beto o'rourke.s young and obviously very talented. i'm sure he's going to channel himself toward what his passion has become. and he said he's not going to run for the senate. but you never know what will happen. >> he could change his mind. david chalian. what do you think? he ran against ted cruz and lost but did rather well in the contest. john cornyn up for reelection and there is speculation and i spoke with beto o'rourke here in "the situation room" just the other day and i asked him would you consider that if you decided to drop out and he gave sort of a vague answer. what do you think? >> well, now he goes right to the top of the speculation list. there is plenty of time before the filing deadline on that but i will say democrats have been fielding several high-profile candidates in texas to take on john cornyn. obviously o'rourke just in the case with ted cruz and the kind of money that he brought with support in the polls at a statewide democrat had not seen in nearly ever in texas, this w

many of those fans were crushed by beto's failure.ccording to ed o'keefe, he was asked not to interview his crestfallen volunteers, we are quoting, stop and be respectful because the volunteers are vulnerable right now. beto's campaign is exactly what you expected it to be, it was a constellation of shallow, fragile, dumb people talking to themselves. if how a car washed it from the very beginning and as a radio host of what really happened. i'm sorry for the nasty ad lib at the end of the script. it was hard to contain myself because there was a narcissism at the heart of this campaign like nothing i've ever seen. from the ear hair to the i'm going to seize your guns, it was always about beto and for that reason it was a perfect campaign for this moment. >> tell as many one-liners as you want -- remember he said he ate dirt? now he's biting the dust. >> tucker: good. >> he's going to go home el paso tonight and have a beer or is he would put because he's bilingual, he's going to have eight survey wow a servesa, he d never break into

jon: beto calls it quits. biden looks to rebound and warren defends her budgeting to pay for medicare for all. i'm jon scott. this is the fox report. a number of 2020 democrats hitting the campaign trail in iowa today, minus one contender. former texas congressman beto o'rourke who ended his run for the white house. let's bring in dave leventhal, senior political reporter and federal politics editor at the center for public integrity. dave, remember back in march that vanity fair cover of beto o'rourke on the cover there, man i'm just born to be in it, is their quote, well now he's out of it. what happened to the beto campaign? >> it's such a stark difference than if we were having this conversation a year ago, or not even that long ago. given the fact that beto o'rourke if you remember, he did something that no other u.s. senate candidate in history ever did, which was raise more than 80 million dollars for his senate campaign, and yet here he is amid all these financial troubles, which are now over for him,

beto o'rourke out of the race, as well.o be a little bit of winnowing energy, shall we say. >> absolutely. with just 100 days until the new hampshire primary, we had kamala harris who was when she entered the 2020 race, she had that massive 20,000-person rally in her native oakland. and so we're seeing a drastic cut in her support in the state of new hampshire. of course, she's kind of sort of remains -- she said publicly that she remains committed to new hampshire. we can't help but notice on the ground talking to people there that she has cut significantly her staff. and there has been a bit of downward momentum for many weeks. so you know it's basically iowa or bust for her. i think she admits that. she sees the writing on the wall, and she's trying out the strategy and putting her eggs in the basket with that hope that that will carry over. >> you were just saying that friday is when the election started. why? >> i think for several reasons. one was the beto o'rourke news. another was the kamala harris cutting back in n

the departure of beto o'rourke. it was starting to look inevitable.enefit anyone in the race? >> i would first want to say that beto ran a race that i think brought a lot of really important issues to the table. obviously he was an incredible advocate on issues like immigration, gun violence. and i think he really gave a moral voice after el paso in fighting donald trump's white nationalism, really, his racism. and he had a moral clarity i think was a really important contribution. in terms of the polling and what's happened and what we've seen is from polls in july and over the summer when people asked second choices interestingly enough a lot of his voters seemed to go to biden first then bernie and then some other candidates. so i think that's very fluid and it might be different today than it was over the summer. what's really true of this race is it was extremely fluid. it was fluid 12 years ago at this time. and it is very fluid now. and i think days like tonight and the next debate are when people -- the voters are really going to feel like the

