2016-01-28

By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)

OVERHEARD: Bob Dole, the nation’s senior Republican, tells friends he is unhappy that Mike Bloomberg might run. Dole thinks that would just elect Ted Cruz, producing a dangerously right-wing government. Dole thinks a Bloomberg candidacy would divide moderate voters with the Democratic nominee -- providing a clear path for Cruz, assuming he’s the nominee.

BREAKING – NBC/WSJ/Marist polls out at 6 a.m.: Iowa: Trump 32%, Cruz 25%, Rubio 18%, Carson/Bush 4% ... Clinton 48%, Sanders 45%, O’Malley 3% (Dem margin 4.7).

N.H.: Trump 31%, Cruz 12%, Rubio/Kasich 11%, Bush 8%, Christie 7% ... Sanders’ lead over Clinton grows to 19 points (Sanders 57%, Clinton 38%), up from 4 points (50%-46%) in the same poll less than three weeks ago; O’Malley 2%.

S.C.: Trump 36%, Cruz 20%, Rubio 14%, Bush 9%, Carson 8% ... Clinton 64%, Sanders 27%, O’Malley 2%. NBC’s Carrie Dan: “Clinton receives the backing of 74 percent of African American likely voters, compared to just 17 percent for Sanders. For white voters, it’s 52 percent for Clinton and 41 percent for Sanders.” http://nbcnews.to/1QukjPy

Good Thursday morning. The federal government is on a three-hour delay again, postponing that nightmare first post-snow commute when everyone is on regular schedules. The cover of the WashPost Metro section today takes note of our halting recovery with the headline, “NYC clears snow, D.C. clears calendar,” by Paul Schwartzman: “[A] mix of inferiority and defensiveness pervades Washington, as was evident ... when District officials were asked why New York was first to open schools and resume public transportation.” http://wapo.st/2071Roi

SCOOP DU JOUR – “Clinton Foundation on collision course with campaign: Charity officials are under pressure to scale back lavish events,” by Ken Vogel: “The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation ... is considering dialing back its activity during the campaign and a potential Clinton presidency ... Supporters of Hillary Clinton’s campaign privately grumble that the foundation is diverting the attention of Bill Clinton, her former president husband — as well as key donors — at a pivotal moment in the presidential campaign. They argue that [the Clinton Global Initiative] should suspend planned events during the primaries and just before the general election.” http://politi.co/1Sl5MYo Leaked conference call notes http://bit.ly/1nzWdKl

DESPERATE FOR DONALD -- “O’Reilly pleads with Trump to reconsider debate boycott,” by Eliza Collins and Kyle Cheney: “‘I want you to consider,’ O’Reilly pleaded with Trump, asking him to say, ‘I might come back, forgive, go forward, answer the question, look out for the folks, just consider it.’ Trump shot back that the question was out of bounds. ‘We had an agreement that you wouldn’t ask me that,’ he said. O’Reilly conceded that Trump was telling the truth, and gave him credit for coming on his show, but said the American people need to hear from the man who has a good chance of becoming the Republican nominee.” http://politi.co/1PCwXsC

FIGHT NIGHT: 9 p.m. ET, Fox News, from Iowa Events Center in Des Moines -- “Five things to watch,” by Alex Isenstadt: “After dominating one news cycle after the next, ... Trump will do it again tonight, offering Americans a sideshow and creating a split-screen moment that will paint him, visually, as the outsider ... The showdown between Trump and Fox News saves the real estate developer from the onslaught his chief Iowa rival, Ted Cruz, was intending to carry from the campaign trail to the debate stage.” http://politi.co/1WPegHT

GABE SHERMAN in NYMag.com, “Fox News Statement Taunting Trump Was ‘100 Percent’ Roger Ailes”: “Ailes is fighting off criticism from his senior executives over his handling of the crisis. According to one highly placed source, [Tuesday] night, Ailes sent out the now-famous statement mocking Trump as being scared to meet with the ‘Ayatollah’ ... ‘That was Roger 100 percent,’ the source explained. ‘A lot of people on the second floor” — where top Fox executives work — ‘didn’t think it was a good idea.’” http://nym.ag/1PCxs68

