back to will hurd for a who ha president trump within the past few weeks or so hurd, and he describedresident trump in this private conversation, described hurd as a member of the collective republican congressman who, quote, nobody that matters is how he described him, in terms of his vote and support for the trump agenda. in a weird way, president trump is 10 0% right when he uttered that because this was not someone the white house ever leaned on when they needed to for a legislation or for his vote. and william hurd saw the writing on the wall that in donald trump's republican party, if you are not maga diehard or loyalist or big the wall ten feet higher, which william hurd absolutely wasn't, there isn't space for you in this era's gop so he's getting out. >> paul, it raises the question, if folks like hurd who were touted as future of the party are walking away in the age of trump, after trump, what is the future of the party? is it a trump-like character? >> i think that's the question. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader now, loved will hurd, was dedicated to him, campaigned

texas precinct chair says good ridens to will hurd. let's listen to what she says. >> i am he can static and happy that will hurd will no longer be seeking re-election for his congressional district. he is not a republican values. he is a rino. texas needs to start standing with true conservatives. >> rino republican in name only. that's the accusation if you are a republican these days who doesn't agree with president trump. >> he was the one black republican and he is not even a republican. i don't know what that means. but i oem expand this out one bit to will hurd not only was the one african-american in the house on the republican side also one of the- maybe the only republican member of congress who seemed to give a damn about russia's attack on the 2016 election instead of the guys on the intelligence committee who ran around trying tos distract and say it didn't happen or that a fisa warrant is more important than the attack on an american presidential election and donald trump's involvement with that. he was out there saying t

but i don't know, losing will hurd seems pretty important. >> look, will hurd is a decent foal -- fellows him on the hill and both sides of the aisle and what you talk about, races are very expensive. he won by a few hundred votes last time. it is very tough. of this effort in to being the minority again and it is not so appealing. charlie dent, frank lobeyondo were in the authority -- a chairman and bill schuster and others who said i won't be in the minority for a thousand years and decided to walk away which is a shame. >> a few weeks ago after the president went after the squad, the four democratic women of color, will hurd was, i think, the most outspoken republican official on it calling the tweets racist and xenophobic and i wonder -- i don't know, but i wonder if that was part of it. if he's sick of having to talk about this stuff. >> i don't think we know that he isn't running because he thought he would have a tough race. it is a swing district if a republican could win it, he could win it. it seems more likely he's tired of carrying water for donald trump. and i think the repu

wil hurd is not leaving the republican party. he's doing the opposite of it. he said he's going to remain involved in politics and remain involved in the party, even if he's not going to be in elected office. he says in his time outside of office he will work to grow the republican party so it looks more like america. phil mattingly, cnn, capitol hill. >> let's talk further now. i want to bring in karoun demirjian and elena schneider. we know those in the minority party often leave. it's bound to happen with each term but this is quite remarkable. what is this signaling? >> this signals that the party is moving towards a party that looks more like what president trump's wing of the party is going to look like. the gop does not have a lot of women, a lot of people of color and those it has it's been trying to hold on to and use as the examples expand and grow our tent and be more diverse looking and have a broader rang of perspectives as well. when you have people like hurd leaving and other members of of the texas delegation leaving, this suggests that, first

hurd is now the ninth republican to announce that he's going to be out.t's been something of a republican exodus in just a last week plus. before hurd, mike conley announced that he's retiring and rob bishop announced, pete olsen of texas last thursday, paul mitchell of michigan one day before that. my comparison, only two democrats have announced retirement and it's not just the number. it's who is retiring and why that deserve attention. here now to discuss, charlie dent and former democratic congressman luis. >> are you surprised by hurd's announcement? what do you make of it? >> i'm not surprised, but this is devastating for republicans. will hurd is one of three house republicans who represents a district that hillary clinton won in 2016. brian fi and i'll tell you if the republicans have any hope at all of picking up some seats in the 2020 election, they're going to need people like will hurd because that seat is now gone. if they need to pick up 17 or 18, the task just got much harder. you also have pete olsen. his seat is at great risk. and mike c

