or true. >> who is the real barack obama?hat will happen to this country if obama takes over. >> they're telling you he's american. no, he is not. >> i can't trust obama. he's an arab. he's not? >> no, ma'am. he's a decent family man that i just happened to have disagreements with. >> i think mccain did a real service by refusing to embrace nasty attacks on obama and rebuking people who tried to launch those attacks. it's unfortunate that there were pockets in the country that were pushing that way. >> i will respect him and i want everyone to be respectful. >> john mccain is now so mavericky, he's mavericky and getting booed for it. >> he finds himself having creating this monster he can no longer control. there's a way to play this game so you end up with no good choices. we are watching a campaign that has moved itself into exactly >> as the polls open from the east to the west across this country the same picture continued to emerge. eager voters showing up before the polls even opened and in many cases lines as far as th

. >> barack obama wasn't on our radar in early 2006.he feeling was he just got to the senate. there's no way he's going to run for president. that would be pretty, you know, audacious. >> i got a call from senator obama in the spring of 2006, and he said i just had the most peculiar meeting. he said, harry reid and chuck schumer called me in. >> senators harry reid and chuck schumer, top democratic dogs on the hill. >> and harry said, you ought to think about running for president. >> like every overnight success, obama's didn't actually happen overnight. >> we waged a quiet campaign to get him the keynote slot at the 2004 democratic convention. >> do we participate in a politics of cynicism? or do we participate in a politics of hope? >> he wants to think of himself as a case study for the nation. >> the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that america has a place for him, too. >> that he is coming from a very distinct background that represents the american story. >> there is not a black america and a white america and

we took advantage of it. >> barack obama and domestic terrorist bill ayers, friends.rs. but obama tries to hide it. why? >> obama plays down his relationship with ayers. but the controversy adds fuel to a racist whispering campaign that is taken up by the main stream media. >> there was a dark underbelly. the whole notion that senator obama wasn't born in this country. that he was a muslim. mrs. obama was described as the angry black woman taking her phrases out of context. all intended to distort and discredit both michelle and barack obama and make him under electable. >> as the election draws near and the crowds get bigger, for mccain, he starts to hear and see statements from the crowds that are unfair to barack obama. >> we're scared. we're scared of an obama presidency. >> mccain could just, if he wanted to, just laugh it off. ignore it. change the subject. pivot. that's what politicians are supposed to do. >> i have to tell you, i have to tell you, he is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared as president of the united states. now -- >>

after a hard-fought -- >> between barack obama and john mccain shifts to america's voters. >> baracktwo very different visions. >> we knew we were going to win and clearly with a big margin but it didn't become real until all the networks said -- >> barack obama, 47 years old, will become the president-elect of the united states. >> we won! >> i had been in grant park during the day and watched the crowd build. the spirit is hard to put into words. it was peaceful. it was jubilant. strangers were hugging one another and crying with emotion. >> it was such a striking moment. young, african-american, so much promise. >> the road ahead will be long. our climb will be steep. >> but it was more sober than people think. it was almost like deep breath time, like okay, now the real work begins. >> we will get there. i promise you, we as a people will get there. [ crowd chanting "yes we can" ] >>> the latest in a long line of brides prepares to join the most celebrated royal family on earth. actress meghan markle will marry into a world of grand tradition and vast wealth. >> my whole life sha

he said, look, he's no barack obama. pete buttigieg is no barack obama. not that he ever said he has. this getting interesting here as joe biden is clearly trying to step up his divisions as he sharpens his contrast with the other candidates. he's doing it for one reason. he knows he needs to do better here to stay alive in this. he's sending a signal to donor, supporters that he has some fight in him. that was a very interesting session of joe biden unplugged. >> i was curious what was happen ng the room around him. what was the energy fliek there? how were they receiving that message? >> reporter: it was just a drop by for some of his organizers and volunteers at a union hall in new hampshire. it's not a big rally crowd. it's not a big town hall meeting. it's his supporters. sending them on their way to knock doors and work neighborhoods. he came back and had a formal news conference. reporters, a few donz were sitting around in chairs and taking more questions. trying to shuts it down a few different times. he kept talking and kept taking questions. wa