--“Cruz donors: We’ll give $1.5 million to vets if Trump debates [Cruz one-on-one],” by Katie Glueck in West Des Moines: “Keep the Promise, the group of super PACs backing the Texan. “This money is in addition to the millions of proceeds available to the veterans as a share of the revenues that this debate could secure from a host network.” http://politi.co/1QFo1rQ

DRIVING ON THE RIGHT – WashPost Style lead, “How Breitbart emerged as Fox News’s media rival to beat,” by Paul Farhi: “Breitbart’s tilt toward Trump has caused some unease elsewhere, particularly in the Cruz camp. Talk show host Mark Levin, a Cruz supporter, complained last week that Breitbart (and Drudge) ‘have put their finger on the scales’ for Trump. ... Coming soon: new sections on the economy, health, science and education, and on regions such as New York, Florida, India and China.” http://wapo.st/1SkWYSn

CRUZ: TRUMP COULD BE “UNSTOPPABLE” after Iowa, N.H. -- WSJ A1, above fold, “Iowa Win Is Crucial For Cruz, Allies Say,” by Reid Epstein and Janet Hook: “Most polls show the lead Mr. Cruz once held over Mr. Trump in Iowa has eroded amid a barrage of attacks about the senator’s Canadian birth and his opposition to a federal ethanol mandate. ... Cruz [trails] Trump by wide margins in New Hampshire, South Carolina and many ... states that vote March 1. ... Cruz, in a recent lunch with Iowa pastors, warned[:] ... ‘If Donald wins Iowa, he right now has a substantial lead in New Hampshire, if he went on to win New Hampshire as well, there is a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee.’” http://on.wsj.com/1KGNFWC

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JEFF BEZOS will be at The Washington Post today for a private lunch with internal and external luminaries after the Grand Opening Event at the paper’s state-of-the-art new HQ at 1301 K St. NW -- 10:30 a.m. to noon, with remarks at 11 by Bezos, the owner; Secretary of State John Kerry; D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser; Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan; Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe; Publisher Frederick J. Ryan Jr.; and Executive Editor Marty Baron. Last evening, The Post welcomed guests for the dedication of the Ben Bradlee Story Conference Room.

DEEP DIVE –NYT A1, 2 col. lead, “Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itself, Insiders Say,” by Dave Phillips: “[T]he Wounded Warrior Project, the country’s largest and fastest-growing veterans charity ... [took] in more than $372 million in 2015 — largely through small donations from people over 65. ... It has spent millions a year on travel, dinners, hotels and conferences that often seemed more lavish than appropriate ... Former workers recounted buying business-class seats and regularly jetting around the country for minor meetings, or staying in $500-per-night hotel rooms. ... About 40 percent of the organization’s donations in 2014 were spent on its overhead, or about $124 million ... Semper Fi Fund ... spent about 8 percent.” http://nyti.ms/1nQEJJx

--CBS Evening News, Tuesday night, “Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money,” by Chip Reid and Jennifer Janisch: “[M]ore than 40 former employees ... described a charity where spending was out of control ... [and has] skyrocketed since Steven Nardizzi took over as CEO in 2009. Many point to the 2014 annual meeting at a luxury resort in Colorado Springs as typical of his style. ‘He rappelled down the side of a building at one of the all hands events. He’s come in on a Segway, he’s come in on a horse,’ [said a former employee]. ... [S]pending on conferences and meetings went from $1.7 million in 2010, to $26 million in 2014.” 5-min. video http://cbsn.ws/1QurBD4

VALLEY TALK: WSJ A1, at fold, “Facebook [Quarterly] Profit Breaks Above the $1 Billion Mark” http://on.wsj.com/207bCCT ... WSJ A1, below fold, “‘Deficient Practices’ Are Found At Theranos”(online: “Theranos Lab Practices Pose Risk to Patient Health, Regulators Say”) http://on.wsj.com/1PUB5EW

WHAT S.C. IS READING – (Charleston) Post and Courier banner: S.C. Lt. Gov. Henry “McMaster says Trump can ‘get the job done’: Establishment leader’s endorsement a split with Haley,” by Cynthia Roldan in Gilbert: “McMaster shook up the Republican establishment — and his close ally, Gov. Nikki Haley — by making a move few saw coming: endorsing Donald Trump for president. ‘He’s a man of action ... He speaks in words that everybody understands. It’s a delightful thing to see.’ ... McMaster is the highest ranking state officer in the U.S. to endorse Trump. He’s also one of South Carolina’s biggest so-called ‘establishment’ leaders, having chaired the state Republican Party for nine years.” http://bit.ly/1SkYeEY