and losing will hurd doesn't help that. was a very substantive member of the house. he would have won because last time he got caught up in a democratic surge in the state in urban areas where o'rourke was running at a straight ticket ballot that i helped take him down. so i think it would've been a tough race, though. and, look, he's going to have great possibilities on the outside. i wish the best for him. >> rick, weigh in on this, and what do you think the broader impact and significance is of will hurd saying he's not seeking re-election? >> well, having trouble with two concepts. one is what does rhino mean anymore. >> that's an interesting point. inherited his wealth from a slum lord complaining about inner cities. that seems emblematic. ted cruz won by 2.6%. that was very close. if republicans are defending texas, then there is no future fort republican party. there will be no republican presidents anymore. cannot lose texas. and texas is trending blue it. >> may not happen this year. but it will happen over time. a

about congressman hurd's reacted to the .atic and happy that will hurd will no longer be seeking reelection for his congressional district. he is not of republican values and stature. he has consistently voted with the democrats. he has consistently supported beto in his senate race. he's not -- he is a rino. texas needs to start standing with true conservatives. republicans do not run on identity politics. so the assumption that will hurd, the only black congressman is not running for reelection is that the reputation of the republican party that stands on individualism? or ask that tis that the media and trying to put the republican party into the position of being involved in identity politics as well? >> pretty strong trump bite there, trumpy. >> that was an interesting take. i would say that the republican party doesn't want to lose any of its incumbents as it tries to maybe gain some seats back in the house. >> are they purging rinos again? >> i haven't heard that term in so long. >> it's an oldie. >> but i think this i

on top of this, hurd retiring -- hurd was one of the best candidates in the country. every friday night he was flipping a coin at a football game. and not having an incumbehurd to are in vulnerable seats to step down? if that's the case, this could be a rocky year for the republicans. >> jamal, there is a sense when the president in your own party feels like he's in trouble, that you have two choices, right? when this happened with bill clinton, you had two choices, you can get behind him and rally or get the heck out of washington, d.c., and avoid him. this feels like trump avoidance is starting to kick in. >> it does feel like that. will hurd is one of the most decent people. you know, for him to get out and decide to leave, i suspect a lot of this probably had to do with running upstream with donald trump at the top of the ticket and having to answer questions about donald trump every single day. i can't imagine any worse way to spend a year of my life. i guess will hurd sort of agr d agreed. it's very possible any chance republicans had to get back to parity, clim

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and i guess will hurd sort of agreed. it's very possible that any chance the republicans had to at least give back to parity and climb back out of the hole is starting to slip away, and this might just be as they say at the hill where i work, this might be the tip of the iceberg. >> can we just put this graphic up. this is the house of representatives and the congress. there are 54 black democrats and one black republican and that was will hurd. and the woman who was touted to recruit more women, and now the recruiter is gone. so that's not a good sign. texas has been one of those states that's always been said, it's coming, and it's going to become purple. texas had a very close senate race for ted cruz. you know have cornyn up, and people are talking about it's not certain that he gets back in. obviously it's more likely than not. but if texas is starting to see people say i'm not sure i can carry donald trump on my back in this election in 2020, that sounds like a sign. >> well, i almost didn't take this job in 2014 be

hurd was the last republican representing any stretch of the u.s./mexico border so now republicans lose a credible voice on border issues. as abby pointed out he is also the only african-american member of the republican conference. there are only about a dozen women left in the republican conference in the house. the republican house conference now is almost entirely just white men. if you're a party who is trying to expand the map anywhere else, losing someone like will hurd is really disastrous for republicans in the house. >> let's switch gears and let me get you to comment a little bit about what you are covering in detroit. that is cory booker. he held his first post debate rally last night. how was the crowd and has the senator been successful in turning his debate performance into some momentum? some were saying he actually came out of that debate as one of the winners. has that actually translated into anything on the ground? >> reporter: it has. this was a well choreographed move by the booker campaign. they held a proper rally in downtown