of minutes, but beto was polling very low.th a lot of spark and fire but his numbers just weren't reflective of that energy that many people thought he had initially. you have these candidates knowing that he does have volunteers and supporters and they are definitely having an eye on them, targeting them, talking about their gun violence proposals and then talking how they believe they are the best candidate to tweet donald trump. that's the common thread that will pull over the support from these other candidates. >> if you see any canidate start standing on countertops you know they're trying to win over that beto audience right there. reporting from des moines, iowa. thank you. >>> turning your focus overseas. a big deal what's happening in iraq. the largest demonstrations since the fall of saddam hussein. back in 2003. thousands of anti-government protesters seen here pounding the pavement attempting to block access to the country's gulf court, bloody uprisings in iraq and lebanon have been worsening and forced the prime

and beto was in that lane.verybody in that same lane is going to survive and i think, you know, what is great for me is that, one, beto has a political future and that's not over. and he'll be able to figure out what that is. but the other thing is that he had the presence of mind to realize right now sitting at 2% what his future might look like in this race. and so what i'd urge is all those other 1%ers and zero percenters out there maybe follow his lead. >> matthew, i have a feeling there may be some folks in the conservative movement who don't want to see beto o'rourke go away too quickly because there are two things he brought into the debate that freaked out democrats, let alone seemed to spark interest. one was the you're darn right we're going to take your guns. and the other was getting rid of the tax exemption for churches which wouldn't please some churches on the left-hand side. >> the good news for republicans is that's all on video. the video isn't going anywhere. i'd say what's striking is beto s

god bless. >> is there any prognostication, emily, who was standing behind beto?re are those voters going go? >> i think one of the reasons why beto decided to drop out when he did was he was sort of struggling to get some support in the polls. you know, he did have supporters. there were definitely people at his rally last night expecting a very exciting celebration before this big iowa event who were then sort of caught off guard and some of them were crying and a little bit depressed about it. but he didn't have such a huge base of support like you would see maybe with bernie sanders supporters, migrating to elizabeth warren. so i think the people who like beto, a lot of what i heard when i was on the campaign trail with him was that people really liked the new young fresh face, so they might be looking toward somebody like a pete buttigieg, but there are people who like his bold progressive vision and ideas, so maybe they'll look to somebody like elizabeth warren or maybe somebody who agrees with his proposal to have a mandatory buyback of assault weapons, whi

, beto, did you hear, beto, poor pathetic guy.was pathetic. >> reporter: the rest of the democratic field still fighting for the chance to take the president on. speaking to 13,000 democrats here in iowa, at the liberty and justice celebration. mayor pete buttigieg taking the stage with a strong show of support making a general election pitch. >> i didn't just come here to end the era of donald trump. i'm here to launch the era that >> reporter: the first in the nati caucus now the nt away, senator elizabeth warren rising in the polls offering up her plan to pay for her medicare for all proposal. >> i have a plan that shows how we can have medicare for all without raising taxes one cent on middle class families. >> reporter: warren's plan pulls more than $20.5 trillion in funds for medicare for all over ten years by calling on taxes on the wealthiest americans and corporations as well as asking employers to pitch in too. some of her rivals say it's unrealistic. >> time to get real. >> rachel back with us from des moines. the iowa

the former texas congressman beto o'rourke has dropped out of the us presidential race.he said his campaign for the democratic party nomination didn't have the means to go forward — but that he'd work to ensure donald trump was defeated. this is a campaign that has prided itself on seeing things clearly and on speaking honestly and on acting decisively. we have to clearly see, at this point, that we do not have the means to pursue this campaign successfully. for more i'm joined by chris buckler in washington. a year ayearago, he a year ago, he was the star of democrat politics, he had that famous magazine cover, i was born to do this, and was down from there. so the mid—term elections a year ago when he bought that senate seat in texas, he really seemed to make a mark and capture people's attention inside the democratic party. it was somebody who actually quite a lot of young democrats firmly believed in but he struggled to replicate —— replicate that start power on the bigger national stage and you mention that magazine cover. he basically launched his presidential bid

