beto o'rourke was big on this. here's beto doing that on the green new deal. >> this country was willing to sacrifice all over the united states to make sure that we defeated germany and that we one that and for the following 75 years, made this world to save democracy. the green new deal calls that sacrifice and service and scales eight. it talks about the challenges that we face today. >> those are the questions that beto o'rourke asked just yesterday. so the question for the rest of us is, are voters ready to suffer, i don't know, 400,000 u.s. combat deaths for the sake of the climate? what does a carbon dioxide can now look like? a co2 side pen? when we get to bomb tokyo old again with firebombs? how would that affect the times or? among, this is stupid. the green new deal isn't a deal, it's a wish fulfillment. but here's the thing, beto kept a straight face throughout the talk like he really sincerely meant it. who does that? well, mediocre people do that had mediocre people tell implausible lies and then dema

is beto o'rourke a mediocre person? we will let you decide.rs in 2017, beto o'rourke gave a total of less than 1% of his income, one-third of 1%, to be precise, to charity. keep in mind, he's rich, very rich. hears his explanation for why he did bad. >> i served in public office since 2005. i do my best to contribute to the success of my community and my state, and now, of my country. there are ways that i do this that are measurable, and there are ways that i do this are immeasurable. there are charities that we donate to. others, we donate to -- but i would tell you, i'm doing everything i can right now, spending this time with you, not with our kiddos, not back home in el paso, because i want to sacrifice everything to make sure that we meet this moment of truth with everything that we've got. >> tucker: okay, so save that tape. it's on the internet. that's from uva yesterday. and you're going to want toto download that and keep that for your grandchildren because beto, pedestrian as he is in so many ways, just tried

beto o'rourke has taken a series of far left positions on issues and on rhetorical flourishes. we're talking about a second reset of the beto campaign. he was attacked by the left for not being serious enough on that "vanity fair" cover. he's now going to get serious

we've been spending most of the day with beto o'rourke. it is counter programming to president trump. he's been very clear that president trump in his mind was not welcomed here to el paso. i asked him if he thought it was productive to continue to engage with the president on this level. and then also what it means for his future as a presidential candidate. this is what the former congressman had to say. >> we can't back down. not a single one of us. not this community. a community that he has vilified and demonized since his maiden speech for the highest office in the land when he talked about mexican immigrants. so many of whom have found a home here in el paso. though they commit crimes at far lower rates, he calls them rapists and criminals, has sought to make this country afraid of us. has sought to keep us down. we will not allow him to do that. we will proudly stand together for one another and for this country. and that's what i'm doing with my community. >> i know up you're frustrated by mitch mcconnell. there are texas democrat

our first guest tonight beto o'rourke restarted his pr presidential campaign tonight. it was a deeply personal speech. beto o'rourke reminisced about passing the spot where he was speaking today back when he was a high school kid on his way to el paso high every day. and you could hear the el paso high band practicing in the background during this speech. the only policy prescription beto o'rourke outlined in today's speech was how to reduce gun violence in america, how to stop mass murderers from using the weapons of war to kill as many people as they possibly can. that was the policy beto o'rourke concentrated on today because for him on that issue the policy and the personal are now inseparable. >> flying home from las vegas, nevada, when i got the news, young gentleman named chris walks up to me and says i'm flying back to el paso as well because i just learned that my mother rosemary has been shot of that wal-mart and i have no idea what she's doing, what her condition is, nothing, no news. and i said if it's any help, i, my wife amy would love to join you. and he

. >> beto o'rourke. beto o'rourke, texas congressman, in the first debate, the biggest thing that beto o'rourke got attention for was negative was the way his home state rival julian castro came for him like a repotman. i take it from you. that moment went to julian castro. beto o'rourke talking about things his own way. he also brought good stuff. that first debate. it did not hurt that this was one of the only times of the whole debate night anybody raise the issue of impeachment. >> one of the most powerful pieces of arts in the united states capitol is the painting. at the hooieight of his power submitting to the rule of law. that stood and withtest its time. if we set another president now that a candidate who invited the participation of a foreign power, a president who thought to obstruct the investigation. we'll upset a new standard and that's some people because of the position of power and public trust they hold are above the law. we can't allow that to stand. we must begin impeachment now so t

