as dashing as bill clinton was, his success was even more restrained -- more unrestrained gusto.e a look at george bush in 2008. have you ever seen a gringo where a peruvian poncho with such panache? when the we leaders -- when the leaders wake up tomorrow they will take part in another ceremony, a recession and family photo. hopefully this time they won't be wearing the same thing. john? >> thank you to mark their, channeling robin leach. we will be right back. ♪ >> we didn't have room for this stunning photo. andr lacroix will make a cameo at a dunkin' donuts. -- andrew cuomo making a cameo at dunkin' donuts. >> a report on the war on women from tuesday is definitely worth of aid to can find on that on bloomberg.com -- worth the read. then i you can find more converts.com -- >> you can find more on bloomberg.com. >> hello, im pimm fox. retail giant out obama hopes to turn the equivalent of valentine's day into a global -- giant alibaba hopes to turn the equivalent of valentine's day, singles day, into a global shopping day. >> so many people come for shopping. this is a clear i

bill clinton is a far superior politician than barack obama. that show, the clip you played, it's important to show, neil, bill clinton was in his first m wanted to get elected president again. president obama isn't going to be elected again. >> this president has no reason to do -- no reason to come back and be productive. >> yes and no. charles hit on it. >> which is it, yes or no? >> i said yes and no. he doesn't have reason to be re-elected, but he has his legacy in mind. >> focus on the fact he's rigid or ideological. obviously the republicans have been, too. >> the republicans won. the republicans won. i will let you finish. come on. he said, when he got elected, elections have consequences. he was right. now, i'm wondering why they only have consequences when he wins? >> i agree. there's no argument against that. what i will say is that i think the president should lead. i think he should say here are my policies and where i'm willing to compromise. there's no indication from john boehner that he's -- >> oh, come on. you and a lot of reporters out there -- >> explain to people who he was. >> they can use google. i think our viewers are

bill clinton. and bill clinton was president. she has. n n't. >> what's the return on her investment?she takes their money and says safe things and walks away. >> do you think people really care about this? people take issue with hillary clinton's policies, i don't know how many of them really care. i think the assumption is, all high profile politicians are going to be a bit divaish and they're going to get a lot of money. >> for meeting planners everywhere. forget about the a-list politicians, go with d-level comedians. i would charge one-third of what hillary charges. >> what do you get for a speaking fee? >> i'm not going to disclose that here, i'm nowhere in hillary clinton's territory. >> i don't request certain pill pillows, i don't request lemons. i know bob beckle does, he's got a vegetable tray, he's got lemons. >> i don't think anybody cares about this, i think she hopes that the republican also take the bait and say something about it. it doesn't make her a diva, but it doesn't make her a woman of the people. she's not her husband, because remember her husband used to say,

bill clinton was there. that did not dim joni ernst's confidence. >> america is coming back. the question is how. we are going to come back. we have got to grow together and to grow together, we have got to work together and to get that result, iowa needs to send bruce braley to the senate. >> we are reaching out to every iowan that we can. it is independents and democrats that see the need to change direction. >> another big gun deployed in a trouble spot for democrats. the kentucky senate race. hillary clinton stumping for alison grimes. mcconnell is nine points ahead of grimes. grimes and clinton seeking on saturday to define the five-term republican of washington. >> he doesn't have a plan for the future. he doesn't have a vision that's for me or for you because our senator bought and paid for by the millionaires. that's all he's been looking out for. >> make sure you send alison grimes to washington. >>> mary landrieu in louisiana is in her fight. she needs 50% to win outright otherwise the top two on election day go to a runoff and that would lead to a head-to-head matc

bill clinton would. >> there was a difference, though. bill clinton was facing a reelection. this president is -- >> but no one wants to go out with a total gridlock. look, the republicans are going to have to compromise. but they have to get their positions out there. i want a compromise around a veto. so we see what gets vetoed. i want to see the medical tax issue laid out there. i want to see repatriation at a certain tax rate vetoed or approved -- >> we know clearly where the president stands, what he's doing to do. >> this is the break of this whole election. we'll see what the republicans stand for, a positive, growth-oriented economy, trying to get the middle class better off. that's what they stand for. and they're going to do it. we're going to get those reagan democrats, if you will, to see what we can do for them to grow this economy. >> let's talk about how likely that is, though, because whatever gains the republicans had in the senate, they're a long way from 60 votes, certainly a long way from the 67 to override a veto. i guess it goes back to this idea what we

