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To make up for it? we shall see. pretty robust so far from november 1st to now spending maybe $53 billion. that's up 16% year over year. so when you think about the state of the economy, you think about retail. remember, consumers are about two thirds of what's going on out there. if they spend today, essentially going to help a lot, guys. back to you. pete: jackie, thank you very much. appreciate it. nicole: something tells me they will be spending. dean: even with six less days to do so they will do so. carley how is it going today? carley: listen, if you stayed home for thanksgiving, you ar...

>> reporter: in iowa, senator elizabeth warren firing back. >> michael bloomberg is making a bet about democracy in 2020. he doesn't need people. he only needs bags and bags of money. >> work hard and you can make good. >> reporter: bloomberg, worth an estimated $53 billion, has already spent more than $37 million on tv ads. today, reporters pressed him. >> are you trying to buy the presidency? >> look, for years i've been using my resources for the things that matter to me. i was lucky enough to build a successful company. it has been very successful and i've used all of it to give back to he...

For president trump. but he might be someone who the president begins to hone in on as well. >> so we've said it's early, it's early, it's early. a lot of things can change. we've pointed to the last polls that showed a race that didn't end one howard dean doing the things that the polls suggested he was going to do. what changes the dynamic in this race over these next 11 weeks? how does it shake out when you have four people essentially tied in new hampshire, what are the voters up there look at that will separate somebody from that pack? >> you know what's amaze something michael bloomberg ...

Alternative is so much worse. >> governor dean, i also want to ask about the newest candidate former governor deval traffic. trevor noah of the daly show does not seem too excited about the field of 18. >> democrats what the -- are you doing? you don't have to keep replenishing the stock when the candidates drop out. this is an election not sustainable fishing. there are too many people! >> governor, is he right? >> no. look, i think deval patrick is one of the most wonderful public servants i know and have met. i don't know what he is thinking but he somehow has to raise $29 million in the ne...

Poll showing it's not favorable for michael bloomberg. when he dropped out in late february, a number of polls had him polling 2% in the nationwide primary. of course there's no nationwide primary. the simple answer to your question, what's his path? his path is paved with billions of dollars. worth about $53 billion. so that's kind of what we're looking at. but when you talk to experts and people who have done those sorts of things before, it's really a head scratcher as to how you can come out of the four first early primary states without even having competed and then suddenly compete out o...