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>> reporter: or elizabeth warren's wealth plan. and the calls in the past to keep money out of politics. >> today in america as all of you know, we have a corrupt campaign system which allows billionaires to buy elections. >> i don't think we ought to be running campaigns that are funded by billionaires, whether it goes through super pacs or their own money that they're spending. democrats are the party of the people. >> reporter: cristina alesci, cnn, new york. other 2020 candidates are weighing in on bloomberg's potential white house bid, senator warren tweeting, welcome to the race with a...

Time as new york's mayor from 2002 to 2014, backing progressive causes like gun reform. >> nobody wants to takeaway anybody's guns, but we should have background checks. >> reporter: and climate change. >> we're able to cut carbon emissions by 20% in just six years. >> reporter: the 77-year-old made a fortune invenltsing the bloomberg terminal. now he's worth an estimated $52.4 billion according to "forbes." he's given away $8 billion including a nearly 2 billion dollars donation to his alma mater johns hopkins university. >> let me tell you. i've made all my money. i'd tried to because of my ...

Believe it was absolutely imperative to ensure a congressional counterweight to president trump. crisscrossing this year bloomberg tested the waters in key voting states like iowa and new hampshire. >> i wanted to see what iowa's all about. vote for commonsense gun laws or we will throw you out. enough. >> reporter: the former democrat turns republican turned independent turned democrat declared in march he wouldn't run for president. but the question remains, does a fiscally conservative billionaire have a chance of winning over left-leaning voters especially after taking shots at progressive...

Different things he's talking about in order to meet with him 19 times, a, and b, it has to be of such value that mueller would be willing to give him no jail time. >> when you put it that way, it sounds convincing. now let's pretend i'm a federal judge, because only in the world of pretend will i be a federal judge. am i swayed by your recommendation of little or no incarceration? >> sure. absolutely. absolutely. especially when you -- i mean, like everything in life, reputation matters. >> yeah. >> and the federal judge knows mueller's reputation and the reputation of these lawyers that he's...

Like everything in life, reputation matters. >> yeah. >> and the federal judge knows mueller's reputation and the reputation of these lawyers that he's coming in with. and he also knows what he's doing on other cases. so, yes, absolutely you're swayed. >> and matt, on the tonnage, this is our friend shannon pettipiece on bloomberg put this out tonight. mueller spends an impressive amount of time with his witnesses. 19 interviews with flynn, 70 hours with cohen, up to 30 hours with mcgahn. >> we don't know how much time with gates, one of the other cooperaters, but i assume it would be a lot. w...