i want to bring in senior commentator david axelrod. david, thank you for joining us. eric schneiderman has resigned after four women accused him of violence. they called for his resignation. two of the women spoke on record saying he had hit and choked them. both sought medical attention because of the alleged abuse. two others asked to stay anonymous. in a statement schneiderman denied assaults to anyone. it's a developing story. what's your reaction to this news? >> well, he resigned, so obviously he felt that there was a problem here. you know, i read "the new yorker" account. it was pretty well reported. so i think he did the right thing by resigning, and i think others who called for his resignation did the right thing as well. you can't ride the white horse and then, you know, when the mud comes, it really shows up. these are terrible allegations against him, so i always believe people are due their day in court, but in the court of public opinion, it's very hard to read this and not say, you who called yourself an ally of the me too movement should stay in offi

. >> cnn's anna cabrera sent down with david axelrod to learn more about tonight's interview. >> davidiplomatic in her answer about these accusations of spying. what was your take-away? >> well, first of all, i would say she was very lawyerly. she feels very strongly about the rule of law and legal norms and democratic norms, so she is very careful not to get too out in front of her skis. but as the conversation ensued it was very, very clear that she believed what the president had done was an outrageous infringement of the rule of law. she said no president should use the law as a sword to go after his enemies or a shield to protect himself. and she felt that it was inappropriate for him to ask the justice department to essentially probe the probe in the middle of this investigation. and she also -- you know, what was interesting about the interview, anna, was that she knows all these people. as she mentioned, 27 years in the justice department. she knows rosenstein. she knows chris wray. she knows robert mueller. and her insights into these players was very, very interesting. she ha

joining us is david axelrod. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> you tweeted out, we're all dying, kelly sadler. the question is what have you done with the years you have. senator mccain has lived a life of sacrifice and service for which we should all be eternally grateful. can you say the same? this was a closed door meeting when she made a joke. you only make a joke when you think it's going to play well with your audience. what does that tell you about what's happening? >> look, we can be appalled by what was said but we can't be shocked by it because in any white house, in any organization, everything flows from the top. we have a president who's said cruel things, untoward things about john mccain and many other people. that is an accepted ethic. that's an accepted practice around there. apologies are not, by the way, which is why i think we haven't heard from the white house. there's no "r" on the president's gear shift, it's always straight ahead. but it sets a tone that's really unfortunate. i don't

and i think he's getting a very quick lesson in diplomacy. >> david axelrod, please tune in for david, thank you as always. coming up next, harvey weinstein in handcuffs, charged with rape. it is a day so many of his accusers have wait fod and the eyebrow raising continues from weinstein's attorney. plus amazon's alex a records a couple's conversation in the privacy of their own home and matches that and sends it to someone in their contact list. hello, nightmare scenario! and cnn digs up conspiracy theory pushed by a republican candidate for congress, arguing it's an inside job and that beyonce is part of the illuminati. you have to stick around to hear this. almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance. and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. it's these new fresh-fx car

. >> earlier i spoke about this with david axelrod, a former senior adviser to president obama and fareed zakaria. now that north korea is saying they're not forced into forced nuclear abedinment. it seems their definition of denuclearization is different than the rest of the world. >> the crucial thing is what you said anderson, as we've all been saying. the odd thing about this impasse is that perfectly predictable, indeed predicted. this is why many of us cautioned that perhaps the best way to approach this summit would be to start at lower level negotiations, figure out what exactly they mean by denuclearization which they have traditionally always meant first you end the u.s. south korea alliance. you get rid of american troops. then we feel less threatened and don't need as many nuclear weapons, et cetera. >> that's traditionally the preamble to the summit. traditionally there is legwork and meetings before the two leaders get together. >> historically presidential summits have been the cap stone of a long period of negotiation, not the beginning point. when they are the beginning p

satellite corp. 2018] this week, former new jersey governor chris christie was interviewed by david axelrod at the university of chicago. you can see that conversation state at 6:35 p.m. eastern on c-span. marks great skill as a grand strategist. he knew the advantages of shock and awe. this is how the unified germany in the 1860's. -- heicated that entere instigated wars with france and denmark. having done that and the cheetahs objective, unification of germany, he stopped and he became a consolidator rather than an instigator. power as20 years in german chancellor were devoted to reassuring alliances, to build a web of alliances with all of germany's neighbors said they would get used to the idea of a unified germany. it was that distinction between shock and awe and knowing when to stop and do something else reassurance. >> yale professor john lewis gattis and his book on strategic thinking and leadership are contemporary global challenges. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. weekend on afterwards, former national intelligence director james clapper with his book "facts and fear: h

he spoke with former chief strategist for barack obama, david axelrod, at this event held by the university of chicago. governor, welcome. so happy to have you here.