are you angry at barack obama? >> i am disappointed in barack obama, i am not angry.se: do you know things about barack obama that you have not spoken anybody about? >> let me say this generally, i know a lot of things about him and a lot of different people in politics that i haven't spoken about and i would not exclude him from that list. jesse: are you planning on speaking about what you know about barack obama and how we came up in the chicago system. obviously it's a very corrupt city. >> i'm interested in telling him the truth and doing it without any malice but to be truthful and talking about things that might be adventurous and might serve the public good. jesse: is there anything that you want to get off your chest about the former president with regards that you haven't told anybody before? >> also the former president -- let me say this, the current president has trumped the former president when it comes to do the right thing and undo injustice. i went to prison and spent nearly eight years in prison for saying things that are routine politics, a lot of t

they know i've had barack's back.nie wanted to primary barack in 2012 and didn't like what we were doing. tried to take down obama care and i think obama care and the proposal we have on health care, the proposal on education and relative to guns. i mean, look, the charleston exception. the shooting in charleston. i was down here for the funerals and look, what -- why did that guy have access to the weapon? because barack -- excuse me because they posed what barack and i were supporting in the brady bill requiring a waiting period. the guy was able to get a gun without the waiting period. there are things that are big-deal differences and relate to job and job opportunities. >> we were just showing our viewrs for you to see. there's been changes in african-american support mere. backen november 54% of respondents in the cbs poll and now you have tom steyer and bernie sanders cutting in. >> well, bernie -- but tom steyer spent about 6 zillion dollars here and $14 million in ads. you can be a billionaire and spend a lot

obama barack obama. he didn't get his experience in washington. he brought his experiences to washington and i think that's what mayor pete will be able to do. >> once the dust settles and the democrats have their nominee, what do you see as your former boss's role come november? >> the most important this evening -- thing is this, if you look at 2008 compared to 2016, the voting eligible population increased 15 million people, we only had four million more voters between 2008 and 2016. i think the most important thing people need to feel like is that their voice matters and they need to go and participate and vote. if that happens the way it happened in 2008, you know, we'll get real change for the country. >> going back to mayor pete for a moment here, because to be clear and i don't want anyone to assume just because you worked for president obama you shared all of his philosophies and ideologies. is pete buttigieg of the candidates in this race, is he the guy that most closely aligns with president o

and they also feel specifically that barack obama vetted joe biden. so he took a very hard look at him and said this is the person out of all the people i loved at, this is what a pastor said.

as for mike bloomberg, that ad where he uses barack obama words, those are things barack obama said about mike bloomberg. they worked closely together on gun control, climate change, issues that mattered to new york. i wouldn't say they were always the closest per se. michael bloomberg did not endorse barack obama in 2008. he did in 2012. that endorsement was tepid, i would say. and he was a critic about the affordable care act and other things. but they have worked together and collaborated on important issues. >> joe biden forcefully at the las vegas debate listed the positions on which president obama was actually opposed or on the opposite side of mayor bloomberg. about bloomberg, there are a lot of democrats, especially at this moment and in this race, who don't want to see a billionaire who was a republican a couple of years ago come along and essentially buy this election. that's one strong argument in the party. do you think that bloomberg's entrance into this race, the amount of money that he's spent has really boosted sanders' chances? >> absolutely. we might end this election w

pete buttigieg is no barack obama. >> well, he's right. i'm not barack obama. neither he is.s isn't 2008, it's 2020. this election is about where our country is headed next and of course how to defeat donald trump. what i'm offering right now, and the reason i think we have been able to succeed so far, building a sense of belonging, pulling together a coalition that not only will defeat donald trump but by a big enough margin to send trumpism into the history books. >> that coalition doesn't include a sizable amount of black voters and the point that vice president biden is making, you don't get overwhelming support from black voters you can't win the nomination and the presidency. >> i'll have to work to earn that vote just as i did in south bend. i was returned to office by a multiracial coalition. the voters who know me best in the african-american community. now, i know especially heading into the south, i'm now getting a second look from a lot of voters who frankly weren't sure we were competitive in the first place. but now know how important we're prepared to build a c

i know barack obama. i was actually in barack obama in cuba.rtive of castro in that speech. he hammered him on human rights and the economy. this was really about helping the people progress and about doing a trade deal with them. steve: are you saying that bernie sanders is mischaracterizing what barack obama said? >> i'm saying that bernie did a good job what all politicians do. he deflected and pivoted to where it was a strength. steve: speaking of all of politicians that is why hillary clinton said yesterday whoever the nominee is on the democratic party she is going to support them. not surprising. >> not surprising. she is going to support whoever it is. >> each a socialist. >> we call it a democratic socialist. >> okay. steve: democrat talking about a socialist. >> trust me, this isn't easy. steve: no kidding. john thomas, robert wolf, thank you. great conversation. >> thanks. steve: michael bloomberg admitting on the debate stage he bought democrats' majority in the house? kind of sounded like that. we're going to talk aboutt that comin