when bill linton was in office -- bill clinton was in office. >> he took some stance and make some deals with republicans that his own party was not happy with. i'm wondering if you think that president obama will react by bucking his own party, by willing to do things that a majority of this party does not want to do. but he does anyway. what do you think? >> it really rests with the attitude of the president. if the president decides that he really does want to try and get things done on a bipartisan basis and he is going to take some risks then i think democrats will follow his lead, if he kind of hides in the white house, if he doesn't take a strong role, then i'm afraid it would be much harder. it rolely comes down to the president. i am hopeful the president will in fact look to his legacy and provide some real leadership. >> one of the big issues that has bedeviled congress is the debt ceiling, it is coming up again, maybe in march, maybe in tax revenues. senator mcconnell has made clear he is not interested in government shutdown. the issue whether it moves in a clean way like th

bill clinton. bill clinton was respected because he knew what he was doing.t like barry did. >> this man came to pay his respects as friends and supporters gathered to watch barry's interview oprah winfrey. >> he lived his life up until the end the way that he wanted to live it. >> reporter: up until the end, coleman says barry was doing what he had done for generati s generations, offering encouragement to a y man he di know. >> i'm trying to take as much as i can from the last words he gave me and make the best out of it. >> reporter: coleman happened to run into barry late saturday night. barry was coming home from the hospital and stopped at a neighborhood bar for something to eat.

bill clinton. if bill clinton was here, he would have talked about issues. maybe not with a lot of mayificity, but shown -- talked about nuclear power or how teachers are treated by unions. thrown out a common agenda. and maybe divided the republican party a bit. >> funding for isis -- the fight against isis. those are kind of like apple pie. >> it is in their interest to find common ground. for republicans to prove they can govern. somehe president, to have sort of legacy. >> he doesn't want to waste the two years in office. >> there is more pressure to not get stuff done then some people know. we take the fall to get anything major to get anything to the president's desk. can do a deal. let's wait a year. there will be a republican president. then we can get the whole thing done. the window for them to really want to work with the president is small. >> is mcconnell going to try to repeal health care? >> i don't take so. i don't think he has the stomach for it. there may be some attempt to fix it. policy, i take it is hard without unraveling the whole thin

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. >>> well, former president bill clinton was on the ellen degeneres show on tuesday. the talk show host tried to use the new status as grandpa to find out the plan for 2016. >> i'm just saying if you only had one, if you could only -- i'm just -- if you can only pick one because like i can't afford to give you both. >> well, if i pick that one it would be best for the country. if i pick -- however, if i did that, then hillary would start taking me up to total strangers and saying, have you met my first husband. >> well played on both parts. nbc's bill karins is here with a look at the forecast. >> he probably had no idea that was coming. >> that comedic timing on both their parts that nailed it. >> it was done well. pacific northwest very interesting forecast. of course, the rockies have the peak cold of the winter, maybe one of the coldest air masses of the winter. right now we're at minus 19 air temperature in casper. the windchill makes it feel much worse than that, at negative 29. at one point negative 39 last night. that's a little better. ten different states ha

bill clinton. bill clinton campaigned and it was personal. senator pryor's father, the long-time senator was a former governor who got bill clinton into politics in arkansas. this was so personal with him. besides the fact that the new governor, hutchinson, was the leader of the impeachment fight against bill clinton with george w. bush's fema director. so it got really personal there. and also the opponent that he defeated is bill clinton's former driver. so it's all local when it gets to arkansas. hillary clinton never campaigned there. >> the clintons and the pryors, they were holding off the southern wall. every other southern state has been going republican. and somehow arkansas sort of held out for almost as long as possible. this is just demographics. >> it's demographics, but it's really tough, because it is so personal for bill clinton. and she whe was down there a lo. >> we'll remain all night long at this table, because we have a lot to talk about. tamron hall has been looking at the exit polls we've all come to know, but we said at

bill clinton by any means. he is not that level of politician. bill clinton was a genius and he understood how to work with the other side of the aisle and he was a consummate politician. barack obama lacks tremendously in that area. he does not have the same relationships and he is in-trance gept. i think he will deciding in further. you will see more executive orders. he's very narcicisstic. it's always about him. so a miracle that there will be cooperation? no way. >> cornell, i will give you the last word. >> he's narcicisstic. they love president clinton so much, they impeached him. no. of course mitch mcconnell said his number one job was to make sure the president was a failed presidency. i'm taking him at his word. that's why you see the polarization. is th this is not bill clinton. >> a great conversation. thank you both. we appreciate your stopping by here on a saturday night. stay with cnn for election night coverage, tuesday night just three days from now, beginning at 5:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and next, lower prices for gas here in the u.s. are having a

