>> I’M JUST SAYING THERE’S A LOT LOT, WE -- IT’S GOOD IN EVERY
WAY AND GOOD IN EVERYWHERE IN A
TRUMP IS THE OPPOSITE.
THE RAIN WAS COMING THROUGH THE
ROOFS, EVERYBODY WAS THE ASKING
THAT’S WHY HEIM HERE TODAY, TO
TELL A DIFFERENT STORY THAN MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
BECAUSE THERE’S A MYTH BEING
SEWED TO STRIEL AND RUR GO IT
COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK THE
ONLY WAY TO SPEAK TO COMMUNITIES
LIKE OURS ARE THROUGH RESENTMENT
AND NOSTALGIA.
AND NOSTALGIA. THEY’RE CERTAINLYING A PR THE
PROBLEM IS THAT THEY’RE TELLING
US TO LOOK FOR GREATNESS IN ALL
THE WRONG PLACES.
I KWK OF DOING THIS AS A
MIDWESTERN AND I WILL SEEK THE
HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY, THIS WAS NOT
EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN BEHIND
EITHER, FOR HOW I WAS GOING TO
SPEND MY EIGHTH YEAR AS MAYOR
AND MY 38th YEAR IN THE WORLD.
BUT WE LIVE IN A MOMENT THAT
COMPELS US EACH TO ACT.
THE FORCES CHANGING OUR COUNTRY
TODAY ARE TECTONIC, FORCES THAT
HELPED TO EXPLAIN WHAT MADE THIS
CURRENT PRESIDENCY EVEN
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. THAT’S WHY THIS TIME IT’S NOT
JUST ABOUT WINNING AN ELECTION.
IT’S ABOUT WINNING AN ERA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> IF AMERICA TODAY FEELS LIKE A
CONFUSING PLACE TO LIVE, IT’S
BECAUSE WE’RE ON ONE OF THOSE
BLANC PAGES IN BETWEEN CHAPTERS.
CHANGE IS IS COMING READY OR
NOT.
NOT. THE QUESTION OF OUR TIME IS
WHETHER FAMILY AND WORKERS OR
WHETHER WE WILL MASTER THEM AND
MAKE THEM WORK FOR A BETTER
DAY-TO-DAY LIFE FOR US ALL.
A MOMENT LOOK THAT CALLS FOR
HOPEFUL AND AUDACIOUS VOICES
FROM COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS.
AND, YES, IT CALLS FOR A NEW
GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> WELL WRITTEN, WEMLL DELIVERED
HE’S THE RIGHT ONE FOR THAT
MESSAGE HE’S SENDING.
>> WELL, WHEN THEY WERE ASKING
WHO WROTE THE SPEECH, HE SAID,
WE DON’T HAVE SPEECH WRITERS, IT
WAS MAY PETE WHO WROTE THE
SPEECH.
SPEECH. THERE WERE SO MANY ECHOS OF THE
KENNEDYS, OF J.F.K. AND R.F.K.
THERE AND I’M NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE OBVIOUS ONE, THE NEW
GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP, BUT HE
SOUNDED LIKE BOBBY WHEN HE P HE
TALKED ABOUT LIVING IN A TIME
THAT COMPELS EACH OF US TO ACT
OR ALMOST A J.F.K. -- SORT OF A
RING OF J.F.K. --
>> OPTIMISM, YOUTH, NEW LIFE.
>> BUT ALSO SAYING THIS ISN’T
ABOUT WINNING AN ELECTION, THIS
IS ABOUT WINNING AN ERA.
AND, ADRIENNE, YOU REALLY DID
GET THE SENSE THAT THIS WAS A
GUY TALK AND -- I’LL JUST ASK
YOU THE RESPONSE YOU GOT BECAUSE
I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN MIKA, YOU
KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD,
SHE WAS GOING TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. I’D BEEN IN POLITICS FOR 25, 30
YEARS.
YEARS. PEOPLE CALL ME ALL THE TIME WHEN
THEY HAVE A POLITICAL COMMENT.
