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Fields in the past, youve covered these races. ive covered them. people ran out of money or they ran out of support. they didnt have the democratic national committee or any national compete saying if you dont have a certain number of polls, were going to keep you off the stage. thats why we ended up where we are and its to a lot of democrats a ridiculous situation. >> what about michael bloomberg? doesnt heavy a case im self-financing, so you cant use the standard of people donating money to me...

Ive covered them. people ran out of money or they ran out of support. they didnt have the democratic national committee or any national compete saying if you dont have a certain number of polls, were going to keep you off the stage. thats why we ended up where we are and its to a lot of democrats a ridiculous situation. >> what about michael bloomberg? doesnt heavy a case im self-financing, so you cant use the standard of people donating money to me? >> i got to say there are a lot of people in ...

Luncheon with your accountant. >> theres something nice about that too, larry. i look at the political process and all the money involved and the lobbyists, et cetera. i hate the idea that someone in washington has to vote because theyre sort of on the hook to some big company or some promoter that they need for their campaign. this gets back to the whole campaign finance reform that we really desperately need because politicians are so reliant on money. nice to see a candidate with his or her o...

Convince coalition partners to join us in bombing iran. im curious what coalition partners you were thinking about. >> i wasnt thinking of any coalition partners. >> those comments when i heard them about the relative ease of a war reminded me of the run up to the iraq war. the president said there were definitely weapons of mass destruction. secretary rumsfeld said the invasion would be self-financing and would last five weeks or five months. t not going to last any longer. we know the cost to ...

File a couple stories about whether or not trump would actually pay for the original loans that he structured when he was self-financing and he perceived it as a comment that he couldnt afford it. she called me with him very much near to the phone and they ultimately provided a quote from him. unlike the other stories that had personally hit him because he was very offended by it. ultimately they did forgive the loans. it all comes forward and backward. >> the trump defense here which is voiced ...

Thats what hes going to do. >> so this is total stream of conscious manslaughter. >> you think? i dont think theres any prompter that can hold that. >> but you cant underestimate how appealing that is. hes not beholden to anyone. >> its so interesting to watch him. he says, publicly, i was the insider. i was the guy giving those guys the money. just like months ago. and they used to do me favors. when i call them up, hed say i need this, i need that. and they would do it now hes gone from inside...

Number of winners drops to 11%. they dont tend to win even though they throw tons of money. why do you think that is? >> when youre self-financing, that means you dont have to go through the process of reaching out to people and building the coalition. im the first we need to get the money out of politics, et cetera, but theres something to be said by asking for vote and asking for money. you go through the process of getting peppered with questions and getting polished in that way in terms of r...

Roll. will the terror networks fund-raising ability change with bin laden out of the picture? >> another concern that terror groups may be trying to raise money of their own and trying to pursue an attack quickly to prove theyre still relevant and can do it. >> all these issues have come up. joining us is paul cruickshank, "time" magazine is reporting that al qaeda is broke, bankrupt. i dont know what that means because they cant actually file for bankruptcy. you and i were chatting about this. ...