well before you get to the stage president clinton was. >> bill clinton arguably had eight years of some of the best health care in the world. after he left office he had significant heart problems. that surprised people. how could it be he could get this level of heart care and have heart problems. >> he had multivessel disease. he had a lot of plaque. that plaque could have been identified with a heart scan years before. >> i don't want to sound glim, why wasn't it done? you'd assume the white house doctors, the president of the united states they'd be doing that for him? why not? >> it was not the standard of care then. we are past that. >> it turns out he had a coronary scan months after leaving office. but the technology was so new then doctors weren't quite sure what to do with the results. they said i had some calcium build up around my heart that put me basically in the top 1/3 of risks, but no evidence of blockage. for a few months before this happened, often when i would do strenuous exercise there were some hilly areas, when i'd climb those hills i had to stop and take a breat

she's also working with the clinton foundation and the clinton will win initiative. her recent professional and academic work has focused on improving access to health care for citizens around the world on equal rights and education for children. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming president clinton and chelsea clinton. [applause] ..

if he gregarious like bill clinton? no.cademic and at times acidic and has disdain for the political people and the process. it doesn't mean he doesn't want to win. chris: he is a competitor. does he have a vision for the second term? >> i don't know. chris: katty, what do you think? >> he wants to win. look at the guy that took on the clintons. hillary clinton was going to be the nominee, it was their turn. he fought tooth and nail to get the nomination. he wouldn't have done that. of course, he is frustrated. there is one issue which is perhaps michelle obama, it is hard to live with a politician who loses a race, but my understanding is that if he lost, she would be there. chris: she has a lot to show she hasn't shown. >> you talk about the vision for a second term, it is really hard to have a vision when you're in a bunker and these gigantic economic bombs are landing on you every week. it's been a very difficult place to be and to plan ahead. i think that -- >> that vision will have to be dictated by the outcome of the

well before you get to the stage president clinton was. >> bill clinton, former president, arguably had at least eight years of some of the best health care in the world. it was after he left office he had significant heart problems. that surprised a lot of people. how could it be that he could get this level of health care and still have heart problems? >> he had multivessel disease. so he had a lot of plaque. that plaque certainly could have have been identified years before. >> but why wasn't it done? again, you would assume that the white house doctors, the president of the united states, they've been doing that afor hi. >> it was not the standard of care then. >> i decided to ask bill clinton about that. it turns out he did have a coronary calcium scan just months after leaving office. the technology was so new then, doctors weren't quite sure what to do with the results. >> they said i had some calcium buildup around my heart. that put necessity basically in the top third of risk. but they said there is no effort of blockage because i did so well on the stress test. for a few mont

i guess i should start by thanking president clinton and the clinton foundation. i want to thank you for recognizing in this age of 24- hour cable and internet and talk radio that one of our great national challenges is a shortage of opportunities for political pundits to have their views heard. [laughter] all want to thank you for taking a small step toward rectifying that. as democrats began the process of selecting a presidential nominee in 1992, the parties had lost the capacity to effectively compete for the presidency. republicans had won five of the six previous elections, three by landslides. over those six elections, democrats had won one average 43% of the popular vote. the situation in the electoral college was worse. of those six elections, republicans had won on average 460 electorial college votes. during the 1980's, the democrats had won a smaller share of the available collect for college votes than in any three consecutive election sequences since the formation of the modern party system in 1828. it was not an exaggeration when commentators and st

president clinton was also a visionary.ecognize what all of us know so well today, that the global economy was in the early stages of transformation that would create enormous opportunities, but also great pressures. and that information technology and communication were on the threshold of revolutionary changes that would have enormous impact on our economy. he was committed to addressing our more immediate issues while also preparing the american people to succeed in a rapidly changing world. i remember mp3 speech where president clinton said, we cannot prevent change, we should not prevent change, but we can work to we put the american people to succeed in a rapidly changing global economy. prior to taking office president clinton decided and work to accomplish his goals, he needed a better process for decision-making, so he created a national economic council that was patterned after the national security council that president truman had created in 1947. the nec gave cabinet members and senior white house staff an hone

bill clinton is still very popular.gners this country has ever seen. and he's very popular in the places that the president is not. >> when we talk about what bill clinton did for jobs though because he writes about his own term in the white house, how his policies led to some 22 million j jobs. what specific advice does he have for job creation now? it's completely different than it was when he was in office, a completely different world, basically. >> completely different world, and that is i think part of what bothers the obama people is they have been handed this terrible kind of long, lasting economic slump that is the worst since the great depression. and there's no doubt that there was an element of luck to clinton's economic success. he had some smart policies but he also came into office at the right time. so president clinton, you know, the book is such a classic kind of clinton conversation because he's got like 40 different ideas and some of them are really big and some of them are really small and some of t