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beto. >> tucker: at the present is still speaking.ll continue into the next hour with sean hannity. have a good weekend with the ones you love. see you then. speak to you know ted cruz of one, he spent almost $100 million. >> welcome to hannity, i'm jason chaffetz in tonight or sean but let's go right back to mississippi and listen to president trump and his rally. >> president trump: he says have you ever stood on the floor and speak? he's waving his hands and i said what is he doing, what is he on? and made the statement, he was born for this. i used to have guys come into my office. sir, i'm the greatest salesman. the truth is anybody that says they are a great salesman, usually they are not a very good

but for beto o'rourke, unlike eric swalwell, i think for beto o'rourke, this really changed after el paso. before, he wasn't -- he was obviously talking about gun control. but i think this became a very personal fight for him after el paso. and it very much changed the game for him. and it's very understandable because it took place in his hometown. this was very personal for him. so i'm wondering how he will address the issue of gun violence now that he's outside of the presidential race and how he will put forth any reforms. >> he says he won't be running for senate but of course he says there will be more coming from him. let me get one more in here before we let you go. and this is senator elizabeth warren. she released a plan to pay for medicare for all making up $20.5 trillion over ten years of additional federal spending. this new york times sienna college poll that came out. if you look into the cross tabs, there is something that's fascinating there that 100% of the respondents who say that warren is their first choice, let's look at it. they're concerned that she's too far

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beto o'rourke. >> what does this free up now?y can to support whoever the nominee is. >> four candidates pulling away. biden falling into a dead heat with sanders and buttigieg. warren responded to critics of how she would pay for a signature topolicy proposal. >> it is there. >> promising not to raise taxes on the middle class. >> it was here barack obama made his mark nearly 12 years ago. >> america, our moment is now. >> just three months to caucus day, the remaining democrats fight for their chance in the spotlight. >> iowa voters will get the first crack at choosing the democratic nominee in february. pete buttigieg with growing base caughted attention of those in the arena last night. >> thank you so much. >> still ahead, how elizabeth warren plans to pay for her medicare for all plan. 25 cent boneless wings at applebee's. get 'em while they're hot. cake in the conference room! showing 'em you're ready... to be your own boss. that's the beauty of your smile. crest's three dimensional whitening... ...removes stains,... ...wh

beto could not defend himself.ke he was reading someone else's talking points that they had written for him. >> juan: hang on. >> jesse: mayor pete might've knocked him out at the last debate. >> juan: give me a chance. here is beto o'rourke. dropped out of the campaign today. here is a tweet. he says "our campaign has always been about seeing clearly, speaking honestly, and acting decisively. in that spirit, i am announcing that my service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee." dana, i want to come back to you. a lot of discussion about what's going on with iowa in terms of the polls and who's going to get some of sanders' support. as bernie starts to fade a little bit but who gets beto o'rourke's support as he leaves the race? >> dana: well, he doesn't have any support so it's hard to say. kamala harris, her campaign is laying off staff and there was more announcements today trying to rearrange things. this is the beginning of the winnowing. they don't have support out there. to the extent

the former texas congressman beto o'rourke has dropped out of the us presidential race. media, he said his campaign for the democratic party nomination didn't have the means to go forward — but that he'd work to ensure donald trump was defeated. this is a campaign that has prided itself on seeing things clearly and on speaking honestly and on acting decisively. we have to clearly see, at this point, that we do not have the means to pursue this campaign successfully. about a year ago things looked very different. beto o'rourke was the rising star in the democratic party, he appeared on the cover of vanity fair with the headline, "i was born to do this." here's the bbc‘s washington correspondent chris buckler. so the mid—term elections, about a year ago, he ran for the senate seat in texas. and he wasn't successful, but it was a really spirited bid, and truthfully, in what is a republican heartland, he did exceptionally well. and at that point, he was seen as a real rising star within the party. in fact, he launched his presidential campaign with a photo shoot for vanity f

>>> beto's out. the new exit from the crowded democratic presidential field. beto o'rourke just revealed he's ending his campaign so what will it mean for the race? >>> good rid dance. that's the reaction from the new york governor as president trump ditches his long time home state and declares himself a florida resident. tweel y we'll tell you how the move will profit the president. >>> a blaze erupts in califor a california. is there any end in sight to the wildfire disaster tearing through the state. we want to welcom our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on the impeachment investigation. a source vealing the closes door testimony about the top house expert on ukraine. vindman telling lawmakers that a white house lawyer warned him not to talk to anyone about president trump's controversial phone conversation with the leader of ukraine. it's more evidence that the administration was concerned about mr. trump's push for ukraine to investigate joe biden and tr

