HERE WE'RE WE'RE HERE TALKING WITH MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WHO

ARE FUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

ONE WEEK BEFORE YOU AWE NOUNCED YOUR CANDIDACY YOU GAVE A SPEECH

WHERE YOU APOLOGIZED FOR STOP AND FRISK.

>> YUP.

>> Stephen: WHAT MOTIVATED YOU IN THAT MOMENT OTHER THAN THE

FACT YOU WERE TRYING TO APPEAL TO A BROADER DEMOCRATIC

COALITION?

>> LOOK, I STARTED OUT WITH 650 MURDERS A YEAR IN THE CITY,

MOSTLY YOUNG MINORITY MALES.

HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO STOP THE CARNAGE.

DID THE BEST I COULD.

NEAR THE END, I REALIZED WE WERE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND DOING

IT TOO MUCH.

ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE WOMAN WHO'S MY ASSISTANT WHO SITS NEXT

TO ME, HAS A YOUNG SON, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

IF HER SON WAS GETTING STOPPED.

AND I TOOK A LOOK AND SAID LET'S TRY SOMETHING: STOP DOING THE

STOP AND FRISK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE THOUGHT MURDERS WOULD GO UP, AND IT DIDN'T.

I SAID LET'S PHASE IT OUT.

AND BEFORE I LEFT OFFICE, WE CUT 95% OF THEM OUT.

THEN I-- SOMEBODY SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DO?"

I SAID, "I MADE A MISTAKE."

AND IF YOU CAN'T APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LIVE WITH

YOURSELF.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST-- NOT EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT-- NOT

EVERYTHING GOES THE RIGHT WAY.

SOMETIMES YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.

APOLOGIZE AND GET ON WITH IT.

>> Stephen: WELL, WHILE YOU WERE MAYOR THERE WAS A LOT OF

CRITICISM FROM IT.

IT WENT FROM 95,000 STOP AND FRISK WHEN YOU STARTED TO

600,000 AT ITS PEAK.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITICISM.

WHY NOT ASSESS IT WHILE IT'S GOING ON?

AS A LEADER, WE WANT TON WHILE YOU'RE IN POWER YOU CHANGE YOUR

MIND, NOT AFTER IT DOESN'T MATTER.

>> NO, WE DID.

BUT THE MURDER RATE WENT FROM 650 DOWN TO 300.

WE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY.

AND -- >> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE SAYING

IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF STOP AND FRISK BECAUSE WHEN YOU STOPPED

IT, IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

>> WELL, WE DID THE BEST THING WE COULD.

I THINK IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

YOU DO TOO MUCH OF ONE THING YOU STOPPED DOING IT.

WE REDUCED THE INCARCERATION RATE.

WE REDUCED THE RECIDIVISM RATE.

WE STARTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG KIDS, ONE OF

WHICH PRESIDENT OBAMA COPIED FOR THE NATION.

YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND TRY AND SEE WHAT

HAPPENS.

>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE MAYOR OF NEW YORK, DID YOU EVER

HAVE TO DEAL WITH DONALD TRUMP WHO IS, YOU KNOW, BY HIS OWN

DESCRIPTION A PROMINENT NEW YORKER, CERTAINLY A FAMOUS GUY,

A "BOSTON HERALD," AS HE SAYS, IN NEW YORK?

>> HE WAS REASONABLY WELL KNOWN.

HE WAS A REAL ESTATE PROMOTER.

>> Stephen: NOT DEVELOPER.

YOU CALL A "PROMOTER."

>> I THINK SO.

A LOT OF BUILDINGS HE DIDN'T BUILD.

HE JUST PUT HIS NAME ON IT.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

DID YOU GUYS HANG OUT?

DID YOU GUYS DO ANYTHING TOGETHER?

>> WELL, WE CUT SOME RIBBONS TOGETHER.

HE BOUGHT THE RICE RIGHTS TO BUILD A CLUB HOUSE.

>> Stephen: I TRUSTED HIM WITH A SHARP OBJECT.

>> I STOOD FAR AWAY.

I ACTUALLY PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM ONCE AT A CHARITY TOURNAMENT.

>> Stephen: DID HE CHEAT?

DID HE CHEAT?

>> NO, BECAUSE WE HAD FIVE BALLS IN THE AIR ANYWHERE.

BUT HE HAS A REPUTATION OF, SHALL WE SAY, NOT BEING

SCRUPULOUS IN HOW HE COUNTS STROKES.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> Stephen: OR WIVES-- >> WE TOOK THE SUBWAY TO--

( APPLAUSE ) HE-- HE DHOWEVER, THE ONE TIME I

TALKED TO HIM AFTER HE WAS ELECTED BUT BEFORE HE TOOK

OFFICE, HE GAVE ME HIS PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER.

>> Stephen: PLEASE TELL ME YOU STILL HAVE IT.

>> I DIDN'T BOTHIR TO WRITE IT DOWN.

>> Stephen: DAMN IT!

WE CAN CALL HIM RIGHT NOW.

WHAT'S IT LIKE ON THE ROAD.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SO FAR?

IF YOU'RE NOT CAMPAIGNING HEAVILY IN THE FIRST FOUR

STATES, WHERE IS YOUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW?

>> WE'VE BEEN TO 20 STATES AND 40 CITIES.

I START GOING OUT TO THE WEST COAST ON THURSDAY MORNING.

>> Stephen: CALIFORNIA BEING SUPER TUESDAY THIS TIME.

>> CALIFORNIA, AND THEN THROUGH UTAH-- ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO

WASHINGTON, D.C. FIRST, AND THEN OUT THERE, GO THROUGH IDAHO, GO

THROUGH UTAH, AND THEN BACK.

BUT IT WILL BE SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD.

AND THEN I'LL BE BACK FOR A COUPLE DAYS, AND YOU DO IT

AGAIN.

I'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF.

THEY DO ALL THE THINGS BACK HERE, AND MY JOB IS TO GET OUT

AND LET PEOPLE SEE WHO I AM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LIKE ME, AND

IF THEY DON'T, NOTHING ELSE I CAN DO, JUST BE MYSELF.

>> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE A $10 MILLION AD BUY IN THE SUPER

BOWL.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: YOU CAN TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT THE AD?

>> >> YES BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL

YOU.

( LAUGHTER ) NO, THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS

IT'S A SERIOUS SUBJECT.

I'M A BELIEVER THAT I SHOULD BE SPENDING MY MONEY TO DO WHAT I

THINK IS RIGHT AND GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS.

AND IT DOESN'T QUITE FIT IN WITH POPCORN AND BEER.

BUT IT'S A CHANCE TO REACH AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND IT TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT, AND

I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY.

>> Stephen: WELL, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD LUCK.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BILLIONAIRE PRESIDENT YOU SEEM

LEAK A MUCH NICER ONE.

AND ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD.

MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.