deputy national security adviser ben rhodes looks at the prospects for democrats in twenty twenty in his interview with tim sebastian the former a bomb advisor says he thinks democratic party has a good chance of defeating president trump in the next u.s. presidential election down from tips himself up every single day and gets away with it he no he doesn't he just lost in the midterm elections dramatically right i think there is if he did lose it will still go on to win the residue there is a huge overstatement of donald trump's political standing in the united states outside of their own states continue struck by this he's in historic lee unpopular figure right now in the united states the democratic party in every poll our polls the republican party the enthusiasm in the united states is with the democratic party the recent election results are with the democratic party and i believe that we clearly have a better chance of winning selection that does not make it a guarantee we have the better chance in twenty sixteen and we lost so we need to have the right candidate in the right

you're the expert. >> that's exactly correct -- i'm sorry, ben rhodes. >> too many bens. go ahead, ben rhodes. >> no, i think the discussion of military options is crazy, chris. this is not grenada or even panama. this is a very large country in south america that has a military that has stuck by maduro. look, we all agree that maduro has been a corrupt leader. he's mismanaged that place, he's eviscerated democratic institutions, but the fact of the matter is u.s. troops going into venezuela is only going to make the situation worse. there is no basis for it. it's not like congress has authorized the use of military action inside of venezuela. what i see, chris, is what you see. what is the common thread? this is a president who does not speak up for democracy or human rights in saudi arabia when there is a brutal murder of a "washington post" journalist. he speaks up for it in venezuela because he thinks it serves his political interests here at home. he thinks it serves his political interests in florida. >> exactly. >> the reality is they made this big play in recogniz

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. >>> ben rhodes is a former national security advisor to president obama. and donna brazile, she has become a bit of a regular here during the 11:00 hour on msnbc. donna, i want to remind our viewers and our listeners on sirius satellite radio what you said a week ago ahead of stacey abrams response. here it is. >> stacey represents so many of the values that we believe as democrats. why she fell short in georgia, her message united democrats and independents and you will hear an american deliver a prebuttal and a rebuttal that the whole world will be talking about. i'm putting my money on stacey. i ain't got but $0.15. >> we didn't fact check that last part. did she deliver, donna? >> oh, let me quote from stevie wonder, i was overjoyed last night. she built a castle based on the love that we have, not just for our country, but the love we have for the truth. her message resonated with americans from both political parties. because she said i don't want this president to fail. i want him to tell the truth. she told the truth last night. she called the shut

my guest this week is one of them he's ben rhodes and former national security adviser to president obama after two years of the presidency how well is obama's legacy holding up. the roads welcomes codes exam thanks for having me i'll give you one of the biggest upsets of the obama presidency was the election of donald trump set out to repudiate a lot of what president obama did why didn't you see that coming. well you know i think most people were surprised by the results of the election. i think it was a number of factors you know i think the first is that you know brock obama personally was still quite popular at the end of his presidency the economy was growing and it seemed like things were set up for a democratic victory and that option and you said being with obama gave you the confidence that you were part of something that was right yes was there a certain arrogance in that do you think no no. i mean when i say that i mean that you know frankly as progressives i think barack obama and me tend to sometimes think that history is moving in one direction that societies are becoming m

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the same page a lot of them have prior military experience and experience within what i think we ben rhodes called the blob and he identified the blob there in your. administration as the the both the commentary it's the appointed bureaucracy the city is if you will that is unelected and that formulates us foreign policy and has repeatedly formulated a policy of a germany and regime change that has failed again and again and again so mr ideology you saw in through the open to your because it has nothing to do with political party what i mean coming back to that conventional wisdom what does it mean conventional wisdom let's be blunt conventional means we've that means war the more they want to make sure war happens or is very possible i mean mr trump believes that in their treaty initiated there were some protests inside the united states in the european union then they realized that it was actually brilliant that will call her so suddenly all of the foreign ministers of the e.u. come out with a statement a very rapid change so during all the blame on russia saying that it was the russia wh

former deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. we were not on the bnk of war with north korea in 2016. former cia dector john brennan, president obama was never on the verge of starting any war with northorea, large or small. jeremy bash served as a top adviser inhe obama administration. >> is that accurate, jeremy? as someone who aually used to be a part of the administration? >> that is a ginormous presidential lie. president obama had successfully deterr north korea. >> reporter: the president's north korea policy will face a new test when he holds a second summit with kim jong-un in less than two weeks. ster? >> kristen, thank you. >>> tonight major new developments in the alleged n attackmpire" actor jussie smollett. police arrested two suspects caught on video near the time of the attack, as smollett's story faces more public scrutiny.el our milmaguer has been following this case. >> reporter: police say the two men this surveillance photo have been arrested as suspects in connection with the alleged attack on ssie smollett.