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beto, did you hear? he came out of texas a very hot political property and a he went back as cold as you can be. >> best to, we -- beto, we never knew thee. >> it always sounded like he was reading someone else's talking points, always going for the biggest punch line, went so far left, talking about a mandatory gun buyback. seems like everything he was saying was like what can i say to grab a headlined toward the end. he stood on a table, which as a germa phobe he offended me. i think it was a gracious exit and it was time. >> i think we saw the making of the message for 2020, the president saying at one point he's creating jobs, killing democrats and democrats he said -- killing terrorists and democrats are going insane he said with medicare for all, the green new deal, all of that and the president was making clear that he's not going to stand for the impeachment battle, that he's pushing back hard as nancy pelosi seems to be having second thoughts about all this, saying we had no choice but to do thi

just after the news broke. >> oh, did you hear, beto, beto, did you hear, beto, beto, that poor bastard, poor pathetic guy. he was pathetic. the arms are flailing. remember that? i noticed he was flailing with the arms and he was standing on tables, he was standing on countertops. i said does he ever like stand on the floor and speak? but he's waving his arms and going crazy. and i said what the hell is he doing? what is he on? and you remember, he made the statement that he was born for this. anybody that says he was born for this, they're in trouble. he was a nasty guy. but he had a couple of policies that don't work well in the state of texas, right? he's against religion. he was against you having a gun. and he was against oil. so you come from texas, you don't like religion, you don't like oil, and due like guns, i don't know, that's not a good combination in the state of texas. >> okay, coming up, president trump has pushed for a big beautiful wall, along the southern border, but now, he's downplaying reports that smugglers are cutting through new sections. that story and much mor

good to see you, you, too. >> beto o'rourke, a lot of excitement when he got into the race. the race to have consequences for any other candidate? >> i was looking at the polling that's out there. he was at 1%, 2% in the polls and as you start to break that down and see where it's coming from, really hard to tell. it looks like it's more from the younger end of the spectrum than the older end. the candidate struggling the most with younger voters, joe biden. so maybe it's good news for anybody not named biden but realistically at the level o'rourke was at the end here, it's hard to see him having a measurable impact. >> his trajectory like in raw political science terms, he came out of this texas senate campaign where he got reasonably close to knocking off an incumbent republican senator in texas. got a huge amount of attention from liberals nationwide but also from the press. i presume that gave him an interesting fund-raising base. when he started particularly at the beginning when he still had the momentum from that senate race. is that true? >> i think everybody presume

. >> missing from iowa is former congressman beto o'rourke. he called it quits friday after failing to raise enough money to continue. >> this morning, mayor pete buttigieg, though, he's the one making headlines after his speech at iowa's liberty and justice celebration last night. >> arlette saenz is in des moines. arlette, good morning to you. the candidates had a busy night but very busy day today. >> reporter: good morning. it was a high-stakes night for democrats here in iowa. most of the 2020 field descended here onto des moines to attending this liberty and justice celebration. they came here and were pitching their message to iowa voters about why they should be their choice to be the democratic nominee. you had elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, pete buttigieg and joe biden, who yesterday a poll was released here that showed that they make up the top tier for choices for iowa democrats heading into those caucuses. take a listen to a little bit of the message each of those candidates had last night at that event. >> tonight all of us, n

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beto is done and a front-runner has put a hefty price tag on her healthcare plan. "the 11th hour" on a friday night starts right now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. i am steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 1,016 of the trump administration and there is plenty of news on this friday night including democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke abruptly dropping out of the presidential race. we will have more on that ahead. the current occupant of the white house, meanwhile, tonight is ramping up his re-election bid in the midst of a snowballing impeachment inquiry. tonight just a day after the house voted to formalize the inquiry and one year away from the general election, donald trump went on the attack while speaking in tupelo, mississippi. >> corrupt politicians nancy pelosi and shifty adam schiff. shifty. and the media are continuing with the deranged impeachment -- to me it is a dirty word. yesterday the democrats voted to potentially nullify the votes of 63 million americans, disgracing themselves and bringing

even though beto's campaign carried a lot of traction. didn't have a number of people supporting him. to disappoint those people as candidate is hard to do. ultimately you look and see you are not raising money and getting traction in the national polls or in the early state primaries either. you ultimately just decide you can't continue. it is a hard decision. if he throws his weight in behind the rest of his process behind the replacement to donald trump that will hopefully unify the country. i think that's a great outcome for him and supporters. >> i look back to the idea that he wasn't comfortable to using polsters talking about that moment after the shooting he seemed unbridled, angry and genuine. a what does that mean for politics? >> on the culture piece, what beto is expressing is what they've been feeling a long time. it is very refreshing to hear it in a personal way. that doesn't separate him from the rest of the field in the process. >> is he the neoliberal? in a change election where the system is not working for me. democrat