. >>> former president bill clinton was on the ellen degener degeneres show on tuesday. she tried to use his status as grandpa to find out hillary clinton's plan for 2016. >> i'm just saying if you only had one. if you could only pick one. because, i can't afford to give you both >>well, if i pick that one, it would be best for the country. [ cheers and applause ] start taking me up to total strangers saying have you met my first husband. >> that's one way to answer it. he navigated it pretty well. let's get you some sports. good morning, francis. >> hi, betty. good morning. we started sports this morning with a 27-year-old who is $10 million riche eresearch richer winning the texas hold em tour. three 10's beating a pair of 9. he also gets a gold bracelet. >>> kobe bryant is now the all time leader in missed field goal shots. look at the number 13,420 misses. he still lead the lakers in scoring with 28 points in the 107-102 loss to the grizzlies. >>> the nba is hoping to cash in on this holiday classic. the ulgly sweater movement. >> that is ugly! >> isn't it though? >>

. >> bill clinton was asked if he was irrelevant after losing house and senate. >> who is the winner? >> winner of this election. >> yeah. >> republican hawks. >> give me a name of one individual who was winn, control the action. >> mcconnell. >> talk to me about mcconnell. >> he may have 54 united states senators, republicans have a different agenda. there are some things they nido bam for and other things they can pass and let him veto, let obama become the obstructionist. boehner will have trouble with deals on trade deals and immigration reform. they're going to have trouble in republican caucus. >> you think mcconnell can deal with the president? >> he's got better cards. >> joe biden and mcconnell were able to work together. it will be interesting to see. they can work together if both sides want to. >> is mcconnell the magic name? >> he is a critical name. >> does he have the knowledge of politics. >> charisma. >> the way it works. does he have respect of his peers. >> yes. >> he is a pro and what we don't know about john boehner, tea party caucus has been doubled. >> we design

there was nothing boring about rick perry's candidacy. bill clinton'sring and more entertaining. but not more entertaining than johnny carson, just more entertaining than other politicians, which is a very, very low bar. rick perry's challenge is do rewrite his image from class clown to rhodes scholar which bill clinton actually was. but there is hope for rick perry. when you consider just how smart you have to sound to get a presidential nomination. >> $10,000? $10,000 bet? >> i love this country. i should love this state. this feels good being back in michigan. you know, the trees are the right height. i like being able to fire people and provide services to me. any old girlfriends here? corporations are people, my friends. oh, have to be careful. anne is not here today. don't tell. who let the dogs out? who? who? >> and there is hope for rick perry when you consider just how smart the last governor elected president actually sounded. >> there's an old saying in tennessee, i know it's in texas, probably in tennessee, that says fool me once, shame on -

i covered a rally today this week, president bill clinton was there stumping for two democratic congressionalandidates and was basically begging the young democratic college kids who showed up. you have to come to the polls. you can't just vote for presidents. you need to vote these years, too. >> that is one of the wild cards in this whole thing. you have two-thirds of the california voters asked to vote by mail. this campaign's been going on for, like, a month. there is worry, are the millennials going to come out, are african-american and latino voters going to come out, and at this point some of the races with two democrats, such as the honda khanna race, are republicans going to come out? all are going to be interesting to watch on tuesday. >> speaking of the ro khanna/mike honda race, that's an interesting one. that could reshape silicon valley, depending how it turns out. >> i think it's an important race and not getting enough attention. this is the future battle within the democratic party. the tech versus the old school labor democrats, and i think this becomes a template for future