beto o'rourke is standing by in his el paso hometown. stay with us. >>> we are joined now this morning by the other texan in the 2020 presidential primary. former congressman beto o'rourke flew back to his hometown of el paso. thank you for joining us tell me, i understand you have just visited with some of the victims at the hospital of this attack. what can you tell us about how they're doing? >> it's incredibly heartbreaking to see what these families are going through right now. i met a woman yesterday who was shot in the chest. her lungs were pierced. she is not just holding on, she is coming back as strong as you can possibly imagine. but it was not just one person alone in that family. her mother was also shot in the stomach. her aunt was also shot. we're seeing many families with multiple members who were shot, in some cases killed. this is a tragedy that there is just no way to prepare for in a community who, on average over the last ten years, saw 18 murders a year in a city of nearly 700,000 people, and to see at least 20 peop

we are told this is another version of beto o'rourke. what are you seeing different today that you didn't see a week ago? >> reporter: well, i think a couple things can be true here all at once. number one, this is someone who has tried a number of things. number two, he just spent the last 12 days going through arguably the worst thing that a member of congress or a representative in a democracy like ours can go to, which is a horrible tragedy among the people he represents at a place he knows that can be incredibly jarring and shifting to how you view this race. and i think number three, he's trying to find a way to be his most authentic self in a presidential race. that's a tricky thing. we know that voters like to reward authenticity. they want to know and understand and feel the pain of candidates just the same way they want candidates to feel their pain. so this weird sort of combination of factors here. some overtly political and some an honest response to a horrible tragedy in town. i think you could make the argument that el pas

we have heard from texas congressman beto o'rourke the former congressman who is from el paso. i know we been playing the interview that he was giving at the top the hour. we were able to listen as the congressman talked about what running back to the place he calls home. >> i'm incredibly sad and it's very hard to think about this. but i will tell you el paso is the strongest place in the world this community is going to come together. i'm going back there right now to be with my family and to be with my hometown. >> beto o'rourke canceling some campaign events for the scheduled out west in making that trip back and he spoken to the first responders as well as the survivors of the perfect perfect attack that he isn't the only democrat for speaking out. california democratic senator kamala harris had this to say about what happened in el paso. >> there has to be an agreement with that we have as americans that it is unacceptable that we have these incidents where people are being slaughtered in our streets. >> senator harris with her words and we heard from the democratic front

beto o'rourke: Él tiene un nivel de odio, de racismo contra los mexicanos. mÉxico y la frontera. pedro la familia pidiÓ privacidad a los medios, no termine: infiero que firmamos el sepelio. de la maestra elsa se encaminaron a su Última morada, siendo asÍ la primera vÍctima en esta masacre en ser sepultada. jorge: la madre de patrick crusius, el supuesto tesorero de el paso, llamÓ hace unas semanas la policÍa. para que su hijo hubiera comprado un rifle de asalto. le respondieron que a su edad tenÍa el derecho a hacerlo. crusius se entregÓ a la policÍa y permanece en la cÁrcel. oscar dice que lo mantiene separados de los otros reos. reportero: patrick crusius es el responsable de asesinar a 22 personas y balear a 20 cuatro mÁs en el paso, texas. Él permanece en la cÁrcel del condado y estÁ aislado de los demÁs reos. >> estÁ detenido en un lugar mÁs seguropara Él y los otros. reportero: abogados de la familia dijeron que la madre el pistolero contactÓ a la policÍa de allen, texas dos semanas antes de la tragedia. le digo que su hijo habÍa comprado una ak47. la p

i think it was beto o'rourke, who not only blamed the president but fox news as well. it is really insulting, frankly to so many americans who support the president and watch fox news channel that in some way that they are one statement or one tweet or one television program away from being a mass murderer. it polarizes us even more. in washington, d.c., james hodgkinson, who was a bernie sanders supporter and he loved rachel maddow and he loved msnbc. he took up arms and shot, almost killed represented steve scully duringhot congressman the softball game. i was not shouting up and down that we should condemn rachel maddow and that bernie sanders inspired this violence. that would be wrong. i don't know why it is equally -- not equally wrong for people to say the same thing about president trump and his reporters -- supporters. host: larry o'connor joining us. he is the host of the examining politic podcast and a radio talkshow host in washington, d.c.. our first call comes from ron. you are online with larry o'connor. go ahead. theer: has he ever read , does hearthur

