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neil: what if it were barack obama in the same comments? >> widespread condemnation.eil: should there be a different standard on broadcasts late at night and find to say crazy things and go after people? that went too far? >> if he goes too far it will hurt him in the marketplace, wo. we don't need -- >> his ratings have picked up. >> vulgar entertainers should stay out of politics. >> snl is late-night. they would not have gone this far. neil: in the meantime, how much former president obama is making? none of your business. the message isn't resonating with charlie gasparino. after this. >> mixed reports on the economy fueling call to pass tax cuts. would it work? democrats letting fbi director comey over hillary clinton's loss, blame yourself for ignoring working-class americans. who is right and who is wrong? we will debate it at the top of the hour. dad likare you going to weeks be using my car? until my insurance claim goes through this is our car. mr. parker, my parents have allstate. they have this claim satisfaction guarantee. really? their claim experience i

here is more with the 44th president, barack obama. barack obama: i have been grateful for the french people and the work we did together when i was work -- president of the united states. i am not planning to get involved in many elections, but the french election is very important to the future of france and the values we care so much about. the success of france matters to the entire world. i have admired the campaign emmanuel macron has run. he has to do for liberal values. he put forward vision for the important moment france place in germany and around the world. he appeals to people's hopes, not their fears, and i enjoyed speaking to emmanuel recently to hear about his independent movement and vision for the people of france. i know you face many challenges, and i want all of my friends to know how much i am rooting for your success because of how important this election is. i want you to know i am supporting emmanuel macron to lead you forward. steve: that was barack obama pledging his support for emmanuel macron. will it make

and in that sense it is a very different speech from any that barack obama different speech from any a rack obama would different speech from any that barack obama would have delivered. the one thing that was said about barack obama's the one thing that was said about ba rack obama's speeches the one thing that was said about barack obama's speeches is that they we re barack obama's speeches is that they were fa ntastically barack obama's speeches is that they were fantastically long on the vision thing, and incredibly short on follow—through. this speech will bejudged by the on follow—through. this speech will be judged by the follow—through that comes, notjust by donald trump, but more particularly by the arab nations, who have made very big pledges today, here in riyadh. let's see what happens next. ]ohn, many thanks, jon sopel in saudi arabia. now with the latest general election news, let's cross live to huw edwards, who's in edinburgh. here in edinburgh, the scottish party leaders are getting ready for their big campaign debate. it starts in 90 minutes' time. it's expected to in

it's not fair to pin this on barack obama. >> ben: strategic patience was not just an obama administrationic: do you know what three carrier strike groups are called? 300,000 tons of diplomacy. i understand why general mattis said what he said about it being a horrible conflict if it happens. three carrier strike group surrounding north korea, they are done. >> kat: underground bases. it would be a huge problem. the best way to honor our troops is to try to keep them home. >> eric: do you know who wants this the least of all? china. he would have a massive refugee crisis in china. they would go north of the border and flood into china. >> carrie: china has been aggressive, they are building islands in the south china sea. this goes beyond north korea. if the chinese wanted to put their thumb and say north korea, stop it, they would but they're not. that's the real problem. this is where i do blame barack obama because he did not have a robust strong position against china. it's absolutely true that the fact of the matter is, donald trump won because he was protecting strength and he said w

president barack obama. >> thank you! wow. whooo! you all are awake tonight! my goodness! how is everybody doing? ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: they're doing good. they're doing good now that you're here. welcome to the show. you know, any day would be a pleasure having you as a guest. today in particular, though. >> you're on fire. i've been listening to you backstage. >> trevor: thank you very much. thank you very much. there is much to be on fire about. ( laughter ) let's jump straight into it. ( applause ) let's jump straight into it. "the new york times" is reporting that just before f.b.i. director james comey was fired, he asked the d.o.j. for more resources. you know, this was an investigation that was clearly about russia's meddling. what do you make of the latest developments? >> well, every time i turn on the news today, there's a new development. it's kind of hard to keep up with everything going on, right? so this is what i would say to you. look, our democracy is founded on the rule of law