>> bill clinton was asked if he was irrelevant losing the house and the senate. >> who is the winner? >> the winner of this election? i think the republican hawks were winners. there is no doubt. >> give me the name of one individual who is the winner to control the action. >> mcconnell. >> talk to me about mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell has to have 52, 54 united states senators. the republicans have a different agenda. there are some things they need obama for. other things they can pass. let obama become the obstructionist. i think eleanor is correct that boehner will have trouble if they are trying to do trade deals or immigration reform. you will have real trouble in the republican caucus. he did very well in the minority. >> biden and him had the deal. joe biden and mcconnell were able to work together. it will be interesting. they can work together if they want to. >> is mcconnell the critical name in all of this? does he have the manner and the behavior and the knowledge of politic ins. >> and the castrater race charisma? >> yes he does. >> the tea party caucus has been doubled

one was patty solace doyle and hillary clinton. other was bill burton, doyle said they were wrong. a democrat would win. and burton says this interferes with the electoral process. got on the high ground, sanctimonious. it was nuts. ap confirmed what fox said. then they said, oh, yeah, gardner won and they acted like nothing happened. forget the last 15 minutes where we have been trashing fox. >> let's turn to president obama. interesting on face the nation. do you like politicians and obama had to insist he does love his job. why did the press so hammer the president on that 73-minute news coverage where he -- >> when something like this happens, there should an acknowledgement and some sort of change. and it didn't seem that was forthcoming and they wanted to get that out of him. there seems to be no shakeup forth come org change of gears. i think that what they wanted and they weren't getting it. >> some left-leaning columnists after that appearance, the president seemed in denial over the magnitude of these results. >> i don't think he is in denial, i think he doesn't care. i t

bill clinton. bill clinton was very smart. he co-opted republican ideas. they are two different presidents. esident clinton cared about his popularity. >> he cared about what people thought. i will give you the last word. if president obama's going to go out as an ideaolog -- >> i'm a democrat and i worked on obama's campaign but this is not the guy that i saw in 2008. he has got to step up and put on his acting political hat. go out there and pretend. be a human being. >> pretend. >> the president? >> all politics is local and that includes washington d.c. >> we have got to get wages up. that's it. more ahead. plenty more ahead. california governor jerry brown attend funeral services for two police officers killed by a criminal illegal alien? we will tell you if he did or did not. and one of the most dubious things said on election night. we hope you stay tuned to election reports. i'd just gotten married. i was right out of school. my family's all military. you don't know what to expect. then suddenly you're there... in another world. i did my job. you do your best. i remember the faces...

the clintons couldn't help this democratic party, and particularly in states where the margin was toesupposed to be mu closer. >> hillary clinton and bill clinton, only because they were out there and barack obama wasn't? >> so front page story in the "new york times," the midterms were good for hillary clinton, according to her loyalists dedicate to buying the spin? >> it's tough to argue that it's good for her. it remain toes be seen what will happen in the next two years. i think for certain the war on women has become more of a problem than it would have been, less easily deployed. and i think rand paul to his credit gave a hashtag to this idea that she was part of what was to blame. and the media takes notice of that. it's already packaged for them. so i think that was powerful. >> it seems to me that you could say yes, run against a republican senate as well as a house. there are things you can say. but when you're close to loyalist, you don't see well, the other side says this, that appeals to me a little on that. >> it could be a little on balance. you feel like the people have spoken, what did the hillary people say in response

but mark pryor -- i was out there a week and a half ago and bill clinton was at his side. and bill clinton is going back this weekend. he's going all across this state. i'm not sure that's going to work. but arkansas is a changing state. in 2008 there were still four democratic members of congress, i believe. the legislature was democratic. it's just a change in southern states, so it's hard for him. gwen: my favorite two things about that race is tom cotton, the republican, the veteran, who also comes across as not being very hard-edged. he has an ad with he and his wife and a puppy in his lap. love that ad. the other is a story that was in "the washington post" about david pryor campaigning for his son, going to all the small towns in arkansas and saying he and his wife was the antiques road show. i loved it, i loved it. kentucky. >> kentucky feels a little anticlimactic right now. this was supposed to be the marquee race, right? can mitch mcconnell hold on? he's as unpopular in the state as barack obama. even though it's a republican state. and alison grimes, the democr

