>>>s FROM ARKANSAS TO ALASKA,
COLORADO TO KENTUCKY.
STATES OF PLAY SPENT THE YEAR ON
THE ROAD WITH CANDIDATES ACROSS
THE AMERICA.
>> 240,000 MILES.
A NEW SET OF TIRES.
THE BIEBE IS GOING TO GET ME
OVER THE FINISH LINE.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS WORK HARD
TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM AN
UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT.
>> I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND DONT
NEED ANY OTHER SURROGATE TO DO
THAT.
>> YOU KNOW YOU AND SCOTT BROWN
KEEP WANTING TO MAKE THIS RACE
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THE
PRESIDENT IS A GOOD MODEL AS AN
EXECUTIVE?
>> YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY LOOK TO
OTHER MODELS.
WHETHER ITS ABRAHAM LINCOLN OR
WHETHER ITS GEORGE WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: SOME REPUBLICANS
STRUGGLED TO PROVE THERE IS NO
PLACE LIKE HOME.
>> Reporter: WILL YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY COMMIT TO STAYING HERE?
>> OF COURSE.
MY MOM IS FIVE MILES AWAY.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS LABELED
YOU EAST COAST DAN.
SO WHERE ARE YOU?
>> IM FROM ALASKA.
IM AN ALASKAN.
>> NOT EVERYBODY WAS EAGER TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
>> Reporter: HI, IM KASIE HUNT.
>> GOOD MORNING, I DONT WANT TO
TALK TO YOU.
>> OH, WOW, THAT IS FROM TO HAVE
OF 2014 AS KASIE HUNT WRAPPED UP
HER STATES OF PLAY SERIES, WHERE
SHE CRISS-CROSSED THE COUNTRY
FOR MORNING JOE, SINCE THEN, SHE
HAS BECOME A FIXTURE ON THIS
SHOW AND A CLOSE MEMBER OF THE
MORNING JOE FAMILY, NOT TO
MENTION HER DAY JOB, LEADING NBC
CAPITOL HILL COVERAGE, FOLLOWING
REPORTS FOR "THE TODAY" SHOW,
"NIGHTLY NEWS" AND WORK ALL OVER
MSNBC.
IN 2017, SHE LAUNCHED, "KasieDC"
FOR POLITICAL JUNKIES, LAST
SEPTEMBER, SHE TOOK OVER THE
REIGNS WAY THAT EARLY FRANCHISE
STARTED BY OUR OWNWILLIE GEIST,
YOU ARE FLYING THE COUP.
IM HEART BROKEN AND REALLY
PROUD OF YOU.
ARE YOU GOING TO MISS US?
>> ITS GOING TO MAKE ME CRY.
YES, THIS SHOW HAS BEEN A FAMILY
FOR ME AT NBC AND THE WAY YOU
AND JOE AND WILLIE HAVE HELPED
ME AND LEARN AND GROW AND GET
BETTER EVERY DAY FOR ALL OF THE
YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER HAS JUST MEANT THE
ABSOLUTE WORLD TO ME.
IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR WILLIE WAS
WILLING TO SHARE THE SHOW TITLE
WITH ME AS WELL.
MIKA, LET ME SEE, THE KNOW YOU
VALUE EFFORT THAT YOU LEAD FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE LIVED
THAT OUT WITH ME EVERY SINGLE
DAY THAT WE HAVE KNOWN EACH
OTHER AND YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED ME
AND SUPPORTED ME IN A WAY.
I CANT EVEN SAY HOW MUCH ITS
MEANT TO HAVE A WOMAN AS A
MENTOR THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN
WILLING TO MENTOR ME.
I AM SO SAD TO BE LEAVING THIS
FAMILY, BUT IM ALSO REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT WHATS COMING
NEXT.
YOU, LIKE I SAID, HAVE TAUGHT ME
TO KNOW MY VALUE AND SO NOW IS
JUST THE RATE TIME FOR ME TO
TAKE A LEAP AND EMBARK ON A NEW
BIG ADVENTURE WHICH IM SURE
WELL HAVE MORE TO STAY ABOUT
SOON.
BUT ITS GOING TO BE, I AM JUST,
IM SO SAD THIS IS MY LAST DAY
ON "MORNING JOE."
I CANT EVEN TELL YOU.
>> AS A FAMILY, IT IS A FAMILY
ON "MORNING JOE."
THERE IS NOBODY CLOSER THAN YOU
R. YOU ARE A LITTLE SISTER TO ME
AND SOMEBODY I LOOK UP TO
PROFESSIONALLY.
PEOPLE ASK, HOW DO WE PREPARE
FOR THIS SHOW?
ITS CONSTANT, BUT OUR DAY
STARTS PREPARING LISTENING TO
YOU FROM 5:00 TO 6:00.
YOU SET THE TABLE.
ARE YOU A ROLE MODEL FOR A LOT
PEOPLE IN OUR NEWS DIVISION FOR
HOW HARD YOU WORK AND THE KIND
OF REPORTING YOU DO AND WHAT YOU
BRING FROM 5:00 IN THE MORNING
TO 11:00 AT FIGHT.
WE WILL MISS YOU DEARLY.
BUT AS A LITTLE SISTER, YOU ARE
ALSO PROUD TO WATCH HER GO ON
AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND TO
WATCH HER GET A NEW JOB THAT SHE
IS EXCITED ABOUT.
WE WILL MISS YOU DESPERATELY.
WE ARE HEART BROKEN, HAVE YOU
STITT SITTING IF THESE BOX,
SHARING YOUR REPORTING AND
EXPERTISE.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD.