>> beto o'rourke. i have to say when every candidate started to talk about it, they acknowledged about whether they were talking about race or gun reform. they acknowledged his leadership in el paso. and when he -- and he took it humbly. i think he was surprised by the warmth that he was received specifically on that. and it is an acknowledgment, he was the first one to call it what it was. and it wasn't on the debate stage, but it was months ago. and it was a welcome, because you can't treat the source of the cancer if you can't say it out loud. and he did that. but overall, the whole audience was very attuned to what people were saying. they were very conscious. i was impressed by amy klobuchar, how she was able to unpack her own criminal justice efforts and what she has done and the accomplishments. and i can tell the crowd was also quite interested in it. i think overall most of the candidates did quite well. but beto o'rourke, because of his experience, because it was something that was so visible

>> beto o'rourke.ay when every candidate start to talk about it, they acknowledged, talking about race or gun reform. they acknowledged his leadership in el paso. when he, he took it humbly. i think he was surprised by the warmth that he was, that he received specifically on that. it is an acknowledgement. he was the first one to call it what it was. it wasn't on the debate stage. it was a welcome. you cannot treat the source of the cancer if you can't say it out loud and he did that. overall, the whole audience was very tuned to what people were saying. i was impressed by amy klobuchar, how she was able to unpack her own accomplishments. and i could tell the crowd was quite interested in: it was so new, so fresh, especially if texas, that was something that really hit home. >> let me play another moment from beto. his bluntness, that is a thing. >> we have a white supremacist in the white house and he pose as mortal threat on people of color all across this country. >> and elie, that is something you

but you had thoughts about beto's performance. >> beto had the single most compelling of the night withreasons. first, it was bold. and people like bold leadership. there is a reason bernie sanders' economic plan and elizabeth warren's economic plans resonate. it's because they're bold. frankly donald trump when he stood on the debate stage and said i don't know if i'll support these other yahoos was bold. what we saw from beto last night was bold leadership. and the second thing was he was shaping public opinion, not just following it. john kennedy said we are going to the moon, not because it's easy, because it's hard. barack obama said we are going to enact obamacare even if it means we lose the house in two years. what beto is saying is what's happening in washington even with the hard work of house democrats is incrementalism, and it's not going to fundamentally change the culture of guns in the united states. beto said, you know what, everybody else go to hell. i'm going to fundamentally change the culture of guns. follow me and i'll make it happen. a perfect moment for beto. >> y

i want to say something else about beto's candidacy.oted a couple of times, got a lot of criticism after he was on the cover of vanity fair or whatnot. beto o'rourke seeks a reset. it was the second reboot. he seems to have landed on a three legged stool that's going to hold him up for the foreseeable future in taking on white nationalism which was sort of the intersection of the murderer in el paso and donald trump's more racist rhetoric. this idea that the immigration policies of donald trump are cruel, that staking out a position more to the center of some other democratic candidates in that presidential primary and then on guns, you know, speaking bluntly, swearing sometimes, saying to the media, why do you ask question i don't say i know the answer to. i mean, he seems to be standing on a more solid base than any other time in the presidential primary. >> i absolutely think he has done that and i think that even braising this about confiscating guns brings the issue dead center in the presidential race. and i agree the parkland stu

go to the number of beto. the side more so the average american and that's something that you guys are trying to take out of context. he never said he wanted to take all guns. he provided context to the statement, he clarified it during the debate, he has clarified it after the debate and i don't think the majority of americans heard that he simply wants to take guns. that is the narrative that you guys would like to spin. >> ned, speaking about that, i mean, we are talking about context here, right? you have to remember o'rourke he was drawing from what he saw and what he heard after those two recent mass shootings in texas, especially the one in his hometown of el paso. do you think, ned, it is possible that beto o'rourke does have a better reading of american sentiment on this issue of gun rights more so than republicans in washington have? >> i don't, actually. i think part of the problem with beto o'rourke's statements are about ar-15 and ak-47 what we're dealing with is semi-automatic weapons. these are

is beto o'rourke, a lot of people are buzzing because texas state representative tweeted at beto last night that "my ar 15 is raeeady for you." is this about beto o'rourke splitting things or about his point of beto o'rourke getting a whole lot of attention today. >> reporter: you are probably not voting for the candidate. i have to go back on this of what we are talking about here. this question of o'rourke's comment affecting the senate, i have not been in the senate for a while. what bipartisan effort? pat toomey may not like this plan. it is interesting to look at all of this in context if your argument as pat toomey tweeted that beto o'rourke's comment undo the good bipartisan work that's being done on the senate, if comments from a candidate who's polling at 2% can undo the work of the u.s. senate and a bipartisan way then the system is really not working. gun right advocates have been out spoken on the issue. i spent six months on the road who are literally chanting do something on this issue. from my reporting, work may have tapped into something is incredible sense of frustra

robert francis being beto o'rourke's full name. beto being the nickname for robert in spanish. so that got a lot of attention on twitter once it was tweeted and once beto o'rourke tweeted it saying he considers that a death threat. i've spoken to the campaign. they said they have already filed a report with the fbi. i asked if there was any possibility that he was going to start using security. they do not want to talk about that for, well, security reasons. but the tweet itself has been taken down from mr. cain in which he said my ar is ready for you. so, really, kind of paints the picture as to how some see that his stance and comments on guns. >> okay. leyla, thank you for that reporting. jackie and ron are back with us. jackie, when you look at the polling, public sentiment is moving, but you don't have an

texas state representative named briscoe cain tweeted in response to what beto o'rourke said about taking people's ak-47s and ar-15s, essentially saying my ar-15 is waiting for you. a rather threatening sounding tweet. which kind of passion in your view, mike, is going to be more -- is going to move the public more? the kind of passion that you just heard from beto o'rourke, is really talking about the fear that kids have to go school, to go to the movie, fear that parents have about their kids having to do drills, or some guy that is a state representative tweeting my ar-15 is waiting for you. that doesn't exactly sound -- i don't know. your thoughts. >> well, beto finally found his message tonight because of his connection to the tragedy in odessa. and that's a very passionate issue in the democratic primary universe. the thing is hirstcally, maybe we're in new era. historically, gun politics are very tricky. there's an overwhelming national consensus for some gun legislation like background checks. there is a majority for ideas

beto o'rourke just tried red flagging americans.e all of those republicans this is red red flags get you. >> brian: dana, thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: last night's debate another tough one for joe biden in my stems. will he even hold it together until iowa? we will discuss that next. watch.h. this play the radio. make sure the television -- excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night, the phone -- make sure the kids hear words. ♪[upbeat music] ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light under control™ new transitions™ gen 8™ lenses ask your eye care professional today and learn more at transitions.com but provide habitat for twelve percent of all animals. why are wetlands such good homes? the plants, water and soils of wetlands provide food and homes for mammals, birds, fish and more. sadly, wetlands are at risk. and that puts wildlife at risk too. to find out more about wetlands and how you can help, visit ducks.org. ♪ >> brian: just a few year

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let's talk about beto. glee let's go to leyla santiago following the beto campaign. for such a long time, democrats have tried very, very hard to fight back against a line from republicans who will attack them on democrats want to take away our guns. beto o'rourke didn't do that last night. he went the opposite direction. >> exactly. and he went into that debate last night with that as a plan to say, look, i'm going to push the envelope when it comes to the gun issue because, for him, this is so personal now. he's always had the lines that most democrats use on the campaign trail since he's declared his candidacy. but after el paso, he really took it on with a different priority. i want you to watch that moment that he had last night. >> i am, if it's a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battlefield. when we see that being used against children, hell, yes, we're going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we're not going to allow it to be used against our fellow americans anymore. >> so we saw the response there from the crowd. but how else is everyone else respo

beto o'rourke is a manchild.y believe that he was seriously and genuinely affected by the mass shooting. but now he has shrunk his candidacy down to a single issue that will never grow up into anything nationally, and he's been wrong on this issue from the very beginning, because if you look at it, i have a list of all of the latest mass shootings here, i think, and , and all tht six years. 90% of them passed background checks. the ones who didn't, the kid stole it from their mom or dad. it's not about the rifle, which is legal. it's about something other than what they are talking about. >> juan: okay, so, greg, i think we have a situation where americans are very concerned about mass murders and people being shot. i think this is a big issue. from another perspective, and, jesse, if you could say, beto o'rourke is now talking and harsh, extreme terms about assault weapons. he is forcing president trump and democrats to do something in the middle. >> greg: he validated everything the nra said would happen, and h

