>> TO SEE WHAT THE NEW SHAPE OF THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD LOOKS LIKE.

THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD LOOKS LIKE. >> SO NOW TO THE BIG NEWS FROM

>> SO NOW TO THE BIG NEWS FROM LATE LAST NIGHT.

LATE LAST NIGHT. JOINING US NOW FROM SOUTH BEND,

JOINING US NOW FROM SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, MSNBC NEWS

INDIANA, MSNBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT VAUGHN HILLIARD.

CORRESPONDENT VAUGHN HILLIARD. I GUESS THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE

I GUESS THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE SIGN BEHIND YOU, VAUGHN.

SIGN BEHIND YOU, VAUGHN. >> Reporter: I DON’T KNOW.

>> Reporter: I DON’T KNOW. I THINK THEY COULD AFFORD TO

I THINK THEY COULD AFFORD TO LEAVE IT UP FOR A WHILE AROUND

LEAVE IT UP FOR A WHILE AROUND THESE PARTS, IN THIS TOWN OF

THESE PARTS, IN THIS TOWN OF 100,000 WHERE, LOOK, I MEAN,

100,000 WHERE, LOOK, I MEAN, JUST ONE YEAR AGO FOUR OF THESE

JUST ONE YEAR AGO FOUR OF THESE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING PETE

INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING PETE BUTTIGIEG AND HIS HUSBAND

BUTTIGIEG AND HIS HUSBAND CHASTEN LEFT SOUTH BEND TO DRIVE

CHASTEN LEFT SOUTH BEND TO DRIVE TO IOWA FOR THEIR FIRST CAMPAIGN

TO IOWA FOR THEIR FIRST CAMPAIGN EVENT.

EVENT. HERE IN INDIANA, SOUTH BEND IS

HERE IN INDIANA, SOUTH BEND IS THE FOURTH BIGGEST CITY.

THE FOURTH BIGGEST CITY. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR

OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR BUILT UP A CAMPAIGN OPERATION

BUILT UP A CAMPAIGN OPERATION THAT ULTIMATELY LED THEM TO AN

THAT ULTIMATELY LED THEM TO AN IOWA CAUCUS VICTORY AND NEARLY

IOWA CAUCUS VICTORY AND NEARLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE BEYOND SUPER TUESDAY IN A REAL

BEYOND SUPER TUESDAY IN A REAL SHOT TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC

SHOT TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.

NOMINATION. PETE BUTTIGIEG SUSPENDED HIS

PETE BUTTIGIEG SUSPENDED HIS CAMPAIGN YESTERDAY AND RETURNED

CAMPAIGN YESTERDAY AND RETURNED TO SOUTH BEND LAST NIGHT TO GIVE

TO SOUTH BEND LAST NIGHT TO GIVE YOU SPEECH HERE TO HIS LOCALS

YOU SPEECH HERE TO HIS LOCALS BACK HOME.

BACK HOME. TAKE A LISTEN.

TAKE A LISTEN. >> AFTER A YEAR OF GOING

>> AFTER A YEAR OF GOING EVERYWHERE, MEETING EVERYONE,

EVERYWHERE, MEETING EVERYONE, DEFINING EVERYBODY EXPECTATION,

DEFINING EVERYBODY EXPECTATION, SEEKING EVERY VOTE, THE TRUTH IS

SEEKING EVERY VOTE, THE TRUTH IS THAT THE PATH HAS NEAR OHARROWED

THAT THE PATH HAS NEAR OHARROWED CLOSE.

CLOSE. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER STAYING IN THE RACE ANY

CONSIDER STAYING IN THE RACE ANY FURTHER.

FURTHER. OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HELP

OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HELP UNIFY AMERICANS TO DEFEAT DONALD

UNIFY AMERICANS TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP AND TO WIN THE ERA FOR OUR

TRUMP AND TO WIN THE ERA FOR OUR VALUES.