earlier this week, former new jersey governor chris christie was interviewed by .able axelrod -- david axelrod. you can see that today on c-span. announcer 2: and now on c-span, five commencement speeches from around the country. the first speaker is ursula burns, chairman of telecommunications company beyond at the georgetown -- veon at the georgetown university school of business. she is the first black woman to run a fortune 500 company. she is followed by richard burns of north carolina, the gubernatorial candidate cynthia nixon, washington post publisher fred ryan, and robert some walls, chair of the national transportation safety board. [applause] >> just in case somebody needs to give me, i have my phone with me. so if it rings, just forgive me. i will take a little break. take the call. presidentdean almeda, , and to the faculty administration and staff of the university. i also want to thank the parents out there. raise your hands if you are parents. yeah you guys did most of the , work. [applause] ursula: and i want to welcome to the world the class of 2018. we are so happy to have y

cnn contributor frank bruni, columnist for "the new york times" and senior political commentator david axelrodt obama. hello to both of you. so, frank, the president was at it again today. >> hi, don. >> lashing out at the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. here's what he tweeted. he said, "clapper has now admitted that there was spying in my campaign. large dollars were paid to the spy. far beyond normal. starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in u.s. history. spygate, a terrible thing!" that's false. here's what the director of national intelligence, former director clapper actually said. >> so, i ask you, was the fbi spying on trump's campaign? >> no, they were not. they were spying on -- a term i don't particularly like -- but on what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage and influence? >> so why doesn't he like -- >> which is what they do. >> so he keeps repeating these lies. the lies he tells about clapper and many others. i mean, is this a new level you think

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. >> david axelrod, what stood out to you? >> well, on what gloria was talking about, it is interesting to me that the areas that abbe lowell outlined are very much down mainstream of this probe. there were no surprised or other topics and we've heard from the white house and people -- and insinuation this probe has gone far afield and it is a phishing expedition and it sounds like a disciplined pursuit. i was also interested on the -- on the issue of his security clearance. not just by what abbe lowell said but what sources said, this was all done by the book, that it was done through the -- nothing unusual. it is very unusual this late in an administration for someone to get their security clearance. so that wasn't -- but the sources that leaked this said -- stressed the president wasn't involved in this. so i think it was very important that -- for them to say this was all done by book, it was all straight up, there was no angle here. and it wasn't ordered by the president. >> and you used to work on the national security c

captioning institute] this week, former new jersey governor chris christie was interviewed by david axelrod at the university of chicago. you can see that conversation today at 6:35 p.m. eastern on c-span. great skill as a grand strategist was that he knew the advantages of shock and awe, and this is how he unified germany in the 1860's. he instigated wars with denmark, austria, hungary, and eventually france itself. but then, having done that, having achieved his objective, which was the unification of germany, he stopped and he became a consolidator rather than an instigator. his next 20 years in power as german chancellor were devoted to trying to build reassuring alliances, to build kind of a web of alliances with all of germany's neighbors, so that they would get used to the idea of a unified germany. it was that distinction between shock and awe and then knowing when to stop and do something else, reassurance. >> yale university professor john lewis gaddis and his book on strategic linking and leadership for -- strategic thinking and leadership for global challenges. tonight on c-span

her detailed plan david axelrod said the imf with her crowd assumed that they disliked the coverage because of the e-mails or the reporting, but that wasn't it. the day she declared her candidacy we haven't offered a rationale for why she was running. she hated that i had broken the news to the private state department e-mails have been chelsea writing under her preferred pseudonym. they called the campaign to complain and they took most of the wrath for letting me into brooklyn and first place. when she was supposed to restart it became what some started to call spontaneity embargoed until the campaign. it was a cement wall blocking the information or asking a question. ever since this piece i had an iced out before driving to hand over and she displayed a cold shoulder looking past shouting secretary and instead she answered a question about why trump got better ratings than she did concerning the performance and adding insult to injury she called on fox news twice. obama handled the dynamic differently. in 2008 i wrote a feature about the body image and whether an overweight electorate c

david axelrod has a great panel on.e his guest and here is a preview. >> what do you make of the president's demand of the justice department that they investigate the investigation of that involves his campaign and perhaps him? >> this has taken the assault on the rule of law to a new level. president trump has not observed the time honored norm to be in place at least since watergate that there should be a division between the department of justice and the white house. and it is not just directing a criminal investigation or to stop one of anyone. it directly relates to his campaign. that is truly unprecedented. >> you can see the entire conversation on the ax files saturday 7:00 p.m. eastern time. coming up about a russian oligarch who met with president's personal attorney. when we continue details of that meeting as well as implications. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. w