was barack obama's fault because it was ba rack obama who barack obama's fault because it was barackn the first place. ok, first of all barack obama fired general flynn. secondly, years went by since that happened, so there had to be a new vetting process. third, the reason that president trump and his team seem to be giving his dad general flynn was so loyal to president trump. i have a lot of friends from high school who are loyal to me but that doesn't meani who are loyal to me but that doesn't mean i put them in as national—security adviser. there are a lot of reasons to question president trump waking up this morning than blaming president obama for something that was clearly his decision and after they had been warned by the acting attorney general of the united states that this was a big security breach, but he had lied to the vice president, lied to government officials, he actually left this man in his position for 18 days. you will be interviewing sally yates shortly in the congressional hearings. what is the congressional hearings. what is the one thing you would like to h

president barack obama inspired me in the same way. my life changed in 2008 because a young candidate was fired up and ready to go and said "yes, we can." without barack obama i might still be sitting on the couch eating doritoes and watching sports [ laughter ] president obama embodies the definition of courage offered by ernest hemmingway, "grace under pressure." from the first days to the last, the president con ssistently pu the national interests above his own interests while resisting cynicism that all too often has a system that encourages it. he comprehends health care reform with the first order of business knowing that it would cost him and the party politically and he continued the fight that was wamged in the kennedy administration and my uncle teddy fought for 50 years in the senate and did what no president has p been able to do in 74 years in passing the affordable care act. [ applause ] we saw this week that it is a lot easier to criticize and dismantle, and president obama had the koushlg to govern responsibly and the

and then, barack obama had basically dismissed it. somehow, the law he signed stop the lawsuit from -- stopped the lawsuit from going forward. i wonder if c-span could discuss that topic and ask mr. klein what transpired, how he was treated, and what connection it has to be snowden whistleblowing? and this is constitutional law. i had hoped to ask the guest if it was constitutional for barack obama to do what he did. you just said congress cannot change laws to denied people the right to speech. these people were denied their day in court. host: we always appreciate suggestions. all of our segments are available online at c-span.org. joan is next in rochester, minnesota. democrat. caller: good morning. i wondered about the author of the book just on before, i would like to know the difference differenceolitical on topics and character assassination, which is what happens when this information is about people. hearing everyone has rights as long as they do not infringe on other people's rights. people have the right to privacy , and th

coal was 52% before the election of barack obama. global warming does not exist. the earth has cooled the last 20 years. the and arctic ice shield -- and tarctic i shield is larger than has been. down everyose coal-fired plant in the united states and it would have an immeasurable effect on global climate temperatures. 0.02 degrees fahrenheit. your listeners comments are virtually all misguided, not correct. host: tom conway from south carolina, go ahead. caller: i'm glad to see you on the show telling american people the truth once and for all. , hisrevious caller comments are misguided because they listen to democratic propaganda. they not only destroyed your industry, but they destroy everything they get their hands into. when you had james clapper and sally gates and comments from my same waters, those are more political hacks that destroy other areas of this country. we need to start straightening it out. straightening out your industry and telling amazing people the truth is where we have got to start. host: let's go to joanna. good morning. caller: good mor

can be found in the brand-new book rising star at the making of barack obama.it is over 1000 pages and i look at the former president's life prior to being elected. the books author david garreau joins me now. welcome, david. you consider yourself to be a progressive democrat and as a progressive democrat what was it about president obama the jury you to him as a subject? >> when i started on this book in 2009 i had the great good fortune to stumble upon a list of all the community people in chicago who barack obama had worked with during his formative years in the 1980s, people journalist during the presidential campaigns have never found. kennedy: was at his most important time community organizing because you also said his state legislature in illinois it was important to this -- but was political organizing the most important? >> before he goes to law school is a formative time for barack which is the first time he is looking at an african-american community. he was raised by his white grandparents in hawaii which is a different setting than where he found

you might thing of that in the way of barack obama with the ability to overtake health care in 2008 as the hillary clinton was the frontrunner and that went to barack obama later on. >> what is the caucus? >> the caucus is the older format and you have people coming into a community center, library, gym, and supposedly talking about the candidates and having a grass root democracy. the people came there with their preferences firm. it is a way to socialize with your neighbors and perhaps through that process. it is very drawn out. >> does the system work? >> does the system work? >> it is probably better than anything we can think of or get pasted. it brings in different voices so you get the voters voice through the primary. the caucus is attracting more from the actvists or the people intensely involved in politics. the elite endorsements that governors or senators or members of the house make to give a voice to those individuals. we get a lot of different voices that come into the process. it doesn't always produce a smooth result but it does produce a result that probably taps into