you were there when bill clinton was in office. when thing he did was make some deals with republicans that his own party was not happy with. obamandering if you think would be willing to do things the majority of his own party does not want him to do. >> it really rests with the attitude of the president. if the president decides he really does want to get things done on a bipartisan basis and is willing to take some risks, i think democrats will follow his lead. if he hides in the white house, if he doesn't take a strong role. i'm afraid it will be much harder. i'm hopeful the president will look to his legacy and try to provide a real leadership. the big issues that has bedeviled congress is the debt ceiling. it is coming up again. i know senator mcconnell has make their he is not interested in a government shut down. the question of whether it moves , i'm curious to what you think will happen. to have aed bipartisan agreement that it is not going to be where they will spend their time. we will see. >> they don't want to repeat t

was george w. bush. he, of course, had two terms. bill clinton, of course, ronald reagan. but, before ronald reagan, you have to go all the way back to eisenhower, to get to a president who serves two whole terms. so if you look at these four, the only presidents in the last 30 -- actually, eisenhower should be obama there. if you look at these presidents over the last 30 years to have served two terms, obviously, they're pretty wildly different as presidents. they served in different times. they've been viewed very differently in terms of how they go down in history. but in this rather elite club, these few people who have had two terms, all of them, so far, have had the same thing happen to them at the end of their presidency: they all had to deal with the house and the senate being in control of the opposite party: bill clinton was a democrat in his second term election, he did not lose the senate majority because it was not theirs to lose, but they stayed in the minority in both the senate and the house. every two-term president of the modern era has had to serve the l

former president bill clinton was among those that attended the f>al tom magmios. >> who hosted "car talk", passed away from complications of alzhiemer's. he brought expertise to those experiencing car trouble and brought expertise to the show as well >>> the family of 29-year-old death with dignity advocate britney maynard hopes to carry on her legacy after she took her life. she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. oregon is one of five states allowing life-ending drugs. >>> a day after nick walenda's stunt in chicago, he's talking about a next adventure. wallenda walked a wire between two skyscrapers braving high winds and cold temperatures. he put on a blindfold at the other side and walked across again. he talks about the mental toughness required for the stunt? >> seven generations in 200 years, it's in my blood. challenging mentally. it was training. that's why once it was go time, there was no time to think about it. i told myself "i'll torture you mentally for 2.5 minutes, but i know you'll make it safety to the other side because you are prepared." i jumped on the cabl

bill clinton was among those who attended the funeral. >>> one of the hosts of car talk passed away from complications of alzheimer's. he brought expertise and humor to the show. he worked as a mechanic for years after graduating from mit >>> and the family of britney maynard hopes to carry on her legacy. she was diagnosed earlier this year with terminal brain cancer. she moved from california to oregon after the diagnosis because oregon is one of the only five states that allows doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients >>> and just one day after an incredible stunt in chicago, the dare devil is already talking about his next adventure. last night, he walked a wire between two sky scrapers braving high winds and cold temperatures. when he got to the other side, he put on a blindfold and walked across again. >> seven generations and 1,200 years, it's in my blood. definitely challenging mentally. it was very, very draining. that's why once it was go time, there was no time to think about it. basically i told myself i'm going to torture you for about two minutes but

. >> bill clinton was a masterful politician. he was effective because he knew what he was doing. and he had his warts too, just like barry did. >> this picture may be one of the last taken of barry. he ran into the former mayor just hours before he died. he said the mayor told him to stay strong, be positive, and gave him a hug. >>> the d.c. council is now ready to begin to fulfill the process of filling his seat. first the office has to officially declare the vacancy. then they will establish the time line for a special election. candidates will be running to fill the remainder of bare yes's term which ends in 2017. well, barry touched countless people during his service as mayor of the district of colu columb columbia. we invite you to go to nbc washington's facebook panel where hundreds of people have already expressed their sympathy to the barry family. >>> what kind of weather do we have? or will we have? it was so warm this morning, it was hard to believe we'd just had the freezing temperatures last week. chuck bell join us with his first midday forecast. >> good morning, b