but herman cain is no bill clinton.agazine columnist joe klein who has a piece on the latest issue in the stands right now and melissa harris-perry a professor at tulane university and msnbc contributor. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> absolutely. >> joe klein, how much deja vu are you feeling here between the clinton and cain situation? >> absolutely none. although i'm feeling a bit nostalgic. as herman cain may say it is apples and freight trains. it is, in the clinton case, it was an act, several many, multiple acts of consensual sex. it was always consensual. in herman cain's case they had to pay two women to shut up. you know, it was a form of sexual harassment. now i think all of these things are overblown. i think this, given all of herman cain's other sins and almost near total ignorance is a drop in the bucket, but i think that in the end -- by the way, the real story of the gennifer flowers thing was that it with wasn't hurting clinton in the polls at all. what happened within i think eight days to t

the thing that president clinton really clinton really takes exceps to is the tea party.american psyche where as a country, we tend to rebel against government and the tea party is one of those rebellions. he wants to restore faith in government, as does president obama, which is kind of funny about this interaction. president clinton and obama really agree on most of the big issues. >> on the flip side, isn't it easy to monday morning quarterback? what is the current administration saying? >> well, again, i'd say there's the public reaction and a private reaction. in private, i think it's a little bit frustrating for them to have president clinton critiquing president obama. i mean, president clinton said the other day in "usa today," that if they had communicated better, the democrats wouldn't have lost the house in the midterm election, so that's a big charge to make. on the other hand, the obama people have to live with it. why? because president clinton is powerful campaigner. he's popular with the voting groups that president obama is not. so he's in a real position

clinton is very popular.r in 2008 when clinton went against obama, that is the last thing he wants. but he is trying to be like clinton in the small ball politics, the student loan, mortgage. you can't play small ball when the economy is the way it is. >> dana: remember the press conference and bill clinton took over. robert gibbs has a great story about this, how it went down. but the great thing was there was a holiday party going on over on the other, in the east wing for the press. and president obama was like okay, i'm leaving here with this and going to the party with mrs. obama. there is nothing president clinton likes more than campaigning. >> bob: but clinton is the only democrat since frank live roosevelt who re-elected to the second term. >> brian: and impeached. >> bob: but listen, he would end his re-election in '96 in the kind of shape that obama was in. beat up and low in the polls. he understands this. and he understands two groups that obama does not happen. is white male, blue collar workers

she is also working with the clintons foundation and the clinton global one initiative. her recent professional and academic work has focused on improving access to health care, equal rights and on education for children. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming president clinton and chelsea clinton. [applause] >> thank you. before we begin i should acknowledge the fact that i am certainly not an unbiased interviewer. i am unapologetically on biased towards my father. we don't always agree, but i certainly always learn from him, whether in conversation or the pleasure of reading drafts of his book and then finally getting a hard copy myself last week. i think it would be a good place to start where he left off saying that you wrote this book largely because you worry that for us the american dream had become opaque and lost so i think it would be helpful to hear why at this point in time you were compelled to write this book. it is brief, it is distilled but it is action oriented. >> i first was inclined to do it after the 2010 election because i went out and di

we know eight years of clinton, eight years of bush under. >> klein: mm-hmm. >> smith: .bill clintonhe tax rate was 39% for the wealthiest americans. it was 35% under bush. we had a surplus and a robust economy under clinton and we had the economy you described under bush and yet the people who are fighting with the president and fighting with everybody over the economy seem to think that the clinton era tax rates are still too high and that we should in fact lower them from where they are right now. >> klein: yeah we all remember the clinton depression, right? &-[ laughter ]t. >> klein: but, yeah, it's one of the most mystifying things to me, and they, they mythologize reagan and yet reagan raised taxes three times in big ways and he raised taxes on business. the 1982 tax cut, hich was called tefra, you know, was mostly a tax on businesses. >> smith: right. >> klein: and yet all of his accolades now, someone like grover norquist who has come up with this no tax pledge. >> smith: right. >> klein: .which he says was a marketing gimmick, a marketing gimmick. but all these people are si

and clinton says no to the new taxes. >> andrea: i don't know how many times did bill clinton ask you his type. >> brian: ily say this, if i had to get back to the topic real quick i'd say the only thing we forget about bill clinton just like we forget about ronald reagan. when he left, everybody was making fun of ronald reagan, saying we had to turn the page. thank goodness he has been impeached so it's amazing how time changes the perception. >> andrea: economy started to crash when he left office. steven moore did a critique of bill clinton's new book. talk about moderate he was then. this book that clinton just wrote "back to work" is an ode to big government stevenmore said. he went back on the moderate things he supported and supports the liberal policies. who knows what bill clinton believes. >> kimberly: inconsistent how he governed. >> andrea: could fort hood shooting been prevented? the families say yes and they are asking the government to pay. that's next. stay tuned to "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> juan: i hate to be the one but we have to have a serious moment on "the five.