WHAT N.H. IS READING – Union Leader front-page editorial by Publisher Joe McQuaid, “Con man Trump”: “He is a schoolyard, rich-kid bully who thinks he can push around networks, newspapers, and opponents while conning voters at the same time. We have seen that con before and we don’t think New Hampshire voters are going to fall for it.” http://bit.ly/1Sd75L1

WHAT IOWA IS READING -- KATHIE OBRADOVICH column dominates cover of Des Moines Register, “GAME TIME NEARS FOR IOWA VOTERS”: “Five of the six most recent polls have Trump leading Cruz, with margins ranging from 2 to 11 percentage points. The ‘gold standard’ of Iowa caucus polling, the Register/Bloomberg Iowa Poll, is still to come at ... 5:45 p.m. [CT] Saturday. ... Normally, we’d be reserving one of the top stories for whoever comes in third on caucus night. For many in the media, this may only be true if that candidate happens to be Marco Rubio. As the only candidate in the top tier of Iowa polls with both government experience and appreciable mainstream support, Rubio may win one of Iowa’s coveted tickets even if he winds up in fourth place.

“That’s bad news for Ben Carson, who has been Rubio’s closest competitor in the last month of polling for the No. 3 spot. ... [Another] story from the caucuses is which candidates will be on death watch if they don’t perform better than expected in Iowa. Besides Carson, that leaves Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina and Rick Santorum.” http://dmreg.co/23vmA4j

UNDERSTANDING BERNIE – Boston Globe A1, at fold, “Big gains by Sanders show tactical skills:Behind professorial demeanor, well­honed political capabilities,” by Annie Linskey: “[H]e’s been able to thread a needle in way that’s almost Clintonesque. Most call them taxes, Sanders’s campaign talks about ‘income-based payments to the government.’ Since his days as mayor of Burlington, Vt., he has morphed from a self-described ‘socialist’ to ‘Democratic socialist’ to — at times in the last few months — ‘a Democrat.’” http://bit.ly/1OZv7CU

--WASHPOST lead editorial, “A campaign full of fiction: Sen. Sanders is not a brave truth-teller. He’s just telling progressives what they want to hear”: “He is a politician selling his own brand of fiction to a slice of the country that eagerly wants to buy it. ... Mr. Sanders’s story continues with fantastical claims about how he would make the European social model work in the United States.” http://wapo.st/1ZUEPf0

--“5 Ways Sanders’ Campaign Differs From Obama’s in 2008,” by ABC News’ Shushannah Walshe: “1. Obama Said So ... 2. More Akin to Dean ... 3. High Profile Endorsers ... 4. Minority Support ... 5. Demographic Difference.”

http://abcn.ws/1Tply5j

MONEY HONEYS – USA Today lead story, “Bush, Clinton only candidates to disclose names of bundlers,” by Fredreka Schouten: “Rubio ... has not released his bundlers’ names. Campaign officials ‘disclose what we’re required to,’ spokesman Alex Conant said ... Cruz spokesman Brian Phillips said ‘no decision has been made yet.’” http://usat.ly/1QugfyX

DIANE REHM BOOK OUT TUE. -- WashPost Style section cover story, “Diane Rehm, loud and clear on life, love and death,” by Karen Heller (online: “Diane Rehm’s next act: Using her famed voice to fight for the good death”): “Her voice sounds ancient and fragile, as though dragged through shattered glass and gravel. She was diagnosed almost two decades ago with spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that causes spasms of the vocal cords and should have axed her career. Instead, it helped distinguish her from the dulcet chorus of NPR voices. ‘The Diane Rehm Show’ ... is heard ... on nearly 200 stations. ...