beto o'rourke rejoining the presidential campaign trail today with those remarks. in colorado, former two-term governor john hickenlooper has faced the same kind of pressure that beto o'rourke has. both of those men are from states that have relatively vulnerable republican incumbent u.s. senators who are up for re-election in 2020. hickenlooper and o'rourke are seen as real contenders to take those seats away from republican senators and thus help get mitch mcconnell out of control in the u.s. senate. hickenlooper has faced that kind of pressure. he has not said definitively if the senate race is where he'll end up, but as of today we do get to poof john hickenlooper off our democratic candidates list. are you ready? here we go. 3, 2, 1, poof. as governor, john hickenlooper announced the end -- as governor john hickenlooper announced the end of his presidential run today and made it clear he's thinking about a senate run in colorado instead, whether or not he's going to jump in, we can now take him off our list of the democrats who are in contention for the presid

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who is beto o'rourke? two years ago he was the darling of the democratic party. tonight he's seeking to recapture that magic. in the aftermath of a mass shooting. >> he may sound the same. >> we're going to be there for one another, no matter what the cost. >> that's how we bring this divided country back together again. >> but today beto o'rourke is a different candidate than he a weeks ago. >> i'm going back there to be with my family. >> an alleged white supremacist. >> how does it change how you are running for president? >> it's changed me as a person to have someone come into this community and kill 22 people. to know that was inspired at least in part by the president. the killer using much of the same language the president uses in his manifesto. >> so el paso was the straw that broke the camel's back? >> el paso made it all to cleo r to us the consequences of donald trump. >> reporter: the presidential hopeful stepped away from the trail to spend time in the place that raised him. to mourn and help his community heal. ? that tragedy yesterday will not be

joining me now, 2020 democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke. congressman, thank for you joining us on this horrible day for your community. our thoughts and prayers are such a cliche at this point, but we're all feeling the pain of what's going on in el paso and dayton. have you learned anything new since you got back to el paso? >> thank you, jake. we'll grieving for our fellow el pa paso pasoans. >> i came back yesterday and spent time with families and victims. i've seen people who are so courageous, and have also learned it wasn't just one family member, it was two or three or more who were shot. in some cases who were killed. this community is coming together unlike any other time that i can remember. donations of blood, donations of food, just the love and the encouragement and the strength and the support in the face of a horrific mass killing. el paso will see on averages 18 murder a year. that's the average over the last ten year. we lost at least 20 people yesterday. it took someone coming from outside the this community of immigrants

beto o'rourke. slams the president does the president need to come out and say he is now embarrassed by apology at 1% in the democratic party or by coming out on tape today and saying this? >> well, you know joe is a prey incompetent guy. i watched him interviews and what he said and how he said it. and i wouldn't have rated him very high in the first place. but joe biden is truly lost his fast ball. that i can tell you. >> they are political people trying to make points. they are trying to make points. >> rob at the least can you admit it's bizarre that he has to talk about polls so much? what does where people are polling in the exact beingic party have have. >> that was his response. i've said these things in the past do i think he should have taken the bait and responded to these? no, i don't. however, you know, the media and certainly the presidential candidatesen on the left has been criticizing him unfairly in many ways. and attacking him what i culled you a white nationalle dwrapgsist are yo

those two, beto o'rourke and donald trump, have had an escalating war of words. what can you tell us? >> reporter: obviously back and forth on social media today we've seen beto o'rourke and president trump go after each other, and it almost seems so inappropriate even to focus on that and talk about it, quite frankly. this is yet another painful day on the ground for the residents of what i think is one of the greatest cities in the united states of america, el paso. and it is particularly painful, ironically, strangely, because the president of the united states is coming to this city today in the wake of this white nationalist terror attack. imagine saying that at any other time, that there is additional pain because the president of the united states of america is going to come to a city in the wake of tens, dozens of people being murdered by a white nationalist terrorist. but that is because of the president's history, as you pointed out, with this city. the president -- in all my times being here and covering immigration and what's going on at the southern

