And chris cuomo and primetime. His toxic tongue is galvan e galvanizing the left. Were going to debate that. We also have mayor pete. Hes care to make the case he needs. And he has a plan for you on one of the most pressing problems. Mental health perform. We have a lot of new information on one of the most impressive interviews of my career. A former ceo who accuse d the fi of reporting him to go after maria. Relevant names in the fbi, what do they say . Its a busy night. Lets get after it. The president calls himself the chosen one, to take on china. Now, he says october 1st, more tariffs. Beijing is going to be hiked up now from 25 to 30 on 250 billion in goods. Separate threat. Another 300 billion in imports could also wind up costing americans more. This trade war is worsening. Recession fears are going to be on the back end of that. Our first guest says this economy is not working for most americans. He could do better. And he could be better than this president. What would the mayor, Pete Buttegeig do to be better . Lets test the democratic hopeful. Mr. Mayor, thank you very much for joining you on primetime. Thanks. Good to be with you. Big event today. The president taking direct action on china, increasing the tariff, tanking the stock market. Provocative talk saying he didnt know who the bigger enemy is, the fed reserve board chief, powell or the president of china. Your take on the actions . First of all, attacking your fellow americans or trying to blame the fed for the instability that he himself has created doesnt make any sense. Also it is clear that there is not an actual strategy for dealing with china. You can tell that by the erratic behavior, the tweets, and look, no amount of tariffs will change the economic problems. We have to investigate in our democrat incentive if we want to keep up. And he keeps asking us, whether its farmers in the midwest getting killed on soybeans or folk in new england and blueberries or American Consumers who are going to be paying a higher price for consumer goods. He is asking us to take one for the team. It is not clear where he thinks the team is going. There is nothing strong about this. A person who is strong doesnt feel the need to avoid criticism by surrounding himself with sycophants. It is like the loud mouthed guy at the end of the bar. Thats generally not the strongest person you know. Just the loudest. Thats what we have in terms of the style of this president. The problem is, thats starting to have real consequences. When he is tweeting and lashing out in this erratic fashion, it is destabilizing markets, and it is making america look less and less credible. Even as some of the Major Economies of the world gather to deal with serious issues, from stability and Global Economic markets to the fires in the amazon that are threatening our climate and threatening the future. Do you think it is just style . Or do you think that the kinds of things that hes saying speak to a different type of character flaw or instability . Well, i will say this. There is something deeply wrong. I dont know whats more disturbing, the fact that he was serious when he was talking about buying greenland or the fact that he was joking when he was talking about the medal of honor. These are not the characteristics of a steady and strong leader. We have got to remember that our lives literally depend at all times on the wisdom and judgment of the american president. But it is not just we cant always allow him to change the subject with this wild talk. We have got talk about an america after trump. We have got to talk about where we are actually going to take this country, how to set up an economy that actually works for most of us. Because while we are rightly concerned about an upcoming recession it is going to take specific actions to make sure that whether there is an expansion or recession we get wages growing and finally get American Families to feel their incomes are keeping up or ahead of the costs offed case, house asking health care. Now on the solution side, he has been talking about Mental Health as a proxy for a solution on gun violence. I do not believe that Mental Health is the root problem with gun violence in this country. Suicide by gun . Sure, we have got to look at managing it. We dont treat Mental Health the right way. But in terms of Mass Shootings in school we see people who have signs and misgivings of mismanaged health care. Overall the mentally ill are more likely to be victims than perpetrators. You have a plan. What is it . And why . Our plan is to deliver Mental Health knowing it has reached crisis levels in america. You are right, it should of the no be used to do nothing about gun violence. That message is a disservice to gun safety and Mental Health. What we know are Mental Health and addiction are threatening the wellbeing of so many people in america. Something like one in five people will experience a serious Mental Health challenge in their lifetimes. Wouldnt know it because we still talk about it like it is an issue just affecting a handful of people. My action plan has the potential to save 1 million lives. How . Over the next decade. Thats how many people we would save if we cut in half the people who die from deaths from despair. Suicide drugs and alcohol. How do we do it . Support communities that are putting together with Community Plans with 10 billion a year for grants in cities like mine and smaller communities, too, that have done remarkable work tailored to their own reality on doing everything to supporting those who fall into the addiction between when you are resuscitated from an overdose and when somebody can actually see you for an overdose. And Law Enforcement and teachers, making sure they get the resources they need. We need a three digit National Suicide hotline. The National Suicide prevention hotline does tremendous work. But if we simplified it to the a number everybody could remember they can save even more lives. We have got to recognize this is not only a issue of Mental Health care in the clinical accepts, the reasons why we need to Enforcement Health parity in insurance plans so they treat Mental Health just like they do physical health. It is not just about the mental side. It is will belonging. I believe they turn to direct examination and alcohol. I believe the rise in deaths from despair stems as much from that. We have gone a long way to where we used to look up to our elected leaders. It would be nice if we got back to that. Thats how i grew up in my family. Saw my father and my Brothers Service as tremendous symbols of honor and service from the family. People are disaffected now. Thats why the talk matters. Many people leave the way this president talks thats just politics these days. On the policy said he said today american businesses find alternatives to china. Thats what i say must happen. One, in america thats what china does, they tell stateowned industry what to do. You dont do that in america. What do you think of the suggestion that american businesses should look other places in china . You saw how the street responded today. 