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That -- i'll stay in the race. then i asked him any chance you might drop out and run for the senate in texas? beto o'rourke, no. and i said no chance? and he said no chance. i said okay. and then he said i'm in this to win this. clearly that was a few days ago, on october 21st, david chalian, he's changed his mind. >> he clearly has changed his mind. and that is the right answer then. he had not come to the conclusion. he not looked at the numbers yet to determine he didn't have the resources to move forward in any way that would amount to a successful campaign. and i have no doubt that when ...

Are leaning up against fund. al constraints lacking resources, throwing in the towel and starting to back whoever the party is going to pick as their nominee. >> at "new york times" siena poll on iowa, david chalian and let's put it up on the screen, he's nowhere to be seen. beto o'rourke. elizabeth warren 17% and sanders 19% and buttigieg 18% and biden 17% and klobuchar and 4% and harris 3% and yang 3%. layla is getting more information. >> reporter: yes, she is. layla what are you learning about whether or not o'rourke will continue his plan to speak here to the iowa democrats today? he's no...

In the campaign. it is in the best interest of this party as we seek to unify around a nominee and it is in the best interest of the country. he also said in the end he will of course work for and support any of the democratic parties to become the nominee. this is a significant development that he's decided to call it quits, david? >> without a doubt, wolf. and the word means there that you just read in the tweet, that is money. that is resources and that had dried up for beto o'rourke which is astounding considering you just heard layla talking about the amount of money he raised last year a...

Major breaking news. beto o'rourke the former texas congressman is dropping out of the democratic presidential contest. just making a statement right now that he is moving in a different direction. and as a result he also said he's not going to run for any other political office including his home state of texas. right now let's get david chalian's reaction to the major news. david, a surprise. he was not doing necessarily all that great in the polls but a surprise that all of a sudden he announces he's out of the contest? >> he is out of the contest. he wasn't making a ton of progress, i want...