beto o'rourke said he is taking the fight to trump. no senate run for him. you think that's a mistake? >> well, i think a lot of democrats would like to see him run for senate against john cornyn. they'd rather have him than to -- he has the right to run his campaign, but at some point if he realizes the poll numbers aren't moving, if he realizes the campaign dollars aren't coming in, he's got to democracy a decision, and there are plenty of other people out there who can make the case against donald trump. i think joe biden has maintained his entire campaign about making the case against donald trump. it's not like beto o'rourke has some unusual language or words that's going to convince the world that donald trump is a bad president. the democratic party already knows that, and the majority of the country already knows that. so i think beto o'rourke would be well suited, well served to reconsider the senate campaign again, and i think he'd get a lot of support from the democratic party for doing so. >> jonathan martin of "the new york times" is out with an

you sounded like beto o'rourke, right there. really perfect, perfect. >> i think both of them were great. i think there were some surprises, too. >> stephen: what about mayor de blasio? >> you know, i think he was good. he was-- i think-- what i have learned, too, going to d.c. is that not everyone is accustomed to being a new yorker, and i have to work with iowans and minnesotans and stuff. and they're like, "hey, relax, take it down a bit!" and i'm like, "what do you mean!" so --but you know what? the country has worked with new yorkers. we have to atone, i think, for the one we have in the white house now. so we owe-- we owe the country good new yorkers. >> stephen: that would be nice. that would be nice. that would be nice. ( applause ) you know, there were underdogs tonight-- you were an underdog. >> yeah. >> stephen: you know. were any of the underdogs really surprise you tonight? what about tim ryan? what about john delaney? ( laughter ) and could you pick them out in a lineup if you had to? >> uhm, i think that... a lot

reporterso one of our following beto o'rourke on the campaign trail. she had been with him in nevada. their trip was diverted to el paso. she noticed this couple that approached him, the husband was speaking with him -- she eventually turned to them both and it turned out that they were parents of a parkland shooting --tim, walking all of our joaquin oliver. that allowed us to encapsulate this unbelievable moment and coincidence where the family who had been affected by a mass shooting again found themselves forl paso for walking -- joaquin's 19th birthday. when moments like these have back andtake a step think ok, what is the greater here, here, what is happening that we can explain to our listeners this moment? our journalists are on the ground somewhere like el paso. they can encapsulate the feeling on the ground there, the response. what is the second day story we can tell? how can we continue to provide context and useful information? that happens to be one of our tech correspondence who spoke to correspondents who spoke n, the founder of 8cha und

ryan nobles is "outfront." >> reporter: beto o'rourke out in the public eye today for the first time since learning of the mass shooting in his hometown. >> next, beto o'rourke. >> just minutes before taking the stage at a candidate forum. the gravity of the moment appearing to sink in. >> keep that [ bleep ] on the battlefield. >> reporter: it would be a first hint since the rereaction to ra the tragedy. and anger, specifically directed at president trump. >> let's be very clear about what is causing this and who the president is, he is an open, avowed racist. >> reporter: the presidential candidate has visited victims in hospital, encouraged the community to give blood and channelled the community's outrage, at times his frustration boiling over. >> he's being calling mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. members of the press, what the [ bleep ]. hold on a second. >> reporter: that has led to attacks from the president trump camp. >> that doesn't help prevent another mass shooting. they're raising their profile. >> reporter: but beto o'rourke is making it clear he stands by wha

, beto phoney name to indicate hispanic heritage, beto o'rourke has been out there in front of cameras trying to revive campaign calling donald trump a supremacists, he went after joe biden, joe biden gave speech in which he said the president is fanning the flames of white supremacy, trump hits back at sleepy joe, he's boring and so forth. why do we see such a focus on the president's remarks and not those critics when it comes to question of discourse? >> well, there is in unarguably greater burden that falls on the leader of the free world, beto o'rourke, you may think he's great and not know about him or not care about him, he's a one-term congressman. >> former 3-term congressman. >> excuse me. >> the president should hold himself to higher standard and the media hold himself to a higher standard as well? >> yeah, the media holds the president with good reason to a higher standard but the point -- i've worked with the planning staff in bush and obama administrations in the aftermath of tragedies, there's very clear rules of the road, you know, you visit hospitals, you visit first