“Now 79, ... Rehm announced last month that she plans to leave the show ... Dec. 31, giving her time for an extended victory lap. ... Her new memoir, ‘On My Own,’ recounts her husband’s decision to end his life in June 2014 after his physician was legally barred from helping. John Rehm was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2005 ... The experience sparked her advocacy in the right-to-die movement.” http://wapo.st/206ZLEM

TRAIL PIC -- @PeterNicholas3: “Look who’s having breakfast [Wednesday] morning at hotel in Des Moines. Gop presidential candidate Marco Rubio”. http://bit.ly/1lVnzc2

AIR WARS -- “Rubio plans 30-minute ad buys in Iowa,” by Anna Palmer: “Rubio spokesman Alex Conant billed the ads as a ‘special broadcast featuring footage from one of Marco's town halls in Iowa.’ The ads will run on a Fox affiliate Saturday in Sioux City. On Sunday, the ads will run on Fox affiliates in Sioux City and on ABC affiliates in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Davenport.” http://politi.co/1PUsd26

CRUZ STRATEGERY -- “With no Trump, Cruz goes from hunter to hunted: His team bets Trump will show, but, if not, Cruz becomes the top target,” by Shane Goldmacher in Des Moines: “Hollow or not, Donald Trump’s threat to boycott the final GOP forum before Iowa votes has complicated Ted Cruz’s game plan, forcing the Texan to prepare for two different debates — one in which he tangles directly with the front-runner and another that sets up the senator as the largest target on stage. ... ‘Donald Trump will be at the debate,’ Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler Tyler predicted. ‘Mark my words.’ ... Cruz spent the day Wednesday holed up in debate preparations with his top brass. Campaign manager Jeff Roe, chief strategist Jason Johnson, Cruz’s pollster and others all descended on Iowa ahead of the final five-day push to the caucuses.” http://politi.co/1KGK4Yu

CRUZ camp trolls Trump hard, “Tell Ducking Donald: Debate Ted Cruz: “Ted Cruz is willing to stand up and defend his record, anytime, any place. Why isn’t Ducking Donald? Yes, Donald Trump should debate Ted Cruz.” With a cartoon illustration of Donald (wearing a Monopoly-like hat) sitting on bags of money http://bit.ly/1SLxfnA

--“In 2011, Trump Blasted Republicans For Being Too ‘Afraid’ And Skipping A Debate,” by BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski and Megan Apper http://bzfd.it/1PCwreb

DAILY TRUMP -- “Brussels to Donald Trump: This ain’t no hellhole,” by Politico’s Laurens Cerulus: “They posted pictures of parks, famous landmarks such as the Atomium and the Grand Place, and local delicacies like chocolates and waffles, using the hashtag #hellhole. The American tycoon lashed out at Brussels in an interview with Fox Business Network Tuesday. ‘I was in Brussels a long time ago, 20 years ago, so beautiful, everything is so beautiful — it’s like living in a hellhole right now,’ he said.” http://politi.co/20uiSWb

--“Barry Diller: I’d Cross the Street to Avoid Donald Trump” – per a Bloomberg TV interview: “I haven’t spoken to Donald Trump in 30 years. And I would literally cross the street—five years ago, I would cross the street to avoid him.’” http://bloom.bg/1WP4pBZ

RICH LOWRY on Politico, “The Quisling Establishment: The Republican Party establishment has become one of Donald Trump’s deluded enablers: “One, Cruz has defied and insulted Beltway insiders. ...Two, the insiders apparently don’t care about principle or substance. The phrase they repeatedly use about Trump is that he will “get something done.” ... Three, some Beltway Republicans have convinced themselves that Trump will be a better general election candidate than Cruz. ... Four, there is a vein of cynicism running through the establishment. ... Finally, after months of Trump leading the polls and defying every expectation, fatalism about him has set in.” http://politi.co/1WP4SnR

WORTH THE CLICK – Matt Wuerker’s cartoon shows well-dressed elite types bringing up bags of cash to a helicopter on top of the roof of “Jeb! Headquarters,” just like that famous image of the last U.S. chopper evacuating Saigon. http://politi.co/1NCxREn

READOUT from a meeting participant on Hillary’s meeting yesterday in Philadelphia with ministers and faith leaders: “Bishop Carlotta Vaughn from Detroit, MI thanked Hillary for her work on the crisis in Flint, MI; the ministers told Hillary they were there to talk about the issues facing their congregations and indeed it was a wide ranging discussion, Hillary answered questions on topics ranging from economic development, job training, women’s healthcare, her plans around college affordability and specifically HBCU’s, to sex trafficking, to affordable housing and early childhood education. The meeting has been in the works for several months, participants came from across the country, many of whom will be endorsing Hillary. [The meeting e]nded with a prayer circle.”

