david axelrod and john king. you know, david, donald trump's tweet about the presumed terror is what both people like and fear about him. they like the fact that he's bold. he said, of course, it is. to others it was intemperate. >> i think it may give people pause when thinking about him as president. what you don't want to do when you're president is jump to conclusions, point fingers, create panic, perhaps stir reaction. presidents have enormous power with their words. the first thing i think that probably would have to be done if donald trump became president is someone would have to take his twitter account away because you just can't operate that way as president of the united states. >> you can't have him in with codes in one hand and an iphone in the other, right? >> yeah, i've said repeatedly, you know, having spent a couple years sitting next to a president what you learn quickly is what presidents say and do can send armies marching and discretion is really an important part of the job and it's a qualit

joining me now, cnn political commentators david axelrod and dan pfeiffer, both former senior advisers to obama and still with us republican strategist doug heye, former communications director with the rnc. gentlemen, mr. axelrod, to you first. you watched the interview with secretary clinton. your thoughts. >> i did. look, i think she seemed very confident, and you heard the themes that i think we're going to hear again and again and again, and we heard from john podesta last night that donald trump is risky, that he's a loose can mon. >> heard that four times. >> that she has what it takes for what the presidency entails and, you know, i think that that is probably a very solid way to go. whatever people think about donald trump, there is this question about him with his finger on the button and making decisions that have life and death consequences, and she does have an advantage in this regard. people can see her in that job. i heard the conversation earlier between dana and gloria about the whole issue of experience and trump overcame that in the primaries, but this is a much dif

you just quoted david axelrod. he's one of them. folks are hoping that bill clinton can help solve that problem. kind of like what he did in 2012 when he won the nickname messenger in chief for helping convey president obama's message to the country. >> she slipped up a little bit according to her campaign when she said that bill clinton would be "in charge" of the economy and economic matters. they've since tried to dial that back. but she gets held to words like that in a way that donald trump does not. and you wonder how that's going to play down the road. >> yeah, it does seem like there may be -- that donald trump has a little more freedom in some ways with his words, although i think folks who are supporting donald trump would tell you that that's not the case, as evidenced by the -- sort of that outrage over "the new york times" story this past weekend about his relationships with women. but i think she did get a little bit over her skis there by saying bill clinton would be in charge of revitalizing the economy. what she mea

here's what he told former obama adviser david axelrod. >> we can certainly argue about the way in whichid. but i think that he actually performed a public service by raising the debate that we engaged in and by the changes that we made. now i would say that doing what he did and the way he did it was illegal. >> holder called on snowden to come back to the u.s. and face the consequences of his actions. snowden has been living in moscow for the last three years and he claims he had volunteered to go to prison but had not heard back from the u.s. government. the doj would not confirm or deny it. >>> the veterans administrations are saying they will name themselves but the totals have been scrutinized and there's yet to be a full accounting of where the funds went. veterans groups have protested demanding to know more. >>> meanwhile, amid reports of an independent candidate, trump supporter ben carson said that the u.s. is set on a course for carnage and death if republicans don't rally around the presumptive nominee. >> i think what bill kristol and many others like him need to recognize

here's what he told david axelrod about the presumptive nominee. >> i don't know if donald trump is eligibleesident. that's not a birther thing. i'm not a constitutional scholar so i can't say. but can you -- are you eligible to run if you are a man baby? [ laughter ] or a baby man? see, i don't know -- look, i don't know -- and again, i'm not here to be politically incorrect. if they referred to as man baby americans, but he's -- he's a man baby. he has the physical countenance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands. so -- >> all right. last night stephen colbert found himself in a precarious position, stuck in a vending machine. that was before he got some help from another person in a slightly is more precarious position. >> it's a lost call. >> it is not a lost call. >> bernie sanders, what are you doing here? >> well, i don't take money from billionaires but i check every vending machine change slot. >> come on. $27. nothing. >> hey, wait, aren't you going -- >> tell you about the west virginia primary tomorrow? >> oh, sure. but at a certain point, don't you have to say i'm not goi

