championship since 2008, his 15th overall, and a huge milestone on a path to redemption that's been littered with injuries. an ugly divorce, and very real doubts. self-doubts about whether his best golf was behind him. you see him there hugging his kids. don rudell is with me now from augusta national. we can look at that, those images over and over again, and it was such a sweet moment with he and his kids and then to see everybody celebrate tiger woods victory. >> for sure. not a dry eye in the house. i would venture to suggest. this was the result that most people, if not everybody at augusta wanted this week, to see tiger woods do it again. he's the most famous golfer on the planet, he used to dominate this sport, he transcended it, and boy did he fall from grace. he really did plum the depth and he's had to climb all the way back up from the humiliation. the physical challenges he's had to overcome. four back surgeries. a spinal fusion operation. not that long ago, he was telling us just riding in a golf cart was so painful he could hardly contemplate playing golf again, he didn't know if he would competitive again. to see him come back from all of that, and do this again at augusta, the iconic augusta course, to win a fifth green jacket, 22 years after his first, when he became the youngest ever, now he's the second oldest at the age of 43, don't rule out the fact that this comeback could be the beginning. there are three more majors this year, two of them are on courses where he's already won majors. this could be just an extraordinary golfing year for tiger woods. let's not get ahead of ourselves, but i think we can say for sure, we have witnessed one of the most extraordinary sporting moments of all time. >> extraordinary moment, and like you said, it's really a restart for him, even though he has had many starts. but this one culminates into something very special. his kids too, they're wearing the color red that his mom has said, that's your color, that's your winning color. talk to me about what tiger woods has expressed since receiving the jacket, holding up that trophy there, what's been going through his mind? >> everybody's tried to make him cry with their questions in the press conference. i don't think he has. but clearly this has been an emotional moment for him. the one thing that he was very warm when relaying, is what it meant to him, to have his kids, charlie and sam there to see it. and it took him back to '97 when his father earl was there to see limb win the first. and his kids are one of the reasons why he wanted to come back and play golf again, they were too young to remember seeing him compete and winning. and he wanted them to have that memory and now they've got it. >> that's fantastic. don rudell, with a front row seat to it all, andy shoals. you had a chance to hear from tiger woods as he was answering reporter's questions. and how is he handling this incredible high? >> i tell you what, he really can't wipe that smile off his face that he's had on him since he was on the 18th green. tiger was calm, cool, collects the entire tournament. when he made that putt and realized he had won his 15th major after 11 years of trying. and all the trials and tribulations he went through, he let out all of his emotions, in his press conference he said he blacked out. he doesn't remember what he did, he didn't remember raising his fists, all the high fives he just knows it was a moment, and he was asked to link this major with all of his other 14 majors, he said he hasn't thought about it yet, but this one's definitely special. take a listen. >> i had serious doubts after what transpired a couple years ago, i could barely walk, i couldn't sit, i couldn't lay down, i really couldn't do much of anything. >> to have the opportunity to come back like this, it is probably one of the biggest wins i've had for sure. because of it. >> and fred, you know, i walked with tiger for much of the weekend and the amount of emotion that was in the gallery of how many people wanted to see tiger when, i saw people hug, i saw people cry. one guy next to me said, i never thought i'd cheer for another human the way i cheer for tiger. the emotion that tiger brings out in people is incredible. and it's really the emotion that tiger showed. that's what everyone else was doing here in augusta. >> andy scholes thank you so much, you're putting us right there with you, and you're experiencing it all. hines ward was there too, you were there on thursday. >> thursday. >> you were feeling the electricity. and you among them, really hoping for the best. what was today's victory like for you reflected on thursday as well. >> it was one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, considering what tiger woods had with the injuries. to come back and me being a former athlete, when you -- when injuries start to occur, doubts start to sit in, am i still that same player, for tiger to fight his way back, overcome the injuries, pick out points where he wanted to place the ball for his next shot and find a way to walk away with the green jacket again, it's remarkable to see what he did today, and i was out there cheering him on on thursday. and i was at home glued to the television sunday. i think it's great for the game of golf to have tiger woods on top of the leaderboard. >> he's been great for the game of golf for a very long time now. he's turned people in fans who never thought they would actually watch it on television, let alone watch it in person. to hear him reflect on, yeah, there was a moment, just two years ago, where i couldn't walk and i couldn't sit, who can forget the image of him being stopped by a police officer in florida because he was on medication for all of that pain, and it such a sad low point for him. to see him claw his way back up. to hear details, how curious are you? to hear details about how he was able to get