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Prescriptions for my daughter who has diabetes, i have to pay for that up front. i have to go to work. have to make decisions, do i put food on the table? do i buy my daughter's medicine? do i go to work and put gas in the car? these were tough decisions and people were hurting very bad. >> they would live forever because you can never stop so you have to thread it through, but you can do it. let me ask you something else while i have you here as a democrat. what do you think of the idea of a howard schultz entering the race as a third party candidate. would you suggest he not do it? >> if any...

About impeachment and government run health care and guaranteed job wage, and government handed out job. on the left they'll have a race to that and even a liberal like howard schultz doesn't fit into that anymore. it's a statement and we're just getting started. >> he's hit that point twice. what's your response to that in the context of having harris on tonight right after our show and what she is going to try to demonstrate? >> i think part of it is that there's a post trump stress syndrome being suffered by americans and the last thing democrats want is to nominate another billionaire corp...

Tonight's town hall means the 2020 race is fully underway but there's a new wrinkle this time. the former ceo of starbucks. howard scultz. >> i'm seriously thinking of running for president. i will run as a independent. >> the next ross or something else. let's debate. mike shields, he runs, do you think he does or he doesn't? if he does, whom does he help and who does he hurt? >> he's going to run. he has a team around him and he's paying them and putting this together. look, i mean, there is no real room for a third party. we have seen that over and over again. it's hard to get on the ballot...

Literally. is there room for that message within the democratic party? >> he's a liberal. there's no question about it. if you look at the policies he talked about on 60 minutes, he said i'm more conservative on the debt. every other single thing he said was a liberal. he would be defeated by the president. because the country doesn't want a liberal like that to be president but it's amazing to me that he doesn't want to run as a democrat and he sees they're going the way of socialism. they're going to have a race to the left and to be as extreme about impeachment and government run health car...

But you can do it. let me ask you something else while i have you here as a democrat. what do you think of the idea of a howard schultz entering the race as a third party candidate. would you suggest he not do it? >> if anybody has looked into that deeper and researched it more than mike bloomberg, i don't know anybody. he's the most practical person and bright business person. he looked at every angle there was and didn't see a path way forward. this person would be wise to take his advice. i truly believe that. >> senator, always a pleasure. thank you for giving us the straight talk. appreci...