. >> and former obama senior strategist, david axelrod, tweeted this. ""the new york times" report on trump's boorish behavior to women is troubling, but did not to surprising findings live up to the big, over the fold play?" >> let me ask you that. did david axelrod have a point? that this was blown up to something. you can tell the truth. you're rolling your eyes. >> the story's very complicated. >> what's the worst allegation? >> what's the maybe -- >> what's the worst allegation of this explosive front page story. >> name it! >> i will comment on this in the spirit reince priebus. >> there's some troubling things in the piece, but there's nothing illegal, there's nothing even kind of like beyond boorish or politically incorrect, which is built into the donald trump brand. so if that's the best they have in this score -- >> so mike barnicle, i've got two stories. and i did, i kept reading it. because i was trying to figure out, what did he do. because that's the lawyer in me. and you tear through all the documents and then you go, they did this, they

for example, david axelrod now works for msnbc. which is a nice change of pace since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. >> i know cnn has taken some knocks lately. but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of a story. just in case one of them happens to be accurate. >> msnbc is here. they're a little overwhelmed. they've never seen an audience this big before. >> i am happy to be here. even though i am a little jet lagged from my trip to malaysia. the lengths we have to go to to get cnn coverage these days. >> the fact is, i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president. your job is to keep me humble. frankly, i think i'm doing my job better. >> let's face it, fox. you'll miss me when i'm gone. >> it will be harder to convince the american people that hillary was born in kenya. >> all right, some of the president's best lines about cable news. jokes at our expense, but you know what, that's okay once a year. >>> all right, to for more let's g

eric holder says snowden should return to the united states, but holder told david axelrod on the ax files, that he believed some good did come out of snowden's actions. >> snow den did what he did but he actually performed a public service by raising the debate we engaged in and by the changes that we made. i will say that doing what he did and the way he did it was inappropriate and illegal. nicole: snowden said he would return to the united states if received a fair trial. johnny depp, alice of the looking glass bombs at the box office and the sequel had little to celebrate. >> he always had four followers. >> like the four horsemen from the apocalpse. nicole: golden state warriors continue to make history over oklahoma city thunder to make it back to the nba finals. in the nhl quest for stanley cup is underway and we will tell you who took the lead so far. let's check out u.s. stock market futures after all indices have gained. last trading day. dow futures up 19. s&p futures up a quarter of 1 point. nasdaq six and a half. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets and

. >> david axelrod has this theory that either you look for a replica or a remedy.illary clinton's problem is that people want a remedy. she is doing a bit of both and that has been very difficult for her. bernie sanders's lingering presence in this race has exposed that. charlie: this election could be transported in -- transformative for both parties. >> i think that's right. i think one of the reactions you are seeing in congress in response to the donald trump nomination is increased calls to confirm merrick garland before this term is over to aim the senate. knowing that if the numbers hold up, hillary clinton will nominate someone to the left. >> go with what you know is the sale for voters. you can see something of a fever breaks. thank you. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton. you are watching "bloomberg west." let's check your first word news. north carolina and the doj are suing each other. attorney general loretta lynch explained the action. attorney general lynch: this is about the dignity we accord our citizens and the

david axelrod. >> well, i wouldn't say the planes coming in for a landing here. >> right. >> if anything, i think he intensified his rhetoric and he said flat out to beat donald trump, we first have to beat secretary clinton, but there's nothing that happened tonight that would suggest he's going to be in that position. so the question becomes if his goal is to defeat donald trump, how does he land that plane in such a way that he isn't giving a sense of ill legitimacy to his supporters about the whole process. >> be afraid, be very afraid. if i was debbie wasserman schulz, if i were the clinton folks, i'd be concerned. >>. >> he kind of put the democratic party on notice. open your doors. you have to start telling the american people the truth. and you know, he went on and on about that, and i think that in talking about his strategies, new jersey, montana, whatever to getting getting to california, but didn't mention he'd have to win 70% plus -- >> yeah. >> in some ways i think he's misreading the democratic party that elected in obama in 2008 and 2012. and welcomed in millions of new

