replaced by republicans, in texas today former congressman and presidential candidate bae toe o rourke is taking the fight to the state house, ending today with a rally in austin, texas. his hope to give democrats in d.c. some help. this is the front lines. if we can stop it here in texas ground zero in the fight for voting rights i believe we ll be able to stop it in other states and i believe we can inspire and compel the u.s. senate to do their part and pass voting rights legislation. with me somehow is rashard robinson and msnbc contributor and assistant for teen for engagement and frd nard amanidi, president of ben dixon amanidi international and hope of the
strategist and co-founder of foundry strategies. happy labor day to both of you. i mentioned we heard from all the democrats. but beto o rourke s remarks stood out. let me play what he said. . the firearms that were used or how they acquired them. but we do know this is [ bleep ]. so people talked about that. the use of the word. can outrage be an effective way of both communicating is examine separating yourself from the pack? you know, chris, in this circumstance, absolutely. i think he is reflecting the views of the majority of the american people, which are this is really messed up. i m not going to repeat the word on television. you have to keep in mind, pet toe o rourke has seen several mass shootings this texas the last year and a half. . his home state.
strategy that has believed for him in the past and maybe by singling out beto o rourke, pocahontas, you know the drill, he ll put them away before they have a chance to develop. let s get the realize from our panel. kat, what do you think of that? i don t think he is necessarily afraid of beto so much as he just couldn t resist i mean, the hands, i m focused on the hands now. neil: i can t get my eyes off that. well, no. just like i can t see marco rubio by going, oh, there s little marco or low energy jeb. i just hope to god that we do not have another election where there s an swire news cycle about hands entire news cycle about hands. i m done talking about hands after 2016. neil: do you get a sense, jessica, that the president s worried about beth if toe o rourke? you don t do this to people you don t think are going to be a problem.
speaker s impeachment comment better today. that he s just not worth it, i m glad. what s going on there? but there are a lot of reporter: beto o rourke this congressional members on your side of the aisle who disagree. morning, beto is it was 35 notably representative tlaib degrees but cold enough for a disagreed. your thoughts on this issue. couple deep breaths. your colleagues have said a lot beto o rourke ran a 5k, 3.2 of things about the president miles ran it for facts sake in recently. let s put together a group of about 25 minutes. sound bites. take a listen. we tailed him as he was going along on his run there. we have seen real threats to he was running along one side the rule of law from this whi ts one gentleman who finally they got to the politics. the man clearly had no idea who obstructing justice. the president ithe white he was and asked him which party he was. bet tote said democrat. he said i just ran for senate in texas. that s a lot of the sentiments yo
prevails in the negotiation and they put a bill on thepresident s desk with zero money for the wall or $800 million or a low number, how does he sign that? he can t in good faith sign that. reporter: now if talks continue to stall, a democratic aide said that democrats in the house were prepared to offer up a bill that would fund the department of homeland security at least through september. and keep the federal government open past friday s deadline. but it s still unclear if the republican-led senate would actually take up that bill. if they did and passed it there s no certainty that president trump would actually sign off on it. dave and christine? all right, boris at the white house, thank you. dueling rallies at the mexican border with el paso in the national spotlight. president trump and me toe o rourke both in the west texas city tonight. o rourke is leading a one-mile march and his speech afterward timed to coincide with the president s rally at the el paso coliseum. w