all those things president clinton and president obama agree with. i think it's helpful, although the press like to focus on the 1% to 5% difference between the presidents, the hangover of the 2008 campaign, i think it's helpful because it shows you have president clinton who presided over unprecedented prosperity in this country, creating 22 million jobs, president obama who's promising to put forth policies that president clinton did, uplifted the middle class, created a fairer economy. i think it's helpful. >> do you think the election will almost certainly now be fought not just on the economy but specifically on jobs? do you think that if the job figures come down significantly between now and then your chances are dramatically higher of getting re-elected? and conversely, if they go up from where we are now, if they go much higher than, say, 9.5% or something, that you'd be in real trouble? >> well, they say the economy -- the better the economy is, the better it is for the income ben president. that's always been true. and it's jobs -- if the

c-span will also be covering the event with chelsea clinton. >> former president bill clinton's book presentation from the new york historical society. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. my name is sunny messe and on behalf of all my colleagues at the publishing group, i would like to welcome you to the new york historical society for what promises to be a memorable evening of conversation. tonight's conversation will reach across the generations. we use that term with the older interview by the young will focus on something of interest to everyone in this room collective future. the american dream is a powerful concept. of being derailed, people are worried about the jobs. they are worried about the economy. they are worried that we lost our competitive edge. and they are concerned that america -- they are concerned the american seafood has "back to work" sfa, i came of age leaving that no matter what have you and would at least be able to support myself. it became a crucial part of my identity. it drove me to spend a good portion of my adult life trying to guess at the same cha

i think clinton's role, including secretary clinton, if she leaves office, i tell you the clintons willbe powerful in pennsylvania and ohio. >> they still have a huge constituency. >> there'll be a clinton party out there. thank you, chris cillizza, thank you, joan walsh. >>> up next, "the washington post" broke the story that one of herman cain's accusers wants to end her confidentiality agreement and speak publicly about what she says happened back in the 1990s. we'll talk to "the post" reporter that broke that story next. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. ht turn into something mo. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment's right. ♪ [ man ] tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. [ man ] do no

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i've said this back during the clinton scandals.here's professional demonists, they will defend because they put ideology before principle. but they always get a freer pass. remember, this is only beginning because not only is herman cain, remember this, i think it probably came from one of the other campaigns, to politco, but you will have the press attacking. the white house wants nothing to do with herman cain. >> right. and i think that is the biggest point right there. i think they fear him the most. >> he is an unknown factor. and herman cain, if he can make himself credible, takes the race card out. it takes the race card out with whites. >> because they put up with joe biden said clean. the gop is putting up smart and they can't handle it. >> fascinating debate. good to see you in new york. coming up, it's time for the brothers beckel, bob on the left, and bob beckel's brother is a conservative. they will bring their family political feud here on hannity. they will duke it out. and tomorrow night right here by interview excl

chuck, i bless you for asking the chelsea clinton question.hat's what everyone wanted to know. have a great weekend, chuck. >> you got it, buddy. all right. >> be safe. >>> the president continues his trip to the asia pacific region. as you heard, where chuck is today in bali. it's part of the world that the administration says is key to prosperity and job growth here at home. so what is the president hoping to accomplish while he's abroad? frank lavin is a former u.s. ambassador to singapore and joins me now. frank, he's talking about a lot of domestic politics. >> sure. >> this is job growth and that sort of thing. what is this really about, marines now stationed in australia. >> sure. >> hillary clinton to myanmar. take me 10,000 feet. what's the goal? >> i think we have a few things going on. one, getting the president out of washington is helpful to them. we have intractable issues, a lot of friction and heat, economic unhappiness. just getting him out is great. having a president act like a president, airforce one, the helicopter, speaki

it is by changing what you eat. >> what does bill clinton eat?, vegetables, fruit, and a morning jake. he sometimes eat fish, but he on the stake. he has never felt better. looks great. god bless him. i still have to have my me. his newhave questioned died. say he looks gaunt. excursionists say nutritionists say he looks fit and his new healthy alternative.

