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That. >> they're not all working for cnn or fox news. there are journalists in the local communities reporting on local issues. think about "the boston globe" exposing the issue in the catholic church. think about local journalists covering the tornadoes last year in kentucky. those are not journalists who are out of touch, as is presented by the likes of trump, with the people. those are the people. they're inside their communities reporting on issues that are important to their local communities, and often those are the people who are most targeted. when we look at the journalists being atta...

Journalists who could be working elsewhere, not people minimum wage where they can't afford to live because they take young people and as soon as they join the guild and make enough money, they get rid of them and they get other people who are cheaper in there. when you take that away, the so-called public servants, the politicians, will just run wild. at the state capitols, at city hall, and i've seen it in maryland and baltimore, and it kills me, because i live in baltimore. >> that's why we need these outlets. the nationals and the locals to remain strong and healthy. what we can do as subs...

Go online and say give us facts. no, this is a larger thing. we also set the parameters of what -- of the civic conversation of american life. that's what you also do on this show. my hope for cnn, just as i said local news is pretty much gone and you have these big papers, the times, the post, "the wall street journal," a few others. it's the same thing on tv news. local tv news is not very good in a lot of cities. i don't think it's very good in baltimore. >> except my wife's show. >> new york is different. >> tv news has been hollowed out. >> and so my hope for cnn, more than ever, this is ...

I didn't even have all the questions. but it was the gift of a lifetime to get to confront these issues on international division w television. i know it is not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue. it is not partisan to stand up to demagogues. it is patriotic. we must make sure we don't give platforms to those lying to our faces. but we must make sure that we're representing the full spectrum of debate and what is going on in the country and the world. that is doctor sis why cnn need strong and why cnn will always be strong. you viewers at home, it is on you. cnn must r...

Axing your show? i don't know the answer to that. people might suspect it's political. he's a libertarian who believes in not paying tax it is he can avoid it. but he said he's not directly involved -- >> he did deny it. >> but then i think he's a businessman. he's looking at where the money and audience is. and the viewership on the left is split between cnn and msnbc, and the viewership on the right is all at fox news. they have a bigger audience, lots of money, and perhaps he's saying if we shift a little bit this way, maybe we'll get that, too. but he acknowledged in the meantime there's g...