. >> bret: jonah, beto o'rourke steps down.that andrew yang, john delany are still in the race but beto o'rourke with all his vaunted p.r. at the beginning of the campaign is out. >> it would take a heart of stone not to laugh. the basic problem with beto is that he more than anybody else believed his press coverage whechs running -- when he was running against ted cruz. when the national press wanted cruz to lose. he believed he was this robert f. kennedy messianic figure and every time it was proven that he wasn't he tripled and quadrupled on his rapid onset woke dementia and went even crazier to the left and got no traction because he wasn't a particularly serious candidate. >> bret: president trump obviously weighed in on this as well saying maybe he wasn't made for it after all. panel, stand by. we'll take a trip down candidate casino on the other side of the break plus winners and losers as the friday lightning round continues. when i book at hilton.com i get to select my room from the floor plan... free wi-fi... ...and t

>> look, beto o'rourke entersed this race in the high single digits, low doubles. he was only at 1%. there's not a lot of ways to splice 1%. nationally he's at 2 or 3%. not a lot of support. the real question is going into the texas primary, down the road on supertuesday, i believe, that's a lot of pie that could be split up. his support tended to be among more moderates and younger. biden and sanders, that's where i'd expect the support to go. >> thank you. >> if you. >>> i want to bring in white house correspondents and cnn correspondents. starting with congressman o'rourke dropping out we told money was a big factor. but he's far from the bottom in the latest lift st of cash on h. there are a lot with less money. are they being realistic about their ability to compete? >> how much money you need as a candidate depends on how big a campaign you're running. i would say the candidates who are not quite at the bottom, not a shoestring operation where it's sort of a guy, one staffer and a plane ticket, if you're trying to set up campaign offices, trying to build an o

when beto quit, he quit like a dog. when he quit i said see, people think this is easy. >> reporter: the president went on to say not enough attention has been put forward on the decision to launch the raid to kill the leader of isis. the president is on his way back to washington and has a busy weekend ahead. shannon: thank you very much. beto o'rourke's campaign is notable and not just for his promise on assault rifles. from the beginning he cast himself as a hip and cool candidate hoping to rally younger voters, streaming video as part of his campaign and few data showing millennial voters border between 81 and 96 tells democratic and easy to see why. and bernie sanders, among many actively targeting younger progressives. bernie sanders leaves the packet 23% support among democratic primary voters 18-34. he has been pushing the same socialist ideas for decades. donald trump touting the economy pointing to another round of record low unemployment numbers. >> under republican leadership jobs are booming, confidence is

four years in a row. >> oh, did you hear in beto, beto, oh, that poor bastard. he was pathetic. >> beto wasn't smart. i told my wife, see, not so easy. leland: president trump trolling beto o'rourke as he left the race. former texas congressman announced he's going to be ending his democratic bid nomination. that was in iowa, may not have made the next debate. the field of candidates is narrowing as we approach the iowa caucuses. here to weigh in from new orleans, jeff is here. good to see you as always, my friend. boy, this takes away one of the president and for yours, favorite foil. >> lelands, i did a column entitled beto the bafoon. >> it brings up a point. yes, i'm going to come for your ar-15's. the president was able to fund raise off of that. and gave you and your listeners red meat. if you don't have that and you have mayor pete far more polished and less insecendiarin does it make it harder to win? >> it's a loss of comic material and went so far to the left. he was too left for the democrats, believe it or not, taking away all the guns. but, yes, som

. >> former texas congressman beto o'rourke in iowa tonight announcing that he is dropping out of the presidential race.