constitutional violations of americans privacy on a large scale under barack obama.is story broken before people go to bed. but this scandal goes further. we are getting into the first true legal violations. let me press just a bit if i may. violations by whom? >> by the intelligence community on barack obama's watch using the rules he put into place in 2011. we'll be more detailed in a few hours as we finish up our reporting. lou: we are at a peculiar place the in our country's history where we are talking about destroying isis as a president who was passive through 8 years of his time in office and was immensely aggressive against the citizens of this country in attacking their rights. sueilling them improperly in my judgment. and i can't understand why there hasn't been a hue and cry with the civil rights organizations and the aclu about a presidency that was ineffectual in confronting our enemies, destroying our enemies, but has been so effective in frankly destroying rights. >> the aclu will be quoted in our story tomorrow. they have been jumping up and down for

i was with barack obama a year ago of welcomes. i was with barack obama a yearago and of welcomes.barack obama a year ago and it couldn't have been more different. donald trump gave it — gave more different. donald trump gave it —— gave an interview a year ago in which he said he things is lamb hates us. but there was none of that on show, as frank has discussed. there was a lot of interviews he has about what the new relationship might mean. —— nvqs years. that said, the problems have travelled on the plane with donald trump and there was an extraordinary reply from the white house, some might say, saying the president has always on the importance of dealing with russia and james comey created unnecessary pressure “— russia and james comey created unnecessary pressure —— pressure on our ability to engage. that brings up our ability to engage. that brings up questions about obstruction of justice. it was being reported that james comey might give evidence on wednesday in open session but that won't happen now until after the president gets back. that will be a relief to the white h

lou: i don't blame barack obama, i blame barack obama and the republicans in the house and senate who got to us this point. you have had years to get your act together and president obama, you know is -- was your -- i mean was paul ryan's leader in effect for two years. now, president trump is in office. and he deserves the respect of the conference, don't you think. >> he does. and the budget that we passed, as you said was not president trump's budget. it was a continuing of last year's budget. i thought that was a mistake. we should have made a decision right now, working first 100 days. lou: but you are leadership, we've known each other for a long time, we're texans it is straight up stuff, if you fell that way, take it up with paul ryan, your speaker throw him the heck out, do whatever you want. but move ahead. this is a president who inherited that budget, you know that. >> well, we did take this up with leadership, we thought this was many of us thought it was time right now to lead, make decisions, and not just continue the same process. we brought up that, we lost that fight

barack obama was hated on the right but not to this extent.ng ier see. >> african american harvard graduate days from hosting the first black commitments and spend in the school's history, the goal, separated from the main ceremony highlighting faculty achievements and some have been overlooked. students, $30,000 for next week's event expected to draw 700 students two days before the traditional graduation and your tax dollars hard at work, the national science foundation paying a professor $200,000 to research micro-aggression. part of the research will seek to improve minority representation in the science and math career field, it university mary atwater is leading that study. heather: president reagan prays for ending the cold war without a shot. >> cannot afford to let confusion complicate things. we must be clear with each other and direct. >> our next guest says a lot of similarities between donald trump and president reagan. >> broadcasts back at last, tim allen breaking silence after abc pulls the plug on his hit show. social media sl

carry on, to barack obama from the kennedy family? well, president obama inspired me in 2008 with his vision for america. he is a hopeful candidate who had a bold vision for this country and knew that we could succeed if our politics were just a little less cynical and a little more productive. and i think my uncle teddy and my mom recognized that vision in him, and they saw a leader who could get the job done and, of course, we're all so happy to have been proven right. president obama was a tremendous president whose list of accomplishments is long and distinguished. i don't think that -- i think if my uncle teddy were here today, he'd be proud to stand by that endorsement. >> in a statement announcing the award, youaid that president obama, embodied the definition of courage, grace under pressure, that's hemmingway, of course. and you noted his accomplishments on health care, climate change, and cuba. let's watch president obama in action on some of those issues. >> today after almost a century of trying, today after over a year of