. >> reporter: though in comments largely overlooked from a recent podcast interview with david axelrods alleged may have come from within individuals operating and trying to get to do their own thing. >> within the government? >> within the government or family members. >> the saudis insist that the report exonerated them. >> there is no room for discussing court matters now. >> reporter: if this bill becomes law, allowing the lawsuit to move forward. >>> donald trump says he would talk to north korea's kim jong-un but can the gop get behind that idea? that story, next. wrely on the us postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority: you wannwith sodastreamter? you turn plain water into sparkling water in seconds. and because it's so delicious, you'll drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water. when they thought they should westart saving for retirement.le then we asked some older peo

david axelrod, thank you so much for sharing that with us. >> good to see you. >>> all right. we're comping. did the cincinnati zoo make the right debate? the zookeeper says yes but the right activists say the parents of the boy bear some responsibility for this incident. let's bring in cnn's jessica schneider live from us from cincinnati. hi, jessica. >> hi, allison. a lot of debate and controversy surrounding the zoo's decision and the parents' action or potential inaction. the zoo's director saying he's refusing to place gablame and calling out the so of h called monday morning quarterbacks. >> we did not take the shooting of harambe lightly. >> reporter: the cincinnati zoo standing behind the zoo killing the gorilla harambe. after a 3-year-old boy fell roughly ten feet into this moat st. coming face to face with the 450-pound 17-year-old silverback. >> this child was being dragged around. his head was banging on concrete. >> reporter: outrage continues to grow over the decision to shoot. the anger spreading online, a change.org petition garnering 300,000 signatures demandi

we'll talk about that and so much more with david axelrod, next. >>> well, the fbi interviewing some material was on her private e-mail server. that investigation is reportedly winding down, according to some u.s. officials who have spoken to cnn, and there is no apparent evidence of, so far, of any criminal wrongdoing. still, could be e-mail controversy hurt hillary clinton in the general election? joining us now, cnn senior political commentator david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama. >> how are you? >> good. does this rob the republicans and donald trump of one line of attack? or do they just keep going at it? >> obviously, if will were a finding of crim na doing, that would be a live -- baked in the cake right now. i don't think if it goes along as was reported and they find no action to be taken on this, i think you move on from there. i don't athink this is determinative in the general election. >> hillary clinton will answer question, says she's open to answering questions. yet if running a campaign, how do you stage that moment? >> i think that is a question.

here to discuss this and so much more, cnn political commentator, david axelrod.a rowdy, raucous interview that chris just had, and there are lots of things to dive in, but one, basically cohen said you haven't seen anything yet. the attacks they've unleashed on hillary clinton and bill clinton's past, nothing yet. what do you think? >> i don't think that's shocking. i mean, we've seen donald trump throughout the course of the campaign, and he has no reverse in his gear shift. he is just straight ahead, right at you. and i expect to see more of it. the question is, does -- do all these attacks on bill clinton hurt hillary or not. >> what's the answer? >> i think there is an element, we've heard all of this stuff for 20 years. if they can make the connection to hillary, you know, they're trying to make the enabler argument, but the bill clinton stuff is so luminescent, and people may look at it and say come on, man, it's 2016, we know about all this stuff. we knew about it -- >> all right, michael cohen -- censorship. >> this is the point that we have to make on th

i think it was david axelrod that said they're x-raies of a candidate's soul and now we see that with donald trump. the phrase, beneath the dignity of the office in some ways come to mind when you see this press conference. it was a phrase and sort of an attack that obama faced when he would go on talk shows. i think he wore jeans in the oval office in 2009 and conservatives had a real problem with that. and i think conservatives are also losing some sleep over the behavior of donald trump. he just seems not to behave rationally in some instances. as dana said, it would have been easy to come out and say, this is what i did. i raised this money. i think some of the questions came about because he didn't give the money when he said he gave the money and that's what the press was asking! he us . >> he went after hillary clinton. i'll play a little clip for you. >> i have been thanked my so many groups. great veterans groups and outside, you have a few people picketing. they're sent there by hillary clinton. >> he says that some of the protesters, some of the vets organizations that were