VALUES. SO TONIGHT I AM MAKING THE

SO TONIGHT I AM MAKING THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO SUSPEND MY

DIFFICULT DECISION TO SUSPEND MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCY. I WILL NO LONGER SEEK TO BE THE

I WILL NO LONGER SEEK TO BE THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR

2020 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, BUT I WILL DO

PRESIDENT, BUT I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ENSURE

EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A NEW DEMOCRATIC

THAT WE HAVE A NEW DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT COME JANUARY.

PRESIDENT COME JANUARY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> I TALKED TO MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN

>> I TALKED TO MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS LAST NIGHT AFTER

OFFICIALS LAST NIGHT AFTER BUTTIGIEG’S ANNOUNCEMENT.

BUTTIGIEG’S ANNOUNCEMENT. THEY TOLD ME HE EXITED THIS RACE

THEY TOLD ME HE EXITED THIS RACE FOR THE SAME REASON HE GOT IN.

FOR THE SAME REASON HE GOT IN. HE WANTED TO BRING THE PARTY

HE WANTED TO BRING THE PARTY TOGETHER AND USHER IN A NEW ERA

TOGETHER AND USHER IN A NEW ERA OF POLITICS.

OF POLITICS. THE REALITY IS THEY SAW WHAT ONE

THE REALITY IS THEY SAW WHAT ONE CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL TOLD ME WAS "A

CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL TOLD ME WAS "A VERY NARROW PATH TO WINNING THE

VERY NARROW PATH TO WINNING THE NOMINATION."

NOMINATION." YESTERDAY MORNING HE ACTUALLY

YESTERDAY MORNING HE ACTUALLY FLEW TO PLAINS, GEORGIA, WITH

FLEW TO PLAINS, GEORGIA, WITH HIS HUSBAND CHASTEN TO MEET UP

HIS HUSBAND CHASTEN TO MEET UP WITH FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JIMMY

WITH FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND THERE HEADED TO SELMA

CARTER AND THERE HEADED TO SELMA JOINING RESERVED SHARPTON

JOINING RESERVED SHARPTON CROSSING THE EDMUND BRIDGE.

CROSSING THE EDMUND BRIDGE. TO NOTE, THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL

TO NOTE, THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VISITED SOUTH CAROLINA, HELD

WHO VISITED SOUTH CAROLINA, HELD MORE EVENTS THAN ANYBODY BESIDES

MORE EVENTS THAN ANYBODY BESIDES TOM STEYER.

TOM STEYER. HE STOKE ABOUT HUMILITY, EARNING

HE STOKE ABOUT HUMILITY, EARNING TRUST AND CREDIBILITY.

TRUST AND CREDIBILITY. YOU SEE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS

YOU SEE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS LEADING THE DELEGATE COUNT, JOE

LEADING THE DELEGATE COUNT, JOE BIDEN AND BERNIE SANDERS.

BIDEN AND BERNIE SANDERS. BEEN AROUND A BIT LONGER THAN

BEEN AROUND A BIT LONGER THAN THE 38-YEAR-OLD MAYOR.

THE 38-YEAR-OLD MAYOR. FOR THIS CAMPAIGN TOLD ME IT

FOR THIS CAMPAIGN TOLD ME IT WASN’T A MATTER OF CAMPAIGN

WASN’T A MATTER OF CAMPAIGN CRASH.

CRASH. HAD THE ABILITY TO GO ON.

HAD THE ABILITY TO GO ON. WOULD HAVE THEIR BEST FUND

WOULD HAVE THEIR BEST FUND RAISING QUARTER TO DATE.

RAISING QUARTER TO DATE. GO BACK TO A CONVERSATION I HAD

GO BACK TO A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH PEETE BUTTIGIEG MORNING OF

WITH PEETE BUTTIGIEG MORNING OF THE NEVADA PRIMARY.

