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David, its important that we explain to everyone that candidates have from october 16th to december 12th to get the necessary polling thresholds that you have to get. if youre getting 800,000 grassroots donors have across the country, 4% in four% or 6% in two, that demonstrates support. if you look at 2007 and look at 2015, no candidate has been below those that went on to win the nomination. so it is a fair process. and we want to be clear about creating that fair process. >> this is "up". im d...

So there is a question of how much of a splash he can make. >> given what we are seeing here, whats your best takeaway from how many people were going to see on this stage in december? >> i mean, again, if you look at whos close right now, gabbard needs one more poll. if she can get one like that over the next practically month, she will be in. >> so this isnt about money anymore. >> right. these are polling thresholds. gabbard, it looks likely id say shes going to be in it again. steyer, in the...

You didnt meet the polling thresholds that were set there. next debate in a month, the thresholds get higher. some of the candidates that were on the stage this week doesnt look like theyre going to make that. certainly now it doesnt look like youre in line to make that. can your campaign keep going if you cant get on the debate stages. >> i think it can and i have an agenda that cannot just unify democrats but also bring back some of the 9 million people who voted twice for barack obama and onc...

District need us to accomplish. like my plan to reduce childhood poverty by 40%, which we can do in one year in this country without adding one federal bureaucrat and what 3% of bernies plan of medicare for all would cost. thats why im in this race because theres a completely different agenda thats a progressive agenda thats about making sure everyone in this country has got the economic opportunity they have for themselves and family. and for us to be able to sustain this democracy, steve, whic...

Sae saenz is in iowa. weve seen tweets from senator booker saying this is not a stunt. >> reporter: yeah, thats right, victor. cory bookers campaign manager putting out this memo warning that they need to raise more money in order to stay viable in this race. cory booker a short while ago actually tweeted saying its an unusual move for a campaign like ours to be this transparent, but there can be no courage without vulnerability. i want people to see where we are and understand that we have a pa...

Congressman ratcliffs confirm houston, fundraisers have to meet polling thresholds, ability. the congressman has limited intelligence in the field, that was well-known. wefr nol ofrl had six months on the committee has no experience whatsoever at any one not on the stage in detroit of the agencies he would be overseeing. is congressman tom steyer. he did serve 14 months as a u.s. certainly wants to be next in california is billionaire tom steyer. attorney back in texas but what he declared his p...

Debates. polling thresholds will be raised. looks modest on paper and looks like it could knock out half the field in terms of qualifying. a lot of candidates tonight have to stand out and get noticed. looks like beto orourke is bringing guests to the debate, several black men who kneeled to the national anthem. i guess cnn is going to air the national anthem. im seeing speculation, will candidates kneel to get attention. what will candidates down at zero or 1%, do they have any stunts? >> repor...

He wont be at the debate. before he can run for president he had to convince the republican legislature to save my health care. he did. bullock signed a bill for medicaid expansion. >> that might not mean much to the dnc in washington but it means everything to me. >> the governor also hit back at the dnc rule change which excluded specific polls from consideration, writing in a fortune. ed quote while its not my job to write the rules the dnc should find a way from excluding people from the con...

It was open ended. dnc clarified that poll doesnt count. that means hes not going to have that number. that gives you 20 candidates who have hit the polling criteria and 20 is the max for this thing. 20 is the max they will allow on stage. if you look at that other one, the fund raising criteria, none of those four who have not made it on the polling, none of those four make it on the fund raising. right now, its very simple. the 20 who will be in the race, who will be on the stage are right her...

This country, ballot access thresholds are very difficult to overcome. theres polling thresholds. infrastructure of the democratic and republican parties is just so vast it would take years for any organization to match the kind of strength, the money that those two organizations have. if somebody like john kasich were to run as a third-party candidate, all that would be to do is guarantee that the democratic challenger would win. the likely situation is kasich would split republican voters with...