left ward lurch. mr. schultz is holding a townhall meeting tonight. that will be on the fox news channel and we do have our own hillary vaughn on the ground with us in kansas city where that town hall will be held. hillary? reporter: hey, connell. we just caught up with howard schultz outside of starbucks. i got the chance to ask him if he has any hints or details about a possible 2020 run, if he is ready to announce his plans but unfortunately he did not spill any details. saying he is focused on preparing for the town hall happening tonight. he had his starbucks coffee in hand to calf fenn nate before he talks to missouri voters here. he will field questions at a town hall live exclusively on fox news channel 6:30 p.m. this evening. he is staying tight-lipped about the his 2020 plans he has been busy blogging. the possible third party candidate has been accused by democrats being a spoiler who think an independent may ruin their shot taking over the white house in 2020. schultz really had one target over the past two days, calling out president trump over policy, especially the

the other side. mr. schultz getting hit from all sides. melissa: no doubt. connell: meantime, hitting the far left. president trump slamming congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez's green new deal. why he is comparing the agenda to a high school term paper. melissa: maybe. connell: that's next. ♪ the latest innovation from xfinity isn't just a store. it's a save more with a new kind of wireless network store. it's a look what your wifi can do now store. a get your questions answered by awesome experts store. it's a now there's one store that connects your life like never before store. the xfinity store is here. and it's simple, easy, awesome. and our shirts from custom ink help bring us together. we just upload our logo, and if we have any questions, customer service is there to help. - [male] custom ink has hundreds of products to help you look and feel like a team. get started today at customink.com. >> who the hell wants to change what we're doing now? we're a hot, hot, country. last week they introduced a massive government takeover, that would destroy our incredible economic ga

have to speak, as we heard in the sound bite, there was even a moment out in purdue, mr. schultz was talking about mitch daniels, president of the university, brought down the cost of college. nobody clapped. he literally looked at audience, you were supposed to clap. not that the guy is blowing the doors off as a speaker. how do they get excited about his candidacy? >> if he can come up with some ideas, some proposals, and that critique of america to answer the, the questions he himself raised, connell in a way that galvanizes people. but so far i haven't seen it. i don't think too many people -- connell: trying for the center, economically, liberal, socially centrist, that is mike bloomberg or maybe joe biden lane. is there no enthusiasm in today's left of center voter, or we'll see the democratic primaries is there no enthusiasm for that anymore? >> i wouldn't quite put it that way. i would say you can't get elected as a liberal-leaning independent and ignore independent voters and republicans, which he appears to be doing, to a large extent. connell: right. >> i think there is ro

are your thoughts? >> it is funny because mr. schultz said he is thinking about running because our politics have become so bitter, so partisan. melissa: right. >> he announced this, you hear this sleeking from bitter partisans telling him not to run. they feel he might endanger a democratic victory. mike bloomberg is self-interested here. he may psych the democratic nomination. the fact that bloomberg wasn't viable as an independent, doesn't mean schultz couldn't be. melissa: yeah. >> bloomberg, wall streeter, limited appeal. not that everyone drinks starbucks but with schultz this is a guy who built a consumer-focused company with tens of thousands of locations. so i think he probably understands the average voter a little better than bloomberg. melissa: he might understand. people also, interesting the left was screaming, last time we saw this happen was ross perot, he helped elect bill clinton. >> yes. melissa: i don't know, is it necessarily helpful to trump? it could hurt him? >> could absolutely hurt trump, you don't know, if you think about those swing voters in suburban are

party candidate himself as you all know. so your reaction first, ralph, to mr. schultz potentially getting in and also to those who say that by getting in, if he does, he will pretty much guarantee the re-election of donald trump. >> well, if howard schultz persists in an independent party run, apart from the duopoly, it's going to be a nightmare for the democrats and maybe the republicans. first of all, because he's a multi billionaire, he will get mass media coverage. he has plenty of money for ads. he will be on the polls and will have a chance to get on the national debate. here's what i think he's thinking in terms of strategy. one, he will shave off votes from the republican liberal wing and from the democrat conservative wing. connell: from both sides, is what he thinks. the democrats think he will only take from them, he will re-elect trump. you don't think that's right? >> we will see what the polls say. he's got some real conservative positions like on social security and medicare. we'll see what the polls say. connell: what about you? do you ever look back on the 2000 ra