and against bill clinton. -- bill clinton could talk for 2-1/2 hours on any given question.n order to get that, clinton also wanted a town hall facing. so they swapped. their negotiators swapped. bob dole got short answers in some of the debates and in exchange for clinton's people getting what clinton wanted which was the town hall debate for the first time. everything about the size of the holding rooms, everything about it is negotiated. >> host: including the moderator. that may posit that that may be why they ended up with a single moderator because they couldn't agree on anybody a other than you. >> it is not false modesty. it is the truth. a couple of times that i ended up moderating debates it is because they could not agree on anybody else and they could agree on me and they threw up their hands. >> politically this person said some things. >> guest: or whatever. they're always looking for advantage. one side thought this would be a disadvantage, dispersant for whatever reason. it doesn't have to be a legitimate reason. it is almost like in a jury, you arbitrarily s

and clinton says no to the new taxes. >> andrea: i don't know how many times did bill clinton ask you type. >> brian: ily say this, if i had to get back to the topic real quick i'd say the only thing we forget about bill clinton just like we forget about ronald reagan. when he left, everybody was making fun of ronald reagan, saying we had to turn the page. thank goodness he has been impeached so it's amazing how time changes the perception. >> andrea: economy started to crash when he left office. steven moore did a critique of bill clinton's new book. talk about moderate he was then. this book that clinton just wrote "back to work" is an ode to big government stevenmore said. he went back on the moderate things he supported and supports the liberal policies. who knows what bill clinton believes. >> kimberly: inconsistent how he governed. >> andrea: could fort hood shooting been prevented? the families say yes and they are asking the government to pay. that's next. stay tuned to "the five." ♪ ♪ we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady

clinton administration.t the beginning of that administration, he served as deputy head of the national economic council under bob rubin, and later he became the director of the national economic council. he has held this position before, and has not been involved in 11 straight years of democratic economic policy making, where more than any other one individual in terms of consistently working in the democratic administrations and a key economic policies. he is from an arbor, michigan. he is a diehard wolverine fan. he went to the nervous the of minnesota where he was recruited as a tennis player, won a scholarship, and played as captain as the university of minnesota tennis team. he went to yale law school where he continued his great academic pursuits. at minnesota he had was a member of phi beta kappa. after all school he began to get involved in public policy matters, but also worked for mario cuomo in the early 1990's, and then was recruited in the new caucus campaign to work for bill clinton and he ra

says they remember that it was mr clinton's administration but got rid of bless the eagle it was clinton's administration that put the wall street art in place and brought ruben omics in the same ruben omics people that mr obama has brought in he was clinton who brought in larry summers and obama who reappointed larry summers it was clinton who pushed and ruben omics and ruben brought in tim geithner as the bank allowed us to. be goldman sachs but operate to name a treasury secretary somebody who would serve its interest so there is just a feeling of one of disgust not only towards clinton but towards obama that they were grouped together now they are in their two piece of the same to the very same time so then are there no solutions for occupy wall street as there are changes and we're almost out of time i just overall quick answer here no there is no solution in there so why they're so frustrated metlife what this is doing is leading to a situation where once people realize there is no solution in the current system there are three revolutionary situation there what it's leading towards

bill clinton qualifies as well. we stee it today.s wonderfully persuasive and engaging and real to president. president obama, we're in it in the moment and because we're so preoccupied with health care and financial reform, we're not stepping back and looking at his presidency as we are now with the clinton years, the roosevelt years and kennedy and ronald reagan. i believe history will judge barack obama as a great communicator as well. different than president reagan, but nonetheless a good communicator. >> i hate it to end on a sour note, but i've been thinking about it as so many people have. this penn state scandal, these disgusting charges of child rape. we're in the middle of a national moment about this, a sort of national conversation about it that's a lot bigger than college football and even in -- but certainly goes to the heart of the matter what you do it to protect innocent people, innocent kids in any organization. what as a leader of the country take away from this? what kind of conclusion do we need to be coming to

former president bill clinton has an important message. rebecca cooper shows us his new diet and new way of life that saved his life and could save yours. >> bill clinton always loved to eat. he calls himself a fat kid who weighed 185 pounds by age 13. as president, he ate his way through 50 states. >> we ate more than my pregnant wife across the country. we had five meals a day, maybe six. >> the president ran to control his weight, but was still not fit, famous for stopping at mcdonald's after chalking. after a blistering e-mail because of his diet and lose weight for his daughter's wedding, he made a radical change and became a vagena. >> i was playing russian roulette. i still was taking in a lot of extra cholesterol. >> this doctor worked closely with the physician that clinton credits for his new vegan lifestyle. >> you can turn it around. it is by changing what you eat. >> what does bill clinton eat? he says beans legumes but couples, and fruit. he sometimes eats fish, but clinton now passes on steak. >> he looks great his energy le