> exactly. >> up against trump, the cronyism of trump, it is important for the candidates. this is part of elizabeth warrens whole pitch. so this is what she is selling. and while it may not be the decisive vote for -- issue for voters, it is mart of who she is and why she is running. >> i agree with you. but none of that is dispositive whether they will get more votes. whether its the primary or the general against president trump. >> y...

Demand more than that. polarizing and bigoted president >> yeah. these are people that are going that weve seen in our lifetime. ironic as mitch mcconnell had to see the effects and theyre i think his statement captured told me at the republican going to feel them. the right sensitivity and tone, and theyre going to vote that way. speaking of 2020. he just needs to back it up with policy and action. constlaenco all right. joe biden delivered his most well have a lot more on 2020 convention tha...

Lower levels of politics. >> this is the first time ive run for public office. >> i want to be a strong public advocate who can stand up to the mayor. >> we want an attorney general who has a plan. >> it is safer to be on the road and not the sidewalk. >> this is an exciting time to be in our business and no better time to be president. >> ive been very proud to represent vermont. >> unlike some of the folks you saw, unlike warren, de blasio, harris, buttigieg, who all did local debates, other c...

Given your experience, those of us who are junkies know exactly how this was picked with these two nights and all that. other years there have been first tier, second tier nights. based on your knowledge of the way sporadic voters tune in is it possible folks will misperceive that one night is supposed to be big than the other? >> sure, but you know, the problem with these debates are we cover every one like the super bowl. there are going to be 12 super bowls at least. so everybody gets another...

Interviewing for the very first time, author malcolm gland well, weighing in on something politically relevant, choice overload. what do voters do when presented with so many candidates? also the former presidential candidate who interviewed joe biden and other contenders today, al sharpton here live. we begin on wednesday. everyone in the democratic party and beyond getting ready for something that we know will happen. millions of viewers will for the first time really assess the democratic...

With it we must. i think mayor pete is helping us do that. >> i cant believe we have not had this conversation yet, but you cannot win the democratic nomination without support from african-american women for sure. >> right. >> without doing better among african-american men than your opponents. is that insurmountable, that sort of built-in -- >> no, because i think the more we come out with it, the more you make it clear that you cant have civil rights for anybody unless you have for everybody,...

Jim comey, quotes donald trump about the rule of law and walks out, you know, all in with donald j. trump? >> you know, what is it that jim comey said in his op-ed for the times about eating peoples souls a bite at a time? i think what rod rosenstein will stay when he writes the history of this era is that he made those legal decisions straight up the middle, based them on the law and the facts. thats why he signed off on the fisas. thats why he selected bob mueller to be the special counsel for...

Still there. i can tell you for the four years that mike pence was the governor of indiana it was a state known for two things. the most harsh anti-abortion laws in the country and the most harsh anti-lgbt laws in the country. laws so extreme that the conservative "indianapolis star" ran a front page editorial attacking governor pence and telling him he needed to change his position and get the laws repealed. i think it is important when mayor pete is talking about this, he is not talking about ...

Your benefit, we knew you were eavesdropping. thats why my friend said that on purpose. were not gay. not that theres anything wrong with that. >> absolutely. >> i have many gay friends. >> my father is gay. >> we thought of that clip today when we heard of this from the president. >> weve got the town hall with pete buttigieg. >> buttigieg. >> there you go. this weekend. just one thing on him, putting aside policy disagreements, dont you think it is just great to see the fact that youve got a g...