HEARD IT HERE FIRST FROM CHARLIE

GASPARINO, NOW NEW YORK TIME

PICKS IS UP, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

IS ACTIVELY PREPARING TO ENTER

DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY,

AND EXPECTED TO FILE PAPERWORK

THIS WEEK, DESIGNATING HIMSELF

AS A CANDIDATE.

IN ALABAMA, SAYING BLOOMBERG HAS

BEEN QUIETING WAITING TO MAKE A

BID FOR WHITE HOUSE IN WEEKS,

THIS IS FIRST SIGN HE IS MOVING

FORWARD A CAMPAIGN, LIZ, YOU

KNOW THE MAYOR.

YOU HAVE TALKED TO HIM, WHAT DO

YOU MAKE.

>> HE MADE NO SECRET OF THE FACT

HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH

PROGRESSIVES LIKE BERNIE SANDERS

AND ELIZABETH WARREN.

HE IS A VERY LEADING FIGURE IN

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON GUN

CONTROL.

AND CLIMATE CHANGE, THOSE OF HIS

BIG ISSUES.

HE HAS A VERY ROBUST RESUME OF

ACCOMPLISHMENT.

HE STILL HAS A PRETTY READY TO

GO STAFF WAITING TO WORK ON A

CAMPAIGN HOLED UP IN TOWNHOUSE

HERE IN MANHATTAN.

I'M NOT SURPRISED, HE HAS BEEN

WAITING TO SEE WHO EMERGED.

AND I THINK -- LOOK WE HAVE

TALKED ON AIR BEFORE.

MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE

FACT THAT NONE OF THE LEADING

DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES ARE MODERATE

ENOUGH TO WIN THE ELECTORAL

COLLEGE BUT ALSO ENERGETIC AND

INTERESTING AND WELL FINANCED

ENOUGH.

>> THIS IS KIND OF PART 2 TO MY

EARLIER COME THAT BILLIONAIRES

SHOULD NOT ENTER FRAY WITH

ELIZABETH WARREN, THIS ONE SHOO

AND

SHD

SHOULD AND CAN ENTER, HE IS A, I

AM PROGRESSIVE ON SIDE OF ANGELS

WITH LEADING ISSUES FOR

DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

IN THE SINCE OF YOU KNOW CLIMATE

CHANGE, GUN CONTROL, PRISON

REFORM, PROGRESSIVE TAXING A AND

GOVERNMENT ACTION.

AS MAYOR OF NEW YORK HE WAS VERY

MUCH A LEADER IN GOVERNMENT

LEADING THE WAY FOR PRIVATE

ENTERPRISE.

HE IS REACTING TO WHERE THE

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES ARE GOING

AND A SENSE MAYBE ACCURATE THAT

WHERE THEY ARE GOING IS UNLIKELY

TO UNSEAT DONALD TRUMP WHO

BLOOMBERG IS OPPOSED TO.

>> HE IS WORTH 53 BILLION

DOLLARS, AND HE IS A

BUSINESSMAN.

A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.

AND HE KNOWS WHAT DRIVES SUCCESS

HE KNOWS ABOUT SUCCESS.

HARD WORK, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT

IF YOU TAX PEOPLE 70S%, AND YOU

WEALTH TAX THEM 6 TO 8% A YEAR,

YOU WILL END UP WITH NO WEALTH.

IN THE ECONOMY, IN SHAMBLES,

THIS IS QUITE INTERESTING THAT

WE HAVE A LOT TO DO OVER NEXT

FEW MONTHS.

>> GARY, YOU CANNOT TURN AWAY

FROM THIS, YOU DO YOU MISS A

STORY LINE.

WE TALK ABOUT HOWARD TESTING

WATER.

I HAVE TO PUSH BACK JUST A

LITTLE BIT, WASN'T MICHAEL

BLOOMBERG THE ONE IN NEW YORK

WHO INSTITUTED SMALLER SIZE

REQUIREMENT FOR SUGARY DRINKS

THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE IDEA, BUT

COMPARED TO CLOWN SHOW THAT IS

DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIGHT NEW.

DAVID: WHAT HAPPENS TO JOE BIDE

BIDEN.

DOES THIS DISPLACE HIM AS

LEADING MODERATE.

>> I WAS TRYING TO BE POLITE AND

SAY BLOOMBERG HAS MORE ENERGY

THAN JOE BIDEN.

I THINK HE IS JUST A VERY WEAK

CANDIDATE, I KNOW HE IS

LIKEABLE, BUT I DON'T THINK HE

IS SHARP ENOUGH TO BE THE

CANDIDATE.

>> I DON'T THINK IT DISPLACES

HIM BUT IT DOES TAKE AIR OUT OF

HIM, WE'LL SAY FOR NEXT FEW

WEEKS IF TRUE.

BLOOMBERG, BLOOMBERG, HE IS A

VERY GOOD SPEAKER, HE REALLY --

HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.

AND AGAIN, BUSINESSMAN.

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO "THE

INDEPENDENTS" AND INDEPENDENTS

WIN GENERAL ELECTIONS, I CAN

PROMISE YOU THAT.

DAVID: I WONDER WHAT BERNIE

SANDERS IS GOING TO SAY, HE WHO

SAYS THERE SHOULD BE NO

BILLIONAIRES.

>> NO BILLIONAIRES.

>> ALL RIGHT.