THE NEVADA PRIMARY. HE TOLD ME THIS PARTY COULD WAKE

HE TOLD ME THIS PARTY COULD WAKE UP THIS MARCH 4th, SUPER

UP THIS MARCH 4th, SUPER TUESDAY, WITH THE REALITY BERNIE

TUESDAY, WITH THE REALITY BERNIE SANDERS COULD HAVE AN

SANDERS COULD HAVE AN INSURMOUNTABLE LEAD.

INSURMOUNTABLE LEAD. IT WAS THE NEED TO WIN THIS

IT WAS THE NEED TO WIN THIS FIELD.

FIELD. SOMEBODY TO TRULY COUNTER BERNIE

SOMEBODY TO TRULY COUNTER BERNIE SANDERS.

SANDERS. OF COURSE COMING OUT OF IOWA AND

OF COURSE COMING OUT OF IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE HOPED IT WAS THEM,

NEW HAMPSHIRE HOPED IT WAS THEM, BUT THE STAKES BECAME TOO HARD

BUT THE STAKES BECAME TOO HARD FOR THEM AND THABEY HAVE TURNED.

FOR THEM AND THABEY HAVE TURNED. THE LAST NIGHT JOE BIDEN AND

THE LAST NIGHT JOE BIDEN AND PETE BUTTIGIEG EXCHANGED

PETE BUTTIGIEG EXCHANGED VOICEMAIL CALLS AND A BUTTIGIEG

VOICEMAIL CALLS AND A BUTTIGIEG AIDE REVEALED THE CONTENTS

AIDE REVEALED THE CONTENTS INCLUDING THE IDEA OF

INCLUDING THE IDEA OF CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT AROUND THE

CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT AROUND THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT.

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT. JOE AND MIKA?

JOE AND MIKA? >> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. VAUGHN HILLIARD, THANK YOU.

VAUGHN HILLIARD, THANK YOU. JOE, I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS

JOE, I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE HERE.

ARE HERE. SEEN

SEEN SEEMS TO ME IN SO MANY WAYS AN

SEEMS TO ME IN SO MANY WAYS AN A-PLUS CAMPAIGN.

A-PLUS CAMPAIGN. DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. >> HE REALLY DID.

>> HE REALLY DID. HE EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS.

HE EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> HE DROVE HIS OPPONENTS CRAZY.

>> HE DROVE HIS OPPONENTS CRAZY. BECAUSE HE WAS YOUNG.

BECAUSE HE WAS YOUNG. BELIEVED HE WAS INEXPERIENCED

BELIEVED HE WAS INEXPERIENCED BUT EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE.

BUT EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE. >> THE DEBATES.

>> THE DEBATES. WOW.

WOW. >> REVEREND AL, BRING YOU IN

>> REVEREND AL, BRING YOU IN HERE.

HERE. I SPENT THE PAST 25 YEARS

I SPENT THE PAST 25 YEARS POLITELY TELLING PRESIDENTIAL

POLITELY TELLING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO NEEDED TO DROP OUT

CANDIDATE WHO NEEDED TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE TO PROTECT THEIR

OF THE RACE TO PROTECT THEIR FUTURE VIABILITY TO DROP OUT AND

FUTURE VIABILITY TO DROP OUT AND RARELY DID THEY LISTEN.

RARELY DID THEY LISTEN. I DIDN’T I WOULD NOT PRESUME TO

I DIDN’T I WOULD NOT PRESUME TO TALK TO MAYOR PETE ABOUT THAT,

TALK TO MAYOR PETE ABOUT THAT, BUT HE MADE A WISE DECISION.

BUT HE MADE A WISE DECISION. HE RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN.

HE RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN. MADE A WISE DECISION, AND YOU

MADE A WISE DECISION, AND YOU KNOW, GEORGE WASHINGTON WON THE

KNOW, GEORGE WASHINGTON WON THE WAR BECAUSE HE FIRST BECAME A

WAR BECAUSE HE FIRST BECAME A MASTER OF STRATEGIC RETREATS

MASTER OF STRATEGIC RETREATS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IT’S THE SAME WITH POLITICS.

