in the meantime, joining us is author chris whipple. his most recent book is "the fight of his life: the inside story of joe biden's white house." this is one of the first books about the biden administration, isn't it? >> great to be with you. i was looking over my shoulder expecting to see bob woodward or someone else creeping up from behind. i've got two other books. the gatekeepers and white house chief of staff. the spy masters and cia directors. those are cumulatively more than 100 years of history. this book covers two and yet this was more difficult. this was a bigger challenge. writing a book about a white house in progress is kind of like designing an airplane in midflight. you get it blown off course by events in real-time, an invasion of ukraine. you are hoping you can land the plane safely and compounding the challenge is that this is one of the most distant -- batten down, disciplined, on script, leakproof white houses in modern history. despite that, i was able to get pretty candid stories from almost all of joe biden's i

chris whipple has a 40 year journalism career. he worked in foreign policy magazine, life magazine, 60 minutes, abc news primetime, etc. we are talking about his newest book, "the fight of his life: the inside story of joe biden's white house." phone numbers are on the screen. 202 is the area code for all numbers. (202) 748-8000 four democrats. we will begin taking your calls in just a few minutes. if you want to text a message in, you can do so. 202-748-8903. include your first name and city if you will text a message. two years in, how was the biden administration doing. >> it has been a journey and evolution. joe biden is a much better president today than he was in late 2021. i was there at the white house the weekend that joe biden flew to europe to the climate conference in glasgow empty-handed while the build back better bill and bipartisan infrastructure bills were twisting in the wind. some people thought his presidency was in jeopardy. ron klain was on the verge of resigning. he decided to stay. he's come a long way sinc

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in the meantime, joining us is author chris whipple.

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