o'rourke. >> it's also interesting, i mean, do we really expect that beto o'rourke at this point would admit that he's thinking about running for senate if in fact he's still in the presidential race. he's not going to admit he's running for senate until he's actually going to run or announce that he's going to run. it would not bode well for his race. >> i mean like senator schumer beating the drum, we need to recruit top tier candidates. john hickenlooper. >> julia manchester always a pleasure. thank you so much. >>> president trump reaffirms his interest in buying greenland, why he says a potential deal would be good for the u.s. and denmark. >>> and bill karins is back with a look at the forecast. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. >>> nbc news has confirmed, president trump has talked to aides and members of congress about possibly buying greenland. >> yeah, of course he. [ bleep ] did. of course he did. speculation on trump's comments rose to such a point this week that greenland's premier had to issue a sta

beto o'rourke. beto, thank you so much for joining us tonight. let's talk about what you have been saying. you said that the president's words have animated this violence. explain the connection between words and shooting people. >> when he was making his case to the country, announcing his candidacy for the presidency, he talks about mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals, repeatedly warned of invasions from mexico and central america, called asylum seekers animals. called them killers, called them predators, put their children in cages, deported their parents back to the very countries from which they fled. and you talked about this a little bit in the run-up to this interview. at that rally in may in florida, when he's warning of this invasion and he says how do we stop these people, someone yells out shoot them, and the crowd roars their approval, and he smiles. he says this is okay. and in the face of gun violence that has claimed 40,000 lives just in the last year, he's done nothing. he's

>> reporter: hey, beto o'rourke is just wrapping up here. congressman, we're live on msnbc. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: the president has long disrespected the residents of this city with the way he talks about what is going on here, the way he tux about latinos, the vast majority of residents of your city. it was an incredible message of positivity and unity. is that what you expect for the rest of his visit today or do you want to see residents out in the streets? >> i'm just so proud of this community, the way that we have overcome what happened on saturday and to find ourselves not by the terror attack but by this big, bold, beautiful, safe community. one of the safest places in america. it is safest because of its diversity. we heard that mentioned over and over again. and i think it offers an example to the rest of a very divided, highly polarized country that there is a way to come together and a way to stand up against this racism, terror and violence. >> the president this morning decided to use his time to call you out on twit

beto o'rourke will be there. he was the target of what some might call destructive bipartisanship overnight from the president. the president read from the teleprompter who said now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside. o'rourke calling him a racist wrote back that neither he nor el paso will be silenced. >> well, john, i should point out protests are also planned here in dayton. keep in mind, though, it's not just in dayton and el paso where these shootings have americans on edge. i want to show you the scene from new york's times square just last night. the panic there as the sound of a backfiring motorcycle was mistaken for gunfire. look how quickly people are moving there in this heavily, heavily densely populated area always full of people. scrambling for cover. police at the same time pleading for calm. >> i have to say, it's completely understandable. and at this moment, completely american that in times square or at a mall, you're looking over your shoulder anticipating something going wrong.

there's beto o'rourke and then there were 23. the record democratic presidential field will be shrinking by one as sources tell cnn that john hickenlooper will be ending his candidacy. he was never able to gain traction in the crowded field with his moderate message. he was not going to qualify for the next round of debates and now he is expected to make this announcement through a video today. that answers one question, but also raises many more. one specifically. what does that mean for all of the calls for him to instead, just like leyla was talking about, instead of running for president, run for senate in his home state. joining me the cnn political director david chalian. hickenlooper bowing out that the next phase of the campaign we've talked about so much, it's kind of upon us. but what does it mean and why didn't he gain traction? >> it is upon us. we are just now less than two weeks away from that cut-off qualification deadline for the third debate you were talking about. in the next two weeks we will learn who will mak

let's start with former congressman beto o'rourke. struggling in the polls but has a plan to reset his campaign with a big speech in el paso thursday. >>> and former colorado gov