and you know barack obama went eight years without anything like this happening. this is 120 days.s, impeachment is premature. >> why is that? >> but this is not just idle talk at this point. there is reason to be very concerned about the propriety of what went on in this white house. >> absolutely but that's -- you know i think we are saying the same thing in the sense i think before you can really have a fruitful discussion on impeachmenten a removal of the president of the united states or any person we had the same deference we give to people not the cht united states you should as a prosecutor right to say what did they investigate what are the facts? he is not immune from being criticized or being speculate the having done something wrong but neither is the common person having the decency to say let's have investigation first. >> i keep thinking about just how rough it must be for people working in the white house as right now as you said there are a lot of good people want to serve the country appear believe in the legislative agenda want things to go well. >> there are a l

whether they are correct or not, by barack obama's leaning in towards iran. yesterday that all changed, in their mind. >> there are risks to playing with trump we've seen play out over the last few months so we'll see. with us washington anchor for bbc news katy kay. jeremy peters. senior editor and white house correspondent for the post sam stein. in new york, president of council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass. let's give you the backdrop to which we've seen these scenes. the white house wants the president's trip to drive in washington. it has difficulty overshadowing significant new doemts involving the investigation into russia. one report saying the probe is now targeting a current white house staffer while another report said the president personally told the russians that firing james comey relieved great pressure. let's start right there. news pro over the weekend that the day after president trump abruptly fired fbi director james comey, trump spoke about it to high-ranking russian officials inside th

. >> former president barack obama was looking very relaxed at a summit on climate change in italy. is it getting hot in there or what's the deal. he is getting a lot of attention not for his speech, not for his speech, but for his attire. not since that, leather jacket in d.c. has there been such a buzz about his post po i see, we'll expose it all in "the skinny." this is wednesday, may 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> obama rocking the ray donovan look. >> very relaxed in italy. must be really, really hot there. >> start things off. excuse me, i interrupted you. >> go ahead. >> start things off with the shocking turn of events in washington. fbi director james comey now out of a job, fired by president trump. >> comey in the midst of investigating russian the aisle are questioning the president's timing on the front page of "the new york times" today, the entire termination letter from the president to comey. saying his decision was necessary to restore public trust in the fbi abc's david wright with the latest. >> reporter: fbi director james comey

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in this white house about vetting him, about sally yates, about the current president who was barack obamahen? why didn't that at least raise a red flag? >> i don't know. but it may have been that the president trump didn't believe what president obama said. it may have been that what president obama said wasn't accurate. i don't know. >> wasn't he get -- wouldn't he be privy to classified information from president obama and from sally yates and from the justice department? >> he being flynn? >> no, he being president-elect trump. he was getting classified briefings at the time. wouldn't they have shown in this information? >> i don't know, it depends on whether it's information or not, whether it's accurate. i don't think on the outside here we have any way of knowing those things are true. >> well, my question is and i asked someone earlier, i think it was jack kingston. this isn't just a president whippering in someone's ear i'm telling you a rumor or this is possibly happening. it seems they were emphatic about this was happening, you should not appoint this person. and then sally yat

coal was 52% before the election of barack obama. global warming does not exist. the earth has cooled the last 20 years. and the uscpa under obama did a study. you could close down every coal-fired plant in the united states and it would have an immeasurable effect on global climate temperatures. only -- and they quantified it. 0.02 degrees farenheit. so your listen's comments are virtually all misguided, not correct. >> few more callers. tom conway, south carolina. go ahead. >> caller: hi, i'm glad to see you're on the show telling american people the truth once and for all. the previous callers' comments are misguided because they listen to democratic propaganda. they are not only destroyed your industry, but they destroy everything they dip their hands into. the first part of the show where you had james clapper, sally yates, maxine waters, those are more political hacks. we have to start straightening out and you being on the show to tell the american people the truth is where we've got to start. >> all right. let's go to joanna in converse, indiana. joanna, g