beto o'rourke had really important moments in the debate, you kind of saw the old beto. the one we game familiar with during his senate run. i think he kind of had those viral moments or those moments where he seemed to be connecting in a way we didn't necessarily see especially during the first debate but even during the second debate as well. and i think mayor pete. sometimes he has those moments as well. but in terms of people who had a bad night, i do think that for julian castro, the hud secretary, i think when you leave a debate stage and have e about, sort of your lines of attack, what you said age, i don't necessarily think that's a great sign for somebody especially an individual polling in the low single digits. >> talking thursday night when former housing secretary castro delivered a strong attack against vice president biden suggesting that biden's memory was failing him. now getting backing from some of the other contenders here. listen to what senator cory booker had to say about that. >> i think that we are at a tough point right now, because there's a lo

t-shirts with the caption beto not. and joy reed asked him how would people would protect their ability to use these weapons by using them? here is beto's response to that. >> we don't go door-to-door to enforce almost any law in the united states. i don't think we do that for any law in the united states. i only raise that because others have said this is something that we would fear if there were mandatory buyback programs. no, we expect people to follow the law and that's certainly what i believe will happen. >> beto's comments contrasted with some more moderate proposals against other democratic candidates on thursday night. >> if you want action now, if you want action now, we've got to send a message to mitch mcconnell. we can't wait until one of us gets in the white house. we have to pass those bills right now to get this done. >> i'm the only one up here that's ever beat the n.r.a. only one that beat the n.r.a. nationally. i'm the one that brought the brady bill focus and into law. >> and it could be a high stak

of a sinkle sexar robert francis beto owe roarke the product of a sinkle sex robert francis beto oweoarke the product of a sinkle sex boarding school and columbia university. when beto o'roark speaks he speaks for everyone, all of the liberal work his happiest denouncing his country as racist and lecturing about privilege.ra just the other day he explained that when he has president he is going to make sure that poor people move in right next door to you. >> here's a tough thing to talk about. though we must. rich people are going to have to allow, or be forced, to allow lower income people to live near them. which is what we failed to do in this country right now. what if if as we proposed to do we invested in housing closer to where you work, very often mixed income housing, the wealthiest are living next to those who are not the very wealthiest in this country to make sure they can both afford to go to the same public schools. >> tucker: sounds like a great plan. the best part of the plan of course is that beto himself has no intention of participating in it. no one is going to pu

beto is saying, i will.n parent, mothers or fathers, that should resonate. >> i don't know whether it can get done. we don't know what the new congress will likely. fritz, the please showalmart to. to me when you biened that with all the ceos who signed the letter with you, i think you can't all be flying in the face of your customer base. do you or any other ceos you believe as joe biden suggested last night there has been a sea ching in how americans look at this issue? and if so, what pressure beyond a letter can folks like you ceos bring to bear. >> that's a great question. it's an honor to be here. for me this is not partisan issue. 89% of americans support universal background checks. today the american consumer expects to know where people who they're doing business withstand on these issues. this is a public health crisis. i'm concerned as an american, as a business leader and as a father to my child. i was proud to sign up for this, and ask for just common sense, sensible, bipartisan gun safety legi

beto o'rourke says he's coming for assault rifles. did he help republicans?t." >> good evening i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight a mirge set back for president trump. three judges ruling a case about him cashing out in the oval office can go ahead. significant implications for impeachment. the lawsuit argues that

. >>> beto o'rourke gets a death threat when he said, "hell, yes, he would take guns from americans. >>> will felicity huffman go behind bars? and another storm takes aid at the bahamas. >>> all the top polling contenders stood side by side on a debate stage. their deep divides, especially when it comes to health care, were on full display. >> my plan for health care costs a lot of money. it costsly. the senate said how he's going to pay for it but he gets about halfway there. >> every study shown says that medicare for all is the most cost-effective way to get health care for everyone in the united states. i wrote the bill. >> while bernie wrote the bill, i read the bill. and on page 8 of the bill, it says that we will no longer have private insurance as we know it. i don't think that's a bold idea, i think it's a bad idea. >> the problem, senator sanders, with that damn bill that you wrote and that senator warren backs is that it doesn't trust the american people. i trust you to choose what makes the most sense for you. >> we just need to be clear about what medicare for all is all

and it goes to, beto o'rourke. okay, well, apparently he can't stand a man with a gun. >> are you proposing taking way their guns, and how would this work? >> i am. if it's a weapon that was designed to kill people. hell, yes, we're going take your ar-15, your ak-47. >> laura: mercedes, beto leaned into the stereotype unveiling the new slogan, "beto has a ban for that." he actually unveiled that. is thisth going to win? >> it definitely won't win states like texas, for example. and even today, speaking to several of the audience members in nevada, you know, they had a very serious discussion on the 2nd amendment and the fact that especially in the rural counties of nevada and certain states like new mexico, that they're very concerned about their 2nd amendment rights being - violat. again, there is -- there is this need to figure out how to deal with gun violence, absolutely. and the president has addressed this issue when it comes to figuring out how we deal with more extensive background checks. it's different wh