but then beto o'rourke, you know, said it's really about finances. you know, he didn't have the money to keep it going in part. and you look at this latest campaign issue of finances. he was in the middle of the pack, outpacing others who are still in the race. so, you know, might this just be a sign of more to come, others behind him in terms of fund-raising who might not be able to have the stamina to stay in? >> yeah, fred, i actually still think it's amazing that there are still 17 declared candidates in this race when only let's say less than ten of them are really viable going into next year. some of what congressman o'rourke was saying there is just it's not selfishness, it's just pure arithmetic. you can't mount a national campaign when you can't fly staff to advance your events. >> you've got to stay in hotels. >> right. you go from business class to a middle seat on southwest. it just becomes unworkable for campaigns. some people like senator mccain had that legendary campaign where he was carrying his own luggage, but that's not where you

one candidate that will not be there is beto o'rourke.rail in democrat, okay, so now we have volume, the speaking is over, now people are conversing. >> yeah. >> okay, we don't have to whisper, what is happening? >> so joe biden is here at an office opening in democrat, he is talking to supporters after he gave a speech here, but it is a high stakes weekend for the democratic contest. last night you had 13 of the contenders making their case to thousands of iowa voters. take a listen to a little bit of that message from last night. >> tonight all of us no matter what candidate we are supporting, are in agreement that we must defeat the most dangerous president in the history of our country. >> the first thing we have to do is get rid of donald trump. get him out of

and you don't have to worry about beto anymore, that is for sure. from texas. doesn't like guns, religions, or oil. somehow in texas that will not work. i don't think that works anywhere. that does not work anywhere. good. john cornyn. mike lee. mike, thank you very much. cruz also of texas. thank you, senator. thanks, ted. senator tom tellis. tom, thank you very much. senator ben sasse. ben, great to have you here. and senator marsha blackburn. marsha, thank you.

tell us first how beto o'rourke ended his campaign? >> reporter: it was sudden because the staff put up signs, a section at one of the biggest celebrations, 13,000 democrats gathered in des moines yesterday and they were ready to go for beto o'rourke to speak there and then that didn't happen because right before that event he tweeted saying he didn't feel that he could serve or feel that the best way to serve was as a candidate anymore. and so, he dropped out of the race, spoke to his supporters in a pre-rally and so now he was supposed to be here today. he is no longer here. but let's get to the second point that i think you were getting to. that's julio castro. my colleague reporting that the sources saying he's refocusing the campaign not only in iowa but in texas as well as nevada. encouraging staffers to look for jobs with other campaigns. that's sort of being big talkers today as many of the candidates who were here, elizabeth warren speaking now, at the fish fry and many talking infrastructure because this is a union heavy crow

breaking tonight, beto o'rourke, once a rising star in the democratic party, drops out of thrace forsident. the race heats up as elizabeth warren solidifies her lead in iowa. deadly storms slam the east with devastating floods. a rare tornado touches down near philadelphia. outrage in chicago after a little girl is shot while trick- or-treating. >> it shouldn't happen anywhere. it shouldn't happen in this city. >> o'donnell: as wildfires rage in california, a statewide fire insurance crisis worsens. >> reporter: you feel betrayed? >> betrayed, dismissed, kicked to the curb. >> o'donnell: and steve hartman's "on the road," with a single dad who answered his calling raising kids by the dozen. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening. and thank you so much for joining us. tonight, just as the stage is being set for public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, we are learning new details, not just about the content of the president's call with the ukraine leader, but also about potential efforts to conceal it. nancy

[ laughter ] that's right beto threw in the towel. more like he threw in the sweat stained blue button down [ audience oohs [ laughter ] beto is out of the race, and since he no longer is a member of congress, that means he's actually unemployed. >> steve: oh >> jimmy: but good news, there are a lot of jobs he'll be perfect for. i'll show you. i mean, for instance, beto could be a soulcycle instructor who has to be told to tone it down [ laughter ] "all right, take it down." or he could be a high school spanish teacher who really emphasizes the word frijoles [ laughter ] and finally he could be an actor who keeps getting typecast as either young john kerry or old shawn mendes [ laughter ] he has options he has options [ applause ] some entertainment news, i saw that kanye west held a sunday service and even offered a a brunch for $55 >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: can we see the brunch [ laughter ] people who paid $55 for that were like, "yeezus." [ laughter ] thank you. hey guys, some tech news facebook announced that it is rebranding with