beto o'rourke joins me now live from little rock, arkansas. congressman o'rourke, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me on. >> before i get to your campaign, i want to ask you a china question. you're elected president. you know that there's many democrats, many in this country want to see a different, a tougher stance against china than has been taken in previous administrations. a lot of people don't think this tactic is working. how would you both get tough on china without impacting the world economy? >> you're right. this current trade war that the president has entered our country into is not working. it is hammering the hell out of farmers across this country who do not want bailouts or payoffs. they just want to make a profit in what they're growing and be able to have those markets again that they worked a lifetime to create. the american consumer understands that these tariffs are a tax on them. one of the greatest tax increases on the middle class in the history of this country. so yes, we need to hold china acco

you mentioned beto o'rourke a second ago. on fox & friends this morning, the counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, going off on democrats who would blame president trump for the shooting. specific we singling out the two democratic presidential candidates who were raising money off of their criticism of him. listen here. >> beto o'rourke, from the "vanity fair" magazine cover to the project candidacy, out there screaming and cursing about president trump. that doesn't heal a single soul. that doesn't help prevent another mass shooting. elizabeth warren yesterday was raising money for senate candidates doug jones and tina smith. she's raising money in an email appeal talking about the mass shooting. this is a disgrace, and if nobody else is going to talk about it, i will talk about it. >> the president is contemplating some executive action legislative action, mix of the two, moving ahead on keeping guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. one is the doj has been directed by the president to develop too

i thi i think beto o'rourke had a best week in the face of a tragedy and we saw the magic of beto o'rourke that we saw during the campaign. the deadline is not until september so he does have some time. although he'll have to raise a significant amount of money and get a campaign going, he could transfer about $5 million if he decides to drop out. that is certainly a good sign. so he said he's not doing it now. i will be interested to see how much pressure democrats put on him if he continues to not really have movement in the polls. >> and i want to play a little bit more of that ad that julian castro took out on fox to air specifically in new jersey where president trump is vacationing, talking to the president about domestic terror and prejudice. >> president trump, you refer to countries as [ bleep ] holes and you urged american congresswomen to go back to where they came from, you called grants rapists, as we saw in el paso, americans were killed because you still fire racists. innocent people were shot down because they look different from you. because they look like me. >> we can't

you had critical comments overnight toward beto o'rourke who is channeling so much of the grief in the home town of el paso where the president is supposed to land shortly and attacking the -- attacking beto o'rourke for the criticisms that he's had. but yet as far as we've seen and again a lot of the press traveling with him is not getting a lot of access to him so this is kind of second-hand, but he is in public seeming to do the things that a president should do. it is just this two very different personalities and tones that we're seeing from the president throughout the day. >> my gosh, the grotesque things said by the president by the presidential candidates, joe biden and beto o'rourke calling him a white nationalist, attributing this violence to the president and in some cases linking it to him personally, somehow it is okay, it seems, that democrats can take these pot shots, including senator brown who said initially he wasn't going to meet with the president and frankly that even that body language that you just r -- just ran on the clip, well the president was comforting and

. >>> beto o'rourke skipped iowa this weekend to stay at home in el paso. the former congressman is struggling in the democratic race so skipping big events in iowa was a risk, but he said it was much more important to be home, to help el paso deal with the horrific mass shootings. a presidential candidate whose campaign was stalled was suddenly back in the spotlight but only because of a tragedy in a city that is core to his personal and political identity. o'rourke's response to the shooting includes very harsh criticism of president trump. >> people in el paso told me they didn't want to see the president and didn't want him to come here. donald trump is dangerous to the future of america and will destroy what makes us so unique and so special and the genius that we represent to ourselves and to the rest of the world. so i appeal to my fellow americans to choose a candidate who will bring this very divided and highly polarized country together. >> it's a somewhat awkward conversation in the sense that you don't want to minimize for a second the pain in e

joining me now, former texas congressman and 2020 candidate, beto o'rourke. before i go to the politics of it and the president, how are the people in el paso doing, responding? i believe you went to one of the funerals. how are the family members and loved ones of these that were killed in this horrific act? >> the people of el paso are strong, and i'm grateful for you for asking and for sharing our story with the rest of the country. i've been to tower funerals so far, three in el paso, one in sue dad juarez, chee with a with a, mexico. eight of the victims were mexican nationals, one, a german national, the remainder u.s. citizens in this country. that shows you there's truly a binational community. it is the very presence of who didn't notice and people from other countries that, until saturday, had us as one of the safest cities in the united states of america. and the way that we are showing up right now and showing strength and support for those families who've been harmed, those families who have lost somebody, for those families who have someone stil

