During Buttigieg News Today

Care about the community. they care about downtown. >> reporter: he lost his brother eric logan killed by police this summer and sparking racial tensions across buttigiegs city. now following him on the campaign trail. >> why should you be the president if it -- south bend. >> so lets be really clear. most people in south bend believe i did a good job. >> reporter: but black supporters feel their voices are being drowned out, literally. >> who did this -- >> reporter: this meeting ended in chaos...

Summers protests changed buttigieg. >> i think that was absolutely a learning experience for pete. i think that he welcomed and maybe needed if hes going to be the president of the united states. >> reporter: and, jake, we also spoke to some south bend residences here in the poorer parts of town who felt like the economic boom wasnt reaching them. at the same time, pete buttigieg is being succeeded by his former chief of staff who just won the mayoral race and will take over on january 1st a sig...

Most of the democratic party is to the left of him right now. hes assuming if he is the nominee he will have a groundswell behind him and he doesnt have to appeal to the bernie sanders or the elizabeth warren voters. hes probably the only person left on that stage who took a vote for the iraq war so a unique position for him when buttigieg is going ideology after those that are the moderate middle than the democratic base of the party that is far more liberal now. but generally speaking, hes rig...

Hillary clinton in 2008 but not in 2016. >> this is the generational divide by biden and buttigieg and buttigieg is a millennial who atracks older white voters so he needs to pull from the biden coalition and also needs to do better with right now only polling at 2% with people under the age of 35. with his own generation. so taking that progressive hard left stance of anti-war could potentially help him in that regard. >> in years of hindsight will give all of us great judgment, right. we could...

>> reporter: pete buttigiegs city, south behind, indiana, is vibrant again. >> for many folks that is a sign of sort of the beginning comeback of south bend. >> reporter: the studebaker plant that was once the heart of this mid western industrial town, now at the center of the comeback story. during buttigiegs eight years as mayor, he not only led what he calls a turn-around city but also deployed to afghanistan and announced hes gay and is now setting his sights on the white house. >> south ben...