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. >> we have ben rhodes who pushed back on twitter.rump's claim considering that obama never followed through on his red-line with syria? >> reporter: president trump was right. the tension was at an all-time high. not during obama's time. tensions were high in 2017 when ba obama took office. we saw the first missile test in february of 2017. then it moved through the summer with the icbm launch and the large nuclear test in september of 2017. trump is correct the tension was higher under president obama than right now. the difference is they escalated the most under president trump. that came, of course, at a time when president trump calling kim jong-un rocket man. the tensions are down. north korea has not decreased its overall ballistic missile program. they are continuing to test. they are not launching missiles. >> okay. courtney kube, thank you. >>> let's go to the president's emergency declaration. he is expecting court challenges. nancy pelosi and several civil rights groups are signaling their intent to file lawsuits. let's b

. >> ben rhodes responded to those claims tweeting, we were not on the brink of war with north korean 2016. a former cia director also weighed in on trump's claim saying president obama was never on the verge of starting any war with north korea, large or small. in fact, as the "new york times" peter baker points out, the only president who threatened war on north korea in recent times is mr. trump. in 2017 he threatened to regn do rain down "fire and fury" on north korea. >> and he is not mincing words. speak at the munich security conference, german chancellor angela merkel warped the president that europe must not be excluded from talks on syria or trade. and hammered trump for calling germany's bmws thraeut. the largest plant is not in germany but in south carolina. trump senior adviser and daughter ivanka trump showed no reaction as the crowd around her applauded. vice president got this reaction when speaking about the president on the conference on friday. >> thanks senator lindsey graham for leading this delegation. [ applause ]. and to them and all of you, a great champion o

ben rhodes had a great comment to the washington post that was included in the piece by phil rucker. he said at home, we can see these things as just another turn in the tabloid dr amdrama e trump presidency. help us understand why it's the case. >> well, it's absolutely the case, when we talk about the split screen presidency, in eight of the 11 foreign trips the president has made of his presidency, there's been another break in either the mueller probe or the investigation leading up to mueller's appointment, there's been something overshadowing and it's revelations when he is in europe, middle east, and asia at summit meetings and again, of course, most dramatically today, with nine hours of testimony from michael cohen on the hill. and now, the president being asked about it, there was at least, just this one question about it. and he said, i tried to watch the timing, because of the 12 hour time difference where he was able, when the summit session was not actually taking place as we see air force one there beginning to taxi out, he was able to watch, he said, as much as he cou

ben rhodes would know. he was part of the discussions that happened. talking about classified conversations he may have had with president obama in front of the entire world? that's irresponse, reckless and it's untrue. and it's also misinformation. it is great, it is positive that we're not at war with north korea right now. reality bites for president trump here. the threat for north korea's nuclear weapons, has increased under president trump. it hasn't decreased. everyone but president trump agrees, north korea has more nuclear weapons than they did when he took office. has more material used for those weapons than when he took office. the nuclear threat is increasing every day that president trump is in office. and is mired in what are becoming endless diplomatic negotiations with kim jong-un. >> the president declaring a national emergency declaration at the border, bottom line, does this make americans more safe? >> it doesn't. we are diverting resources toward a manufactured political emergency, when we could spend an entire show talking about