i can so you one thing, beto o'rourke is not taking my guns away from me. tell beto that is okay. manchin's office says he does not own an ar style gun. inspector general michael horowitz confirming his department will look at alleged discrepancies in james comey's testimony. >> we have taken down your report and put it side-by-side with congressional testimony james comey made, finding a number of irregularities. >> a referral about a then employee of the department. >> reporter: despite the weaponization of the doj democrats would rather push their impeachment agenda. are they doing a disservice to americans? here is kelly hyman and republican strategist joseph opinion. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. let's start this. what do you think? are they doing a disservice to americans? >> the old 60s song it is my party and i will cry if i want to. democratic party is obsessed with impeachment in spite of the fact the majority of americans across party lines do not want this. explosive accusations coming out of the ig and democrats from core leland: dell ski to his mother to c

that is not beto o'rourke's concern here.nd his whole sort of rational and reason for being in this contest still in the aftermath of that shooting in el paso and so this is grounded him to this. but i think there is a larger point about the gun debate. it is not that long ago that democrats would run away from this entirely. they would be so concerned that mentioning any -- any gun control measure would somehow turn off so much of the electorate. that has changed. the calculus on the issues have changed. it may not be what beto o'rourke is proposing, but it is still astonishing to see how far this debate has moved for democrats to feel comfortable talking about thir about. >> and it has moved because the polling was there except not for that. the polling is not there for a mandatory buyback. a majority of americans don't support that. but they support assault weapons ban and universal background checks so he's going farther than where the overall electorate is but he's doing it to make a point that obviously this is what he'

and yet beto seems totally unembarrassed about it.e was asked by a reporter and he explained that his mere existence is a form of charity. >> i served in public office since 2005. i do not stop contributing to the success of my state or my country. there are way do is this that are measurable and ways that i do this immeasurable. there are charities that we report to that we've tellized others we donate to that we have not. i'll tell you, i'm doing everything i can, spending this time with you, not back home in el paso, because i want to sacrifice everything to make sure woo that we meet this moment of truth with everything that we have got. >> tucker: so running for office is my form of charity. that's what he's telling you. imagine saying something like that. he's polling below 5%. democrats ought the pray that he drops out very soon. every time he opens his mouth some one, somewhere, decides to vote for donald trump. sdem cattic party doing everything it can to keep chelsea gabbard off the debate stage. she joins us to talk about t

beto says that we must give amnesty. >> beto: we are going to legalize.hey will never again fear deportation back to a country they do not know. this is their true home country. >> tucker: the president of independent women's voice. she joins us tonight. tammy, great to see you. so, there's something about beto o'rourke that is such a perfect distillation of dumbness in our country, of actual privilege. right? he speaks for an awful lot of people i know. and i guess my question to you is, is he aware of what he sounds like, do you think when he gives speeches like this question marks the one i mean, effectively, he's saying, this is the delusion of it. elect me as president, because i hate america. i mean, there is this weird position. it's just a more blunt position really of all the democrats. you are talking to charlie a moment ago about disappointing obama. now, they want to punish us, because we have not stopped disappointing them. but i think that he really, there is a to and a projection of his own real opinion about may be feeling guilty for exist

the gun control debate reignited thanks to beto o'rourke, doubling down on his ar 15 confiscation plan. republicans are pouncing. mark walker is on deck. we have fox coverage on the inspector general report, trace gallagher standing by with the latest move, let's start with david fund and late breaking news. >> we can confirm the justice department inspector general michael horowitz putting the finishing touches on his investigation into the alleged abuse of sensitive surveillance power by the fbi. horwitz completed a review on whether the fbi followed the law while applying for a warrant to survey a former trump campaign aide carter page during the 2016 election. page was investigated following allegations of russian interference in the election. surveillance of page was an abuse of power. on friday a little earlier a letter to members of congress, the office conducted 100 interviews and close to finalizing his report. the ag inspector general continues to say the team reviewed million records relating to this case. back in may, horowitz's office began investigating whether any survei

