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Their case, but time is, well, of the essence. cory booker made it clear that he needs a million dollars in the next ten days to kontt on as the presidential nomination. cnn political commentator, and charlie dent, good afternoon to the two of you. >> good afternoon. >> let me ask you, his urgent appeal to voters, $1.7 million in ten days, that seems like a lot to ask for or is it not? what do you make of the strat y strategy? >> it is different to raise money for a political campaign, even maor...

And we have to talk to them. but we have to be honest with them. we cant just promise that were going to deliver all these goodies to them. we have to have a sensible program for growing the economy and for making sure that everybody has a chance to take advantage of those opportunities. and so -- the reason that -- i mean, the truth is weve never elected a populist president until donald trump. and it wasnt exactly the kind of populism i like. >> let many ask you about donald trump if i can qui...

Strategy, go after a vulnerable republican senator? >> democrats are going to try to resist. fascinating thing about that commercial, you remember the last major commercial that the trump people put out before the election, which went on about goldman sachs bankers and so on. little bit of similarity here. i mean, this is just getting mind-boggling. >> last word, how do you see this playing out tonight? >> i think we need to stop focusing on d.c. i think the resistance is actually going to happe...

>> does that really give a free pass to rex tillerson or these -- ben, to you, to rex tillerson, jeff sessions here? theyre still going to face tough questioning, whether or not its a split screen. >> sure, but this is donald trump rallying the troops to support them as the spotlight is focused on those cabinet appointees. and theyre all articulate people who will do actually much better than the picture the democrats are trying to paint of them. >> let me ask you right now, theres a liberal gro...

Election. but many are saying this is a double standard, sir. what can you tell us about that? >> thats what some former officials have said. but fbi officials say that theyre mistaken. its true that the fbi director thought that it was too soon to atrinity these attacks to russia. but his concern was based on investigating issues. possibly compromising investigating methods. he never mentioned effect on the u.s. election. >> thanks so much, pete. >> theres one more story that dropped overnight....

Now theres reports the fbi is looking into donald trumps former campaign manager paul manaforts ties to russia. they have known this for quite some time. now were seven days out? >> yeah, so in terms of strat y strategy, donald trump trying to go on offense. hillary clinton now using this line to go on offense against him right now. nbc news has learned via law enforcement and u.s. intelligence sources that the fbi has opened up -- is in the middle of whats described as a preliminary inquiry, no...

whose ipod is that? >> i dont know. >> susan, its yours? >> contributing editor to "van ""vanity fair"." >> oh, its lady gaga, oh, thats my ipod. welcome. welcome as we put you on the spot right abap its nice to have you. good morning. will cain is on your right, my left nice to see, you will cain. we spent the weekend together, as i did with roland martin. >> yes, we did. >> doing election coverage this weekend. nice to have you guys. appreciate it. president obamas re-election hopes ...

You have a lot of conservatives running as insurgents, michele bachmann. then mitt romney, who is the obvious front runner in the race. the question is is there somebody to exist who is an alternative to romney whom voters might prefer or runs as an alternative is@de the party mainstream. tim pawlenty is trying to occupy that space. i dont think governor huntsman would have entertained a run in 2012 if he did not feel there was a big hole for him to occupy. >> matt, i want to get to the other is...

And take that through the entire campaign? >> there is the question. it may be a losing strategy for the next election. it could also be to not do that is a losing strategy in a republican primary. here is the conflict you have in almost every primary. huntsmans bet is this is authenticity. it is not about the positions he takes. he is really not that. i heard people saying all morning he is positioning himself from a moderate. he not that different from anybody else in the field. what he is say...