that was that moment where he felt like he had some kind of destiny. >> laura: now, if beto has the feel of a new obama, that's no mistake. team obama's fingerprints are all over the candidacy of o'roark. in the piece, we learn that beto was former white house speech writer on a trip when he was a congressman to asia in support of the tpp. and then, there was former obama white house opt staff emmett -- who was hired by o'roark to organize a really big rally in austin where willie nelson performed. cool. and let's not forget, thuds guy that produced that spectacular obama victory rally in chicago on election night in 2008 when brad and angelina and oprah, weren't they all crying, so in beto, the obama machine liked what it saw. he had that home spun earnest