>> absolutely right, barack obama would love to take credit for this great success but barack obama wasernment liberal who thought if we take more of your taxpayer dollars to put more government programs that will fix it and the opposite is the philosophy of donald trump and i would cautioned that if we saw big government liberal politics under barack obama imagine what we will see with any of the 2020 democrat presidential candidates, big government on steroids and they cannot wait to get their hands on our taxpayer dollars to create more government programs to have more control of our lives and undo all the great success, a great american worker powered success, great blue-collar come back because donald trump believes in the american people. we would not get that if any of these democrats was able to take office. >> thank you for joining us, we appreciate you joining us this morning, thank you. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour, nascar nation praying for ryan newman who got into a nasty wreck at the daytona 500 and a bittersweet moment for the winner of the big race. >

barack obama laid out a clear vision. barack obama had laid out in detail what he thought should happen with regard to the economy. >> reporter: that's my colleague jeff zeleny having the former vice president that question. this comes after biden's disappointing fourth place finish in iowa. it also comes as there are some changes being made to the leadership of his campaign. and ana, i also talked with one long-time big donor of his, long-time ally of his who told me he and others like him are ready for joe biden to go on the attack, this donor telling me that joe biden has to make the case that in their opinion bernie sanders and pete buttigieg is not going to be viable nominees. so, ana, donors happy to see this tonight. it'll be interesting. we're at a state democratic event tonight. it'll be interesting to see what vice president has to say. will he keep to his normal talking points or going on the attack. we'll keep an eye on that. >> pete buttigieg is not the only candidate at the top of the polls being targeted by

>> donna: things got better under barack obama.he stock market got better, wages started going up, the number of uninsured americans went out, things got better under president obama. the fact that president trump inherited a 4.7 unemployment rate. remember, the stock market is one metric, but look at the most important metric, and that his wages. wages began to go up under barack obama -- crispy five but no, it jumps under trump emily's thoughts. >> donna: anything unique, have graphs and maps, but the truth is i'm excited that the number of people -- >> jesse: i pulled a nancy pelosi. you liked it when she did it. >> donna: it you can shred it, it doesn't matter. but what is important -- this will hurt you. >> greg: of got to go to other people. >> donna: you are really giving bad facts. >> emily: the point about wages going, growing, in this administration, worker wages have grown beyond managers wages and that is something you pointed out that all americans should want to feel. what is so interesting about this conversation we'

barack andhat is why i -- i call him barack, mr.resident to me, i call him barack because i don't want to confuse him with that other guy. but that's why we took the community so very seriously. we appointed more api judges to the federal bench than any time in history and more aapi then every administration before us combined. we reestablished the white house initiative to expand opportunities throughout the community. and we finally provided compensation for filipino war veterans of world war ii. long, long overdue. we got it done because we understand who we owe debts of gratitude to. most people think only about latino immigrants when we talk about dreamers. doc offered a critical opportunity to thousands and thousands of aapi dreamers as well. it is beyond the latino community. might immigration plane is going to include a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented people in the united states. contributing every day, coming out of shadows. and by the way, i propose we not 800,000 -- we the should be able to increase to 3 million p

barack obama was a once-in-a-lifetime level candidate. every republican who is serious about it looked at barack obama when he started making speeches and went oh -- we are done. he was the greatest natural politician and connector of the media age. bill clinton was the last great organic politician wheeler dealer kind of guy of our age. anybody here think there is a bill clinton or barack obama in this field? there is not. i wish it were otherwise because donald trump has one great gift. he is a master of the reality tv game and that reality tj game will play out, rewarded generationally powerful candidate. a truly charismatic democratic candidate but right now the field is not comprised of barack obamas. there is very little margin for error. >> getting depressed. democrats wants to fall in love. >> that is a truism of politics the democrats want to follow love and republicans want to get to the goal line. there are things to be optimistic about. donald trump is an endless supply, the human gaffe machine of all time. karma catches up wi

there is tape, there is audio of him saying that barack obama should get a primary.g in the atlantic story has been multiple -- confirmed by multiple sources, so, you know, i have a difference of opinion with the senator on that issue. >> does it matter? do you think it matters? do you think it is relevant in this election? >> i think it absolutely matters. look, in eight years of barack obama's presidency there were good times and bad times. and some people stuck with him and some people didn't. and, you know, in a race where barack obama is the most popular elected official in america, people are going to talk about that support of the president and it is a fair issue. and, you know, bernie sanders started out this campaign by saying he wanted to get rid of obamacare. that was a very big deal. and was very controversial at the time. other people, you know, don't want to do that. so people support of the president at the time is an issue in this campaign. i think you'll continue to see that as we go forward. >> all right, so, everybody and his brother is claiming to