you had beto o'rourke say that. pete buttigieg talk about, you know, smaller towns in america need more migrants and need more population. you heard kamala harris say, california should be a model on a lot of these issues. i have a feeling that even if biden's the nominee, a lot of republicans will use that to say, hey, i need to be a check on the democrats. >> what, the comments by these -- >> try to use all of these comments to say, the democrats want to see this. >> like in these -- in democratic debates and republican debates, there are folks who go to the left and the right and then the general election happens and it ends up being a choice between the democratic nominee and the republican nominee. i think that's ultimately what's going to happen here. i think joe biden is clearly trying to make a play for -- he has one eye kind of looking at his competitors but he's actually looking right at the general election and he wants to make sure that some of these 60-second ads aren't made. >> i found it interesting.

that means you, beto.in march, a voter made him promise. >> we already have one vulgar in chief. do we need to replace him with another? come on, beto. >> great point. i don't intend to use the f-word going forward. >> reporter: but fast forward through several mass shootings, an impassioned beto o'rourke let the f-bombs fall where they may. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> reporter: president trump's crowd cheers when he pronounces bs -- >> with ridiculous [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and beto o'rourke isn't just saying it. he wants you to wear it. his website sells a t-shirt that repeats the phrase six times with all proceeds going to two anti-gun violence organizations. his supporters defend him, postg of beto's swearing, break glass and clutch. >> if you think that's bad, you should see his new campaign slogan. beto mother -- [ bleep ] for a brighter damn [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> reporter: but if those who favor decorum and class have their way. >> beto better watch his class and jimmy christmases. >> reporter:

and beto o'rourke is receiving not so veiled threats after he said, quote, yes, we're going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we'll get to all that in a moment. we begin tonight with the sentencing of one of the most public people wrapped up in the sprawling college admissions scandal. the actress felicity huffman, familiar to television audiences of course for her role in the popular series desperate housewives, late this afternoon was sentenced to 14 days in federal prison. she'll serve a year of probation, pay a $30,000 fine, and serve 250 hours of community service. all this after she pled guilty to paying a college consultant to inflate her daughter's s.a.t. scores. she's the first to be sentenced of more than 30 parents charged in the largest admissions scandal of its kind in the united states. she told the judge, quote, i'm deeply ashamed of what i've done. our randi kaye tonight has more. >> reporter: $15,000, that's what actress felicity huffman paid to get her older daughter's s.a.t. scores boosted. long after her arrest, she would try to explain she found motherhood bewildering,

guns that beto doesn't like.in, beto is taking this side. somebody should. no. he sang, team up with me against your own consumers. the most powerful combinations to keep people from doing some thing that's completely legal. at the second amendment is not enough or beto, he's upset too. in other words, if the ideas that beto's doesn't like, he wants to make certain you're not allowed to police them. while this might strike you as, i don't know, antidemocratic? yes, it is. that's the point. beto isn't a supporter of democracy, virtually nobody in washington is buried he's not honest to admit this in this letter. "america can't afford to wait for a new president or for congress to take action." in other words, democracy is practice for the last 240 years, isn't giving beto the power he wants. so democracy needs to be ignore ignored. the capital is much easier, by the way, it's great for the welcome capitalists two. today, 145 ceo's signed that demanded. why they do that? they know these deals come out the as long a

>> i'm looking at beto. all eyes on beto. he fell to third place with warren overtaking him. he was beloved when he was running against ted cruz. he was a god among democrats. this is worrisome that in his own state he is losing ground, and the murmurs say beto come home, come back to the senate. many people are saying ditch the campaign, come back home. >> patrick, you have been on the ground, what are they telling you? >> gun violence and gun control are weighing heavily on texas after the recent shootings. democratic primary voters were asked what the most pressing issue was and they said gun violence and gun control. that is really top of mind right now. you mentioned beto o'rourke, especially since the shooting in his hometown of el paso, he has been trying to push this issue. even up until this morning, putting out a new assault weapons related proposal trying to pressure credit card companies and banks away from facilitating those kind of sales. >> brandon, a huge focus on joe biden versus elizabeth warren. this is not the first time they have squared off in their care