FIRST LOOKS – Memo from American Bridge 21st Century’s Jessica Mackler, “The GOP Establishment Favorite Won’t Be On Stage, But His Presence Will Be Felt”: “The candidates on stage tonight can make fun of Trump for being ‘too afraid’ to debate, but here’s the thing: Even as they mock him, it’s clear ... they will be doing their best to channel Trump’s right-wing demagoguery, his extreme positions, and his doom-and-gloom rhetoric. And here’s the real kicker ... Even as they duke it out on stage tonight, the GOP establishment is lining up behind Trump.” http://bit.ly/1ROKkwg

--NEW VIDEO from Correct the Record, “Keeping America Safe: Flint Water Crisis”: “On January 5th, Michigan’s governor declared a state of emergency in Flint. In the two weeks that followed, not a single GOP presidential hopeful commented on the crisis.” http://bit.ly/1Sdhma3

– RNC, “The Top 5 Rules Clinton Broke” with her email use:

http://bit.ly/2071kCE

SPOTTED: White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest last night at D.C. bistro Ris in West End.

2016 PLAYERS -- Fusion launches #THE30: Meet the 30 women who will change the election --http://fus.in/1WOPx6H ... Intro note by Fusion’s Elections Director Rebekah Dryden http://fus.in/206wESc -The first three women profiled: Rachel Kania (Political Consultant, Rand Paul for President http://fus.in/1KbWE7i ... Lorella Praeli (Director of Latino Outreach for Hillary for America http://fus.in/1PGcwRN ... Symone D. Sanders (National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders 2016 http://fus.in/1ROJvDQ

HOLLYWOODLAND -- “Oscar-Winning Documentarian Laura Poitras Is Emerging—Carefully—Into the Spotlight,” by Sara Corbett in Vogue: “Poitras is once again in New York ... [and] is putting together her first major art exhibition, which will occupy the top floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art beginning this month. The exhibit includes a number of short films but is primarily a series of immersive installations, designed almost as a walk-through narrative about the world post 9/11. One idea is to project onto the museum’s ceiling overhead views from parts of the world where the U.S. drone program is active.” http://bit.ly/1nzY55Q

MEDIAWATCH -- “Bloomberg [Politics’ Washington news editor Kathy Kiely] quits over conflict in covering founder,” by Peter Sterne: “Kiely has quit the company over concerns that the news organization will not be able to fairly cover CEO Michael Bloomberg’s possible run for president ... ‘I think that Michael Bloomberg has built a terrific news organization but that he needs to liberate it to cover all the news, even the news about him.’” http://politi.co/1lVsjhP

--WSJ DC deputy bureau chief Matthew Rose promoted to enterprise editor – Editor-in-chief Gerry Baker emails the staff: “Matthew, who has deep journalistic experience and a lengthy record of great enterprise work as a writer and editor, will lead the endeavors of the whole newsroom in producing the finest global enterprise journalism—including but not limited to, leders, features, A-heds and other original reporting.” Full memo announcing a reorganization of how its news operation works http://bit.ly/1PCxjQ8

--“With Corbis Sale, Tiananmen Protest Images Go to Chinese Media Company,” by NYT’s Mike McPhate: “The sale gives the new owner, Visual China Group, control over photographs of immense cultural and commercial value — Marilyn Monroe on a subway grate, Rosa Parks on a bus, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock and Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue . But it has been the transfer of images from the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, an event that China’s Communist Party has aggressively blotted out of public view ever since, that has perhaps raised the most alarm. ... [T]those involved say they don’t expect the sale to disrupt the status quo. The protest images will be available around the world even if they remain censored within China.” http://nyti.ms/1Sd180v

HAPPENING TODAY – From NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons’ 2016 State of Manufacturing speech kicking off his 7-state tour: “Just as ‘American Idol’ is entering its final season this year, it’s also time to stop selecting political candidates based on how they sound, rather than what they can actually do for manufacturing and our country. ... [W]ords alone won’t change the business climate or create more jobs. We need the right public policy agenda for that.” www.nam.org/stateofmfg

WHITE HOUSE DEPARTURE LOUNGE -- Emily Loeb, Associate Counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office, departs today after more than six years in the Obama Administration, including stints at DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, E.D., Va., and the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. The pride of Victoria, Texas is headed to Jenner & Block to join former top DOJ official Tom Perrelli’s Government Controversies and Public Policy practice in March.