though in comments largely overlooked from a recent podcast interview with david axelrod, ben rhodesssed some of the seed money for al qaeda may have come from entities within saudi arabia. >> there may be individuals, you know, who are operating who kind of get to do their object thing. >> within the government? >> within the government or family members. >> reporter: the saudis insist that the 9/11 commission report exonerated them. >> there is no room for discussing court matters now because from the saudi point of view, this issue has been settled already. >> reporter: moreover the audi government has threatened to sell hundreds of billions in american assets if the bill becomes law. >> the bill approved now heads to the house. joining me once again to talk about this is the house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce of california. chairman royce, we know the president opposes this bill. where do you stand? >> well, we're reviewing this closely. i think that the 9/11 report itself should be declassified. but i'm talking to my colleagues about will this. i think that what i

ex-president and not in the game anymore so he's a little bit above the fray but our colleague, david axelrod said he was the most effective surrogate for barack obama and he may not be as effective this time around because he's also personally invested. >> a lot remember al gore, a lot people think he made a major blunder by not leaving it more effective. >> that's right. he sort of put a wall between himself and the bill clinton presidency thinking some of the scandals from the bill clinton presidency would taint him. he might have wanted to do something different. if you look at the way hillary clinton is using him in pennsylvania, he was there 13 times. i think in states like that, he can do her some good and with olders vo voters as well. overall, i think so. >> he's an amazing politician. you've got to admit it. >> back to 2012, what speech remembered? bill clinton. could you remember him doing that to hillary clinton, upstaging his wife? >> probably will. >> assuming she gets the nomination. not over with yet. >>> weighing in on the presidential race, taking swipes at donald trump with

that's what david plouffe is saying, david axelrod is saying.trump. you think you want donald trump, you don't want donald trump. well, we republicans are gnashing our teeth saying he's going to tear down lincoln's brick by brick. >> what does bernie sanders mean what he says the democratic contest will be contested. plus, puerto rico hemorrhaging. live to the new york stock exchange for reaction as the island defaults on its nearly half a billion dollar debt today and what it will mean for the world economy. >>> first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> thank you, mika. large hail and big hail storms, you think of kansas, oklahoma, colorado, texas. how about indianapolis last night? we got these pictures in. in some places, 10 inches deep. this is all about pea to quarter-size hail. thankfully, didn't do a ton of damage out there. look at that. that's indianapolis this morning when people woke up. let's take you into the severe weather this morning. over the weekend, louisiana got drenched. jazz fest was a nightmare. never made

holder made the comments while speaking on a podcast hosted by david axelrod. >> we can certainly argue about the way in which snowden did what he did, but i think he actually performed a public service by raising the debate that we engaged in and by the chchanges s that we made. amy: this comes as edward snowden is calling for an overhaul in whistleblower protections after former senior pentagon official john crane has spoken out publicly about how his superiors broke the law to punish a key national security agency whistleblower for leaking information about waste, mismanagement and surveillance. , to see our exclusive broadcast interview with a former pentagon official john crane go to , democracacynow.org. anand after nearly seven w weekn strike, tens of thousands of verizon workers have declared victory. it was one of the biggest u.s. strikes in years, as workers fought verizon's efforts to cap pensions, cut benefits and outsource work to mexico, the philippines and the dominican , republic. under a deal announced monday, workers will receive a nearly 11% raise over four years. the