I MUST SAY OTHER THAN BARACK
OBAMA RUNNING IN 2008 AND I
REMEMBER AS A KID RONALD REAGAN
IN 1980, I NEVER REALLY GOT
FLOODED WITH ATHE TYPE OF PHONE
CALLS AND HEARD THE EXCITEMENT
THAT I HEARD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
FROM REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS
AND DEMOCRATS.
AND DEMOCRATS. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SAME HERE, JOE.
BETWEEN MAYOR PETE’S SPEECH AND
THE MASTERS, MY PHONE WAS
BLOWING UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
TOO.
TOO. AND HERE’S THE THING.
HERE’S A GUY WHO REPRESENTS THE
NEXT GENERATION OF DEMOCRATS,
WHO IS IN A RED STATE GIVING A
SPEECH TALKING ABOUT HOW MAYORS
ARE EXECUTIVES, WHICH I THINK IS
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT, SURE,
I’M THE MAYOR OF A MEDIUM SIZED
AND I’M YOUNG, HERE’S MY VISION.
$ SECONDLY, THERE IS A REGION WE
DO NEED TO WIN BACK AS
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. WE MAY NOT WIN INDIANA BACK THIS
TEMPERATURE TIME IN 20-20.
SO IT WAS VERYIN SPIRING TO SEE
THIS.
THIS. WITH WHERE DOES HE GO NEXT?
HOW AND I THINK WE’RE TAKING SPT
THE QUESTION IS CAN HE SCALE
THIS OPERATION?
THIS OPERATION? ALL PRESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS AS A
FRIEND REMINDED ME YESTERDAY,
THEY HAVE TO BE SCALED AND THEY
HAVE TO BE SCALED QUICKLY.
A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR
MAYOR PETE IS THIS DB
OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE BUT YOU
CAN’T WIN BY EXCITING EDUCATED
WHITE PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. UP HAVE TO HAVE A MORE DIHOW
WILL HE FARE AMONG HISPANICS AND
BLACK VOTERS AND OTHER PERSONS?
>> YOU’RE RIGHT.
WE SHOULDN’T LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT
A HARK NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THIS
MAYOR.
MAYOR. HE’S PROVEN HIMSELF.
HE’S BEEN CALLED UP FROM THE
MINOR LEAGUES.
MINOR LEAGUES. HE HAS EARNED HIS SPOT ON THE
BIG STAGE.
BIG STAGE. HE HAS PROVEN ADEPT TO HAVE A
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. >> HE’S HE RESONATING WITH A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
OF PEOPLE. THE KENNEDY THEMES ARE THERE
CORRECTLY, THE COMPARISONS YOU
DREW YESTERDAY, BUT I WAS STRUCK
BY THE REPEATED USE OF THE WORD
YOU A DISITY.
HIVES TRYING IT LINK HIMSELF TO
BAD FRESHMAN SENATOR, SW BUT WAS
STILL REALLY AN UNNONE TO YOU’RE
DOING THIS TOO SOON,OR NOT
READY.
READY. AND MAYBE PEOPLE OR A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK I’M TOO YOUNG OR I
DON’T LOOK LIKE OR FOOT THE BILL
OF WHAT AMERICA SHOULD LIKELY.
IN.
IN. HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO SPACK
MINORITY LEADERS SO HAS SOME
CIVIL RIGHTS POLICING ISSUES IN
HIS HOMETOWN AS THE NATION GETS
TO KNOW HUM BETTER, BUT IT WAS A
REMARKABLE FIRST STEP YESTERDAY.
>> SO, MIKA, JONATHAN BROUGHT UP
A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT
THE SUDDEN RISE OF MAYOR PETE,
AND THAT IS MAKING HIMSELF
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. WHAT WE TOLD CANDIDATES TIME AND
AGAIN WHEN MIKE HUCKABEE ALWAYS
MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE, SHOCKED
THE WORLD WITH A WIN WITHOUT A
CAMPAIGN STAFF AND OF COURSE
DONALD TRUMP IN 2016.