barack the mood? they are confused and frustrated. ba rack 0bama the mood?nd frustrated. barack 0bama had not only delivered his victory speech, he was halfway to new hampshire. going back to the form guide of iowa, the republican iowa caucus is a terrible guide. we have not had a president ted cruz, we have not had a president nick santorum. not had a president nick sa ntorum. but we not had a president nick santorum. but we did end up seeing a president barack 0bama, hillary clinton one four years ago, john kerry in 2000 all and he won the nomination and every single immigrant who is one of the iowa caucuses census 2000 has gone on to win the democratic nomination. it does not always work. clinton did not win in 1992. jimmy carter, he made iowa his home and emerged as a surprise candidate. it is a pretty good form guide for the democrats but we might get a messy not clear—cut tonight but we simply do not know because we have not got any numbers. i have always wondered if we should not have the first contest in somewhere like florida, hawaii... so we can go

biden also getting candid about his old boss, president barack obama. he's even giving us a window into his thinking about what a potential vice president for joe biden would look like. we're also keeping a very close eye on the coronavirus crossing the globe, biden not holding back when it comes to how that could play out under president trump's administration. i have assembled a great group of experts, who are going to stick with me all hour to talk about the state of the race here in god's country. but first, first, though, my interview with former vice president joe biden, getting candid about the primary race, what's at stake, not shying away at taking jabs at one target in particular, bernie sanders. >> you've also said on the trail a number of times i've heard you are say this that this is a battle for the soul of this nation. >> it really is. >> it is also starting to seem as if this is perhaps a battle for the soul of your party. >> i think that's true. >> if you are not the nominee, what does that then say about the democratic party? >> it say

i did this, barack did this. i don't think barack probably give him much except girl scout pinning ceremonies or something. i don't know what he gave biden but he took credit for all of it. i do think there is one weakness that was exhibited from bernie sanders tonight, and this is how he tripled down on it. watch.h. >> cuba made progress on education. [boos] really? really? what barack obama said as they made great progress in education and health care. that was barack obama. america has overthrown governments all over the world. when dictatorships, whether it is the chinese or the cubans do something good, you acknowledge that. >> laura: and hamas builds all those schools, where else does this hurt bernie beyond florida? >> three times tonight bernie was booed, and he clearly got angry with it and started challenging the audience. in fact, this is the secretin recipe for the other candidates. they put people, supporters and the audience to challenge sanders, when he makes statements like that, and it rattles hi

obama's running mates say about barack obama? >> you were asked, is he ready? you said i think he can be ready but i don't believe he is. the presidency doesn't lend itself to on-the-job training. >> i think i stand by the statement. >> now, of course, senator obama went on to become president obama and senator biden, vice president biden. how damaging at the end of the day are the comments and what happened in the primary. >> yeah. i think that's going to be difficult to say. he's been confronted with that. just yesterday he held a sort of impromptu press conference with reporters on that pushing back against his criticism of -- people criticizing him for criticizing pete buttigieg saying, hey, i'm not -- i'm not -- i'm just trying to -- i'm sorry. i'm not trying to criticize him. i'm trying to defend my record and defend my -- his distortion of my record. >> yeah. usually the way they frame this is we're drawing contrast. these aren't attack ads. we're showing you the differences between our campaigns. dante, to you. this was a

and look, ultimately he campaigned for barack obama in his 2012 reelect. so there's that too. want to zoom out because i think this is an important distinction between joe biden and bernie sanders, and when it looks like the two were going to be really head to head juggernauts against each other, this was really going to be the fight. biden's central case is trump is an ab berration, let's get rid him and go back to the obama years and barack obama is my friend, et cetera, et cetera. bernie sanders is in some ways a repudiation of the obama legacy. he is saying that that era, those politics wrneren't enough. we need something different. we need something new to respond to those new challenges. i think that central tension is very interesting. as a particular hit on him, look, it's almost like a thought crime, like you're not even allowed to think negative thoughts about barack obama. i do think that is a little bit silly and at this point all of the -- are going to be out for bernie. people already voted in super tuesday states. he has this massive diverse state. he's got the

