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Weekly Wrap: The Rise of Bloomberg, Revisiting Oakland

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has been rising in the polls. He's spent more than $450 million on ads, but faced a big challenge Wednesday in his first presidential debate. This week, Sam talks to two journalists who have covered Bloomberg for years. <a href="https://twitter.com/RosieGray">Rosie Gray</a>, a reporter for <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/">Buzzfeed News</a>, says that his lackluster debate performance shows that there is a limit to the power of money on the campaign trail. <a href="https://twitter.com/mattfleg">Matt Flegenheimer</a>, a national political reporter for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>, details how Bloomberg is using his wealth to run a very different campaign than his competitors. Then, Sam revisits his <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/02/09/693077292/beyond-parkland-oakland-kids-who-experience-gun-violence-every-day">reporting from Oakland last year</a> on the realities of young people living with gun violence every day. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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