, because there are only a handful of house republicans who have been willing to do that, and will hurd has been one of them. the other reason, they have been highly respected, he is a serious legislator, respected on both sides of the aisle. the fact that he is stepping in, he is like 41 years old, it is

democrats. >> yeah, will hurd, the loss of will hurd is devastating to republicans.ot only does he represent a swing or marginal district but this seat is gone for the republicans:it's really a shame. what's worse is that will of course, is the future of the republican party. so it's in that respect you have to multiply this thing. it's that bad. and if republican haves any hope at all of trying to pick up seats in the midterm, they have to hold seats like this one. but will hurd is a good friend. he's clearly frustrated and tired of explaining the inexplicable and indefensible and won't do it. he's the only republican member african american wreb member of the house and had enough of it. it's clear to me, he's a bright guy. he can do other things and why deal with this for the next 15 months answering these types of crazy issues that the president raises on a daily basis. >> it's interesting because john, we had congressman hurd on the program many times particularly on boarder and he's a very rational voice on boarder security and border issues and, you know, certa

congress 0 man hurd, good morning. i know you noel pass well, your district is right adjoining to it. i think you have some familiarity with this wal-mart where this massacre occurred. a couple of questions. what have you heard from there? are you going to el paso to join the vigil tonight and catch up with your former member of congress road trip mate beto o'rourke? >> well, first off, thanks for your coverage of this tragedy and for any of your folks watching this broadcast, if you live in texas, if you live in ohio, if you live in new mexico, go donate blood. i mean, you can get on the red cross website to figure out how to do this. these community need blood, they are going need it for the next couple of days and the next couple of weeks. and also, if you see somebody on social media of someone talking about doing a heinous crime like this, take a screen shot of it and share it with local law enforcement or the fbi's website. we can all be vigilant to seeing this kind of hate and this kind of rhetoric and make sure

it's true that will hurd lost -- or won very narrowly. will hurd is a former cia agent. he's a quiet and thoughtful republican. i would definitely call him a trumper. he opposed president trump on the wall. he represents 800 miles of border. bu against ortiz jones and she too has national security credentials. one minority for another. i think they have a very strong candidate. this is a big blow for republicans. 90% of the house republican conference is white men. now they're losing their only black republican, there are only 13 female republicans in the house conference. two of them have announced their retirement. this is a party that cannot be the party of white men if it wants to continue and flourish. it's got to expand its tent and that's not happening. >> let me read you what a senior gop lawmaker told the hill this week. serving in the era of trump has few rewards. he has made a political environment worse. every day there is some indefensible tweet or comment to defend or explain. it is exhausting and often embarrassing. as the gop looks towards 2020 and looks

wil hurd called them bigoted.s his leaving an omen of what's to come given this is now president trump's party? i will note that wil hurd is not leaving the party. he made clear in a lengthy statement that he remains a republican, he will continue working to make the republican party broader and he did not foreclose the idea of running for congress or elected office again. he's not necessarily going anywhere in the political sense but he won't be in congress next year, wolf. >> he's got a lot of talent. phil mattingly on capitol hill. thanks very much. with us is senator ben cardin from maryland. thanks for joining us. >> always good to be with you. >> what does it say to you that president trump now so quickly had to backtrack on his pick for such a critically important intelligence position? >> wolf, it shows me he doesn't do his homework before making nominations, that the vetting process was not done in this case. here's a person who did not have the qualifications to be the national director of intelligence a