think i argue for jesse jackson as a forerunner to barack obama who first set the idea it was possible and also as a great orator and inspiring many generations to have hope so there is a lot of debate people getting knocked down and dispirited. >> you are the co-author of a book on justice clarence thomas. was he considered quick. >> he was raised. as a supreme court justic justice, certainly a lot of people were raised we were mindful of not trying to make these choices based on ideology or factors that this person was is isolated to look at achievement and what was done in with 44 you are missing a lot of people. louis armstrong was another that was debated. the process was we don't want to have it overly weighted with civil rights or activists you could feel the entire book so probably i think we added people and religion is such an important issue. and for those that play such a role of the more religious figures at some point i think i may have raised it even as a decorated general so that was a nod to our contributions. >> there is a connection between jesse owens and benjamin d

>> did iowa give us barack obama or did barack obama -- barack obama did well in iowa but it was thewing states, states in the south, the southwest, states of the midwest who delivered his victory. and the demographics have evolved since barack obama ran for president. in the battleground states, we're looking at one of four voters being women of color in places like texas, south carolina. even states that are coming up on super tuesday. what i will argue is that -- i know that many in iowa and new hampshire won't agree with me because the economic boost and the focus and the status of those two states is something that will change. but it would also prioritize a different set of voters, voters of color, voters who are most likely to really tell the nation through their early primary who has the momentum and who is most electable. >> always good to have you, amy. thank you. >> thank you. >>> we are keeping very close eye on the podium in the east room there at the white house. president trump expected to address the nation at the top of the hour on the senate's vote to acquit him. wh

but barack obama goes on to be the nomination. i think nevada is important this year because it is the first time with the meltdown in iowa. what happened in new hampshire put buttigieg up and klobuchar. this is a chance for biden to make a say with, say, latino voters. >> and south carolina, joe, was supposed to be an absolute firewall for biden. is he downplaying his chances there, much like he did in iowa and new hampshire? do you read into that? >> well, look, i agree with david. he needs to get a second or third in nevada. but he has to win south carolina to move forward i think to get that boost that he's going to need into super tuesday. david talked about bill clinton surged there -- >> it's doug, sorry. [ laughter ] >> i'm sorry, doug. but as doug said, bill clinton surged in those super tuesday states, but his strength too was with african-americans in those states. he won his fair share of white democrats. but he just overpowered the rest of the field that year with african-americans. and joe biden had that, it's slippi

the architect behind barack obama's 2008. obama's 2008 ♪ >>> so, exactly 12 years ago i was in manchester, new hampshire covering the democratic primary, he was polling ahead in new hampshire. and hillary clinton shocked everyone with an upset victory and that led a heart fought delegate slaug between hillary clinton and barack obama. one of those people in the fight was barack's campaign manager. he used math rules. rather than fight to become the nominal winner in a place like california where they would divy up delegates between them, he campaigned in places like iowa and utah. barack obama handily won more than half the day's primaries. he raked in more delegates than he would have fighting for a headline win in a place like california while seeding to smaller contests. this pattern proved very successful, ultimately, it's what won barack obama the democratic nomination in 2008. and that strategy continued in the general election. he suggested going to a virginia. and on the eve of new hampshire primaries, we roll into ac

or a joke about barack obama can you reporters report there that a speechwriter for barack and walk down an advisor who is now rushing for these actors to as well i mean the whole event was works a liberation wasn't no world of gretchen bird was mentioned so many times as well you know these guys go on without a good invention good film we just want you to play the cause i mean we don't own the joke to act like oh well i'm joking he did the same thing with bottles and now in made a ridiculous speech during the all schools and brad pitt isn't really a political heavyweight i mean marlon brando started all this started back as 7 children who are native american and he talked about vietnam you know at least the guy i knew about politics at least he made political films i just think it's this is a joke and absolute joke but we mustn't give them too much power because that's exactly what they're after the attention seekers this is a bit like a school is it peer pressure to kind of do whatever else is doing what's wrong with just getting up there and thanking all the people who actually help.