TRUMP ALWAYS MADE HIMSELF
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. PEOPLE COMPLAINED BITTERLY ABOUT
THE FACT HE WAS ALWAYS ON TV,
THAT HE WAS ON THIS SHOW,
THIEVES ON CNN AND FOX ALL THE
TIME.
TIME. GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT? HE MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE.
IT WAS LIKE CRACKING THE CODE TO
FORT KNOX TO GET OTHER
CANDIDATES ON THE SHOW.
WE OFFERED OTHER CANDIDATES TO
COME ON THE SHOW ANY TIME THEY
WANTED TO.
WANTED TO. CALL IN.
CALL IN. THEY WERE TOO A AFRAID-- IN FACT
D.A. DAVE WEPT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
KAEMIN PORE O INTRODUCE YOURSELF
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IF
YOU OR YOUR CAMPAIGN STAFF, IF
THEY’RE SKILL TO THAT YOU AND
EDDIE, AND I’D LOVE TO FOLLOW-UP
ANSWER FROM ADRIENNE ON THIS BUT
LOOKING AT WHERE LEADS ARE COME
FROM, JUST IN THIS MOMENT IN
TIME, WHICH IS VERY EARLY, I
SORT OF FEEL LIKE THIS KENNEDY
CONCEPT, THIS YOUNG, NEW,
MILLENNIAL CONCEPT IN BETO,
WHICH I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO
COME ON THE SHOW TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE’S LIKE BUT I FEEL LIKE
THAT CONCEPT HAS BEEN FORCED ON
ME.
ME. DON’T TELL ME THIS CANDIDATE IS
THE ONE.
THE ONE. YOU HEAR ABOUT A AND YOU FEEL
THIS SORT OF CONTRIVED
CANDIDACY.
CANDIDACY. AND THEN LOCK AT MAYOR PETE, WHO
HAS LITERALLY COME OUT OF
NOWHERE, AND IT FEELS MUCH MORE
NATURAL.
NATURAL. IT FEELS REAL.
YOU HEAR HIM AND HE TOUCHES YOU.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I SAID ON THIS SHOW I BELIEVE IT
WILL BE AN INTERESTING
CONVERSATION WHEN BETO HAS TO
HOLD HIMSELF OWN AGAINST SOMEONE
LIKE MAYOR PETE WITH REGARDS TO
THE MILLENNIALS, IN TERMS OF PUB
STANCE I HEARD TWO THINGS, ONE I
HEARD THAT POLITICIAN THAT SITS
IN THE PACE BETWEEN A DIE
SOMEONE GIVING VOICE TO THAT
PERIOD OF TRANSITION.
>> THE SECOND THING I HEARD IS
MAYOR PETE WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW
CON ACCEPTS US STORY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN BE WHERE THERE WAS
CONSENSUS NARRATIVE, A STORY
THAT LINKED US PULP IF IT WAS A
STORY ABOUT A SRN UNDERSTANDING
AMERICA THAT HAD TURNED ITS FACE
AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS UGLINESS.
BUT MAYOR PETE SUGGESTED THERE’S
ANOTHER WAY TO TELL A STORY OF
AMERICA, THAT THINK HE PUT
FORWARD THE OUTLINES OF A NEW
CON SENSITIVE STORY BUT NOW IT’S
TIME TO JOIN IT WITH SUBSTANTIVE
POLICY.
POLICY. WEEP GET ET MESSAGE, NOW WHAT IS
YOUR POSITION ON WE JUST CAN’T
BE SLOGAN.
BE SLOGAN. >> SO ADRIENNE, DOES THE
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT SEE
THIS CAN’T?
THIS CAN’T? ONE COULD ARGUE THEY MISSED WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN THAT’S KINDLY
PUTTING IT KWOU FORMER
COLLEAGUES OF MINE OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS WHO SAID I’M INTERESTED
IN TO TRANSITION FROM THIS SORT
OF FRINGE CANDIDACY, WE’LL SEE
IF IT GOES ANYWHERE, TO THIS
GUY’S THE REAL DEAL, I’M
INSPIRED BY HIM, I THINK WE CAN
MAKE THIS MOVEMENT IN SOMETHING
THAT ACTUALLY IS A FULL FLEDGED,
REAL BE SOMEBODY THAT INSPIRES
PEOPLE BUT.
