THAT ALREADY.

I WAS AT DINNER LAST NIGHT.

NEIL: TRUMP CAMPAIGN ISSUED A

STATEMENT BANNING

"BLOOMBERG NEWS" SINCE THEY HAVE

DECLARED THEIR BIAS OPENLY.

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WILL NO

LONGER CREDENTIAL

REPRESENTATIVES OF

"BLOOMBERG NEWS" FOR RALLIES OR

OTHER CAMPAIGN EVENTS.

WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER TO

ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUAL REPORTERS

OR ANSWER INQUIRIES FROM

"BLOOMBERG NEWS" ON A

CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.

THIS WILL REMAIN THE POLICY OF

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN UNTIL

"BLOOMBERG NEWS" PUBLICLY

RESCINDS ITS DECISION.

WHAT ISN'T QUITE CLEAR WHAT

DECISION THAT IS BECAUSE THE

BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN ITSELF IS

SEPARATE FROM THE BLOOMBERG

ORGANIZATION.

THE BLOOMBERG MEDIA ORGANIZATION

HAS VOWED NOT TO DO ANY, I

THINK, CHARLIE GASPARINO WILL

CLARIFY THIS FOR US, OPEN

INVESTIGATIONS OR EXAMINATIONS,

BESIDES DONALD TRUMP, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN IT'S A VERY UNTENABLE

SITUATION WHAT "BLOOMBERG NEWS"

HAS IMPOSED ON ITS REPORTERS.

NEIL: DOES IT PROVIDE THAT TO

OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE RACE?

>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I KNOW A LOT

OF PEOPLE THERE.

I THINK SOME OF THE BEST

REPORTERS IN THE BUSINESS.

I KNOW A LOT OF EDITORS, PEOPLE

IN MANAGEMENT.

THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE.

WHAT MIKE BLOOMBERG TRIED TO DO

HERE IS THREAD THE NEEDLE.

HE TRIED TO SAY LISTEN I'M NOT

RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP RIGHT NOW.

I'M RUNNING AGAINST ELIZABETH

WARREN, ALL THESE DEMOCRATS.

THEREFORE BLOOMBERG IF MY

REPORTERS WHICH I STILL OWN THE

COMPANY, BY THE WAY, HAS MY NAME

ON IT, IF THEY WILL COVER, THEY

WILL COVER THE NEWS THAT COMES

OUT OF THESE CAMPAIGNS.

I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM

COVER THE DEEP DIVE

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THAT

ATTACKS ELIZABETH WARREN OR

ATTACKS PETE BUTTIGIEG.

NEIL: PRIOR TO HIS ENTRANCE THEY

WERE DOING JUST THAT?

>> THEY WERE DOING IT ON

EVERYBODY BUT WHEN HE GOT IN, HE

DOESN'T WANT HIS REPORTERS TO

GIVE HIM AN UNFAIR PLAYING FIELD

AGAINST THE PEOPLE HE IS

COMPETING DIRECTLY WITH.

WHY THEY ALLOWED SAME TYPE OF

REPORTING FOR TRUMP BECAUSE HE

IS PRESIDENT --

NEIL: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> BUT NOT THE SAME TYPE OF

COVERAGE FOR THOSE HE IS RUNNING

AGAINST.

NOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS

THAT OF COURSE, ALL THESE

CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING AGAINST

TRUMP NOW.

I MEAN ONE OF THE WAYS TO GET

AHEAD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

OBVIOUSLY IS TO BEAT UP ON

DONALD TRUMP.

NEIL: RIGHT.

>> I'M A BETTER CAMPAIGNER.

WHILE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT

BLOOMBERG'S NEWS REPORTERS AND

EDITORS ARE GOING TO COVER THIS

FAIRLY, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A

VERY GOOD ORGANIZATION WHEN IT

COMES TO FAIRNESS.

I TELLING YOU, I HAVE COMPETED

AGAINST THEM FOR YEARS.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPTICS

PROBLEM, IF YOU JUST DO

INVESTIGATIONS ON TRUMP, NOT

EVERYBODY ELSE YOU HAVE A OPTICS

PROBLEM.

NEIL: I WANT TO CLEAR THIS, YOU

KNOW THIS MORE THAN I DO, PRIOR

TO BLOOMBERG ENTERING THE RACE

THEY WERE DOING INVESTIGATIONS

ON EVERYBODY?

>> ON EVERYBODY.

OBVIOUSLY NOT MIKE.

NEIL: EVEN IS IT MORE GLARING

THAT HE IS NOW IN THE RACE STOP

DOING IT AGAINST ALL THE

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES?

>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE.

ARE THEY LOOKING AT DIRTY

LAUNDRY OF ELIZABETH WARREN.