just ask bill clinton who was given up for politically dead 20 years ago. this month.ork jets who could be launching their drive this weekend for the super bowl. okay. that's not happening. that's not. [laughter] the other stuff, the other stuff -- >> you made it funny, neil. neil: that's how i roll. >> i think this is the republicans to lose. if they do nothing over the next two years, voters will vote them out. we'll keep flip-flopping until we find someone to do something. neil: what if if they send a lot of bills this way without harry reid stopping it in the senate, but it's the president stopping it? >> that might be the bad news part of it for the democrats. if there are bills that have american support, he looks like the bad guy. if i was a democratic leader especially with two years to go in until to the presidential election, they will be saying you need to play ball with the republicans. we may get positive things done in the next couple of years. neil: i'm looking now at some new -- very, you know, alarming news on the health care enrollment numbers. they'r

that is kind of what this tells us. >> by the way you're absolutely right, when bill clinton was talkingg themselves from identity politics, all candidates, he is talking about his wife distancing herself from obama who has been, you know, self-identified by his, his eye incidentty politics and that is how he has been defined. but rand paul, by the way, had is the day that the presidential season begins because he was not talking about how wonderful mitch mcconnell is. he was talking about how horrible hillary clinton is and in contrast with the success that he is partially taking credit for in kentucky. >> on monday on the couch i said i don't know how this helps her, andrea. if these candidates don't succeed, is this bad for her to be out front and center promotings them and they don't succeed and people will associate her with those races? here we are. that is kind of what is happening. >> no, jedediah, what difference does it make is the point, right? hillary clinton, as tucker says -- >> great line. >> has finger in the wind, whatever way is blowing is way she goes. i think it's a b

bill clinton. but, again, it's because the south is a little bit of a playing ground when bill clinton was coming out of hope, arkansas. >> how toxic is the president. >> extremely toxic. you're seeing a lot of competitive democrats who are running away from the president. that's never a good sign. it depresses the base in terms of the vote. but also the money. the cash register is not ringing on the democratic side. the polls are going to be misleading. you'll see a surge of very enthusiastic g.o.p. base. and have a very competitive red map so to speak. >> is it all about voter turn out. >> absolutely. >> do you worry perhaps the democrats can get a last-minute surge themselves, that could happen? >> it's a day late, dollar short for democrats. they were disappointed from everything on the crisis increases from the perspectives of obamacare. the economy has not recovered in the way the president hoped. a lot of the president's promises fell on deaf ears so to speak. >> christie, some good points. regardless of turn out, how frustrated is this eelectrictory ate. are they disappointed on -- the threat

the difference is bill clinton was the political engagement, loves the process of rolling up your sleeves, dealing with individuals. he loved politics. he loved dealing with members. he knew every member's district. members would come in and he would say you are running the wrong campaign. you are running on the wrong issues. let me tell you what you want to run on. and he would tell them the issues to run on. so he was engaged in the process that makes a difference. is that obama is not into that kind of personal political engagement. he wants to work with people. but to get it done, it's like everything else. it is a personal process of basically wooing people, listening to them, understanding what the needs are, understanding how you can convince them what is in their interest to do the right thing. it is that entire process that ultimately results in getting things done. that is where the president has to engage in terms of dealing with the issues that now confront them. >> one of the many personal relationships you explore is your relationships with ehud barak, prime minister of isra

martha: a different man, many would say. >> reporter: and bill clinton was much more after centrist. ved ideas and was fascinated by them and welfare reform the best example that passed -- i think helped him a lot in his reelectioned by. i kind of doubt that president obama had a chance to do this very thing after he lost the house in 2010. he really didn't move at all. you read things -- the media like to talk about how the president went right and how he reached out to republicans from the beginning of his term. that's written from a point of view that doesn't get what republicans are about, the kind of things they were interested in which he never offered them. this happens as we expect it will, but whether he will do it differently. martha: he has lost a lot of his close people. a lot of people wonder if there will be a shift cleaning house in the west wing. we'll definitely start that discussion as soon as this election is over. thank you see much. we'll -- thank you so much. make sure you joins on election night. bret baier, megyn kelly anchoring our coverage. bill will be worki

in 2002 the country was still in the grips of 9/11. 1998 the republicans bill clinton and in 1934 the country was coming at a real depression so these are unique circumstances. we don't have anything that significant going on by any stretch of the imagination besides ebola so this is a mid term and the party in power loses seats, on average 30 seats in the house. in terms of democratic losses. in the senate it is not nothing so the fact to read some of that commentary that thinks that it did not have a history that democrats will lose some seats but it is just history and presidential approval is important. it may be the better they do the less well they do. president obama is currently 42% plus or minus putting them above george bush's standing in 2006 and slightly above ronald reagan in 1982 and far below where clinton was with 65 percent and bush at 68%. dramatically different but the reality is this president's approval rating is not so hot. why? the economy is recovering. people notice consumer confidence in the most recent reports is at a seven year high but the reality is they'