. >> well, ben rhodes a former top obama security aide pushed back on twitter.ible is the president's claim considering obama never followed through on his own red line threat in syria? >> what president trump is right about is the level of tension between the u.s. and north korea is dramatically down from where it was from when president trump took office. you have to remember that level of tension ratcheted up in 2017 after president trump was inaugurated. in february of 2017 and then throughout the rest of the year culminating with a november 2017 icbm launch in north korea. there was test after test. they tested their first icbm in july then in september. level of tension was at its highest point in recent years in 2017 while president trump was actually in office, not while president obama was. what president trump was correct in saying there, though, of that level is way down. north korea has not tested all throughout 2018. there was no test. there have been these discussions. another summit scheduled for just a couple of weeks from now in vietnam. but des

thank you, ben rhodes, thank you so much. >>> coming up, federal prosecutors subpoena the president's inaugural records. former new jersey governor and federal prosecutor chris christie joins me next. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. great news for anyone wh- uh uh - i'm the one who delivers the news around here. ♪ liberty mutual has just announced that they can customize your car insurance so that you only pay for what you need. this is phoebe buckley, on location. uh... thanks, phoebe. ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> president trump's inaugural committee has been ordered to hand over documents about donors, finances, and activities to manhattan's u.s. attorney's office. in the subpoena issued monday, investigators also showed interest in whether any foreign parties illegally donated to the committee, which raised a record $107 million but held fewer events than the obama inaugural and was not required to account for $46 million of what was spent. a trump presidential inaugural committee spokespe

ben rhodes, president obama's deputy national security advisor, he tweeted out, i'm going to quote, we the verge of war with north korea in 2016. highlighting the threat is very different from saying you're about to start a big war. >> well, i think the president's core claim is that we are safer today because there are no missile tests and nuclear tests and we're talking to them. on that, i thinks he's correct. i think that that's right. now, he has a tendency to step on his own mess a an sometimes s telling a story about obama. everyone would admit the president is sometimes prone to embellishment when he tells a story. there's no written record that would suggest that obama was going to start a war and his aides don't say it, none of the memoirs say it. the core claim is that we are safer today because there are no missile tests and no nuclear tests and because we're talking to them. there's a lot of work to do, unfortunately. but i think he's right to say that at this moment. eric: don't you think the former president saw it as the key foreign policy crisis and issue that could be

george with us and former national security advisor to president obama, now an nbc contributor, ben rhodes dnc, tom perez. strong group this morning. good to have you. >> you just heard the president's line, we will never be a socialist nation. i don't know how many people come up to you and say, hey, i remember a line you wrote in the early 1980s, but i remember a line you wrote in the early '80s, and it stuck with me. you were talking about the conflict between wanting reagan tax cuts but fdr benefits. you decided in the early 1980s correctly the jury had spoken, and your conclusion was we are all children of fdr now. >> we are indeed. the american people political scientists have been saying for 50 years our rhetorical conservatives and operational liberals talk like jeffersonians that government is best and least and vote consistently for hamilton tonians. the word "socialism" is bandied and redefined but if it means redistribution of government of wealth 66% of the governments transfer payments. the sky is dark with checks going back and forth. that's what the government does. >> it's

rhodes, bbc news, barnsley. time for a look at the weather. standby for bbc at six. here's ben rich with the forecast.s was the scene for a weather watcher in guernsey, not slow in scarborough. this afternoon we saw a lot of cloud around. we can see from the satellite picture the way the cloud has been working in from the west. we have a weak weather front producing the odd spot of rain for some but the main future over the next few days is this south—westerly flow of air, a brisk south—westerly wind at times but one which will bring increasingly mild air. with that it will be mostly dry. we have a weak weather front sitting just about here into parts of wales, the odd spot of rain, certainly a lot of cloud. generally speaking most ending the day dry with temperatures holding up between eight and 11 degrees. as we go deeper into the night temperatures will not drop particularly far because we will see large amounts of cloud and patchy rain moving northwards across northern ireland and up into scotland. some breaks into the south, with gaps filling in with fog patches and overnight lows between five an

rhodes, bbc news, barnsley. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. of the uk, but temperatures between 11 and 1a degrees. as you go through this evening as a night, this area of cloud and patchy rain which has been moving southwards was not on with northwoods again, so some wet weather moving across parts of scotla nd weather moving across parts of scotland and northern ireland and northern england. further south, more dry, temperatures holding well above freezing. if you have a patch is the moving its way across northern england down into north wales, fairly blustery across the rest of the uk, but temperatures between 11 and 1a degrees. as you go through this evening and tonight, this area of cloud and patchy rain which has been moving southwards was not on with northwoods again, so some wet weather moving across parts of scotla nd some wet weather moving across parts of scotland and northern ireland and northern england. further south, more dry, temperatures holding well above freezing. if you four patches around as well. that should tend to clear,