to the physical and mental fitness to be on top like this? >> well, you saw last year, he was close at a couple events last year, when he was tinkering in the top five, but then i think the win at eastlake for the tour championship really gave him that confidence, listen, i'm back, i can compete with these guys. you saw it over the weekend in augusta, where he was able to stay near the leaderboard, and sunday tiger came through in a big way, coming back to win his fifth match. >> it must be something in the georgia soil, it was that atlanta tournament a few months ago he won many and it was beautiful to see that kind of victory. and now augusta in georgia. physical you're right, maybe he'll do that. hines ward, thanks for sharing your personal experience. mayor pete buttigieg jumping into the race for the white house in his first speech, he's talking about his sexuality, his service and taking on president trump directly. plus, why his roleout is being compared to president barack obama. and southeastern storms killing nearly a half a dozen people and leaving towns in ruins. we're getting a look at the darth and who's in the path next. >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it. >> tech vo: so when she had auto glass damage... she chose safelite. with safelite, she could see exactly when we'd be there. >> teacher: you must be pascal. >> tech: yes ma'am. >> tech vo: saving her time... 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buttigieg make his announcement out here and watch him outside. i thought it was interesting fred. pete buttigieg in his speech talked a lot about different policies, but he never mentioned the president by name, president trump. he did talk about, though, some of his controversial policies such as the child separation at the border. before pete came on stage, he was introduced by three mayors from around the country and a couple friends. they made direct comparisons between buttigieg and president obama. both signaling sort of historic firsts, if buttigieg is elected he would be the first openly gay president, president barack obama being the first african-american. if you were listening carefully, you may have heard similarities in tone and language. between both buttigieg and obama. take a listen. >> i recognize the audacity of doing this as a midwestern millennial mayor. more than a little bold, at age. to seek the highest office in the land. >> i recognize that there is a certain presumptuousness in this, a certain audacity to this announcement. i know that i haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of washington. but i've been there long enough to know that the ways of washington must change. >> i spoke to a campaign official just a short time ago, and he says it's not the worst thing for buttigieg to be compared to president obama. and no rest for pete buttigieg, he's hitting the road right away, heading to new york right away on a fund-raiser. he's then off to iowa and new hampshire and many more stops along the way as he tries to capitalize on this announcement here in indiana. >> let's talk about all this, joining me now. our cnn political commentators, at the daily beast, matt lewis, karen finney, the senior spokesperson. cnn political analyst and new york times correspondent jonathan martin. good to see all of you. >> pete buttigieg's official campaign launch was today. he was not veiled at all in targeting the president. i'm going to quote you now a bit of what he says, i'm here to tell a different story than make america great again. and then he was critical of the notion of returning to bygone eras, never -- that were never that great to begin with. >> he is taking off the gloves much and very clear about who his opponent is. >> it's obviously all up side to target president trump. and if you're a. -year-old mayor, there's more up side in casting it in generational terms like you just mentioned. >> he did that too. kudos to theam. that similarity with the obama kickoff in springfield, illinois in february 2007 really does capture the -- almost intentional homage to the last democratic president he's trying to pull off here. and there's one more similarity i should mention. both of them in their campaigns artfully alluded ideological positioning. neither of them wanted to be cast as a man of the left or as a sort of dlc style moderate. they wanted to do something different. that is the test that mayor pete is going to have here going-forward. not just about his fitness for the office, what does he believe in and what does he want to do policiwise. >> it was pretty unmistakable that pete buttigieg is his own guy. the similarities between he and the cadence and vernacular, similarities with barack obama was uncanny. not that barack obama has complete ownership over the word audacity, but that came up a few times. and then he also said, change is coming, and you could almost hear the voice of barack obama. was this intentional? >> 2 sounded like it was, it sounded like he was sort of trying to be intentional without being intentional. so that we would be having this conversation. i'll tell you -- there are a couple other things about mayor pete that i think make him an obamaesque figure in this primary. and one thing is, that he's very surprising, right? he represents exactly how the process is supposed to work. we didn't know much about him not that long ago. thanks to cnn. the cnn town hall clearly is the king maker, right? >> yes. >> we know so much more about him, and so does america, he rose in the polls, he was able to raise money. and now he is considered someone who is very much the possibility of becoming a front-runner if not the nominee, and people are excited. and i think that's part of what obama brought to the race, it was something unexpected and exciting. and i think that's part of what he brings that's just a little bit different than some of