>> THANK YOU. THAT DOES IT FOR US THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS 9:00 A.M. ON THE EAST
COAST.
COAST. WE ARE NOW EXACTLY 36 HOURS AWAY
FROM THE FIRST TEN 2020
DEMOCRATS TAKING TO THE STAGE IN
MIAMI FOR THE BIGGEST TASK WE’VE
SEEN SO FAR.
MOST OF THE CANDIDATES FAFTED
ANOTHER BIG TEST OVER THE
WEEKEND AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA
FISH FRY.
FISH FRY. A CAMPAIGN EVENT FOR THOSE
TRYING TO GAIN SUPPORT.
ONE CANDIDATE NOTABLY MISSING.
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG.
HE WAS BACK HOME DEALING WITH
THE AFTERMATH OF THE FATAL
SHOOTING OF A 54-YEAR-OLD BLACK
MAN BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER.
ON SUNDAY IN A PACKED TOWN HALL,
MAYOR PETE FACED TOUGH
QUESTIONS, LOUD YELLING AND
PLENTY OF ANGER.
>> WE ARE HERE FIRST AND
FOREMOST BECAUSE THE CITY IS
HURTING AND IN PAIN, BECAUSE
SOMEONE AMONG OUR NUMBER DIED AT
THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PERSON IN
THIS CITY.
THIS CITY. >> SIR, SIR.
>> SIR.
>> SIR. >> I’M NOT MAD ABOUT ME
PERSONALLY BUT THE FACT THAT
COMMUNITY REACHED OUT WE REACHED
OUT AND THEY SAID NO.
>> GET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
RACISTS OFF THE STREETS.
DS DISRESPECTFUL I WAKE UP
EVERYDAY SCARED.
EVERYDAY SCARED. I HAVE THREE BOYS I HAVE TO
TEACH TODAY WHAT TO DO.
>> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID AS
CONSTRUCTIVE.
CONSTRUCTIVE. I WILL SAY THAT IF ANYONE THAT
IS ON PATROL IS SHOWN TO BE A
RACIST IN A WAY THAT IS
SUBSTANTIATE SUBSTANTIATED, THAT
IS THEIR LAST DAY ON THE STREET.
>> AT THAT TOWN HALL WITH THE
LATEST.
LATEST. THERE IS A HUGE QUESTION WE HAVE
HERE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN POLICE AND SOME OF THEIR
CONSTITUENCIES.
CONSTITUENCIES. SAYING THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THIS HUGE CAMPAIGN SEASON.
>> NO MODERN DEMOCRAT HAS EVER
WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
WITHOUT BIG SUPPORT FROM THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. TELL US FIRST WHAT IT WAS LIKE
IN THAT ROOM AND HOW BIG A
CRISIS WAS THAT FOR HIS YOUNG
CAMPAIGN?
CAMPAIGN? >> CHRIS, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF
THESE.
THESE. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THIS OUT OF
CONTROL WITH FOLKS SHOUTING AT
PETE BUTTIGIEG CALLING HIM A
RACIST.
RACIST. IT LOOKED LIKE SECURITY WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IN.
MAYOR PETE SAID TO US AND THEN
REPORTERS, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW BUT
HIS CITY WHICH IS A YEAR SIS.
THIS IS A MAJOR CRISIS FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW
HE WILL BE ABLE TO PIVOT FROM
THIS INTO THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC
DEBATES.
DEBATES. >> JOSH, THANK YOU.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE CHAIRMAN
FOR THE CENTER OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST AND MSNBC
POLITICAL ANALYST.
POLITICAL ANALYST. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THIS IS AN A CUMULATIVE
GRIEVANCE.
GRIEVANCE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT SEEMED TO BE ANGER BOILING
OVER THAT HAD BEEN SIMMERING.
THAT ANGER IS A PART OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING NATIONALLY.
HAPPENING NATIONALLY. MAYOR PETE HAS TO UNDERSTAND NOT
ONLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HIS
CITY BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING
SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES AND SEEING
BOYS AND MEN AND WOMEN BEING
STOPPED BY POLICE.
A PREGNANT WOMAN IN PHOENIX
BEING THREATENED TO PUT A CAP IN
HER HEAD WITH HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD
IN HER HAND.
HE CAN’T RESPOND LIKE A
TECHNOCRAT AND ON HIS TRAINING
IN THAT MOMENT.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS THE
PERFECT TIME FOR HIM TO FALL
BACK ON THE POLICY, THE PLAN HE
JUST ANNOUNCED.
JUST ANNOUNCED. HE JUST DISCUSSED THE DOUGLAS
PLAN, WHICH IS HIS VERSION OF
THE MARSHAL PLAN.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
WITH MASSIVE FUNDING.
WELL YOU ARE A MAYOR.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE.
DO SOMETHING SPECIFIC.
>> 60 HOURS UNTIL THE FIRST
DEBATE.
DEBATE. THIS CLEARLY IS GOING TO BE A
KEY ISSUE ALL OF THE CANDIDATES
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.
NOT JUST THE GUY WHO HAPPENS TO
BE THE MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT, LOOK,
HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO A TAUN
HALL.