but beto o'rourke, he is nasty. he said he was born for it.e he was born from heaven he came down and if that's the case, some really bad things happen because you made a total fool of himself. he came out of texas, the great state of texas. [cheering] he came out of texas a very hot political property. and he went back as cold as you can be. so he was a nasty guy. but he had a couple policies that don't work well in the state of texas. right? he was against religion. he was against you having a gun. [booing]and he was against oil. so you come from texas, you don't like religion, you don't like oil and you don't like guns. that's not a good combination in the state of texas. that's not good in mississippi either. i don't know if it's good anywhere. he went back home to texas and hopefully we will be hearing about him for a long time. how cold you can get so quickly. but he was a nasty guy. oh, alabama. i love alabama. it's a great place. but in the very twisted and corrupt world of adam schiff, after beating the entire political establishment,

>> it also came out as a huge surprise i think to the beto supporters who were here in iowa. there were actually yard signs outside this event. i walked by a concession stand that was still displaying beto o'rourke advertisement hours after he'd dropped out of the race. right now it's still remains to be seen who's going to be out of this race. could some of those supporters potentially go over to a joe biden or pete buttigieg or amy klobuchar. that's something those candidates are going to be hoping for. the. >> just to add quickly, don, let's not overestimate it. the reason beto o'rourke dropped out is because he couldn't raise any money or get any support. this is not a 20% candidate dropping out. >> thank you, both. appreciate it. we've got much more on the candidates storming iowa tonight. is this mayor pete buttigieg's moment? do you want me to go first or do you want to go first, brea? you can go first. audible reintroduced this whole world to me. so many great stories from amazing people. makes me wanna be better. to connect with stories that i'm listening to- that's

he said: former texas congressman beto o'rourke has announced that he is ending his 2020 presidential will also not run to become a senator next year either. he made the announcement in a series of tweets, stating: after expressing his gratitude to the volunteers and donors to his campaign, he then asked supporters to... before then tweeting that his team... chris, just tell us more about this. yes, beto o'rourke was seen as one of the big rising stars within the democratic party, mainly because of a run that he took at a senate seat in texas 12 months ago in the mid—term elections. now, he wasn't successful, but he did make an impact, and he was seen as somebody who could be a really promising figure for the democrats in the future. and in fact, he launched his presidential campaign with a cover photo shoot for vanity fair magazine. it gave you the sense that he was very much a man on the rise —— vanity fair. although he later admitted that that was a mistake and he has truthfully struggled in the democratic debate that we have seen over the last few months as they try to look and se

beto, did you hear? beto. oh, that poor bastard, well, poor pathetic guy. he was pathetic. remember the arms flailing -- remember that -- i noticed he was flailing with his arms and standing on tabletops. but he's waving his arms and going crazy and i said what the hell is he doing, what is he on? and you remember he made the statement that he was born for this? anybody that says he was born for this, they're in trouble. he was a nasty guy, but he had a couple of policies that don't work well in the state of texas, right? he was against religion. he was against you having a gun. and he was against oil. so you come from texas, you don't like religion, you don't like oil and you don't have guns. i don't know that's a good combination in the state of texas. >> i think the president's comments give you a glimpse into where we are as a country when he's talking about a nominee that dropped out of the race, essentially pulling out, and the president not demonstrating any kind of humility or at least respect for the candidate he tried to run and push the events. it's the political

hoover: i want to get your reaction beto o'rourke in the last democratic, democ debate. he said essentially, what gun owners across america fear, is'm that you betoing to come for your automatic weapons. beto o'rourke: in odessa i met the mother of a 15 year old girl who was shot by an ar 15 and that mother watched her bleed to death over the course of an hour because so many other people were shot by that ar 15 in odessa and midland the weren't enough ambulances to get to them in time. hell yes, we're going to tak your ar 15. your ak 47. be used against femericanst to anymore. bloomberg: that's why i won't be a candidate of the democratic party because it's so impractical and i don't know how you'd even do it. it woulde such a rallying cry for people that say they are erstepping their bounds. what we should do-- tover: so you're saying that is not the way to ws issue? bloomberg: that is not the way to end this issue. first thing ak-47s should not be in the hands of individuals. they are guns but not for kill the maximum nofs built to people as quickly as you can and we