the other candidates. that doesn't mean any of the others can't -- don't have excitement and won't bring something different. but again, we weren't expecting mayor pete to come out of nowhere and just come right to the front. >> voters want to be inspired. a new monmouth university poll shows he's in third place among likely iowa voters. he's a christian, a war vet a road scholar. what is the biggest threat that this indiana mayor poses for the sitting president of the united states. >> i think it's the clear contrast, just as donald trump was the opposite of barack obama. pete buttigieg is the opposite of trump. the road scholar, the military experience. how do they hold their own against -- can they hold their own against donald trump. i think someone like a joe biden, maybe he's wylie enough and enough of a political veteran, he could give it back the same way that donald trump dishes it out. i think someone like pete buttigieg can do it in a different way, kind of out cool donald trump, it would be about generational change. >> he was affable. >> yeah. >> it's the complete opposite, he may be the biggest danger to donald trump actually, because the contrast is so stark. >> let's turn now to the controversy that's been dogging freshman congressman ilhan omar, thet video of the twin towers and the congresswoman comments -- just last month in march, and critics say the retweet may help insici violence. listen to how sarah sanders is addressing the issue. >> donald trump is trying to incite violence and to divide us. and every political leader should speak out against that. >> it makes her a target for extremists in this country at a time of rising islam phobia. >> from what she said in her speech, she does not deserve the kind of vicious hate filled attacks that she's experiencing. >> certainly the president is wishing no ill well and certainly not violence toward anyone. >> jonathan, where is the greatest risk? those such as the president and his camp who are being very critical openly about omar or democrats who are coming to her defense? >> i'm not sure it ultimately will have that much impact as of right now, politically down the road in an election that's a year and a half off, but certainly it does capture the incendiary nature of this president's politics and the fact that he's willing to lob these personal attacks in a way no other president would do. that provokes democrats into defending her, the irony here politically, i was in minnesota earlier this week, you talk to democrats there, and they actually think she would have had a real stiff primary challenge next year. but that that may actually be abating now because the president has singled her out, and it could be harder for democrats to be hurt in a primary because doing so would make pause with this president. >> this is post death threats and threats continue against her in her office. >> that's right, and that's why i think so many democrats spoke out forcefully. for the president to take that extraordinary step where she is -- it distort what is she said, it takes a portion of her quote, not the whole context of what she said, and cast her in a way we've seen this president continuously scapegoat and feed into racism and bigotry and scapegoating muslims and people from latin america and mexico, i mean, this is part of the tactic we saw in 2020. i'm sorry in 2016 and make no mistake, it's going to be part of the president's tactic going into 2020. he can run on fear and division and build the wall you have people like ilhan omar and people like pete buttigieg who is changing this country. that is -- that frightens a lot of people and the president is going to continue to exploit you in 2020. >> look, ilhan omar is an adult, she's a member of congress, she has said some highly o controversial things over the years. i don't want to get into a position where criticizing her is tantamount to inciting violence. we should be allowed. people have said horrible things about donald trump. i don't think you can say, you can't say that. i think that's stifling debate. we should be encouraging debate. she says a lot of controversial stuff, let's stand up and debate that instead of arguing over, is the response too harsh. it's not what she says, it's about the response. >> matt lewis, jonathan, we'll leave it there for now, you're going to be back, we'll talk some more. in the meantime, a programming note, join us live from d.c. for two presidential town halls. and then andrew yang moderated by 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pittsburg, california. pittsburg, california is where i had my first job. a paper route at the age of 9. now, you can learn a lot about america riding your bicycle through towns like that at 6:00 in the morning. on my route, i saw big houses. and i saw small ones. i saw houses with two new cars, i saw houses with none. and i saw houses being built and houses with signs out front bearing a word that i didn't quite yet understand, foreclosure. i saw people coming home from the midnight shift just as i was starting my workday. and those are often the homes that i peddled my little bike past that couldn't afford to receive the number at all. on their faces i saw a lot of pride, and i saw a lot of despair too. these folks were not quitting. they would never quit. they didn't know how to quit. but they were beginning to wonder, what had happened to the promise of the american dream. traveling our country for the last few months, growing to town halls and coffee shops, school assemblies and fish fries, i've been seeing the exact same thing. which is why i've come back here to dublin. backed by my neighbors who have always been in my corner to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. and i need you. i need you. i need you. i need you. boy do i ever need you. and we needrs could a moment like this eastern be possible. my dad was a cop, my mom sold wedding cakes and hand made doll houses. we had a large but probably unlicensed day care facility in the living room. they worked hard and they dreamed big in search of better jobs and better schools. they moved us all over, they moved me and my three younger brothers around a lot. before i was 12, we had lived in three states and eight different cities. i hated moving that much. sometimes i would even take the newspapers from my route and i'd circle all the available homes of the real estate intersection and leave it right there on the breakfast tabling for my parents to see. they never got the hint. by the time i had hit ninth grade, i had already gone to nine different schools. but i came to realize they were not punishing me by moving us around so much. although anyone here today who knew me as a kid knows there are really good reasons at that time to punish me. they were just chasing those better schools, the better jobs for me and my brothers. i learned a lot about hard work. after leaving the journalism business, that paper route i was a baby-sitter. i was an assistant to a wedding d.j., a construction worker, a soccer referee and a baseball umpire. then i turned 16. after that i was a window frame sander and i folded sweaters at the aeropastale. i was just as bad folding clothes there as i was at home, that job did not last too long. doing all of these jobs, meeting all of those people, i saw a ton of struggle and i saw a lot of sacrifice. i saw firsthand how powerful yet elusive the american dream could feel. our pursuit finally landed us here in dublin. to be fair where we lived was not mar-a-lago. in fact, some of you may remember that people in the neighboring cities had a nickname for us, they called the scrublin. we lived right smack in the middle of the middle class. and those were during the good times. and i found people were just like my parents, they were made of grit, steel and determination. dublin represented for me, the end of our search for prosperity. dublin became my home. my parents dreams for me and the result of all that moving and sacrificing, making me the first person in my family to ever go on to college. and i know so many of you fight for that too. and that was a privilege and a responsibility that i carried every single day. during college, i interned on capitol hill in the morning, i worked my way through serving gym towels and burritos at night, every morning at 6:00 in the morning, towels to the members of congress, at night, memorizing their faces so i could get better tips and serving them burritos. stay back east or come back home to dublin. one of my high schoolteachers told me i didn't have a choice. >> thank you, tim. >> tim told me that our hometown was turning around with the right leaders, good things were ahead. and he wanted me to be a part of it. so i came back home. and we all went to work, i spent my days inside alameda county courtrooms as a deputy district attorney, and my free time giving back to a city that gave so much to me and my parents. i served on the arts commission, the planning commission, founded the dublin high school alumni association, and was elected to the city counsel. there on the city counsel i worked with people of all backgrounds, all across the political spectrum to achieve common goals. and despite what was going on in washington and still going on in washington. here in dublin, we always balance our budget. we should expect that in washington too. we should always invest in the future. only about a third of its graduates went on to college. together as a community we voted to invest in a new school. this is not the dublin high school that i graduated from. today 20 years later after i left this place, 98% of the graduates will go on to college. 98% working together in dublin, we brought new employers, new investments and new hope to the community that we love. we even brought in a whole foods. when means now that my hometown has a market i can barely afford to shop at. which i guess is a sign we've made it. so i tell you here today, if those types of investments, if that type of belief, if our types of coming together can turn dublin from going from scrublin to the dublin we know today, we can do that anywhere in america. now i know that the mountain i face is steep. you may have heard there are a few other democrats interested in the job most of them have more name recognition right now than i do. at least outside this city. that have probably should discourage me, it may discourage you, it doesn't. i've got you. we've got each other, and we can do this. and this will be a different kind of campaign. i'll be a different kind of candidate. i come from a generation that's used to starting from scratch and innovating. we light up the world so that's the plan. i am not wealthy, and i don't pick my friends by how much money they can put in my pockets. i'm not beholdened -- this is not a campaign that will be beholdened by the special interests. we will accept no corporate pac money and we will not be driven by the polls. i will support the issues that matter to this country, apolitically, like the former prosecutor that i am. starting with guns. representing you as as prosecutor in our courtrooms. i learned a lot about law and order and the futility of trying to keep criminals from recidivism without providing them some kind of job training and addiction treatment. but i also saw firsthand the ungodley and permanent damage reaped by weapons in the hands of irresponsible people. on one case that i prosecuted, i met a woman whose son had been killed by a round from an ak-47. his name was gary jackson. a gunman fired 40 times at gary. hit him just once in the back of his thigh. i can still hear his mom asking me in the witness waiting room, isn't that where you'd want to be hit if you had to get shot? not with an assault weapon. the autopsy