for example, david axelrod has a popular podcast. it is a wild frontier right now and everyone has access to the technology. it is very easy and you can post it very easily that like everything else, there are niche markets and we do things that apply to our lives but also there are podcasts that are very niche. i don't know how long they will the good ones will find their way. charlie: did you get into this because of word-of-mouth? mark: well, that is sort of what happened. charlie: a little bit of water cooler talk? mark: a little bit. how long ago did you interview manson? charlie: that was when i first 1985.d, like 1984, mark: you should go back and interview him. charlie: every year there is some new story. mark: i heard that one of his girls was up for parole. charlie: yeah. mark: that would be an interesting interview, that would be intense. charlie: why do you go to san quentin and talk to him? would you do it? would you like to do it? would you be interested in it? mark: yes, i would. he is an old which. charlie: he is more

listen to a part of a conversation between stewart and david axelrod, cnn political commentator and formerhite house official. >> he is a man baby. he has the physical countenance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands. i'll lay the blame then with the democrats. the door is open to an [ bleep ] like donald trump because the democrats haven't done enough to show to people that government that can be effective for people can be efficient for people, and if you can't do that, then you've lost the right to make that change and someone is going to come in and demagogue you, and that's what happened. >> joining us now, cnn political commentators peter beinart, caylee mceneny, margaret hoover, andrew dirkirtzman. peter, you are a lot like jon stewart except for the beard. >> maybe a little funnier. >> you are a funny man. you just wrote a piece saying "democrats are built to win." jon stewart said democrats are to blame for donald trump. are those two notions compatible. >> i'm a great admirer of jon stewart but i disagree with that. if there's one place where you could fault democrats, it'

there was a tweet today from david axelrod, president obama's former strategist, a kind tweet to john kasich. said wasn't the year for it. wasn't the gop he envisioned but he ran a positive apparitional campaign that he should be -- >> that doomed him in the gop primary. more partisan. didn't feel he was republican enough to get the nomination. >> all very interesting, jeff. try to bring in katrina pearson, the trump campaign. katrina, great to have you back on the real story. especially on this big day. i understand that your candidate, mr. trump was giving an interview to "time" magazine when the news came out that kasich was dropping out. he said this. i didn't think that was going to happen. now my focus will be on hillary clinton. what do you have to say about that? >> well, absolutely. we were expecting to go all the way through to the convention in this contest. in fact, we're not doing that now. it is a relief because it is time to turn the focus on hillary clinton. it is time for the party to come together and draw that contrast of what a pro-america agenda looks like versus

for example, david axelrod has a popular podcast. not as popular as yours, but popular.is sort of a wild frontier. everyone has access to the technology, and you can post it very easily. but like everything else there , are niche markets and we do things that apply to our lives , but there are also podcasts that are very niche. i don't know how long they will remain. but the good ones will find their way. charlie: is that what happened, did you find your way? because of word-of-mouth? like watercooler talk. marc: there was a bit of that, but it was mostly driven by the guest i had. how long ago did you interview manson? charlie: a long time ago, when i started out. it was like 1984, marc: you 1985. should go back and interview him. charlie: every year there is some new story. marc: someone was just up for parole. charlie: i don't think they released her. marc: i don't think so. that would be an interesting interview. it would be intense. charlie: why don't you go to san quentin and talk to him? i would. who do i talk to? can you put me in touch with manson? charlie: [lau

and david axelrod has made this point. it's a natural pendulum, a thermostat of the electorate. they look for people who are the dispositional opposite of the person that's been there for eight years. >> it's sort of like your ex-boyfriend. you want to find somebody completely different. >> and this is -- you cannot -- i mean, you have someone in the person of donald trump, and particularly the persona of donald trump, the person that he presents to the world, that is in every particular, every possible way, the opposite of barack obama. >> absolutely every way. i can't -- i struggle to even think of one similarity between the two men. there's just not any that are out there. but that is, in a lot of ways, as you were saying, exactly what a lot of folks out there want. i'm not sure how well donald trump is going to do with the liberals or the free thinkers out there, but when it comes to those who he's been appealing to so far, they're very much sick of this idea, they don't want somebody who will think about the issues. they don't want somebody who will weigh the pros and cons