IT’S THE SAME WITH POLITICS. THIS WAS A STRATEGIC RETREAT FOR

THIS WAS A STRATEGIC RETREAT FOR MAYOR PETE, WHO RAN A GREAT

MAYOR PETE, WHO RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN, BUT STILL HAS TO

CAMPAIGN, BUT STILL HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHEN HE RUNS AGAIN

FIGURE OUT WHEN HE RUNS AGAIN HOW TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE

HOW TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

BLACK COMMUNITY. >> CERTAINLY THAT BECOMES A

>> CERTAINLY THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE LATER IN HIS CAREER,

CHALLENGE LATER IN HIS CAREER, BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR HIM IS

BUT THE GOOD NEWS FOR HIM IS THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A

THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A LATER IN HIS CAREER.

LATER IN HIS CAREER. I THINK --

I THINK -- >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> -- HE STARTLED EVERYONE WITH

>> -- HE STARTLED EVERYONE WITH HOW WELL HE CAME OFF.

HOW WELL HE CAME OFF. IT WAS A HISTORIC RACE BECAUSE

IT WAS A HISTORIC RACE BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO BRING IN THE

HE WAS ABLE TO BRING IN THE CENTER OF MAIN STREET POLITICS

CENTER OF MAIN STREET POLITICS AND OPENLY LGBTQ CANDIDATE AND

AND OPENLY LGBTQ CANDIDATE AND AMERICA EMBRACED IT, DEMOCRATS

AMERICA EMBRACED IT, DEMOCRATS EMBRACED IT.

EMBRACED IT. SO HE CERTAINLY HAS PUT A MARK

SO HE CERTAINLY HAS PUT A MARK IN HISTORY, AND I THINK HE

IN HISTORY, AND I THINK HE DIDN’T SPOIL IT BY STAYING TOO

DIDN’T SPOIL IT BY STAYING TOO LONG.

LONG. ONE OF THE THINGS THE GODFATHER

ONE OF THE THINGS THE GODFATHER OF SOUL JAMES BROWN TAUGHT ME IS

OF SOUL JAMES BROWN TAUGHT ME IS WHEN YOU GET THE CROWD YOU KILL

WHEN YOU GET THE CROWD YOU KILL THEM AND LEAVE.

THEM AND LEAVE. YOU CAN SING PAST YOUR PEAK IF

YOU CAN SING PAST YOUR PEAK IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN TO WALK OFF

YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN TO WALK OFF THE STAGE, YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT

THE STAGE, YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT SHOW A VERY BAD DISASTER.

SHOW A VERY BAD DISASTER. >> EXACTLY.

>> EXACTLY. >> YEP.

>> YEP. >> YOU KNOW, SINATRA SAID, MIKA,

>> YOU KNOW, SINATRA SAID, MIKA, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS.

I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. >> YEAH.

>> YEAH. >> SINATRA, ASKED SINATRA WHAT

>> SINATRA, ASKED SINATRA WHAT MADE HIM DIFFERENT THAN OTHER

MADE HIM DIFFERENT THAN OTHER SINGERS, WHY HE WAS THE

SINGERS, WHY HE WAS THE GREATEST, HE SAID, BECAUSE I DO

GREATEST, HE SAID, BECAUSE I DO THE 48 BEST MINUTES AND THEN I

THE 48 BEST MINUTES AND THEN I GET OFF THE STAGE.

GET OFF THE STAGE. I ALWAYS LEAVE THEM WANTING

I ALWAYS LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE.

MORE. MAYOR PETE DID A SINATRA ROUTINE

MAYOR PETE DID A SINATRA ROUTINE LAST NIGHT.

LAST NIGHT. >> YES, HE DID.