2020 roundup: Beto says he'll decide by end of month
For all the hype about former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke possibly running for president, he's let slip few hints until now.
Appearing on stage during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, O'Rourke said that he will announce his decision "before the end of this month."
"It's something you've got to feel inside yourself, and you've got to come to a knowing inside yourself. You've got to hear that and feel that for yourself," he said.
Click here to read more from NBC News and MSNBC senior politics editor Beth Fouhy, watch video from the interview at the end of this post and read more below about other headlines you may have missed from the campaign trail.
- The Washington Post found that Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren had labeled herself as an "American Indian" on her bar registration card. It's the latest headline dogging her on the issue, and another example of how the story has shifted from when it first surfaced in 2012. Read more analysis of this story in this morning's issue of First Read.
- Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who is running for president, defended her decision to meet with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 and declined to label him either an enemy or an adversary of America. She also repeated her "skepticism in the past" about whether al-Assad's government gassed its people, attacks for which the U.S. government blames Assad. Watch more from the interview here.
- Both California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, who has already announced her presidential bid, and Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is expected to run for president, delivered their own State of the Union responses last night.
- Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar will announce her presidential intentions on Sunday, she told MSNBC after last night's State of the Union.
- Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told CNN Wednesday morning that he doesn't think he will ultimately run for the Democratic presidential nomination, as he's considered.