and i guess will hurd sort of agreed. it's very possible that the -- that any chance the republicans had to at least get back to parity, climb back out of the hole is starting to slip away by all of these retirements and this might be as they say over at the hill where i work, this might be the tip of the iceberg. >> can we put this graphic up. this is the house of representatives and the congress. there are 54 black democrats and there is one black republican and that would be will hurd. so there will soon be none. and that's weird. and the woman who was touted to recruit more women is gone. that's not a good sign. texas had a very close senate race for ted cruz. lots of people are talking about -- it's not certain that he gets back in. obviously it's more likely than no. if texas is starting to see people say i'm not sure i can carry donald trump on my back in this election in 2020, that sounds like a sign. >> i almost didn't take this job in 2014 because there was almost no general election activity. and ever since wha

in hurd's case, it adds to a growing house gop diversity crisis. also on that list are two of the only 13 house republican women. as politico observed this morning, quote, there are more men named jim in the house than republican women running for re-election. ouch. just two weeks ago on cnn hurd had a very blunt warning for his party. >> i'm the only black republican in the house of representatives. i go into communities that most republicans don't show up in order to take a conservative message. and when you have this being the debate, that activity becomes even harder. and the only way -- you know, i'm from texas and i always say if the republican party in texas doesn't start looking like texas, there won't be a republican party in texas. and i think that goes for the rest of the country. >> in the middle when will hurd said this stuff going on right now, he means the president's tweets attack democratic congressmen and women of color and he's a republican trying to go into communities to make the case vote republican in a community of color and

defenders of home. >>> i don't know congressman hurd, but i have heard he has done a good job. we differ on certain subjects but i heard he has actually done a good job. it is too bad he is leaving but really don't know him. >> we first reported it here last night, texas congressman will hurd, who happens to be the only black republican in the house, is saying he will not be running for re-election next year. emily cochran of "the new york times" points out mr. hurd who is also the only republican to represent a district along the southwestern border, is the sixth house republican and the third texan in the past ten days to announce retirement. after the 2020 election, senator tim scott, republican of north carolina, will be the only black republican incumbent in congress. again, that would be both houses of congress, all 535 members of congress. still with us tonight, our friends susan page, and john meachum. susan, explain to our viewers why, here is a guy, will hurd, one of 535, we last saw him during the mueller hearing, the news kind of went by everybody else. why was this

>> will hurd has had an incredibly hard and difficult job. sense live he ng -- essential donald trump to a district and area that is increasingly not only skeptical but actually hostile to these kind of ideas and hostile to independent decemb -- ideas of president trump. and historically what we've seen in these kind of situations, at a certain point, republicans like wil hurd hit their breaking point and end up leaving the party. we see a larger exodus at the state, the local level, the national level. we see it in things like the rnc with people resigning. this is an indication that something is seriously wrong, has been for some time, and just the real difficulty that republicans are going to have trying to appeal to a nation that increasingly does not look like the republican party. >> noteworthy that you're not surprised a, and, b, why is he leaving. and abby, his decision wasn't impulsive. he said that trump was being influenced by putin, he was one of four to condemn the president's tweets against the four congress women. might this be

hurd. is he calling out mr. trump specifically? yes. he was one of only four republicans who voted to condemn president trump's racist attacks on the four freshman. we know one of hurd's last acts before announcing his retirement was to vote for a resolution which condemned and i want us to remember it is tonight as the context, it condemned "president trump's racist comments that have legitimized hatred of new americans and people of color," and which stated that the u.s. house "believes immigrants have the made america stronger and that the united states must be open to those lawfully seeking refuge and asylum from violence and oppression." maybe mr. hurd knew then as he voted for the rare rebuke of a sitting president that he would no longer be serving in this republican party. it appears he had decided all of that by just this week when another democrat running to replace trump used his spotlight on the debate stage to call on republicans in congress to consider how what they do now could define their careers forever. >> if you were