bill clinton was a democrat and his second midterm election, his democratic party did not lose the senate majority because it was not theirs to lose but they stayed in the minority in both the senate and the house. every two-term president of the modern era has had to serve the last two years of his presidency with both houses of congress being controlled by the other par party. george w. bush, bill clinton and ronald reagan. this is what happens to second term presidencies. every time. at least over the course of my lifetime this is how it goes. and before. even if you do want to go back further than that. it was true of eisenhower as well. this is now proven to be almost an historic inevitability about what happens to presidents when they get to their second term and second midterm election. the other guys are in charge of congress. must be a huge drag if you are president to know that's coming. right? but although that is the history, nobody knows for sure if that's going to happen to president obama in tomorrow's elections as well. republicans certainly will hold the house. nobody yet

. >> didn't end well for gerald ford and the bill clinton mod ills what can show if we continue with good bills. bill clinton waspposed to balance bugged until finally the country said, manage your books, do welfare reform so we can get people out of poverty and back to work and once the pressure built by the american people, bill clinton signed those bills and in fact the economy took off because of the good conservative policies and bill clinton is traveling around the country today. nobody wants president obama or harry reid in their district but they want bill clinton because of those good republican policies he ultimately signed into law elm taught give barack obama the opportunity to have those bills on his desk and at some point he will start signing those because the american people will demand it. >> very big difference then. bill clinton looked at the prospect of being a one-termer. this president has nowhere else to go. >> he does want to have a legacy and we have a path to get our country back on track good the economy moving again and get spending under control. that's what we're going to push and a

and i think bill clinton was getting, what, $200 or $250?going all out, and why anyone would cater to this is beyond me. >> i can't hammer her on this list, dagen. lemon wedges and a pillow, it's really not that bad. she is a former first lady, and i don't think she was being too much of a diva here, but does politically does something like this hurt her? >> it will down the road if it doesn't end. like if she's seriously going to run, she has to stop with the demands and stop concern basically, she's going to have to speak for free. there are a lot of people who wouldn't want to listen to her if they didn't have obey a dime for her -- to pay a dime for her. >> she is the godmother of the progressive movement, there's benghazi, really? lemon wedges are going to sink the clintons? >> this stuff really bothers people. i don't know that it bothered people when romney was painted as out of touch, but i do think there is some truth to the fact that there's that politician in every woman that goes out into the crowd, is viewed as low maintenance.

>> when bill clinton was counting down -- and ronald reagan said i don't understand how you could do this job if you were to enact her. -- were an actor. >> there is a non-physicist n authenticity, but it may be part of the responsibility. thehe reality is economy is expanding. income inequality. much has been gained and gone to a tiny minority. we are seeing a fascinating experiment, can you actually tried to -- [indiscernible] he said he did not want to stress income inequality because he would be accused of class warfare. >> two thirds of americans are concerned about income inequality. on the right and the left. they blame different factors. it is a big issue. >> hillary clinton is talking about it more and more as a campaign narrative. >> her retraction on that. let's not let the republicans off the hook. this year we lost one of the great statesman, howard baker. he back the panama canal treaties. he was opposed by three quarters of the members of his party. he was an unpopular president. a republicanine leader in the senate doing that today. mitch mcconnell, if he wins reelect

look, bill clinton was a democrat liberal president. he got a ton done with republicans in the congress. he even got a budget agreement that brought us to a balanced budget. he got all kinds of legislative achievements, the thing is barack obama is the anti-bill clinton. rehe refuses to even realize that the republicans exist. there are 300 bills sent over to the senate that harry reid and president obama didn't give consideration too. republicans are in a position to work with the president with their leadership in both the house and senate and they said they are willing to do it. but to start off this way with this absurd unconstitutional power grab by president obama, destroys that ability. i think for this time, the american people know what this is all about and it's about president obama overreaching and doing something they simply don't agree with. >> general, let me ask you this. we heard the president state, there are going to be areas of agreement between me and republicans, i'm quoting him now and areas of disagreement and th