el cuando iniciÓ la presentaciÓn de los 10 demÓcratas en el escenario fue beto o'rourke.e van todos los precandidatos luego de salir el del debate donde estÁn otra compaÑera blanca rosa. blanca: buenas noches enrique, b aquiles esperan con mucha anticipaciÓn por el hecho de que las preguntas que no se escucharon y las respuestas sobre todos de los 10 candidatos que no se dieron o que hay que profundizar aquÍ los esperamos todos los periodistas internacionales y nacionales para hacer respectivas preguntas a los candidatos. este lugar es bÁsicamente un lugar donde cada representante tiene a su vez una persona que sujeta un letrero con su nombre y van rotando a travÉs de esta habitaciÓn. a mis espalda los periodistas estamos esperando que una vez que ellos ingresan a este cuarto giren y nosotros vamos a poder hacer las preguntas respectivas, pero sobre todo las respuestas que ellos no dieron durante el debate y las por la forma en que se desarrolla el debate tal vez no se han podido hacer o simple y llanamente ellos tambiÉn como candidato de la necesidad de poder profundizar

i think beto was a man who he didn't spin in the spin room. what he is going to do. >> tucker: i agree with thanks i disagree with what he intends to do. i think, number one, when we look at it in particular with gun violence and deaths that are related to gun violence most it comes from handguns not from ar 15s, actually 64% of fatalities that come from have gun violence come from handguns not from your ar-15 or your ak-47. >> tucker: you are absolutely right and thank you for pointing it out. you know the numbers. most people don't. however, the gun ban that he has endorsed and a lot of other candidates have endorsed would also include an awful lot of handguns. any handgun with a magazine over 10 rounds would be confiscated. >> right. well, i'm for, you know, limiting the capacity of a magazine. i think there are lots of gun reforms that we can have. you can be pro-gun and pro-gun control. i don't think those things. >> tucker: in the end if you are saying, here the distinction that i think is new. clinton banned the sale of so-called assaul

beto had a great night. proud to see a straight white guy take on the issues of racial justice with a passion. it's good to see. i don't think he'll make the president of the united states. he found his gear. >>. >> going off the pobooker momen. second tier candidates look for moments in a debate and know the top tier will snipe at each other and they want to step in like the adult in the room and saw the calming thing. booker taught a master class in that. you saw buttigieg try to do it. he said let many show yo how it's done. and it was perfect. i agree about democrats saying what they mean. this year. that was my take away. watching this. we are watching democrats say what they mean. because their ideas are not of the mainstream. our ideas are mainly popular. even things we have been told are controversial. like guns. warren talked about the healthcare debate and every issue. in a wa i that people understand. they are not worried about taxes and premiums. they worry about cost. no one likes their insuranc

beto is breaking the rules of gun politics. maybe we're in a new era where those rules don't count anymore. but historically some gun control legislation like background checks, large capacity magazine bans, assault weapons bans, have been fairly popular particularly with swing voters. but beto is taken it to a step we've never litigated in a presidential election, which is mandatory buybacks. i thought it was interesting that amy klobuchar, she always has her eyes on the general election, and she's from one of those midwestern states, minnesota, that is part of a reasonable th region that may pick the president. she knows that's a bad issue for candidate to get that far out. maybe we're in a new era. but it's not politically the safest issue to take into a general election, particularly in the industrial midwest. >> speaking of amy klobuchar, she did have her best debate yet. she didn't get as much time, she got about 10 1/2 minutes versus 17 to 18 minutes for the front runners. this is how she used it. >> when it comes to our

and i've been going up and down the street having people say what is beto? >> yes, we will take your ar- 15, your ak-47. >> beto made an impression in the last democratic debate. >> i have an opportunity to do the right thing and say the right thing while you still have time. >> and he spoke at san quentin, impeding his call to stop selling assault weapons, but turn them all in. >> i'm sick and tired of people in positions of power being scared and afraid and complicit in the violence of the bloodshed. >> s and also taking a swipe. >> some democrats are running scared on the issue and they are running away from those that they represent. >> o'rourke's two hours at the prison were spent with staff and inmates. talking to them about rehabilitation and race. >> and thinking about the prison population that is $2.3 million in this country. the largest on the face of the planet. >> reporter: he noted his youthful arrest for dui and trespassing that didn't define him. >> that has a lot to do with my race. you know, a function of luck and circumstance and privilege

beto had a great night.ud to see a straight white guy take on the issues of racial justice with a passion. it's good to see. i don't think he'll make the president of the united states. he found his gear. >>. >> going off the pobooker momen. second tier candidates look for moments in a debate and know the top tier will snipe at each other and they want to step in like the adult in the room and saw the