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there is nothing there for somebody like will hurd.certainly for his constituents for his latino and black voters. he really has a challenge against him. what we should also be paying attention to is that increasingly in the past couple of weeks and months will hurd has been vocal about this position, the difficulties that he is facing. how there is no room for someone like him left in the republican party. they have been bleeding people of color. this should signal that there is another watershed moment happening. that a significant transformation is occurring as the republican party becomes the party of trump and what that means. >> i talked about the district that he represents. they had a tough week. good news at the end of a difficult week. >> yeah. >> help us understand what it says to them about their strategy and what they are going to do differently now they have the eight retirement announcements. >> many districts are these suburban battle grounds where moderates and women fled in 2018. that is the biggest advantage they hav

including will hurd. he's the only african-american republican in the house.nly gop member to represent a district on the border. but he's not running for re-election next year. let me bring in were toer republican congressman from south carolina, mark sanford. congressman sanford, thanks for being back with us. >> my pleasure. >> let's talk about some of the retirements. four of the people that called out president trump for racist tweets. two of them are now retiring. do you see this as donald trump related here? >> maybe on the margin. i think a lot of it is, in will's case, a tough district. 55% is hispanic. if you have a president signaling some of the things he has, it's a tough district in and of itself given the fact that it swung back and forth over a number of election cycles. he raised more than $5 million. the idea of having to do that all over again with the headwinds makes it what it is. roughly 13 retirements have announced thus far this congress. and part of it, at least on the republican side, is 10 of the 13 are republicans. it's apparently a

hurd is the sixth to do so in two weks. have you discussed with any republican colleagues why, what their reasons are? in a sort of private way for saying they're done? >> yeah, in a very private way is that they don't feel that they're legislating anymore. they feel quite frankly that their ability to get things done, to work on compromising and some some level of bipartisanship has been lost and that the unpredictability and the kind of rash decision making that's coming out of the administration and trump all puts them in a very vulnerable position to get their job done number one and number two is we don't know what's happening next. and politically this is starting -- this is going to be an anchor for us as we go forward and many decide that it's not worth it in 2020 to run for office having to carry as an albatross this trump legacy from the last four years. >> so, you know, you have now passed the majority marker in terms of how democrats calling for impeachment inquiry. you're at 118 out of 235. you got over that li

will hurd, okay. >> oh, wow. >> will hurd is the lone member of congress to survive who is in a hillary clinton district. he represents the largest stretch of boarder in the united states. he's a really interesting guy, former cia officer, african american, represents a district for hillary clinton and survived. just announced he is going to retire. that to me is a fascinating bellwether. he is the third texas republican to announce retirement in the span of about a week and a half. >> i mean, when you look, okay, texas, when we see what is happening. >> yes. >> we see what donald trump is doing, we see that the border is in a humanitarian crisis and the people that actually live, his actual constituents know what's going on and see it on a regular basis. so how is he going to look his constituents in the face, go home during recess and lie to them at these town halls and tell them that kids are not in cages, that areas are completely sanitary. oh, the private sector isn't making millions of dollars off of the fact that we're shoving kids and people into these detention centers. like yo

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will hurd, like our guest tonight phil mudd, is a cia veteran. he was the only house republican who survived re-election after his district went for hillary and not trump. his district, by the way, is huge. the largest in texas. largely hispanic. 800 miles of border with mexico, which as you know, has been in the news of late. hurd is the sixth house republican to announce retirement in just the last two weeks. he's the third house republican from texas to bow out in what is already being called the texadus. and while most say they want to spend more time with their families, for most that's true, most would opt to stay in congress if the math were better. now the house republicans are losing their only black member. 2 of 13 women members have decided not to run again. seismic political change in that state, especially in suburban areas as 2020 rolls around. these retirements will be seen as a huge opportunity for democrats, but only if democrats can get out of their own way, flood the zone, run good candidates with a >>> tonight on "all in" -- >

