so who is amy o rourke? athena jones is out front. amy and i are happy to for many voters outside of texas, it was their first glimpse of amy o rourke, playing the role of supportive and silent spouse. but she has hardly been silent after nearly unseating senator ted cruz. look who we found hitchhiking on the side of the road. amy o rourke. at times joining him on the swing through all 254 counties on that campaign. how many miles do we have on the odometer? 6,786. wow. reporter: steve ortega, a former city councilman, has known the o rourkes for more than a decade. amy has become beto s most trusted political adviser. i think he trusts her pragmatism, her take on things. sometimes when you re just around purely political people you get in a bubble.
seriously. so i thought that was great advice, and advice that i m going to follow. reporter: and as we learn from beto o rourke s interview with vanity fair, amy o rourke has been reading michelle obama s book booking in which the former first lady talks about the challenges of living through a toxic presidential race. as amy s friend steve ortega put it to me, amy is aware of a difficult road ahead, but she is also concerned about the direction the country is heading in, and sees this race as an opportunity for a course correction, something that will make the rigors of the campaign worth it. athena, thank you very much. next, jeane on trump s complaint about not being thanked for a funeral. hallmark has a very limited offering of thank you for the funeral cards. with all that usaa offers