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But I would have to say

that there's nev--

I've never seen

anything like this.

Stories all over the world.

Friends of mine calling me

from Paris, from London,

from Africa,

from all over the world

saying that it's the most

exciting thing we've ever seen.

[Halperin] There's a show

on Showtime now

about this election.

Does that surprise you

that there's

that much interest

in this election?

Oh, you're gonna do well

off of me.

- [Halperin chuckles]

- I wonder, if I weren't around,

how much you would've done.

pensive music

[Halperin] And this is where

Trump loves to be.

Loves to be on the plane,

loves watching TV

and seeing what people

are saying about him.

You're seeing Donald Trump

winning in every one

of these regions.

Donald Trump at--right now,

has a 19-point--

percentage point--victory.

[woman on TV]

That's how mad voters are,

and that's how much

they want change.

One thing with me,

they know me.

They've known me

for a long time.

I sort of grew up

with the American people.

And...

You add up Facebook, Twitter,

Instagram, all of the things,

I guess I have

13, 14 million people.

With me, all I have to do

is go bing, bing, bing

and I get the word out.

Historically,

I like running tables.

So we'll see what happens.

Hey, look, it's a long road,

but it's a lot shorter

than it was

two weeks ago.

[indistinct radio chatter]

pensive music continues

[elevator beeps]

soft pensive music

[indistinct chatter]

George, you want us

to switch, maybe?

[Bernie Sanders] What is that?

I've never seen it before.

[man] Sound recorder.

[Heilemann] You and Donald Trump

are very different guys,

but you're both--

it seems to me,

some number of people

who like you

and some number of people

who like him

have a similar

kind of disposition,

which is,

"The system is f***ed up,

and I want to see..."

They allow you to say it

on this television network?

[stammering] Well,

if they have to bleep me,

- they'll bleep me.

- All right.

Are you cognizant

of the notion that there are

some number of people

out there in the world

who are actually

sitting there saying,

"Either Bernie Sanders

or Donald Trump.

I don't know.

One or the other"?

There are many.

We know that, yes, absolutely.

- To me...

- Given how different you are,

you would think it would be

impossible for that to exist.

But I think, you see,

what a lot of the media

and the establishment folks

who sit around in D.C. and talk

to each other don't know--

'cause they make a lot of money

and they-they're hanging around

the cocktail parties...

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[Sanders] People

in this country are hurting.

People are angry.

Got husbands and wives

struggling economically.

They are angry, and they have

a reason to be angry.

And what we are trying

to do is say,

"All right, if you're angry,

let's get angry

at the right people.

Don't get angry

at your Latino friends

or Muslims.

Get angry at the people

who caused the problem."

I consider him to be

a very dangerous human being

who is doing enormous harm

to this country.

And also, as you have

heard me say once or twice,

um, you know, I think

we need a media

that allows us to focus

on the real issues

facing the American people,

rather than looking

at campaigns as a sport

or as a soap opera.

- [tires screech]

- Whoo!

rousing music

[cheering]

Donald Trump,

he's an outsider.

I read his book.

And I just like everything

he's got to say.

He-he's smart.

He knows what he's doing.

You know, like he says,

we need to win.

When ev--go to Walmart,

everything you see,

made in China,

everything.

Well, that--

how's that helping us?

How's that helping us?

It's not.

[man] Whoo!

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

[man] He's entertaining.

He's fun to watch.

Like, you talk

to most people about

watch a rally or anything,

and they're just like, "Yeah."

But you hear Donald Trump's

coming to Clemson...

- [woman] Yeah.

- ...everybody goes nuts.

[cheering]

Trump creates an energy

around the election

that nobody's ever done, like,

in the history of the election.

I mean, every day, you see

something on-on Twitter

about Donald Trump

tweeting at somebody.

nd, I mean,

e grew up with The Apprentice.

I mean, I remember

watching that TV show.

Like, that's when he had me,

'cause, you know,

trying to be CEO one day.

So, you know,

that's why I have

respect for him.

He's awesome.

[crowd cheering]

[chanting]

[crowd booing]

[Trump] Ah, get him out.

I love the old days.

You know what they used to do

to guys like that?

They'd be carried out

on a stretcher, folks.

I'd like to punch him

in the face, I'll tell ya.

[crowd cheering]

[man] Donald Trump has crossed

the line in a number of places,

but it doesn't seem

to have damaged him.

[woman] You know, I think

he's been Teflon so far.

[Trump] You have to brand

people a certain way

when they're your opponents.

Like "liddle."

L-I-D-D-L-E, liddle.

Liddle, liddle Marco.

I have never, ever met a person

that lies more than Ted Cruz.

I think he's a basket case.

Can you imagine Jeb

negotiating with China?

- [tweet chirping]

- Can you imagine?

[woman] Donald Trump's picking

on all these other contenders

and hoping to take them down

one by one.

[applause]

somber brooding music

[Jeb Bush] ...nation safer

and stronger and freer.

I firmly believe

the American people must

entrust this office

to someone

who understands that

whoever holds it is a servant,

not the master.

Someone who will commit

to that service

with honor and decency.

[crowd chanting]

Trump! Trump! Trump!

[Rose] Try to get

to the raw, real stuff.

[Halperin]

Interesting characters doing

interesting things

with high stakes.

That's what we have every night

here at this table.

- That's correct.

- Yeah.

[chuckling]

One take.

And six take.

We'll be right back.

[man] Um, John, could you

scooch to your, uh, left?

Here, hold this for me.

- Here's what makes you happy?

- [man] Yes.

Do you want me further left

or is this okay?

[man] Uh, yeah,

further's better.

You guys are actually in

the shot back there in the wide.

Patrick?

[Heilemann] Someone who could

destroy the foundation...

[man] Can you still

get your shot?

[Halperin] The Republican Party

is in full freak-out mode.

You're only seeing

two percent of it now.

Ninety-eight percent of it's

happening behind the scenes.

Trump sweeps on Super Tuesday,

you're gonna see

a freak-out unparalleled.

in our careers. Unparalleled.

And the 98% of what's happening

behind the scenes is what?

Emails, phone calls,

meetings, discussions,

uh, agonizing

at home alone at night

about what this will mean

for the Republican brand,

the Republicans majorities

in Congress...

- And the future of the party!

- And the future of the party.

What it means to be a Republican

in the 21st century.

[McKinnon] Yeah, they feel like

the house has been

burned down to its foundation.

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