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this announcement follows the decision of congressman will hurd.lack republican in the house. yesterday, congressman hurd said his decision has nothing to do with president trump. >> are you afraid of the fact president trump will have on those prospects? >> no, i'm interested in helping other candidates like me. i think i want to see a republican party that has more folks that look and sound and operate like i do. i think it's an opportunity for me to help. >> melissa: and all, 11 house republicans have said they won't run in 2020. just three house democrats have announced a similar plan, but the top republican on the house, congressman kevin mccarthy, saying he still sees a path of the g.o.p. to retake the house majority. >> republicans only have to win 19 seats to take the majority. the democrats had to win 23. there is a very clear plan to win the majority and it has not changed based upon retirement. they will be others who retired. it will not change in that course, either. >> melissa: steve, you have a lot of experience trying to put togethe

will hurd would probably win reelection without donald trump. so would pete olson. the culture war that donald trump is waging is polarizing the country. as much as we focus on the people that trump is energizing, there are even more people who used to be gettable republican votes that he is deeply alienating. software programmers in dallas suburbs, chicanos along the rio grande who are not in any way liberal. heck, george w. bush won texas hispanics. those are gettable votes the gop or at least they used to be. but running around spewing racist rants of people of color, congressman had his house being broken into, being so much of a bigot that people thought was a racist, it does cost you something. and the cost is what you're seeing happen in places like texas. joining me now former republican congressman ryan costello. he chose not to run for reelection in 2018. natalia salgado, an organization that encourages voter participation and jelani cobb, staff writer at "the new yorker" and professor at the school of columbia journalism. let me start with you since you l

and congressman will hurd joins us now.e house intelligence and appropriations committees. congressman, thanks so much as always for being with us. explain your decision a little bit here. i know you said you want to go in the private sector and pursue some other opportunities. why did you believe this was the time to walk away? >> first of all, willie, i'm not retiring. i turn 42 next week. >> from congress, anyway. >> yeah, i've got a lot of ahead of me. first off, i'm going to stay involved in politics. i want to help candidates across the country do what i've been able to do. and that's win really tough races. as you've said in the opening, my district is 29 counties, two time zones, 820 miles of the border. it is larger than 20 states. it's roughly the size of georgia. i've won in races when people thought i couldn't win. and what i want to do is help candidates, great guys like westly hunt down in houston, texas. you know, he flew helicopters for the army, he's from a family that have served, his sister served, his fa

hurd is the only black republican and a frequent critic of president trump. on thursday he scolded the president for his recent attacks against four congress women of color. telling the washington post when you imply someone doesn't look like you and telling them to go back to africa, you're implying they're not american. >>> as the dust settles from the cnn democratic debate, joe biden said he was surprised at the degree of criticism from former president barack obama. key accomplishments of the obama administration came under fire. the real attack was on biden. he's tied himself closely to obama. biden was asked about the attacks on obama's legacy. listen to his answer. >> i was surprised about how much there was about barack, the president. i'm proud of having served with him. i'm proud of the job he did. i don't think there's anything he has to apologize for. i hope the next debate we can talk about our answers to fix the things that trump has broken, not how barack obama made all of these mistakes. he didn't. >> yesterday cnn asked four candidates about

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before i let you go, congressman hurd, this manifesto, you make a very important point. if you see something on social media, if you see something on the internet, you see someone writing a manifesto as this is being called, that's full of hate, of a various group of people, you have to notify authorities right away. you can't just dismiss it as some stupid thing going on. this is potentially a huge threat to a lot of people. >> wolf, 100%. screenshot it. if you're looking at it on your phone, screenshot it and do a search for whatever city you live in, police department. there's guaranteed to be an email where you can send these kind of things and then attach that screenshot to an email and send it to local police. you can actually find the fbi's phone number in the phone book, i don't know how many people still use phone books, but that is something you can go on the internet and find out as well. this threat is real. and i can give you an analogy from the terrorism world and being involved in counterterrorism. the number of terrorists that get stopped and prevented an