NEIL: RIGHT.

>> THEY'RE LOOKING AT ONLY THE

DIRTY LAUNDRY OF TRUMP.

THAT IS THE CASE YOU COULD MAKE.

I GIVE YOU THE CASE THEY MAKE.

WE'RE DOING THIS MIKE IS RUNNING

AGAINST ELIZABETH WARREN, PETE

BUTTIGIEG, BIDEN, NOT AGAINST

TRUMP.

IN REALITY HE IS RUNNING AGAINST

TRUMP.

HIS ADS ARE GOING AGAINST TRUMP.

LISTEN I WILL TELL YOU PEOPLE

INSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION,

AGAIN REALLY GOOD PEOPLE,

THEY'RE TRYING TO THREAD THE

NEEDLE, THE REPORTERS FEEL LIKE

THIS POLICY SUN TENABLE, JUST SO

YOU KNOW.

MAJORITY OF THE REPORTERS SAY I

CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DO

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

MY GUESS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN

HERE --

NEIL: WHAT IF THEY COME ACROSS A

REVELATION, WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> SUPPOSE THEY HEAR SOMETHING

BAD ABOUT MIKE BLOOMBERG.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

GIVE IT TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES"?

I DON'T GET IT THIS IS MY GUESS,

KIND OF WHAT IS BOUNCING AROUND

THE HALLWAYS INSIDE

"BLOOMBERG NEWS," AFTER SUPER

TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, BIDEN, YOU

WILL GET SOME IDEA WHERE THIS

CAMPAIGN IS GOING, WHETHER IT IS

GOING TO COMPLETE CHAOS,

BROKERED CONVENTION.

NEIL: I THINK HE IS BANKING NO

ONE WINNING ON THE FIRST BALLOT.

HE IS GOOD AT MATH.

GOOD AT NUMBERS.

THAT IS WHEN HIS CHANCE --

>> JUST HEAR ME OUT, I THINK HE

WILL KNOW FOR SURE AFTERRER

TUESDAY?

DOES BIDEN CLEAN UP?

GET NEVADAS SOUTH CAROLINA,

AFTER SUPER TUESDAY?

IF THAT IS THE CASE MIKE

BLOOMBERG DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD

SHOT AT THAT SCENARIO HAPPENED.

NEIL: IT IS STILL A SHOT.

>> AFTER SUPER TUESDAY WE'LL GET

IDEA WHERE MIKE BLOOMBERG IS

GOING, IF HE STAYS IN.

IF HE STAYS IN, MY GUESS HE WILL

FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO ALLOW

THEIR REPORTERS TO COVER

EVERYBODY BY PUTTING THIS WHOLE

THING IN A BLIND TRUST OR

SELLING IT.

BY THE SALE OF THIS THING --

NEIL: WHAT WOULD HE DO AS MAYOR

OF NEW YORK?

>> NEW YORK CITY COVERAGE FOR

MIKE BLOOMBERG WAS LIKE THIS.

HE HIRED OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT.

NEIL: BUT IT WASN'T IN A BLIND

TRUST.

>> IT WASN'T.

REMEMBER IT WASN'T --

NEIL: ON A NATIONAL BASIS.

>> THIS IS PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES, A HUGE THING.

SO I AM JUST SAYING I THINK

SUPER TUESDAY IS WHAT WE FIND

OUT THEY DO WITH

"BLOOMBERG NEWS."

DOES HE PUT IT IN A BLIND TRUST?

DOES HE SELL IT?

VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL.

VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL BECAUSE

IT'S A HUGE COMPANY.

NEIL: ABSOLUTELY.

>> THIS IS 50 BILLION-DOLLAR

DEAL PRIVATE EQUITY MIGHT HAVE

TO BUY.

WOULD HE PUT IT IN A BLIND

TRUST?

I THINK THAT IS WISHY-WASHY

THING.

NEIL: I THINK HE WOULDN'T DO

THAT UNTIL AFTER HE IS ELECTED.

>> I THINK SUPER TUESDAY HE

TURNS THIS LOOSE FOR THE

REPORTERS.

EXECUTING THE NEWS OUT OF

TERMINAL BUSINESS, VERY

DIFFICULT, THEY'RE SO

INTERTWINED.

IT'S A VERY GOOD VALUE ADDED FOR

ANY TRADER.

THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THIS WAS

TELEGRAPHED.

YOU KNEW TRUMP WOULD DO

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

BECAUSE, IT WAS SO, YOU KNOW, HE

HAD JUST ABOUT EVERY EDITORIAL

PAGE ON HIS SIDE INCLUDING

LIBERAL EDITORIAL PAGES BECAUSE