TRANSITIONS -- American Bridge has hired Maeve Coyle as Press Secretary. She is a Wake Forest grad who was most recently deputy press secretary at the DSCC. Prior to that, she spent the 2014 cycle as a press aide on Bruce Braley’s Senate race in Iowa.

--Morgan Finkelstein has officially settled into her new job as Deputy Press Secretary for the Democratic National Convention; the OFA alum most recently was the press secretary for the Virginia Democratic Party and was an advance associate at the WH.

--“Lisa Schrader ... Joins Hill+Knowlton Strategies [as SVP]”: “As chief of staff to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, she was responsible for the day-to-day management of the city and its sister agencies with more than 80,000 employees and combined operating and capital budgets of more than $18 billion.” http://politi.co/1VtR3Ke

OUT AND ABOUT -- Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio won the inaugural Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service mock caucus last night. The event featured GU Politics spring Fellow and former Chief of Staff to Iowa Governor Chet Culver Patrick Dillon, and former White House Political Director for President George W. Bush and Iowa native Sara Fagen, who broke down the caucuses and previewed what’s at stake in Iowa in a conversation moderated by former AP White House correspondent Nedra Pickler. Democrats 1. Hillary Clinton: 89% ... 2. Bernie Sanders: 11% ... Republicans 1. Marco Rubio: 30% ... 2. John Kasich: 20% ... 3. Jeb Bush: 15% ... 4. Ted Cruz: 10%.” http://bit.ly/1VtP7kI

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Roxane Philson, ONE Campaign’s chief marketing officer

BIRTHDAYS: John “Papa” VandeHei (Pack tip: Joanie! Plus Johnny, Abby, Spencer and Clayton; Jimmy, Autumn, Sophie, James and Acadia; Julie, Jeff, Kale, Ally and Emmy) ... Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) is 69 ... Maria Comella, Chris Christie confidant, comms. and messaging maven and the pride of Loudonville, NY (h/t Neil Grace) ... Lael Brainard, a Treasury alum now VP and director at Brookings Global Economy and Development ... Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) ... Politico’s Ray Gurganus ... Terry McNaughton, director of public affairs at Beam Suntory (h/t Pete Nonis) ... Nick Iacono is 26 (h/t Sam Dulik) ... Helen Kalla, press secretary for Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) ... Bloomberg View’s Justin Fox ... Grant Campbell, chief of staff at Organizing for Action and White House advance alum ... Tom Downey ... Lynnette Williams, SVP at Edelman ... Frank Purcell of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists ... Matt DoBias, health policy analyst for PwC’s Health Research Institute and Politico alum ... Michael Duga, DoD policy advisor at National Capital Region Medical Directorate and a Max Cleland and Clinton WH alum ...

... Ted Greener, new public affairs director at Association of American Railroads, celebrating by seeing the Josh Abbott Band perform at the 930 Club (h/t wife Elizabeth) ... Darold Loew … Anne Manhart … Candie Vilmain … Katie Varoga … Jon Erpenbach … Roberta Gassman … Sarah Pribyl ... John Milewski ... Susan Johannesmann ... Jen Millikin ... DHS alum Bryan England ... Julie Zagorianakos ... Missy Lieberman, director of digital at HSP Direct and a Campaign Solutions alum ... Peggy Greenberg ... CNN senior photojournalist Jay McMichael ... Matt Britt, executive chef at Ceiba ... Achim Bergmann, partner at Bergmann Zwerdling Direct ... Tyler Harber ... evangelical pastor Rick Warren is 62 ... Alan Alda is 80 ... former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is 61 ... humorist Mo Rocca is 47 ... Joey Fatone Jr. (‘N Sync) is 39 ... Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) is 36 ... Yuri Sardarov (“Chicago Fire”) is 28 ... actress Ariel Winter is 18 (h/ts AP)

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