>> i was surprised at how the obama presidency turned out, and it is a critical epilogue from the perspective of a progressive democrat. when barack in illinois, he was an outspoken proponent of single-payer health coverage, an outspoken critic of the patriot act and the intelligence community and the cia. so the obama that we have seen as president has been a dramatically different person up through 2002, brock lived a very modest, humble, middle-class life. now here we are in 2017 and we see him hobnobbing with celebrities and musicians and billionaires, getting $400,000 in speech. he's a a very different person today from who he was from 1985 through 2002 and that's what this book explains. >> tucker: so i think it's fair to say you look at him more closely than ever living person perhaps other than his wife and you reach the conclusion in the epilogue that he is -- i think i'm quoting pretty much more or less a hollow man. you're not sure that the center of him. >> as a progressive democrat, i'm disturbed and perplexed that he has changed so dramatically over the last 15 years. we look at his record back in illinois in the 199

a barack obama was an expert at rhetoric.ersonifying integrity and all that, but he is a very weak leader. what we need in france is a very strong leader. i did not think his victory speech was particularly good, which assured me he is not the grand, eloquent person that barack obama was. if he can deliver is the point. we have heard about internal reforms, and he definitely needs to reform europe and get germany on board. i've been saying for the past couple of days, he beat one woman in the french election. that is marine le pen. it will be harder to beat the next woman, which is angela merkel. he definitely needs to do thrown her in europe, get her to support his agenda rather than have him support her agenda, such as it is. that is what he needs to do in europe. peter: what do you make of all of that? emmanuelle: i want to come back to what you were saying, that he defended a lot of left values. he is not seen is that in france. there was a survey this week aimed at 60% -- saying the 60% of french people did not want him

coal was 52% before the election of barack obama. global warming does not exist.ol . . tarctic i shield is larger than has been. down everyose coal-fired plant in the united states and it would have an immeasurable effect on global climate temperatures. 0.02 degrees fahrenheit. your listeners comments are virtually all let's hear from some more colors. this is tom in south carolina. go ahead. >> i'm glad to see you on the show telling the american people the truth. once and for all. the previous callers comments are misguided because they listen to the democratic propaganda. they not only destroy your industry but they destroyed everything they get their hands into. the first part of the show when you had sally yates and comments and maxine waters, those are political hacks that destroy other areas of the country. we have distrust rating out. you being on the show to straighten it out in your industry and tell the american people the truth is where we have to start. >> alright let's go to joanna and indiana.good morning. >> good morning. i have a question for you sir. y

the last eight years, barack obama made military a deprioritization for him. now it's time for us -- >> neil: there's a lot of -- we could shift things around. you -- i do see your point. everybody has their own axe that they do and don't want to grind. do you think the assumption of 3% growth from 2% growth the republicans are building into this, that could be 50% more revenues for uncle sam down the road. is that doable? you have your doubts. >> we haven't seen 3% growth in more than a decade. >> neil: that doesn't mean we didn't see it at all. we did. >> it's been the increase in growth that we've seen. we're around 1.5 to 2.5%. the days that we're going to the ronald reagan administration with the tax cuts -- it's not realistic. >> that's where we saw the growth, the ragan administration -- >> neil: you can do both. you have to do both. >> we have women in the work force -- >> nobody has mentioned the number of jobs that barack obama has added to the economy. the private sector is adding a lot of jobs. it's a measurement to the growth. >> neil: i'm still m

and canada that a sociality agenda and at the same time others some politicians were accusing barack obama of not having american values some went a further step and claim that obama does not have a american identity and conspiracy theories that obama is not a real u.s. citizen because he has a forged u.s. birth connect and is a covert muslim with jihadi sympathies. conspiracy theories that donald trump helped, and that was american exceptionalism was redefined. >> host: how widespread her to conspiracy theory snooze looking the data ... the hoax of climate change and the tierpy of socialized medicine and this has made quite a major role in shaping the political debates today. >> lecture at stanford law school. the first book is exceptionalst america divide americans from the world and each other and belery is calling from georgia. go ahead. >> my concern has to do with people calling themselves conservatives and evangelicals and who believe it's fine to have as many guns as they want and not have very much regulation of them and not having anything that would violate their second amendmen

i mean, he's the president of the united states, if he wants to say that, barack obama wants to say whatever, if george bush says i have looked in his eyes. say it. >> i don't know what he would do that you would not defend.