HALL. HE COULD HAVE JUST SAID, I’LL
MEET WITH A SMALL GROUP OR
ISSUED A STATEMENT, WALKED OFF
THE STAGE.
THE STAGE. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT HERE IS
WHAT HE SAID.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS SMART
OR NOT.
OR NOT. I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS STRATEGIC
OR NOT BUT IT IS MY CITY.
>> YOU CAN SEE HE’S EMOTIONAL
ABOUT IT, SUSAN.
THERE IS THE RIGHT MOVE AND THE
SMART MOVE.
SMART MOVE. >> OR SOMETIMES YOU DON’T HAVE A
MOVE AND YOU HAVE TO JUST TRY
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS TOWN HALL.
IT IS HIS FIRST ONE ON THIS
ISSUE.
ISSUE. AS HE SAID, THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME HE HAS HAD AN ISSUE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER THING IS, HE’S RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT. HE DID HAVE TO SHOW HOW HE’S
GOING TO HANDLE IT.
WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A HISTORY OF
DOING TOWN HALLS AND REACHING
OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, IT IS HARD
TO SHOW UP ONE DAY.
MAYBE IF HE COULD PUT SOMETHING
FORWARD, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
HELPFUL.
HELPFUL. I’M REMINDED, RUDY GIULIANI WHEN
HE STARTED IN MAYOR, HE DID ONE
TOWN HALL IN EVERY BOROUGH EVERY
MONTH.
MONTH. YOU SAW YELLING, I SAW WAY WORSE
WITH RUDY.
WITH RUDY. YOU HAVE TO HANDLE IT AND SHOW
YOU HAVE A HIFT OF OF HANDLING
THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
>> WE ARE ALL GOING TO SEE HOW
THEY HANDLE THIS WEDNESDAY OR
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. YOU ARE LOOKING AT FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN MINUTES.
SEVEN MINUTES. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ON STAGE
WITH TEN OTHER PEOPLE, CAN YOU
ADDRESS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN A
CONVINCING WAY?
CONVINCING WAY? >> I THINK HE CAN.
TRYING TO OFFER A NARRATIVE THAT
ISN’T KIND OF BEHOLDEN TO
AMERICA AS THE CITY ON THE HILL.
HE HAS TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS
SUBSTANTIVE AND POINTS US IN A
WAY WE CAN UNDERSTAND.
>> NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS, THEY
ARE STILL GOING TO GO BACK TO
SOUTH BEND AND SHOW PEOPLE
RESPONDING TO HIS RESPONSE.
HE IS BOXED IN.
IT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
FOR HIM TO GIVE ANY ACCEPTABLE
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. I THINK HE COULD DO SOMETHING
FOR HIMSELF ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
FIELD.
FIELD. IT WILL BE HARD.
>> HOW MUCH OF THIS DAY WILL BE
ABOUT TRUMP.
ABOUT TRUMP. OBVIOUSLY, THIS ISN’T AN EASY
ONE TO DRAW COMPARISONS TO WHO
WE ARE AS A PARTY AND WHAT WE
STAND FOR.
STAND FOR. WE MAY HEAR SOME OF THAT.
GIVEN THE LITTLE AMOUNT OF TIME
THAT THEY HAVE, STANDING OUT IS
AN EASY THING TO SAY AS A PIECE
OF ADVICE.
OF ADVICE. A DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
KAMALA HARRIS TALKED ABOUT HER
3:00 AGENDA.
3:00 AGENDA. AND ANOTHER TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE
IS GOING TO DO IN THE FIRST 100
DAYS.
DAYS. BUTTIGIEG, THE DOUGLAS PLAN.
WARREN, WHO DOES GOVERNMENT WORK
FOR AND WE SAW A PREVIEW OF HOW
THEY CAN HIT IT.
IT IS A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT
THEY EXECUTE.
THEY EXECUTE. >> WE ARE SEEING PRESIDENT TRUMP
POTENTIALLY LIVE TWEETING AND ON
FOREIGN SOIL.
FOREIGN SOIL. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW THEY CHOOSE TO ATTACK OUR
PRESIDENT WHILE HE’S ON FOREIGN
SOIL.
SOIL. >> THIF SAID, IT IS NOT EVEN
ABOUT NAMING TRUMP BY NAME BUT
IF YOU LOOK PRESIDENTIAL, SOUND
PRESIDENTIAL.
PRESIDENTIAL. IF YOU CAN PRESENT YOURSELF AS
THAT, THEN YOU PRESENT YOURSELF
AS SOMEBODY WHO CAN BEAT TRUMP.
IS THAT NAIVE?
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
YOU CAN’T SIMPLY BE BACKWARD
LOOKING OR JUST GUARANTEES I CAN
BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
PLUS, OUR PROBLEMS DO NOT REST
SIMPLY AT THE FEET OF DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. IF YOU THINK OUR PROBLEM IS
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. YOU DON’T HAVE ANY CLUE ABOUT
THE NATURE OF THE CHALLENGE.
THE FIRST NIGHT, YOU HAVE
SENATOR WARREN.
SENATOR WARREN. THE SECOND NIGHT WILL JOE BIDEN