ted cruz got 50.9% as a senator when he ran against beto o'rourke. beto got 48.3. the ticket. i give beto o'rourke credit. he did a great job campaigning against senator cruz. but that is not the issue today. you know, trump is top of the ticket. none of the statewides are out there. i go around texas all the time campaigning for president trump. they call me trump's man in texas. let me tell you, trump will win huge and win big league here in texas. texans will not vote for somebody that wants to take our guns, raise our taxes, kill our babies, you know, make us get rid of our cows, shut down our oil and gas wells and leave the border wide open. we're not voting for that. i promise you. trump will do well in texas. i don't care what the polls say. they're all wrong. trump has got this. he will win by much larger margin than last time. as i travel around the state, i talk to people, i have not one texan that voted for trump not voted for him again. i do find a lot of people that didn't vote for him the first time -- ainsley: we talk about all the people from califo

buy back they sold out of s and other rifles within four hours of running t beto special.r when he said hell yes we're taking your ars. >> they said they're discounting them at such a low pri that everyone can afford them and hanked beto o'rourke for the bump. >>> the agency thinks edw thro deny shouldn't get to k filing a suit the money should go bache t violateagreementskhi working at the national security agency and cia by releasing his new. they said he didn't submit it to the intelligence a ncies first forreview. who you dare you edward snow deny. after the break, who's tossing and turning and who's sleeping soundly. rom is a freshman senaytor these days but yes, he of them seemed to work te hasn't hbe the rest of the gop when it comes to supporting the trump agenda but a big move on the whiffle blower saga. he wants to see a tracript with the ukraine respect the ceer scandal. proof that president trump wasn't happy, he tweeted out a string of videos rinding eryone that mitt romney twice ran for psident andfailed. so for breaking with hparty, we say senator mitt tonig

i thought beto had a really good night, as well. he's someone who i thought in previous debates kind of just shrank, hadn't really found himself and who he was in this terrible tragedy in his hometown of el paso. i think it's given him something to be passionate. you heard him on stage last night, essentially saying that the american government under a beto o'rourke administration would go in and confiscate people's guns. it got a huge applause -- >> ar-47s and -- >> yeah, yeah. kind of the nightmare of the nra and how they like to play on democrats anyway. it probably doesn't move anything. we'll see if beto is able to jump ahead of booenpete buttigi the top five. in many ways, pete buttigieg had supplanted beto as the young, fresh white guy who could possibly swing over young voters. >> ayesha, was there a clear winner in your mind? >> no, i don't think so. i think the top three will be the top three for a while now. what's interesting to me is going into this, elizabeth warren is the only person who's really been on an upward tra

he's gone don a great job with that. >> by the way the way beto, excuse me for saying beto. >> that's. that's good. >> the way he handled what happened in his hometown is meaningful. to look in the eyes of those people, to see those kids, to understand those parents, to understand the heart ache. >> but this is the problem. >> we are ready to do this. >> mr. president, thank you. >> we're back with maria tiste kumar. what did it feel like in texas? you were down there for that moment because that was clearly a moment where everyone was not just reaching out to beto o'rourke, but to texas and what texas has suffered in these mass murders. >> there was a delegation from el paso of individuals who had been part of the shooting. i had a chance to talk to them and they were just -- they were grateful to be there, but more importantly the support they were receiving from the country. and there's real conversations in texas for the first time of making sure we're talking about stand your ground, gun reform in a substantive way. when elizabeth warren was talking about gun reform, in a state t

beto is right about that. they said, hey, let's figure this out, guys. >> we can't discount the power of the republican party over the nra. >> tiffany cross, michael singleton, great discussion. thank you both for being here tonight. >>> up next a big loss for donald trump today and an appeals court reinstated an emoluments clause against him. we'll talk about what happened next with one original lawyers involved in that suit, right after this. involved in that suit, right after this so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ wayfair's got your perfect mattress. whether you're looking for a top-brand at a great price. ready to upgrade. moving in. moving on up. or making big moves. deliveries ship free and come with a 100-night free trial. no matter your budget. or your sleep style. we have quality options for everyone. so search and shop. save and snooze. a

there's a feeling like beto's so crazy. this idea is so crazy. let's put the numbers as we know them. vast majority of people believe in the assault rifle ban. the washington post poll that you said had a 31% of republicans support mandatory buy back. npr did a similar poll that showed 20% of trump supporters support mandatory buy back. why is that? since most americans support an assault rifle ban. you have 5 million ar-15s, for example, on the street? how are you going to get them off the street? do mandatory buy back, rolling amnesty, sort of over time you let people come in, get paid back. you ban things like magazines and other things that would let people shoot lots of people quickly. that's been sort of my big concern now. the reason why you want the assault rifle ban, put handguns aside, is because of their capacity to kill a lot of people very quickly. so beto is clearly at the very least in an evenly divided american debate. this is not a fringe notion of a mandatory buy back that's worked in other countries. new zealand and australia w