PEOPLE BUT. YOU CAN’T REALLY GO ANYWHERE, IF
I DO THINK THAT BETO IN MANY
RESPECTS HAS MORE TO LOSE HERE.
HE NARROWLY LOST TO TED CRUZ,
WHICH IS TRANSITIONING TO A
PURPLE STATE IN TEXAS.
BUT FOR SOMEBODY LOOK HIM, HE
CAME ON THE SCENE.
MAYOR PETE WAS LIKE I DON’T HAVE
A WHOL LOT TO LOSE AND THAT
AFORWARDS YOU AN UNITY TO TOE
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN A MAYOR
FROM A A MEDIUM-SIZED TOWN COULD
NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
HE IS MOVING THAT’S POP THE
AGAIN, AS THE MIRROR IMAGE DRO
MAYBE PETE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE.
WHO DOES THAT SOND LOOK?
IT SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE
DONALD TRUMP FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN
HE WAS TAKING A LOT OF BOLD
POSITIONS, I WOULD SAY RECKLESS
AND IRRESPONSIBLE POSITION BUT
STILL FELT LIKE HE NOTHING TO
LOSE.
LOSE. YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL EVERY DAY.
YOU SENSE THAT AGAIN WITH MAYOR
PETE, WHO WILL AGAIN GET OUT
THERE, GO ON INTERVIEWS, TAKE
INTERVIEWS.
INTERVIEWS. HE’S NOT AFRAID.
AND HE’S NOT AFRAID FOR
AMERICANS TO SEE WHO HE IS.
>> AND HE’S GOT THE,JOSH, YOU
WERE ACTUALLY -- WE’RE TALKING A
LOT ABOUT PEOPLE ON PHONES
OUTSIDE OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA,OUT SIDE, YOU WERE
INSIDE.
INSIDE. TELL US WHAT YOU SAW.
>> IT WAS POURING ALL ALL DAY
LONG TO SOUTH BEND, JOE.
THEY HAD TO MOVE IT INTO AN OLD
CAR FACTORY INSTEAD OF THE CAR
OUTSIDE ROOMSO THE WREEL AND I
HAVE TO TELL YOU, THEY WERE ALL
JUST ENTHUSED, THEY WERE REVVED
UP.
UP. WEEP TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM WHO
SAID THAT THEY’VE ALREADY MADE
UP THEIR MINDS, YOU KNOW, IN IS
SOMEONE THEY HADN’T KNOWN EVEN
EXISTED A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT A
FEW INSTANCES OF HEARING HIM
TALK, HEARING THE VALUES HE’S
TRYING TO BRING TO THE TABLE,
THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH SOLD.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WAS A VERY
WHITE CROWD, MORE DIVERSE IN
TERMS OF AGE THAN IT WAS IN
TERMS OF OTHER FACTORS.
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING
THAT I THINK BUTTE GENERALLY IS
GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY WORK ON,
PARTICULARLY GIVEN SOME OF THE
CROSS CURRENTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF
ENTHUSIASM AND FOLKS WHO SEEMED
LIKE THEY WERE TAKING FROM HIM
SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE NOT
SEEING IN ANY OTHER DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE IN THIS FIELD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH MORE ON
MAYOR PETE’S ANNOUNCEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.
WE’RE GOING TO BRING IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST"’S ROBERT COSTA,
WHO IS IN SOUTH BEND THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. AND AS JOE MENTIONED,
DR. CAMPBELL PICKS UP OUR
CHECKUP SERIES.
CHECKUP SERIES. AND ANOTHER HISTORY MAKING EVENT
ON TAP THIS WEEK.
BOB MUELLER’S REPORT GOES
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. WE’LL GET A PREVIEW OF THAT JUST
AHEAD.
AHEAD. PLUS, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
CONGRESS ISN’T SMART ENOUGH TO
LOOK THROUGH THE PRESIDENT’S TAX
RETURNS.
RETURNS. DOES IT ALSO HOLD THE AMERICAN