i just want to mourn representative hurd a little bit.edibly depressing that such talent is just fleeing the republican party and you look at someone like congressman hurd with experience at the cia and focus on cyber security and national security and brought so much intellectual heft to congress on the republican side and it's just tragic that he's not the kind of individual that leadership is begging to stay and begging to elevate to leadership roles. you look at how much stronger of a pick congressman hurd would have been to be the next director of national intelligence. but no, look at who donald trump chooses to go with. >> okay. so maria urbina, i want to ask you about the -- sort of the view of the candidates from the progressive voters especially in liability of the debates. what are you hearing? >> out of detroit we are seeing that warren is doing really well with grass roots communities. she is leading far and away and both in our polling and our membership surveying of who would you pick if you had to pick someone today and mo

can we talk about will hurd just for a second.e tweeted i have made the decision to not seek re-election for the 23rd congressional district of texas in order to pursue opportunities outside the halls of congress to solve problems at the nexus between technology and national security. i would love to talk to will hurd more about that if he would like to talk about that on television. the question, i guess, becomes how much pain is that for the republican party? adrienne, i'll go to you on that first. if very can't get someone in a district that's a bit dicey for them to get re-elected in. this is a district that could flip. for the only black member of the united states house that's a republican to walk away, what does that mean for the republican party? >> it's not a good look for the republican party. gina ortiz jones is running again. the cook political report just flipped this seat from i think it was toss-up to lean d so that's a very good sign for democrats to pick up a seat. i think this is also a good sign for democrats in

he hurd is the only black republican. he scolded the president's attacks against congressmen of color. when you imply someone doesn't look like you and telling them to go back to africa, you're implying they're not american and you're implying they have less worth than you. >>> the cnn debate, joe biden said he was surprised by the amount of criticism against president obama. the real target was biden. the former vp has tied himself to obama. biden was asked about the attac attacks. >> i must tell you i was a little surprised about how much there was about barack, the president. i'm proud of serving with him. i'm proud of the job he did. i don't think there's anything he has to apologize for. i hope the next debate we can talk about our answers to fix the things that trump has broken. not how barack broke these things. he didn't. >> we are having an honest conversation about an administration that was incredible. i would take him back. heck, if he was to run for president for a third term, i wouldn't be running. >> i have

the only black republican in the house, will hurd of texas, will not seek re-election next year. he is the sixth g.o.p. congressn to call it quits in just over a week, and the 9th overall. last month, hurd was one of just four republicans w voted to condemn some of president trump's recent remarks as racist. and, on wall street, stocks finished their worst week of thi year, amid w about the trade war with china. ose dow jones industrial average lost 98 points to at 26,485. the nasdaq fell 107 points, and, the s&p-500 slipped 21. for the week: d e dow lost 2.5%. the s&p-500 drop3%. and, the nasdaq fell nearly 4%. still to come on the newshour: puerto co's deepening political crisis. greenland's melting ice sheet and the deadly risks of sea level rise. plus much more. after weeks of unrest, the leadership in puerto rico totk the firstp toward a transition this evening. amna nawaz reports on the fallout after the resignation of embattled governorc riardo rough rosselloÓ. >> on wednesday, he ninated pedro to be secretary of state, putting him in a position to beme governor under the

congressman will hurd of texas, thank you very much.preciate it. >>> next, could a more corrupt president in our live of lifetimes. the reason we know that is one reporter never stops digging. he is here with us. don't go away. i had no idea why my mouth was constantly dry. it gave me bad breath. it was so embarrassing. now i take biotene dry mouth lozenges whenever i'm on the go, which is all the time. biotene dry mouth lozenges. freshen breath anytime, anywhere. >>> remember that weird moment back in january 2016, it was during the primaries when donald trump was in a fight with fox news, and he decided to skip their debate, and instead held a fundraiser for veterans, and he bragged that he raised $6 million for the vets, including a million from his own pocket, and then started handing out these huge novelty checks on the campaign trail. but here is the thing. he stiffed veterans. it was the craziest thing. so one reporter at "the washington post" just started running around, trying to find out exactly where the money went. and what

