>>> THE TEST IS HERE TODAY. FIRST TIME NEW YORK CITY MAYOR

FIRST TIME NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS ON THE

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS ON THE BALLOT.

BALLOT. AFTER SPENDING NEARLY $500

AFTER SPENDING NEARLY $500 MILLION ON HIS PRESIDENTIAL

MILLION ON HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, EVERYBODY WATCHING HIS

CAMPAIGN, EVERYBODY WATCHING HIS ADS AND WAITING TO SEE IF HIS

ADS AND WAITING TO SEE IF HIS BIG BET WILL PAY OFF, INCLUDING

BIG BET WILL PAY OFF, INCLUDING OUR NEXT GUEST WHO BELIEVES

OUR NEXT GUEST WHO BELIEVES MAYOR BLOOMBERG IS THE ONLY

MAYOR BLOOMBERG IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO CAN RESTORE PEACE

CANDIDATE WHO CAN RESTORE PEACE TO A DIVIDED NATION.

TO A DIVIDED NATION. YOU KNOW HER AS THE STAR, THE

YOU KNOW HER AS THE STAR, THE ONE AND ONLY STARVE THE NUMBER

ONE AND ONLY STARVE THE NUMBER ONE DAYTIME TELEVISION SHOW FOR

ONE DAYTIME TELEVISION SHOW FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, WHILE SHE

THE LAST 20 YEARS, WHILE SHE WEIGHED IN ON A NUMBER OF CASES,

WEIGHED IN ON A NUMBER OF CASES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE’S

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE’S WEIGHING IN ON POLITICS.

WEIGHING IN ON POLITICS. JUDGE JUDY SHEINDLIN.

JUDGE JUDY SHEINDLIN. I AM BLOWN AWAY JUST TALKING TO

I AM BLOWN AWAY JUST TALKING TO YOU.

YOU. ON THIS TOPIC SPECIFICALLY,

ON THIS TOPIC SPECIFICALLY, YOU’VE NEVER GOTTEN INVOLVED IN

YOU’VE NEVER GOTTEN INVOLVED IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. >> YOU’VE NEVER GOTTEN INVOLVED

>> YOU’VE NEVER GOTTEN INVOLVED IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, WHY

IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, WHY NOW?

NOW? >> I BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS IN

>> I BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE.

TROUBLE. I THINK THE COUNTRY NEEDS A

I THINK THE COUNTRY NEEDS A PROVEN LEADER.

PROVEN LEADER. I LOOKED AT THE FIELD OF

I LOOKED AT THE FIELD OF CANDIDATES AND I SAID I DIDN’T

CANDIDATES AND I SAID I DIDN’T SEE ANYONE WHO COULD BEAT THE

SEE ANYONE WHO COULD BEAT THE INCUMBENT.

INCUMBENT. THE ONLY ONE THAT I SAW, KNEW,

THE ONLY ONE THAT I SAW, KNEW, KNEW HIS WORK, KNEW HOW HE

KNEW HIS WORK, KNEW HOW HE MANAGED, KNEW HOW HE WAS ABLE TO

MANAGED, KNEW HOW HE WAS ABLE TO TACKLE A PROBLEM, SOLVE IT, WAS

TACKLE A PROBLEM, SOLVE IT, WAS MIKE BLOOMBERG.

MIKE BLOOMBERG. SO I SAID TO HIM MONTHS AGO IF

SO I SAID TO HIM MONTHS AGO IF YOU JUMP IN, I’LL COME OUT FROM

YOU JUMP IN, I’LL COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

BEHIND THE CURTAIN. HE DID.

HE DID. AND I DID.

AND I DID. >> YOU SAY THAT SENATOR SANDERS’

>> YOU SAY THAT SENATOR SANDERS’ REVOLUTION IS A JOKE.

REVOLUTION IS A JOKE. WHY?

WHY? >> THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY

>> THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

IN THE WORLD. NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE THIS

NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY.

COUNTRY. IT MAY NEED TWEAKING.

IT MAY NEED TWEAKING. AMERICA IS THE LAND OF

AMERICA IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

OPPORTUNITY. IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE

IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE BIG DREAMS, WHERE YOU CAN BE THE

BIG DREAMS, WHERE YOU CAN BE THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY, WHERE

HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY, WHERE YOU CAN LOOK TO REALIZE THAT

YOU CAN LOOK TO REALIZE THAT AMERICAN DREAM.

AMERICAN DREAM. I DID.

I DID. I KNOW MIKE BLOOMBERG DID.

I KNOW MIKE BLOOMBERG DID. SENATOR SANDERS’ REVOLUTION IS

SENATOR SANDERS’ REVOLUTION IS NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS,

NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS, IT’S A REVOLUTION THAT, A, IS A

IT’S A REVOLUTION THAT, A, IS A JOKE BECAUSE IT IS FISCALLY

JOKE BECAUSE IT IS FISCALLY IMPOSSIBLE, AND B, WHEREVER IT

IMPOSSIBLE, AND B, WHEREVER IT HAS BEEN TRIED ON A LARGE SCALE

HAS BEEN TRIED ON A LARGE SCALE IT’S FAILED.