barack obama never in his entire term had numbers this good. nor did he see a stock market this good. for african-american workers, the unemployment rate was over 9%. it's now below 8%. hispanic workers a year ago. this is something stretching across the entire economy as a direct result of donald trump being president. as he said, this will keep happening and we'll keep winning. these numbers will continue to improve because we have a lot more time with him being president in front of us. liz: manufacturing added another 6,000 jobs. but jeff, remember when president trump said this just last summer in 2016? >> he's going to bring all these jobs back? how exactly is he going to do that? what are you going to do? there is no answer to it. he just says i'm going to negotiate a better deal. how exactly are you going to negotiate that? what magic wand do you have? liz: has no answer to it, what magic wand do you have. the u.s. added 37,000 jobs in the first report. what do you make of president trump making statements like that, jeff. >> he clearly

with early endorsements from ted and caroline kennedy, barack obama became the first black presidentf the united states. his family once again recognizes obama with this year's prestigious profile in courage award. >> president obama brought in a new generation as president kennedy did, and transformed this country. >> reporter: from ending more than 50 years of sanctions against cuba to clean air and health care reform. >> we are not a nation that scales back its aspirations. >> reporter: former republican presidents gerald ford and george h.w. bush have received the award, but obama is the first democratic president. >> usually as a president moves from politics into history americans tend to appreciate him more even if he was very controversial at the time. >> reporter: valerie jarrett was obama's senior adviser. >> he was able to soar above a lot of the kind of toxic rhetoric that you hear in washington, and by every single indicator, he's moved our country forward. >> reporter: but now that his signature achievements are challenged by a new administration -- >> make no mistake,

many people said is he saying barack obama uses bad grammar. no, no. barack obama can speak to things. he can switch into the black english in the proper situation. calling it negro dialect is not grace full but he was referring to something that makes barack obama a larger speecher than say david letterman. he speaks negro dialect when he wants to. it was minstrel speech but he could have said black english. black english. yeah, to be honest i have known both white and black people who have thought there was something wrong with the former president unfortunately switching between the two. i was lit into by a black correspondent who thought barack obama should not talk that way in public at all. he uses black english with big surprise black people. one more. asks/ask. people say what is with asks? the question is black people mead needs to stop this. no, black people use asks because it is part of this other dialect known as black english. it is not because it is hard if you are descend from africa to make the illinois. asks is used because it was the

no one is going to impeach barack obama. the possibility of impeachment now exists for donald trump. it's unlikely, but lawyers are paid to worry and it's appropriate for them to two some preliminary research, it doesn't mean he's going to be impeached. he should also have a personal lawyer, hiring a lawyer doesn't mean you're guilty of anything, but this is a real situation, there is a special counsel investigating donald trump's campaign including his behavior, including some pretty darn good evidence that trump ihimself committed obstruction of justice, of course he should have a lawyer. >> we should not even get into a conversation that there is no "there" there. there is some "there" there already. whether or not these are impeachable offenses are different. but there is "there" there with flynn. he was approved as the national security advisor. he was, you know, already kind of compromised by his illegal activities. there's "there" there from what the president said himself about how he has dealt with both flynn and wi

barack obama being a different product. charlie: you document so many conversations.f in fact she had won, i'm starting to be writing a book about what genius people she had behind her. >> i'm not sure. somebody would be writing that book. this is why we wouldn't have written that book. we have this discussion before the election as we are talking to our editor about the fact that we had identified a lot of problems, even though it looked she was going to win. there were serious fundamental management problems that we would have looked at as going forward into, what is the struggles in his administration going to be? extrapolate to what the administration would look like. will she be able to go out to the people and get them behind her policies, watching donald trump struggle with that right now? he's not able to move the legislature because he's not moving the people beyond the base he has. if you look at some of the infighting, some of the backstabbing that went on, and the lack of a central clear leadership, these are problems that would have followed her into the

and frankly, that's why barack obama has gotten involved. either party getting involve inside an election overseas like this? what in the world is going on? it suggests that the obama folks are freaking out, the establishment is freaking out about the possibility that le pen can actually win. and i think bottom line here is that when you look at this, it's basically like barack obama and hillary clinton will not leave the stage, and that's going to hurt their party long term because they're not sort of regenerating the party.they're . when they want to comment about something around the world, it's barack obama. when they want to weigh in on what donald trump is doing on the domestic front, it's hillary clinton saying he's unprepared for office because she lost to him, and she still is blaming everyone else but herself. clayton: president obama does not have a good track record, he voted to remain for brexit and now the president weighing in on what's unfolding in france. >> i'm not planning to get involved in elections, but the french elect