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. >> you made it sound like it was david axelrod sending in. listen, listen.s was the fbi that put this confidential source inside the campaign to talk to people connected to the campaign. don't take my word for it. i don't know anything about this. trey gowdy went in there. he's convinced. hang on one second. your own point, the fbi is saying we're not looking at the trump campaign here. we're looking at the russian's attempt to infiltrate the campaign. you and trey gowdy seem to be on the same page but you don't want to let the idea of a political plot go. >> well, look, first of all, as i said, i haven't seen the the information trey gowdy has seen. perhaps the biggest point that i think i would make that is different from trey gowdy is that they are going to have to come up with a way in the context of agents in charge of doing investigations related to trump and hillary who were out to get donald trump. they were out to get him. that's what their texts say. that's the context. it isn't some objective fbi investigation. and remember one last point, they ke

david axelrod/political consultant, analyst"i think it's going to drive a wedge between us and our allieste the possibility of iran getting a nuclear weapon."the international atomic energy agency says iran is in compliance with the deal.... and a number of allies including germany..... and france have tried to convince president trump to stay on board.iranian foreign minister javad zarif jah-vahd zah-reef mocked president trump for his stance on the matter.saying in a tweet: "president trump is jumping on a rehash of old allegations already dealt with by the iaea to nix the deal. how convenient."iranian officials also say they will not renegotiate the deal that's currently in place.i'm john lorinc reporting. (robin) california lawmakers are ready to begin another major health care push for 2018. democratic assemblymembers announced a one-billion dollar funding package for the state's health care system. one of the proposals wants to expand medi- cal in order to cover 114- thousand undocumented immigrants between the age 19 and 25.

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earlier this week, former new jersey governor chris christie was interviewed by .able axelrod -- david axelrod. you can see that today on c-span. announcer 2: and now on c-span, five commencement speeches from around the country. the first speaker is ursula burns, chairman of telecommunications company beyond at the georgetown -- veon at the georgetown university school of business. she is the first black woman to run a fortune 500 company. she is followed by richard burns of north carolina, the gubernatorial candidate cynthia nixon, washington post publisher fred ryan, and robert some walls, chair of the national transportation safety board. [applause] >> just in case somebody needs to give me, i have my phone with me. so if it rings, just forgive me. i will take a little break. take the call. presidentdean almeda, , and to the faculty administration and staff of the university. i also want to thank the parents out there. raise your hands if you are parents. yeah you guys did most of the , work. [applause] ursula: and i want to welcome to the world the class of 2018. we are so happy to have y

with an introduction by david axelrod and a blurb by governor arnold schwarzenegger. i'm not making a penny, copper or otherwise, on the project. all of my proceeds are going to benefit the children crisis cent center here in philadelphia. who better to dig in than my co compatriot chris cuomo, who launches "cuomo prime time." we spoke earlier. >> "clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right." this may be one of the most perfect titles for what we're living right now and for your role in it ever. >> i love it. it's what i used on my sirius xm radio program as the theme song. i was thrilled we were able to get permission for the book. >> let's test some of the theories in this. people if they listen to you, they love you but they may not know the whole thing. you were in love with reagan. >> true. >> you worked to bush i. >> you are a republican? >> true. >> you're admitting you're a republican. >> i'm admitting a was a republican. i wasn't listening closely enough. >> that's a problem. tell them how you got to where you are. >> i grew up in a republican household. i

joining us now is cnn senior political commentator, david axelrod. axe, great to see you. what do you make of the past 24 hours with the president sending that letter to kim jong-un saying that it was their latest angry, inflammatory letter that shut down this meeting but he's open to a phone call. >> but also willing to destroy them with nuclear weapons. >> there was that caveat as well. all of that, david, i think is interesting because it got the most conciliatory response i think we've ever heard from the north. >> it did. i think that there was a strategy behind that, alisyn, and that was to position the united states as the party that withdrew and north korea as the reasonable party that wanted the talks. you know, i think we've reached the limits or we've seen the limits of improvisation. the president made this decision impulsively, didn't consult with his national security team, made it on his own, went out and said he was going to have this summit. in certain ways i'm relieved that this has happened because these things take enormous preparation. you don't want t