IT’S FAILED. IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIALISM, WHEN I

IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIALISM, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DEFINITION, RIGHT

LOOKED AT THE DEFINITION, RIGHT NEXT TO IT WAS A MAP OF

NEXT TO IT WAS A MAP OF VENEZUELA.

VENEZUELA. YOU KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL IT WAS

YOU KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL IT WAS THERE.

THERE. YOUNG PEOPLE MAY GET EXCITED

YOUNG PEOPLE MAY GET EXCITED ABOUT THE WORD REVOLUTION.

ABOUT THE WORD REVOLUTION. YOUNG PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT A

YOUNG PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT A REVOLUTION.

REVOLUTION. THEN THEY GROW UP.

THEN THEY GROW UP. SO IT’S REALLY A JOKE TO THINK

SO IT’S REALLY A JOKE TO THINK THAT YOU CAN FOOL THE AMERICAN

THAT YOU CAN FOOL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHEN YOU’VE BEEN IN

PUBLIC WHEN YOU’VE BEEN IN CONGRESS FOR AS MANY YEARS AS

CONGRESS FOR AS MANY YEARS AS BERNIE SANDERS HAS BEEN IN

BERNIE SANDERS HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS WHO I THINK HAD EITHER

CONGRESS WHO I THINK HAD EITHER THREE OR FOUR BILLS PASSED IN

THREE OR FOUR BILLS PASSED IN THE 30 YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN IN

THE 30 YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS, AND TWO OF THEM WERE

CONGRESS, AND TWO OF THEM WERE TO NAME POST OFFICES.

TO NAME POST OFFICES. TO THINK THIS IS A MAN WHO CAN

TO THINK THIS IS A MAN WHO CAN CREATE A REVOLUTION OF PEACEFUL

CREATE A REVOLUTION OF PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IN THIS COUNTRY AND

REVOLUTION IN THIS COUNTRY AND BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, I MEAN,

BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, I MEAN, THE REASON I CAME OUT FROM

THE REASON I CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOSET AND SAID I’M

BEHIND THE CLOSET AND SAID I’M GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN

GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS IS BECAUSE THERE WAS SO

POLITICS IS BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH ANGER IN AMERICA AND I

MUCH ANGER IN AMERICA AND I THINK YOU JUST NEED A PRAGMATIC,

THINK YOU JUST NEED A PRAGMATIC, PRACTICAL -- JOE BIDEN IS A NICE

PRACTICAL -- JOE BIDEN IS A NICE GUY, HE REALLY IS A NICE GUY.

GUY, HE REALLY IS A NICE GUY. WE DON’T NEED A SENTIMENTAL VOTE

WE DON’T NEED A SENTIMENTAL VOTE IN AMERICA.

IN AMERICA. THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME IN OUR

THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME IN OUR COUNTRY.

COUNTRY. I’M BEGGING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

I’M BEGGING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO VOTE TODAY, YOU WANT TO

GOING TO VOTE TODAY, YOU WANT TO BE SENTIMENTAL, TURN ON SINATRA.

BE SENTIMENTAL, TURN ON SINATRA. YOU WANT A PRESIDENT, YOU VOTE

YOU WANT A PRESIDENT, YOU VOTE FOR MIKE BLOOMBERG.

FOR MIKE BLOOMBERG. HE IS THE ONLY ONE CAN GET IT

HE IS THE ONLY ONE CAN GET IT DONE.

DONE. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, JUDY,

>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, JUDY, BERNIE SANDERS HAD SEVEN BILLS,

BERNIE SANDERS HAD SEVEN BILLS, NOT TWO OR THREE.

NOT TWO OR THREE. PUT SENATOR SANDERS ASIDE AND

PUT SENATOR SANDERS ASIDE AND HIS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, NOT

HIS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, NOT SOCIALISM IE VENEZUELA, TO ALL

SOCIALISM IE VENEZUELA, TO ALL THE PEOPLE FACED WITH $88

THE PEOPLE FACED WITH $88 BILLION IN MEDICAL DEBT,

BILLION IN MEDICAL DEBT, $1.5 TRILLION IN STUDENT DEBT.

$1.5 TRILLION IN STUDENT DEBT. THEY CAN’T SEE THE AMERICAN

THEY CAN’T SEE THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT YOU REALIZED, THAT

DREAM THAT YOU REALIZED, THAT I’VE HAD THE BENEFIT TO REALIZE.

I’VE HAD THE BENEFIT TO REALIZE. TO THEM, THEY’RE NOT JUST CRAZY

TO THEM, THEY’RE NOT JUST CRAZY KIDS LOOKING FOR A REVOLUTION.

KIDS LOOKING FOR A REVOLUTION. WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM

WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE GETTING BEHIND

BECAUSE THEY’RE GETTING BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT.

THIS MOVEMENT. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. THEY DON’T SEE THE DREAM.

THEY DON’T SEE THE DREAM. >> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE

>> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

PROBLEM IS. THE PROBLEM IS YOU NEED

THE PROBLEM IS YOU NEED INCREMENTAL CHANGE.