the doctor testified that the sheer energy from one round was enough to kill him. gun violence defined my first days in congress. in 2013 i and 80 others were just emerging from our freshman class orientation when the news of the sandy hook massacre flattened us. just like you, i was horrified. i was horrified by the suffering and the loss and the beautiful babies who were taken and had their futures stolen from them and their communities. but i also thought, i am so glad to be here at the capital to be a part of the first congress to do something about these senseless slaughters. but i don't have to tell you this, congress did nothing. just as we did nothing after charleston. nothing after san bernardino. pulse, vegas, nothing, nothing, nothing. moments of silence when all our country needed were moments of action. when parkland happened and they joined the far too long list of american towns, cities, devastated by a madman with unrestricted weaponry, i expected the same ritual to unfold, shock, anger, accusations and nothing happening in washington. thoughts and prayers used as an alibi for inaction, but the students there and their families decided not to allow that. you decided not to allow that. they instead took a stand to lead. and they knew they would be attacked for it. they knew they would be exposing themselves to ridicule and hate, purely political targets in a different kind of crossfire. but they did the right thing anyway. you supported them, righteously. fearle fearlessly with the nation behind them, they picked themselves up, from unimaginable grief. they organized -- you organized, they organized, they marched, you marched on their town squares on our town squares. we made our voices heard in campaigns that removed 17 nra endorsed incumbents from office. we did that. we did that. they reminded us that life itself means more than the bottom line of a gun and ammo manufacturer, or the cynical politicians they support and control a year ago hope died at parkland. but in a uniquely american way, owing to the courage and strength of children hope was reborn at parkland. hope has been reborn here in america too. that's why i started my campaign at parkland. i pledged to that community what i pledge to you. i will be the first campaign to make ending gun violence the top priority in my campaign. and i thank the moms demand action leaders who are here, and will help us do that. and the students who are here with them. my wife brittany and i have two children. nelson's almost two years old, cricket is about 5 months. my wife has a job that she loves, and she excels at. it would be easy for us to wait for a better time to do this. it would be easy to wait for a better time to take on this fight. but brittany wants me to run, to win, to make a difference because like me, she wants to make sure that nelson and cricket can go to school, come back home again and again in safety and in peace. in 2017 republicans took control of the house, the senate and the presidency. sorry to remind you. the very first piece of legislation that they passed, the act that would tell the world these are the values we espouse above all others was a bill that made it easier for the mentally ill to purchase guns. yes, yes, that happened. they called it house joint resolution 40. but i know what you know. you're here for the same reason i'm here. we're in this together because we believe that every child has a right to learn without fear. that every parent has a right to hug their beautiful little babies when they come home from school. and all of us, we have a right to dance at a concert, laugh at the theater, pray after the a synagogue, at a church, and in a mosque. our rights to live and love each other. those rights are greater than any other right in the constitution period. that's the greatest right. that's the greatest right, to live and to love. and you know what the greatest threat to the second amendment is? for us to keep doing nothing. that's the greatest threat to the second amendment, is to do nothing. no amendment protects an absolute right. have you the right to free speech, but you can't shout fire in a crowded theater or lie about a product that you're selling. and although there is a right to bear arms, you cannot own a tank or a bazooka or a machine gun. everyone agrees on that, left, right, center. but i think a few other limits make sense as well. i believe no one in america should be allowed to purchase a gun without first undergoing a violent history check. so do 92% of americans. 73% of all nra members do too. because female victims of domestic violence are five times more likely to die if a gun's present. in congress, i authored the no guns for abusers act. it would let us do more to get guns out of the dangerous hands of domestic abusers. and when i'm president, no american ever again will be able to own the kinds of assault weapons that only belong on batt battlefields. i'm the only candidate, the only candidate promowsing that we began and buy back every single assault weapon in america. that's what i mean when i say go big. that's what i mean when i say do good. that's not a popular idea with every one. it's going to cost some money but it will cost a lot less than loss to a grieving community. no matter who attacks me or threatsen me for proposing it. i'm in the going to back down because i've got you. you've got my back. you've got my back. that's for my kids and that's for your kids too. your concern for them and for their future extends to other issues. the giant challenges facing our nation. you have the right to ask me today how it's solved. on a paper route from a courthouse in oakland out on the tour with congressman with our future forum colleagues. i have seen it's not reaching all americans. it's bigger to being a part of a country that rewards a simple dignity of hard work with things we can count and measure