600plus points down. This idea of ordering american companies, telling them what to do shows that the president does not understand the presidency. This does go to the way that words matter. Look, one thing i learned very quickly as mayor is when you are an executive in government, whether mayor or president you dont have one job. You have three. One of them is to implement good policies. Another one is to competently manage your administration. The third is to set the tone, to find the words, to call people to their highest values, and to unify people. This president is obviously not unifying people. He is one of the most devisive and polarizing we have ever had. Also it smacks of desperation for him to believe he can sit there with his smartphone and order Multinational Companies to change the way that they organize their business. We should absolutely have policies that encourage our companies to buy american and to support american businesses up and down their supply chains. He could lead by example on the private side just making sure his hats and ties are actually made in america. Good point. But as we see time and again, this president does whats good for him, whether it is with his speak or how he deals with his own business interests. Let me ask you something, in house, within the Democratic Party,set molton dropped out today. A veteran, solid guy. He says i believe in the country and the mission but this is a threeway race. You dont think so. You are been raising money, you are at 5 in the solid second tier. But you are having trouble resonating with africanamerican voters. I know you are trying, i know you must be frustrated by it. Why arent those number changing with the africanamerican voters . In the Democratic Party you need them. Thats not just to win. It is in order to govern, in order to deserve to win. What we have learned is that the douglas plan i put together gets a phenomenal response with all audiences especially when we are working with black audiences. I also have to get out there, get known and sell it. A lot of the black voters i talk to feel disaffected and feel like they have been taken for granted by Political Parties and politicians. I suspect a lot of them will not fully decide to commit to somebody until very late in the game. We are working in terms of building the right diverse team on our staff and doing highprofile visits to conferences and low key off the record conversations with faith leaders and activists sometimes behind the scenes when we are traveling to make sure we build up those relationships. When i think those relationships will matter more and more in the weeks and months to come. Even if most of the voters we are talking about wont fully commit until perhaps a few days or weeks before the vote . I dont have to tell you that being nowhere in the polls with that demographic is a challenge for you. But it doesnt mean you are not going to get opportunities on this show. We have a lot of diversity in our audience. We are always going to invite people in the conversation on the democratic side on this show to make their case to our audience. Thank you for taking that opportunity today, mayor Pete Buttegeig. Appreciate the chance to be with you. Good night. We will keep having people who want to be your president on to discuss their ideas. One of the main ideas has to be rebutting this president s case to you, the American People, about who we are and who we are not. His toxic tongue matters. It is not just style anymore. There is too much animus in society because of what he says. Too much violence. Too many dangerous actions taken in furtherance of his talk. It is just not okay anymore. If someone wants to be our president they have to address it. 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I literally often have regrets niger that i have got to put you in this position. But you have free will. You are here. Christine indulge me just one second. Okay. I have to believe that there are no two sides to the idea that this talk is toxic. Niger . It cant be seen by you as helpful to the cause of our democracy, our markets, our any trade deal with china, what he said today. Are you with me . It is no. I am not with you. It is not the first time that a commander in chief, the president of the United States has tried to influence a Federal Reserve chairman. Allan greenspan was on early whier this week another network and when asked were you privately pressured by a president of the United States, we know greenspan served from reagan to clinton, he said yes, i was pressured. You are correct. You also know that is a b. S. Answer to my question. No this is not about private pressure. This is about public attacks and likening him to an auto accurate who is a danger to free society. I will agree you christine and i will agree that to compare him, powell, our fed chairman, to xi is going a little bit too far. A little bit too far. Little bit. A little bit too far . But there is no question that powell raised rates too quickly and too high after thats an economic argument. I argue this all the time. I have zero interest rates. That doesnt make him an enemy of the state. This is why you shouldnt be smiling. Not niger. I love i think. I love having him on the show. I dont understand how you ignore the ferocity of what he is doing. It is not just talk. He acts on it. Then the tariffs are going to kick our farmers asses and hurt our markets. You know it. Christine, where are you guys on this . Where is your positive opposite . Where is your message that recognize with passion the outrage that you should be feeling about what hes saying as the president of the United States, not some crazy radio host, and showing that you have got somebody who is better, stronger, and ready to lead these people to a better place . Look, you see robust democratic primary going on with people. You are fighting about crazy medicare plans and you cant each describe you just had mayor pete on talking sound economic policy. But there is also the emergency of now that the democratic primary and the election cant fix. This is a right now problem what this president is doing. And you are right, chris, it is hitting farmers, and Truck Drivers, and the very americans he made promises to. Look what he said about ethanol. They are now losing money. And again, the president wants to distract us by his bullying and his name calling and his bad behavior. The reality is the fed chair can take care of himself. But you know who is really getting hurt is those working men and women, particularly in the middle of the country, and the consumers who will pay for this. The president needs to be held accountable. And you are right, each democrat running for president , and leader speaking pelosi and leader schumer, et cetera all have to come out and fight. I dont want to see them shaking their finger nobody thinks they are better than he is. I dont know about that. We are both around people. In the radio show and my life i am dealing with dozens of states. People expect nothing from politicians, ferveity, perversity and bad behavior and bad language. Someone has got to show them it can be better. I am sorry you feel that way. Thats what i am told. Hundreds and hundreds are showing up for the Democratic Candidates and supporting congressional candidates and others have a belief that we can and will do better. But we have to hold the president accountability. We will see. We will see the better. I dont think you are the dispositive part of the change niger i think you are. Real conservatives within your party you dont talk like this guy does. Dont say hes from, no. Thats insulting the my entire state. Someone like him and me we can act like jack asss every once in a while. Only one of the two of us will own it. He is from, no, thats part of your disposition. Hes not a street fighter. When are you going the say you cant talk like this anymore . When are you going to end up where Anthony Scaramucci is. I wont end up there. A perverse sense of loyalty to a guy who is nothing like what you or your father were like. What i will say is that the president has a responsibility 20 talk about the war that we are engaged in right now. It is more than a trade war. We are in a de facto cold war with china. The fact of the matter is is that china we took a gam number the late 80s and early 90s. It was a bipartisan gamble, democrats and republicans that if we bring china in from under the cold get them into the Global International market somehow they would liber