barack 0bama did a lot, almost 2000 pardons from barack obama.e, i think, with barack 0bama for example, he just emphasise a policy difference that he had with the department ofjustice and those for low—level drug crimes mp with her were convicted of crimes the first time in nonviolent ways. here, president trump, although he did include thejohnson pardon, so it is little bit of a mix bag, but in the intro, most of these crimes, the 11 crimes for which he granted executive clemency yesterday or crimes of corruption, crimes in which the public trust was violated and he attempted to sell barack 0bama's senate seat. so obviously, the implication that you noted it's where else is he going, he is trying to normalise the pardon power, normalising getting americans use to have an issue pardons like this and the obvious question on everyone's mind is whether he's going to issue a pardon to roger stone who is going to be sentenced tomorrow. will anyone be surprised if there is a pardon for those who were indicted or convicted during the mulder investigati

this guy is not a barack obama. barack obama was a united states senator in a really large state. >> he says, this is his quote, he's no barack obama. >> he's right. i'm not. neither is he. neither is any of us. this isn't 2008, 2020. this is how we will turn the page and deliver a better future in the country. >> is it a good message for joe biden to say this guy doesn't have enough experience and he's not barack obama? >> i think he's got stronger messages than that. >> he has his own self, doesn't he? >> he has to sell himself. joe biden has empathy of what we've seen in politics a long time. he's starting to show a little bit of that. kennedy and carter all faced those attacks and generally our party gravitated to fresh faces. joe biden has such a strong lead in south carolina, and will do well in nevada, how poorly does he have to do in iowa and new hampshire to threaten that ability. if he goes for iowa, 4 or 5 here, south carolina could get interesting. not how well you do in the first four states, they lead

. >>> in the state of race bernie sanders who is surging in the polls says he and barack obama are friends and that they speak on the phone every now and then. what he thinks the popular former president will do if sanders wins the democratic nomination. coming up. >>> but i want to get straight to russia's inter feer interfer 2020 election. the president is getting irate over this briefing. tell us how all of this played out. >> joseph maguire is no longer acting, the president is, instead, putting a -- who is essentially the person in charge of coordinating the intelligence on election securities. she went and briefed lawmakers in a classified setting. lawmakers of both parties on their latest russian intelligence assessment, saying they are going to attempt to interfere in the 2020 election. and they believe that they are trying to essentially favor president trump. now, this, according to sources who were in the room, angered some of the republicans -- or according to sources angered the republicans who were in the room and it got back to the president. he then blew up on the acting dn

he is supported by barack obama.uning into any television across the country are you see that with barack obama standing with michael bloomberg. those voters who are not engaged that is the image they are seeing. when they are asked online who do they support they pivot to michael bloomberg. rob: look at the amount of tv interviews, put it on screen, pete buttigieg is all over the place, amy klobuchar, biden and all the way to the bottom, michael bloomberg, only gave one tv interview. he is hiding from the media and presenting himself only in a positive light with his tv ads. why do you think he doesn't want to do an interview with a journalist? >> you struck at the heart of that on the outset of this conversation. he has a lot to answer for, not just stop and frisk but redlining but other disparaging remarks to farmers, he is hiding behind this media budget which is an effective strategy when questioned by his peers on that stage. >> pete buttigieg on fox, a lot of the other democratic candidates have not come on fo

>> none of them -- there isn't a barack obama, right?re's no nobody that you're like, wow, this is the guy clearly. if he can win the nomination this is the guy. this is the gal even. there is no clear front-runner. and if bernie sanders had won -- remember iowa how it was jumbled and it was such a mess? i mean if bernie had clearly won iowa and gotten the credit for clearly winning iowa, and then he goes to new hampshire and clearly wins new hampshire, i also think that might have limited bloomberg's ability. but none of that happened. >> ryan, let me play this for you. this is katie couric reporting on bloomberg's strategy. watch. >> i talked to somebody from the bloomberg campaign. they say they're hiring an expert on narcissism and combining that -- no, this is for real. combining that person with a comedy writer to get in donald trump's head. >> wow. i mean, listen i will ask katie, maybe call her after this maybe a little late. we don't know if that's true, but when you look at bloomberg's as it seems they've found the right areas

this is donald trump. 2012, barack obama, 2008, barack obama.ete buttigieg telling iowa democrats who are burned that they launched obama and then this happened in their state. if you're pete buttigieg, you say on the ballot in november i will be more competitive in places like this, in iowa, in wisconsin, in the midwest. now biden's campaign will say let's get to more diverse south carolina, let's get to south carolina, it's a primary, not a caucus. your calling card is electability. you're running fourth. that's in and of itself, that is a counterargument to your calling card. if mayor buttigieg, senator sanders, senator warren, are beating you, how you the strongest candidate? when you look at the depth and breadth, can you build the big organizations, always been a problem for biden in the presidential campaign, looks good on paper, can you build an organization? that's disappointing, flat-out disappointing. i don't know what else to say about it. you come back in here, one way to look at it, where does biden come in first? we showed you tha