a lot of top named democrats, david axelrod on twitter before we came in here among them saying that bernie sanders didn't do enough to denounce the violence and the death threats and all of the chaos that erupted in nevada over the weekend. so, it almost seems like the divide is getting bigger instead of closing as we get closer and closer to philadelphia. >> when he finally does bow out. maybe it will be next january for all i know, when he finally does bow out, can she massage the problems and can she get him on board? >> bernie sanders has made his campaign about a revolution, a political revolution that is not hillary clinton message. hard to channel the energy that went into bernie sanders campaign and bring that on board. i think the unifying thing for democrats will be running against donald trump. it won't be a hillary clinton message. you are seeing tensions rise instead of subside. >> i actually think though that the bernie supporters, i think donald trump will end up getting some. they are talking about this revolution, outside of the -- all these great things that they w

a top democratic strategist, david axelrod, tweing this. strong on bill clinton's record was, @hillary clinton was ill-advised to put him as econ czar. folks with him be looking to her for that. so you're starting to see this debate emerge, is this the wisest strategy and some other democrats questioning whether this could remind folks that secretary clinton is no stranger to washington and the white house in a race that is clearly favoring outsiders, jose. >> let's talk real quick about the primaries in kentucky and oregon. what are the expectations of the clinton campaign -- and the momentum that bernie sanders has had, you know, i guess one of the concerns is that after today that momentum could go on to california, as mark was telling us, probably california is the final battle area there. >> reporter: that's right. everyone is looking to california, but kentucky and oregon could be pivotal as well. the clinton campaign bracing for a loss in oregon but they're hoping for a win in kentucky. secretary clinton has been campaigning aggressi

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for example, david axelrod. >> yeah. >> rose: has a popular podcast. not popular in your league but popular. >> well, i think that it gives everybody, it is sort of a wild frontier right now. everybody can really do one. everybody has access to the technology. it's very easy and you can post it fairly easily. but like anything else, i think that there is niche markets, you know, and people will find the good ones or find the things that apply to their lives. but there is also like podcasts that are very niche which is like four listeners. and i don't know how long they will remain. but-- the good ones will find their way. >> rose: yeah. is that what happened, you just found your way. >> yeah. >> rose: word of mouth, somebody said you have to hear this, have you heard this. >> that is sort of what happened. >> rose: watercooler talk. >> we got in at a good time. there was a little watercooler talk but it was mostly driven by guests i had. i did a fairly significant interview with robin williams, you know, at his home. and during the beginning, we were a

this unlikely source, david axelrod, says donald trump's boarish behavior is troubling not surprising bold play. this is a piece of sound from brewer herself. >> i don't know how many people spoken out about it. i'm happy that i can. i have the right platform to do this. i don't know how many other barrels were feel they were misquoted. i know for a fact i was. i don't want that out there. that is not how, that is not how it was. that is not how it felt. martha: so does "the new york times" have to deal with this, brit no. >> oh, i think so, in some way. they will have to rebut this we'll see. here's the problem, with the problem, martha, broadly speaking. even if you assume that all of it was correct, is it really news that donald trump acted adolescent and boarish toward women? go back to the celebrated megyn kelly question to trump in the first delate, one that caused uproar between the two of them. she ticked off examples which were also mentioned in the piece him saying pretty rough things about women, pretty tough, crude, vulgar and rest of it. and, my sense about that, idea is

he made the comments in a conversation with david axelrod, president obama's former senior adviser.ized hillary clinton, saying she lacks the courage of her convictions. i like that phrase, guys. man baby. >> it's not found in the constitution, but it's a good phrase. i prefer baby man. >> i like it. >> i like how the script says three other seasoned political watchers are here with us in the toyota green room. >> one, two, three. >> seasoned. >> they're coming up next. jane loves to treat herself. so she loves new light & fit crunch. greek nonfat yogurt with delicious toppings like chocolate and almonds. now that's a treat! light & fit crunch. feel free to enjoy. what's going on here? i'm val, the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. we're putting away acorns. you know, to show the importance of saving for the future. so you're sort of like a spokes person? more of a spokes metaphor. get organized at voya.com. the tempur-breeze makes me, not cold, but not hot... it's amazing! ah, it's like a summer breeze cracked window. it's that perfect cooling effect when you sleep