hurd's in texas. that is the one that hurts the most because he's one of those three republicans in the house from clinton districts. rob woodall in the atlanta those safe republican seats are no longer safe republican because of demographic changes and what trump has done to alienate a number of suburban republicans in the past several years. trump has done some positive things for republicans in rural areas of the country. in these southern melting pot suburbs, that's where the democrats have an opportunity to gain some ground. host: is texas a purple state at this point? is it still a red state? guest: it is a red state that is trending purple/ it is really republican policies that have made texas a more redable -- purple shade of the last 12 years. if you think of rick perry and george w. bush and greg abbott, they lowered the corporate tax rate to where you have all these corporate relocations from blue states like california and illinois, millions of professionals going from coastal states, blue

cheryl hurd joins us near the fire line in shasta county with the u ve a wildfire like this, cal fire, and local crews throw everything at it. no one wants to see wildfires like we did last year. just before 10:00 tonight, highway 299 opened up, and some people were allowed to go home. those who weren't allowed in live on bear mountain road. crews are keeping a close eye on burning embers. pg&e is working on restoring power to evacuated homes. >> things can change quickly. so we ask everyone to heed the warnings when we say it's time to go. get in your car and hit the road. >> reporter: those were the orders when the mountain fire started around 11:00 this morning. fire crews using water tankers and bulldozers on the ground and several air attacko flames from jumping the road. >> it is kind of scary, because it looked to be heading our way. >> reporter: the swift ago. they had to be evacuated again from their home here. >> when that fire was going, the wind was wloeing pretty good. from the fire towards our house. so we were nervous about that. >> i was upset in the beginning, but i'm

cheryl hurd is tracking the linering questions. >> reporter: it will feel like the first day of school for 12 yoor jurors after ten days of deliberations, three women were unexpectedly dismissed from the jury. now the jury is made up of seven women and five men, with only one alternate. >> in a high-profile case, jurors are dismissed frequently. what makes this so unusual is that you lost three all at once, apparently for the same reason. >> reporter: in another high-profile case, 15 years ago, one juror was dismissed in the scott peterson trial for speaking to his murdered wife's brother at the courthouse security checkpoint. in this case, no one knows why jurors were told to go home. >> because there is no safety net any long we are having only one alternate left, jurors may feel pressured to make a decision when they otherwise would not have. >> reporter: legal analyst steven clarke says if things don't work out with new jurors, there could be a mistrial. that's something victim family members and friends are afraid of. >> i hope that this new jury does a good job and yeah, i can't

i was not completely surprised by wil hurd's announcement. >> why not?esents a 71% hispanic district. he's one of three republicans in the house who represents a district that hillary clinton won in 2016, and he doesn't want to have to stand there and answer these questions every day that the president. it's painful for him on a personal level hand of course who want to deal with that for the next 15 months. >> but why would he feel compelled to do that as opposed to eit? as a member of congress. not necessarily is it expected that he has to be lock -- in step with the president of the united states. >> oh, he's pushed back on the pred p president. he's pushed back. and he's done that regularly, but the. it's very hard to be running on the ticket with him when he's making those kind of comments and you're forced to answer. i'm not saying he agrees with us. will herd and the other will not and hers is a smart guy. he was an expert on artificial intelligence, cyber security intelligencely as well as immigration. he's one of our best voices on that issue. t

republican congressman will hurd is retiring. this is meaningful for a number of reasons starting with who he is and where he is from. remember, it was will hurd whose questioning of mueller. something our own president doesn't happen to believe. william hurd, like our guest tonight phil mudd is a cia. went for hillary and not trump. his district is huge, largest in texas. largely hispanic. 800 miles of border with new mexico. he is the third house republican from texas to bow out. and most say they want to spend more times with their families and for most it is true. now house republicans are losing their only black member two of their 13 women members have decided not to run again. texas republicans have been whispering about seismic political change. and these retirements will be seen as a huge opportunity for democrats but only if democrats can get out of their own way, flood the zone, and run good candidates with a big assist from demographics that are changing on the fly. that is our broadcast for this thursday night. thank