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major breaking news. beto o rourke the former texas congressman is dropping out of the democratic presidential contest. just making a statement right now that he is moving in a different direction. and as a result he also said he s not going to run for any other political office including his home state of texas. right now let s get david chalian s reaction to the major news. david, a surprise. he was not doing necessarily all that great in the polls but a surprise that all of a sudden he announces he s out of the contest? he is out of the contest. he wasn t making a ton of progress, i want to bring in my colleague leyla santiago that covered the campaign. just learning of the information. layla, why is beto o rourke done with the campaign? what is he saying. the staffers that got a heads up on this earlier today said they didn t have much in terms of when he would do this. but he is just tweete out about it saying that he will no longer
inflict the most damage on trump is john bolton because of terms under which he left, it was contentious, a spat over whether he resigned or was fired, and he knows a lot. one person said he knows where all of the bodies are buried. thanks very much. still ahead, not just the zelensky phone call under scrutiny. new details about the oval office conversation president trump had with russia s foreign minister in 2017. we ll tell you why that infamous meeting is in the spotlight. and later this hour, beto o rourke joins me from his home state of texas. one of several democrats in the 2020 race that say they ve seen enough, time to impeach the president. you re watching msnbc. h the president. you re watching msnbc. granted. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.
buybacks. but i think no matter what the democratic nominee is you re going to have donald trump say they want to confiscate your guns. if you re beto o rourke and this happens in your home town, it s almost like if they re going to paint democrats as gun grabbers anyway, you might as well go for it. the texas republican party making your point, if you look at the tweet, they have a beto t-shirt come and take it. there was a back and forth with the representative saying come forward, which sounded like a threat. if you look at the polling, 69% of democrats support it, only 36% of independents support it and the number of republicans is even smaller. it is risky business, even if you think it s right, you re trying to win a general election. it is risky business. but he s not trying to win a general election. he s trying to actually place in a primary right now and he was in his home state of texas where this happened. no offense to beto o rourke, the only reason he s getting some a
now. good evening from washington, d.c. i m joy reid in for chris hayes. tonight we re learning more about who won last night s democratic debate. last night found that elizabeth warren was the clearest overall winner and the only candidate among the top four who emerged with more democrats voting for her. the polling also found good news for pete buttigieg, cory booker, andrew yang and beto o rourke, the only one with a shooting in his home state of texas seemed to shift the concern of the gun safety debate in america. in odessa, i met the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was shot by an ar-15. that mother watched her bleed to death in the course of an hour because so many other people were shot by that ar-15 in