i'm angry with what beto o'rourke said.ot because it is workable, because it will stop anything getting done in washington. if you want tronger background checks, red flag laws, two things i'm interested in, beto did a huge disservice to that because no republican goat could go to the table in good faith thinking that liberals just don't want to take your guns but you had beto on the tape right there and it is a huge -- i think it significantly increases the chances that trump will be re-elected. it is that damaging. >> why would -- let me just ask you this. why would something that beto o'rourke a former congressman who lost a senate seat and what -- 3% in the polls matter? but i bet it wasn't just democrats applauding that. i think the reality of it is who needs an ar-15. who needs an ak-47 and if republicans and the crooked nra can't understand that, that is too bad and that is exactly why they can't fund ads for the next 15 years because they're going out. they are gone. >> i think there are things you could do to incre

beto's comments don't affect that. but they are right, when they say, it might get beto's polls from 3% to 4%. but republicans will use this forever, democrats have been saying, we don't want to take your guns but we want background checks and closing loopholes. and beto went for it, and selling t-shirts. kennedy: pete buttigieg said, we have a moment, let's take advantage. you va to talk with people with whom you can make a deal. >> chuck schumer said he did not know another democrat who agreed with erourke. unfortunately. kamala harris and cory booker came out supporting this idea. democrat have to be cross he has thrown the curveball in there. but, he i dis desperate, they ae doing poor in polls, he and kamala harris and cory booker, they are doubling down, doing damage to the party. >> it does. kennedy: beto is really reacting to what happened in el paso. sort of energy he had, when he said it was very aggressive. it does do a disservice, this is all republicans hear, they take their guns. it does a disservice, he

leland: beto's starting to walk this back.take them to, well, it's going to be a buyback, but we're not going to go door to door. jimmy, you get the last word on this. as we look at what the public sentiment is for there to be something to do with guns, something done on guns, and we've seen it after all of the shootings that there is acknowledgment that there are issues and loopholes. is if republicans totally cut this off at the pass, do they run being on the wrong side of this? >> it depends on whether or not we come up with something that makes any sort of sense at all. now, the red flag law's a great example of that. nobody want to see somebody who's mentally ill have their hands on a weapon. how do we insure that the people making the decisions are make it over legitimate concerns -- leland: hold it. you think there's enough appetite in the republican party for true red flag laws. >> i think there is. >> [inaudible] >> our lieutenant governor's already said that, you know, he's willing to be, he's willing to be -- leland

beto o'rourke tweeting this is a deaf threat. you shouldn't own a ar-15. let's go to beto o'rourke.ng about confiscating, mandatory buy backs of ar-15s. there are 10 million of them in the country right now. what does that mean next summer? >> i think that means beto o'rourke is not running for senate or anything in texas any time soon. he's reinvigorating the gun rights lobby, republican and other fears, people in rural areas fears that democrats are not in favor of common sense steady gun reforms. they're in favor -- they're going to come break down your door and take your gun. and that the a real fear on the part of a lot of people, and he just made that a lot more legitimate. >> ron, you're thinking about is this beyond where the country is right now in terms of gun safety? >> i think the problem with that and i agree with what was just said, this plays into the republican nra meme of democrats coming in, kicking down your door and taking your gun away. i think the problem for me with beto o'rourke's proposition here about the buy back that's mandatory, so it will be a consfisic

but beto's truth is the party's truth.ur guns, our ammunition, they want to rip the second amendment from the constitution. but it's not just the radical dimms it's the republicans as well. attorney general william barr on capitol hill talking about all sorts of ideas. there are a lot of issue ofs i would rather this attorney general be work on rather than the politics of gun control and congressional liaison. here is the attorney general. >> the president made clear's interested in a meaningful and workable measures to provide greater security to the american people and protect them against crime. i have been up here gathering perspective, kick around some ideas so i'm in a better position to advice the president. -- advise the president. lou: one of the pieces of paper he brought with him to the capitol, the attorney general saying this would be some sort of proper significance that could be debate and discussed. gak background checks, transfer agents. he says he's the president's emissary to capitol hill to effectively