like homeownership. wages that allow you to save something. health care that can meet your needs and enough freedom to take that long over due vacation and something to set aside for your golden years of retirement. it also means the things you can't quantify so easily. it should add up to those too. the things i'm not seeing across america no matter what i go or how hard i look. peace, stability, security, comfort, joy and the pride that comes from knowing that you provided all of that. that promise is broken for too many of us today. now you hear the president will tell you the economy is roaring and you should be grateful for that. he'll tell you that the stock market is at an all time high and the gdp is growing. heck, that may be the only time he's ever told two truths in a row. [ laughter ] >> here's what i've learned from you. if only 50 percent of us is invested in the stock market, that's not the economy. the gdp, that's not the economy. are you doing better? saving more, dreaming bigger. you don't need a congressional report to tell you economic insecurity has become a chronic condition in our can country. you just feel it. many of you know all too well that you're just one layoff or bad diagnose flis away from financial catastrophe. that tax cut you were promised with 83% went to the richest americans, i got to ask how many of you woke up this morning and said to yourself, gosh, i wish we could just find a way in this country to help the wealthiest 1% of americans? they're having such a hard time. we are living in an economy designed to help only those in the executive suites. not those on the factory floors. we don't want and we don't need the top floor economy. i want the kind of prosperity that reaches all americans who work hard on every floor. that's the promise of america. here's what i've learned. 80% of you are living paycheck to paycheck. 80% of us living paycheck to paycheck. that's untenable. let's start there. on taxes, i will end the corporate immunity for those companies sending jobs over seas. >> congressman eric swalwell making it official. returning to the city where he grew up in dublin, california. making it official he's in the race joining a crowded democratic field and one of his top priorities will be ending gun violence and perhaps an ode to jfk saying that you have the power, have control of the outcome of your government and it begins with your vote. back with me now are cnn political commenta ttors at the daily beast. glad you could both be back with me. let's try to wrap up what we heard. connecting with people, karen, is super important for any candidate. how did he do? >> he did a great job. who knew that a paper route could be a metaphor for a campaign. he did a lovely job. i think this is something the people are looking for. do you understand me and my life and the challenges i face. clearly, that's what he was trying to do in talking about his paper route and his experiences throughout his career and trying to distinguish himself by talking about being very aggressive about gun safety as a primary issue on his campaign and it's also an issue that that's an issue that actually we saw this in the 2016 campaign. that resonates across racial lines, across parents care about that issue. across all parts of our country. it will be interesting to see him take that message on the campaign trail. >> he said he was asked after newton, that's a member of congress, there would be something that would happen. then he reminded after vegas, nothing, nothing happened. taking some ownership of the lack of progress. clever in your view? >> i felt like this was the poor man's pete buttigieg. he is championing this gun control argument. i don't think he can take it all the way but maybe if he cares, he seems like he's passionate about it and maybe that part of the reason he's running here is to elevate that issue and force the other candidates to have to actually grapple with doing something about gun violence. >> he even admitted, saying the mountain, i face is steep talk about this very crowded field of democratic contenders. every candidate at this point, 18, 19 and counting is being asked that. it's almost re-complaexplaining people why are you in it. you have to really establish that. >> absolutely. you have to try to stand out either by a particular issue and in this case it's gun safety or you have to talk about your personal story. what you're seeing is it's a race to get on the debate stages in june and july. i know we have our cnn debate in july so you have your opportunity on the national stage so americans can see how you stack up against the others and see if you can have a moment like pete buttigieg has had and maybe catch fire. >> there was quite the weekend. cory booker is taking the approach of just in case you don't know who i am, let me re-introduce myself. eric swalwell took a similar approach as did pete buttigieg. >> it's amazing the candidates. it's like a million flowers bloom here. we don't flow who will be the person. i would say a few years ago, you might have thought that cory booker would be the rising star and the one to watch. i think he's really over shadowed. i think clearly pete buttigieg isn't just having a moment. this is not 15 minutes. it's going on several hours. >> all right. an extraordinary race in the making. good to see both you have. thank you so much. thanks for every one being for with me. the presidential town hall with author and activist mary ann williamson starting right now. good evening from washington, d.c. we're back to back. i'm dan tha bash. we'll hear from andrew yang. first marianne williamson. if elected she would make history as the first female and first jewish president. in our audience tonight are democrats and independents who say they plan to participate in the democratic primaries and

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