he is in large part to blame. >> so that's beto o'rourke. i just met these two folks who are here awaiting the start of the proceedings here. what are your names? >> jennifer gonzalez. >> anthony. >> it is hot today. you came out here. you don't have to stand here in the heat. the president will be in the other part of town but there will be counter programming. why did you want to come out today. >> we all want to come together as a community. it's a tragic event that happened. el paso is a big family. we're here so support each other. >> do you blame the president in any way, shape, or form for what happened? >> i do. it's his rhetoric. he's said things before that have painted us as a target for people. he's called us rapists and murderers and said it's an invasion of hispanics. that's even what the shooter said. i do blame him for it. i wish that he would take responsibility, apologize for it. we are a very welcoming community here in el paso and i just -- it hurts me to see that he'd rather ignore it and rather not take blame for it. >>

you know i'm talking about beto o'rourke kicking off his candidate reboot this morning. what's his game plan? >> reporter: that's right, he will have a major speech tomorrow in el paso, recentering his campaign and focusing it almost exclusively on the danger he believes is imposed by donald trump. they want to talk about gun control, they want to talk about racism, they want to talk about white supremacy. them to hold the president accountable and they want to hold us accountable, too. he called out the media. i think he fundamentally sees this race in a different way. it's time to get serious, essentially a no more mr. nice beto. he's going to be going after trump directly in his speech, more so on the campaign trail, and the campaign says he'll be campaigning in a bit of a different way. how do you make the argument that the president is giving language that is causing violence and then go to the state fair and eat pork chops? no, i think we'll sigh differee different kimd r kind of campai o'rourke. this is not someone who sits down and puts pen to paper, but it speak

is beto o'rourke listening to the houston chronicle? what do we know about what his response might be and now with this statement coming out tomorrow, i guess first big written statement? >> listening, yes. following their advice, no. o'rour o'rourke's campaign has been quite frustrated for the outside calls for him to exit this race saying, for a long time, it's early. they believe he's the one person that can put the state of texas in play in a general election. they think he needs to continue to fight this out. i've heard pointed out not from his camp but from others in texas, no one talks about julian castro, the other texan in this case who tends to put worse than o'rourke, he's not dropping out, either. they seem fairly centered on his presidential run, and this speech tomorrow will be a refocusing in light of the shooting in el paso. this got very personal for o'rourke very quickly. he's been off the trail back in his hometown which has always been part of his stump speech, his political identity. now he is reframing his candidac

so i think beto o'rourke would be well suited, well served to reconsider the senate campaign again. and i think he'd get a lot of support from the democratic party for doing so. >> "the new york times" is out with an article titled many democrats love elizabeth warren, they also worry about her. a lot of democrats think she may be too far left. they worry the country won't vote for a woman. valid concerns, just playing sexist? i guess it can be both. >> it could be both. i mean, i don't know. well, whether the country will vote for a woman or not, i'm still up in the air about it. clearly they weren't trying to vote for hillary clinton. elizabeth warren is interesting. she's surging right now in the polls. and i think it's because -- but it's at the expense of bernie sanders. she puts a bit more of a palatable presentation on kind of the progressive agenda that i think people respond to her a little bit more. she has a fresher voice than bernie sanders. i just don't know that some of her ideas, being as grandiose as they are and how are you going to pay for all that, is something th