the fact is, that is why barack barack- i call him because i do not want to confuse him with that other guy who is the president. that is why we took the community so seriously. judgesinted more aa pi to the federal bench then any time in history. women thanmore aa pi any administration combined. expanded opportunities throughout the community. we provided compensation for filipino war veterans of world war ii, which was long overdue. but we got it done because we understand who we owe debts of gratitude to. most people only think about latino immigrants when we talk about immigrants. ? offered opportunity to thousands of filipino dreamers. my plan is going to legalize dreamers and include a road to citizenship. by the way, gary, i have proposed we not only deal with the 800 to 200,000 -- we should increase to 3 million people the people who can come for family unification. i think about it. think about it. , strong, vibrant country. the idea we cannot reunite more families is bizarre. it is what makes us strong. it is the web that holds us together. -- university of las vegas nevada la

it was a direct reaction to the election of barack obama.now, it's not even waiting eight years, now let's see what is happening. people are not -- people are not feeling this. think about selma, alabama. what happened in alabama against roy moore. the black belt -- rich soil north black people but it is black people. blam women said they remember selma. bloody sunday. i was there with president obama when we went there to comet rate the 50th afghanistan of bloody sunday. looks like the town the time froth. the economics still bad. it looks like the same place. just in 2018 put those people said, no more. we are not doing this again. they did not vote for roy moore. now, what are we seeing today? never seen is in in my life. what happened in massachusetts? press pressley. now in 2018, three southern states, i don't garrett wow think but maryland. still a southern state. maryland -- we're informant new york. maryland, georgia, and florida? three african-americans are poised to be potentially be governor of those states. i have never seen this

caller: barack obama. it definitely barack obama should get credit. give me a break.onald trump, all he did was .ass a tax code host: what did barack obama do that should apply more than three years after he left office? caller: you remember when the economy faltered in 2008? from there, when barack obama upped the economy. hello? host: go ahead, ronald. caller: i was saying in 2008 when the economy took the dive and then when barack obama came in, he had to do a lot of things not only to get the economy going, but unemployment going and he kept the unemployment rate down from i don't know what it was, but it was pretty high. i will let other callers get in. host: that is ronald in oklahoma. this is dave out of daytona beach, florida. go ahead. caller: the credit is going to have to be due to this administration. like the last caller said, he made a reference to the tax act. that did help, but what they forget is the complaints people had with trump killing every obama regulation he had and he undid every regulation relating to jobs, industry, and so forth that obama

could it be barack obama?york magazine is reporting in a new article entitled what obama is saying in private about the democratic party that obama is going to look at the delegate mass to determine the outcome. his biggest dilemma is if bernie is at 30 to 40% of the delegate, does he say you have to go with who looks to be the true front-runner. joining me now is gabriel debenedetti. thank you so much. with me here, jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post." let's talk about, of course, the party leader is barack obama, although he's been very much taking a backseat, trying not to put his thumb on the scale, if you will, but now it's shaping up as potentially a mike bloomberg versus bernie sanders race. say that the moderates fragment in california and bernie sanders comes out with 35% of the vote with a 200-delegate lead and he will be unstoppable. what does barack obama do? >> he's made it clear that he has no intention of stepping into this primary. he's told of the candidates this, and t

you think -- this guy is not a barack obama. barack obama was the united states senate over a large state. when i spoke, everyone knew i spoke for the president so the idea that somehow that there's any such experience, he's not a bad guy. what i'm saying is that i'm responding to the assertions that have been made repeatedly. >> biden seems on the having a hard time blocking buttigieg from -- the democratic party as a history of the new fresh younger face. >> yeah. look at the polls that you just pointed out and how biden is slipping. especially among moderates, among older voters and buttigieg is taking away he vote. the rise in buttigieg over the last couple of months has been exclusively taking votes away from biden so biden seems threatened and there's a new young fresh face. they have only run a small city, they don't have the experience to go up against trump and show they can be commander in chief. i don't know if it works at this point but the democratic party is trying to figure out what path it wants to take. it looks

he reminded supporters he was barack obama's vice president they got a lot done. biden has been trying to diminish losses in iran and new hampshire saying those states don't represent the rest of the country. >> you hear pundits and experts, people tv talkers talking about the race. it's not over i have said many times. you can't be the democratic nominee, can't win the general election as a democrat unless you have overwhelming support from black and brown voters. >> biden's move to bail on his own primary nightwatch party and new hampshire came as a surprise to his supporters and his surrogates. one state senator telling fox he felt discouraged and thought voters might too but leaving about his campaign to look forward rather than having to answer whether he is the most electable candidate. iowa and new hampshire damaged his fundraising abilities and tonight a pro biden superpack sent a memo to donors asking them to do deep into their pockets facing pressure from michael bloomberg who they replace might replace biden is leading moderate. something that might hau

