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And that is mission critical as they all sort of get lined up at the starting gate. >> david chalian reporting from houston for us. thank you. and joining us later tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern for that special cnn town hall, with the former starbucks ceo and potential independent presidential candidate, howard schultz. also, at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight on anderson cooper 360, anderson speaks with the latest democrat to jump into the presidential race, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. just ahead, a very sobering warning about north korea's nuclear weapons from a top u.s. general. i hear it...

The unsurprised that she has finally officially launched the presidential campaign. but as she starts off, it is a kind of a crowded starting gate of united states senators, particularly democratic women united states senators. >> yeah. which is a terrific thing, the first time we've ever seen this in american history, but as you rightly predicted nine years ago, lawrence, that senator harris was going to jump into the race, and 12 days ago, i interviewed her here at george washington university, and on page 5 of her book, of a book that's filled with illusions to her running for things and do...

The unsurprised that she has finally officially launched the presidential campaign. but as she starts off, it is a kind of a crowded starting gate of united states senators, particularly democratic women united states senators. >> yeah. which is a terrific thing, the first time we've ever seen this in american history, but as you rightly predicted nine years ago, lawrence, that senator harris was going to jump into the race, and 12 days ago, i interviewed her here at george washington university, and on page 5 of her book, of a book that's filled with illusions to her running for things and do...

Nancy pelosi can punch. there's a gravitas. i don't see it with warren. donald trump's core essence, his core brand attribute is strength. if you don't have strength, it's not happening. >> part of it is on us, the media. elizabeth warren is peppered with tv pundit after tv push yitd talking about her likability factor. right out of the starting gate, the only question for elizabeth warren, male and female, isn't likability. it's are they credible. what is your record? not likable, but credibility.

If you're the republicans, you're already being asked to swallow a budget plan that actually takes the country further into red ink, in part for the wall, which remains controversial, which goes back to the immigration question. so you have got a political document here, and it is a starting point, but it's a starting point that is hard to get out of the gate given all these other issues. >> it is at the starting gate, and forgive me for trying to remember history when it's not applicable in this instance. but we have a republican house, a republican senate. the republican senate did campaign ...