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now back to beto o'rourke. >> our sympathy go out to the victims. they don't know where their loved one is right now. many fearing and have received no news. we also met incredibly heroic el paso ones who have survived the devastating industries than i can imagine many of them shot many times over to our polling through right now. i got a chance to talk to university medical center president. the nurses and doctors who are in care of these patients absolute all-time heroes. the committee that is bringing more food then anybody can eat right now and donating more blood than we could have possibly expected. el paso is really showing up in standing up for our fellow citizens right now. lastly it does want to say i'm so grace -- grateful to the el paso police department of first responders and everyone on the scene including many of you would have to live with something we thought we would never ever see in el paso. with more murders today than we have in an average year in the city of el paso. we don't know all the details yet and we await the completi

let's start with candidate beto o'rourke. his reaction to the shooting in el paso had people giving him another look. others suggesting that he could best be used at home. he could have the most impact there. but you have new reporting on what the plan is, that is to hit the reset button? >> yeah, that's right. so o'rourke has been off the campaign trail since last saturday when this shooting happened. that ends tomorrow morning with this major speech his campaign has been previewing tomorrow morning in el paso. what we'll see after that from o'rourke will be both a change in messaging and a change in how he delivers that message. so we're going to see much more of a focus on donald trump on the issues of racism, white supremacy, on the issue of gun control and calling out specially what o'rourke sees as the seriousness of this moment of a president who he has linked in all these interviews that he gave over the last week and a half directly to violence on the streets of his hometown. and the seriousness of purpose that i thi

beto o'rourke put it in even more bluntly terms. he tweeted this. this president who helped create the hatred that made saturday's tragedy possible should not come to el paso. we do not need more division. we need to heal. he has no place here. el paso mayor has often disagreed but that won't stop him from visiting with the president. >> he's coming out here on wednesday, and i want to clarify for the political spin that this is the office of the mayor of el paso in an official capacity welcoming the office of the president of the united states, which i consider is my formal duty. >> reporter: cnn's rosa flores with the latest on how the city is coping days after this mass shooting. first, let's talk about this visit. where are the people on this side? should the president come? do they want him here or not? >> reporter: so the individuals i spoke with find it difficult to reconcile the president's words, the words he used before his speech the other day about the shooting and some of them i actually talked to people just now that are stopping by th

a guy named beto o'rourke. [laughter] sen. cruz: so we're doing one of the debates, the first debate, and it ended with -- each of you say something nice about each other, and o'rourke says, you know, ted seems to be a really good father and husband, and that's a good thing. so that was nice. i appreciated that. i came back and said, look, i'll say the same thing. it's really hard in a family, and you seem really dedicated to your kids your kids and i know how hard that is. i went on to say look, i'm going to credit you for being honest. like bernie sanders, you openly embrace your views, which are left wing views, which are socialist, and o'rourke comes back with his best line of the whole campaign. he simply says under his breath, true to form. and it was pretty devastating. look, that was not complicated what he was saying. it was a two syllable word. the second half of which was whole, and it was pretty effective. so i step off the stage afterwards and i go see caroline, and caroline says, dad you're really not good at say

i think it was beto o'rourke, who not only blamed the president but fox news as well. it is really insulting, frankly to so many americans who support the president and watch fox news channel that in some way that they are one statement or one tweet or one television program away from being a mass murderer. it polarizes us even more. in washington, d.c., james hodgkinson, who was a bernie sanders supporter and he loved rachel maddow and he loved msnbc. he took up arms and shot, almost killed represented steve scully duringhot congressman the softball game. i was not shouting up and down that we should condemn rachel maddow and that bernie sanders inspired this violence. that would be wrong. i don't know why it is equally -- not equally wrong for people to say the same thing about president trump and his reporters -- supporters. host: larry o'connor joining us. he is the host of the examining politic podcast and a radio talkshow host in washington, d.c.. our first call comes from ron. you are online with larry o'connor. go ahead. theer: has he ever read , does hearthur

. >> reporter: now, pam, i was at that rally for the president back in february when beto o'rourke was outside his supporters. the president was bragging about getting illegal immigrants the hell out of our country, something the crowd inside was cheering but people outside were protesting the president's visit to ohio, months before this tragedy was going to strike. that's also a rally where the president still owes the city of el paso over half a million dollars, something they initially billed him for and added on a late fee because it has not been paid. those fees are because of police officers having to be paid for working that event, public safety costs that the city has to consider when the president visits. that's something that still hasn't been paid. but of course this video and the president's tone there bragging about his crowd size versus beto o'rourke's is going to contribute to this criticism that the president is seeing, saying essentially when he goes to meet with these victims, he doesn't always strike the right tone. >> right. we've heard the president talk about cro