of course we know barack obama, the former president, is not giving an endorsement.ship, i'm told by aides, is complicated. >> it's good to see you. >> reporter: barack obama is staying on the sidelines of the democratic primary fight. though you might not know it from all those campaign ads. >> a great president and an effective mayor, leadership that makes a difference. >> reporter: in michael bloomberg's unprecedented barrage of advertising, the former president is playing a starring role. >> he's been a leader throughout the country for the past 12 years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. >> reporter: on that day in october, 2013, the president was actually giving a nod to bloomberg's tenure as mayor, a point the bloomberg presidential campaign left out. >> i want to give a special shoutout to a man who's been an extraordinary mayor for this city. he's been a leader throughout the country for the past 12 years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. >> reporter: a week before super tuesday when bloomberg faces voters for the first time in this presidential race, the obama a

he blames barack obama for everything that goes wrong. he blames the prime minister of canada for, he claims, cutting him out of the canadian version of "home alone 2." who does that? that's what donald trump does. >> he is a symptom of a disease that has been building up in our communities for years and decades. you have to have experience to take him down. this is not a question of he's a nice guy who's going to listen. we need people with experience. that's why i'm worried about mayor pete. >> reporter: afterward in the spin room, several candidates made the case to tom llamas that they're up to the case of taking on donald trump. >> i've taken worst incoming than a tweet full of typos. >> i think bringing our party is about fighting. it's about fighting for working people. it's about fighting for america's middle class. >> reporter: tonight's criticisms aside. >> madam speaker! the president of the united states! >> reporter: this has been a pretty good week for the president. >> four more years! >> reporter: on tuesday, he was triump

. >> this guy is not a barack obama.k obama was a united states senator of a really large state. >> he's right, i'm not and neither is he. neither is any of us. >> trevor: whoa! right now, obama is sitting at home like, you damn right! that's right, america, there's only one barack obama! and my shell walks in, like, barack, did you leave the toilet seat up again? you must be mistaking me for mayor pete! ( laughter ) biden's attacks didn't stop. in the buildup to new hampshire he released a campaign ad coming after buttigieg, minimizing everything that the mayor has ever done. >> joe biden helped lead the passage to have the affordable care act which gave healthcare to 20 million people. when park-goers called on pete buttigieg. he installed decorative lights under bridges giving citizens of south bend colorfully illuminate eds rivers. joe biden helped revitalize the economy of the midwest. saving our economy from a depression. pete buttigieg revitalized the sidewalks of downtown south bend by laying out decorative brick

barack obama and joe biden. we saved the economy.tion significantly different than we were before and my whole plan is to build on what we've done. whether it's health care, realistic health care, getting everybody covered. everybody able to be covered. being able to pay for it. making sure that we can fundamentally increase the funding we have for schools and for title i schools in particular. spending the kind of money we need to spend to deal with global climate change. and what we've done -- >> bernie sanders is a self-described democratic socialist. he embraces that. you are concerned about that because you think it's harder for a down ticket for governors and mayors and senators to be able to run with -- when the head of the party says he's a democratic socialist. shouldn't the voters decide? >> sure, they will. i know you can't answer me, but you think it's going to -- we not only have to beat trump. we have to win back the senate like we did win back the house. i went into 24 states. 65 candidates. they asked me to come in. r

in 2018, barack obama won iowa. >> i'm sorry, barack obama won iowa. hillary clinton won new hampshire. neil: right. >> after that. in 2016, hillary clinton won narrowly and went on to win the nomination. iowa has a lousy track record of predicting the eventual nominee. it is important for joe biden to do well. by well, means finishing top two or three. close vote total for the people finish on top with him. iowa is not a state that typifies the democratic voter base. it has practically no hispanics and very few african-americans. it isn't really a good test but because it is first it is important. neil: it is consistent, has a way of weeding out the process, whether the winner ultimately gets the nomination has at least four winners have. only one advanced to the white house, barack obama. do you wonder, maybe if it is a mixed affair? in other words multiple winners, confusing folks, or first sentiment vote, win on momentum vote. still another on the delegates you know -- that all of a sudden people will say you know what, iowa, you lost your first-in