. >> former new jersey governor chris christie discusses the the -- withncy at david axelrod. this is one hour 10 minutes. governor, welcome. i wouldmarx once said never want to a club that would have me as a member. this president seems to be a bit of a marxist. he seems to be more enamored old friendsted from and allies then the people who are inside the white house. you are one of those old friends. we will get to that. how often do you talk to the president? an average oftie: once a week. do you call him donald? governor christie: no. get -- dod: does he you draw on your own experience as governor and what kind of advice do you give to him? i generallyistie: don't talk about the nature of the i tell him, but president and i became friends back in 2002, we have known each other for 16 years. i don't hold much back. mr. axelrod: i didn't think that was one of your virtues anyway. governor christie: he will come right back at me when he disagrees. the nature of the relationship is such that i am not looking ,or anything, which is unusual someone is usually always looking for

presidency and the future of politics with university of chicago institute of politics director david axelrod. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> governor, welcome, so happy to have you here. groucho marx once said that i would never belong to a club that would have me as a member. in that sense, this president seems to be a bit of a marxist. [laughter] that he seems to be more enamored of an interested in the input from both friends and allies outside of the white house than the people inside of the out how -- inside of the white house. old friendsof those now, that is as a previous opponent. we will get to that. how often do you talk to the president? ask it to friends. since he has been president, average of once a week. >> do you call him donald? snow, no. >> i always get that question. >> mr. president. >> do you draw on your own experience as governor? what kind of advice do you give him? ask you then what kind of advice he takes. >> i generally don't talk about the nature of what i tell him, but you know, we have known each other for a long time. the president and i became frien

he spoke with former chief strategist for barack obama, david axelrod, at this event held by the university of chicago. governor, welcome. so happy to have you here. said, i would never belong to a club that would have me as a member. in that sense, this president seems to be a print -- a bit of a marxist. [laughter] he seems to be more enamored and demonstrated -- and interested in the input from old friends and allies outside of the white house than the people who are inside of the white house. you are one of those old friends and you are one of those old friends now. we will get to that. how often do you talk to the president? mr. christie: it depends, but since he has been president, on average, once a week. mr. axelrod: do you call him donald? mr. christie: no. no. mr. axelrod: i always get that question. what do you call him? mr. christie: mr. president. mr. axelrod: do you draw on your own experience as governor? what kind of advice to you give him? or i should ask what kind of advice he takes. mr. christie: i generally don't talk about the nature of what i tell him, but with notice

[gavel] >> earlier this week chris christie was interviewed by david axelrod at the university of chicago. you can see that today at 635 eastern on c-span. marks great skill as a grand strategist. the advantages of shock and all in germany in the 1860's. , with denmark and eventually france itself. that and achieve the objective which was the unification of germany, he stopped and he became a consolidates or rather than a instigator. his next 20 years in power as german chancellor work reassuring and building a web of alliances with all of germany's neighbors so they would get used to the idea of a unified germany. it was that between shock and all and knowing what to stop and give reassurance. john lewis gaddis and his book "a grand strategy on strategic inking with contemporary global challenges. " tonight on c-span's q&a. >> president trump presented the medal of honor to retired navy seal in the white house room.ook -- east this is 25 minutes. >>

axelrod: were you always in the varsity? mr. christie: i was in the jv. eight times in the varsity debate and one time in the jv debate. that was a bad night, david. it was actually kind of fun. when i got down there, i realized why it was the jv debate. the guys down there, we killed them. it was great. and it was relatively easy. for one night it was not bad. during the commercial breaks, they said what you doing here? >> [laughter] mr. christie: why are you here? i'm sorry, it was one bad, you know, mcclatchy poll, so it was very stressful to be on the edge of that. because every poll that came out, you are watching. it's like salary cap and football. you are recalculating, now what's my average? they have to find a better way to do that. it really should not be done by polls. it really shouldn't. it creates an inherent disadvantage for you. that being said, when you get on the stage, it's up to you. like, no more crying and complaining. i'm down the left side with the right side, and i'm three away from trump as opposed to being one away from trump, cry me a river. you are running for president. put on your big boy pants and let's go. people s

. >> this past week former governor chris christie sent down with david axelrod to discuss the trump presidency and the state of politics. that conversation aristocrat 6:35 eastern here on c-span. later this evening our road to the white house coverage includes a stop in new hampshire, where congressman tim ryan recently addressed a group of democrats and an annual dinner. watch that tonight on c-span. >> commencement speeches all this week in primetime. winfrey, steve scalise, ron rosenstein. wednesday at 8:00 eastern, hillary clinton, rex tillerson, james mattis, and canadian prime minister justin trudeau. thursday at 8:00 eastern, tim kasich,vernor john governor kate brown, and congressman elise gutierrez. carter, betsymy devos, mark meadows, and the atlanta mayor. primetime.n >> education secretary betsy devos was on capitol hill to testify on the department's agenda. she spoke about school safety measures in response to recent school shootings. this portion of a hearing is just under 2.5 hours.