let's discuss those with david axelr axelrod, senior political commentator and former senior advisor n if the math is challenging for bernie sanders and it would be hard for him to beat hillary clinton in pledged delegates or particularly super delegate, the fact that he won his 19th state, what does it do to hillary clinton's momentum and her campaign? >> i'm not sure that it does that much to it. i mean, he has run a great campaign. i don't want to take anything away from bernie sanders. what he is saying about overtaking her in pledged delegates is crazy. i have a better chance of dancing in the ball shai ballet. >> thank you for that visual. >> but, in terms of what this does to her moving forward, i recall 2008 when we were running against hillary clinton, and i was working for barack obama, and she won four of the last six primaries. she won kentucky and west virginia by larger margins than bernie sanders won yesterday. and there were plenty of speculation and conversations like this, where people say what does it mean. it doesn't mean that much, because west virginia hasn't vot

here's a piece of what he told david axelrod. >> he is a man baby.ance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands. i'll lay the blame then with the democrats. the door is open to a [ bleep ] like donald trump because the democrats haven't done enough to show to people that government that can be effectiveor. and if you can't do that, then you've lost the right to make that change and someone's going to come in and demagogue you and that's what happens. >> david, is there truth to that? >> no. i don't buy it. >> you don't buy it? >> i don't buy that at all. look. this is like when people blame the media for creating donald trump. because, you know, he is on television a lot which is a fine debate to have. whether we should be devoting that much coverage to all his rallies but the republican party created donald trump. the voters created donald trump. we went through how many states now that voted and people have all this information and you can argue that more information could deter people from voting for donald trump by putting him out there and se

. >> eric holder came out on david axelrod's podcast. he performed a public service. did snowden provide a public service? does it bother you that the former attorney general feels that way? >> that's truly outrageous comments. it makes me glad i voted against confirming him. he's the worst attorney general in history. >> tell us about your book. >> well, it's a memoir of my whole life. and most people will find it interesting the rough start i got off to. >> you contracted polio. >> yeah, when i was 2 years old. and my mother fortunately my dad was over fighting in world war ii. my mother and i were living 60 miles from warm springs, georgia, which franklin roosevelt had set up as the polio treatment center. it affected my left leg. my mother took me over there. they taught her a physical therapy regimen and told her to watch me like a hawk and keep me off the feet. they were afraid if i'd try to walk prematurely i'd end up in the brace. for two years she administered this physical therapy regimen. kept an eye on me and kept me off my f

here is what he told david axelrod about donald trump. >> i don't know that donald trump is eligibleer thing. that's i don't know -- look, i'm not a constitutional scholar. so i can't necessarily say, but can you -- are you eligible to run if you are a man baby? or a baby man? see, i don't know what -- look -- i don't know -- again, i'm not here to be be politically incorrect. if they're referred to as american baby americans. but he's a man baby. he has the physical count innocence of a man. and a baby's temperament and hands. >> jon stewart has to be sitting on the sidelines of this. >> a man baby! that is so good! >> he looks good, though. >> he does. >> a man baby. >> he looks great. >> yeah. letterman -- >> david is great. >> dave is great. >> i'm not saying he's not great but stewart has the nice looking beard he's looking sharp. letterman looks like a mountain man now. >> yeah. >> okay. >>> coming up when it comes to the republican convention, house speaker paul ryan said he won't come where he's not wanted. the latest in his riff with donald trump. and who else might be meeti

he spoke pretty candidly on david axelrod's show. he did not hold back. president. and that's not a birther thing. that's -- i don't know, look, i'm not a constitutional scholar. i can't necessarily say. but can you -- are you eligible to run if you're man baby? a baby man? see, i don't know what the -- look, i don't know, and again, i'm not here to be politically incorrect. if they're referred to as man baby americans, but he is a man baby. he has the physical countness of a man and a baby's temmermepera and hands. so to have that together -- i do have a history with the man, and so in an effort of full disclosure, we made fun of him, and i think we referred to him as i boiled ham in a wig or something. who knows. and so he tweeted at me, because as you know, great leaders tweet late at night. in fact, i remember lincoln's get gettysburg speech. he tweeted out emancepate this, believe believe. >> i would very surprised if he doesn't hear from mr. trump and soon. >> he wants to be in the frame and he walked away from his show. >> of course, this is like t