INCREMENTAL CHANGE. YOU CAN’T DO SOMETHING, IT IS

YOU CAN’T DO SOMETHING, IT IS UNFAIR TO PEOPLE TO PROMISE

UNFAIR TO PEOPLE TO PROMISE SOMETHING THAT’S UNATTAINABLE.

SOMETHING THAT’S UNATTAINABLE. AND IF YOU WANT INCREMENTAL

AND IF YOU WANT INCREMENTAL CHANGE, AND I’M TELLING YOU, THE

CHANGE, AND I’M TELLING YOU, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TWEAKING, THERE

COUNTRY NEEDS TWEAKING, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED

ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED MORE OF AN OPENING TO REALIZE

MORE OF AN OPENING TO REALIZE THAT AMERICAN DREAM THAT YOU AND

THAT AMERICAN DREAM THAT YOU AND I HAVE REALIZED, BUT IT IS

I HAVE REALIZED, BUT IT IS UNREASONABLE, IT IS UNFAIR, IT

UNREASONABLE, IT IS UNFAIR, IT IS MOSTLY UNJUST TO TRICK PEOPLE

IS MOSTLY UNJUST TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO THINKING YOU CAN DO WHAT

INTO THINKING YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU’RE GOING TO DO WHEN

YOU SAY YOU’RE GOING TO DO WHEN AS YOU SAID, HE PASSED SEVEN

AS YOU SAID, HE PASSED SEVEN BILLS.

BILLS. SEVEN BILLS IN 30 YEARS WITH TWO

SEVEN BILLS IN 30 YEARS WITH TWO POST OFFICES IS NOT A GREAT

POST OFFICES IS NOT A GREAT TRACK RECORD, SO FOR SOMEBODY

TRACK RECORD, SO FOR SOMEBODY THAT WANTS A REVOLUTION AND

THAT WANTS A REVOLUTION AND NAMED TWO POST OFFICES, THAT IS

NAMED TWO POST OFFICES, THAT IS FOOLING THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO

FOOLING THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE STRUGGLING INTO THINKING

ARE STRUGGLING INTO THINKING HE’S THE ANSWER.

HE’S THE ANSWER. HE’S NOT THE ANSWER.

HE’S NOT THE ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS A MAN WHO KNOWS

THE ANSWER IS A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO SEE A PROBLEM AND

HOW TO SEE A PROBLEM AND INCREMENTALLY GET IT FIXED, AND

INCREMENTALLY GET IT FIXED, AND THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO THAT IS

THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO THAT IS MIKE BLOOMBERG.

MIKE BLOOMBERG. AS I SAID, JOE BIDEN IS A NICE

AS I SAID, JOE BIDEN IS A NICE GUY, HE’S A NICE GUY, I HAVE

GUY, HE’S A NICE GUY, I HAVE NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM,

NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE

BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE INCUMBENT IF HE GETS ON THE

INCUMBENT IF HE GETS ON THE STAGE WITH JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO

STAGE WITH JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO BRING UP ALL THE THINGS THAT THE

BRING UP ALL THE THINGS THAT THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AT

OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AT DEBATES DID NOT BECAUSE ONE

DEBATES DID NOT BECAUSE ONE THING THE INCUMBENT ISSA STREET

THING THE INCUMBENT ISSA STREET STREET FIGHTER.

STREET FIGHTER. I BELIEVE IN MY SOUL JOE BIDEN

I BELIEVE IN MY SOUL JOE BIDEN CAN’T MEET THAT STREET FIGHTER

CAN’T MEET THAT STREET FIGHTER ON STAGE, WE KNOW EVERYTHING

ON STAGE, WE KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE

THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE INCUMBENT.

INCUMBENT. HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THREE YEARS

HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THREE YEARS OF COLONOSCOPY.

OF COLONOSCOPY. WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING WE KNOW

WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT JOE BIDEN, THAT’S BECAUSE

ABOUT JOE BIDEN, THAT’S BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SORT OF TREATED BY

HE HAS BEEN SORT OF TREATED BY KID GLOVES WITH HIS OPPONENTS.

KID GLOVES WITH HIS OPPONENTS. THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE AND

THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE AND DRAMATICALLY.

DRAMATICALLY. I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW

I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT MIKE BLOOMBERG.

ABOUT MIKE BLOOMBERG. HE CREATED A COMPANY FROM

HE CREATED A COMPANY FROM NOTHING, BECAME A VERY RICH MAN.

NOTHING, BECAME A VERY RICH MAN. HE WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK

HE WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY AND "NEW YORK TIMES" SAID

CITY AND "NEW YORK TIMES" SAID HE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS

HE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE GREATEST MAYORS OF

ONE OF THE GREATEST MAYORS OF NEW GREATEST MAYORS OF

NEW GREATEST MAYORS OF NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. YOU KNOW THAT.

YOU KNOW THAT. SO WHY RISK IT?

SO WHY RISK IT? WHY RISK IT ON A FANTASY OR ON

WHY RISK IT ON A FANTASY OR ON SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST A REALLY

SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST A REALLY NICE GUY?