most of the people that ran barack obama's campaigns in 2008, whether it was david plouffe or david axelrodrned, be very concerned. this guy is unorthodox. do you share your former colleagues', not fear, but concern about donald trump's ability to shape shift and possibly win the election? >> i think every presidential election in america is always close and this is always going to be close. donald trump is the single boast social media campaigner in the history of politics. that's true and this thing will be a difficult struggle. that said, i think trump has historic challenges to make it really difficult for him. but this is going to be a close election. it's the united states. it's going to be close. >> jim, what about bernie sanders? do you think, is it possible that the party could have done better in sort of helping a coalescing around hillary clinton happening some time before now? >> no, look, this thing was always going to go a very long time. three or four months ago, people said, when's he going to get out he's going to go all the way, past the last primary, exactly as hillary cl

when i visited david axelrod in chicago, i brought up the soft arrest wellan sraoeub of an -- orwellian sraoeub of an information space where hierarchies have been erased by silicon valley billionaires who convinced the suckers that information was free and everyone with access to google was a reporter. axelrod cied, it's tphos -- not as easy as standing in front of a press conference as past presidents have been able to do. the bully pulpit doesn't exist anymore he explained. more and more over the last couple of years there's been an investment in alternate means of communication using digital more effectively, going to nontraditional sources, understanding where on each issue your constituents sister will sister -- constituencies will be found. he said i think they find these as campaign challenges and they run campaigns and their campaigns have been very sophisticated. close quote. rhodes innovative campaign to sell the iran deal is likely to be a model for how future administrations explain foreign policy to the congress. note that. the administration is going to have a campaign to

axelrod spoke to one of america's most prominent doctors. >> this has been one of the great mistakes of modern medicine. >> reporter: dr. david kessler who ran the f.d.a. from 1990 to 1997 doesn't hold back when talking about the explosion in opioid use in the last two decades. who is to blame? >> the f.d.a. has responsibility. the pharmaceutical companies have responsibility. physicians have responsibility. we didn't see these drugs for what they truly are. >> reporter: from 1999 to 2014, sales of opioids qoopled in the u.s., and so did the number of opioid-related overdose deaths. >> there was a notion that pain was the fifth vital sign, that you wanted to relieve pain, that that was essential. we dosed until the payne was alleviated. >> reporter: that, says kessler, was a costly mistake. 78 people now die each day from overdosing on painkillers, but the c.d.c. didn't issue prescription guidelines until this past march. recommending doctors try over-the-counter pain meds before prescribing more limited quantities of opioids, but not mandating they do so. given the fact that this country is in the middle of a crisis, are the

axelrod spoke to one of america's most prominent doctors. >> this has been one of the great mistakes of modern medicine. >> dr. davidkessler who ran the fda from 1990 to 1997 doesn't hold back when talking about the explosion in opioid use in the last two decades. >> who is to blame? >> fda has responsibility, pharmaceutical companies have responsibility, physicians have responsibility. we didn't see these drugs for what they truly are. >> from 1999 to 2014, sales of opioids quadrupled in the u.s. and so did the number of opioid related deaths. >> there was the notion that pain was the fifth vital sign. that you wanted to relieve pain. that was essential. dosed until the pain was alleviated. >> that says kessler was a costly mistake. 78 people now die each day from overdosing on painkillers. but the cdc didn't issue prescription guidelines until this past march. recommending doctors try over the counter pain meds before prescribing limited quantities of opioids but not mandating they do so. >> given the fact that this country is in the middle of a crisis, are these guidelines strong enough? >> we'll see. >> this is