let me jump to ax, david axelrod. as kaitlan points out, the concern was he's going to come here looking weak because he couldn't get it at home. now could there be an advantage? might that kind of juice his dynamic with his own party back at home, ax? >> maybe so. i think it's more the other way around. i was really struck by a quote in the paper this morning by the rasmussen, the former prime minister of denmark who was the leader of nato in the past who said we're all watching virginia. we're all watching virginia for clues as to what's going to happen in the u.s. because there's doubts about -- biden came back and now people are wondering how long he be here? and how long will heavy the power to follow through on his commitments and will donald trump be back in four years. the world is paying a lot of attention to american politics. i don't know how much attention americans are paying to these meetings. >> all right, everybody. you're now talking to me, fredricka, here in atlanta. we just lost our signal from chri

. >> let's bring in cnn senior political commentator and former adviser to president obama david axelrod. david, you've seen poll numbers go up and down over the years. you were in the thick of it in the obama white house when that happened. you saw the congress change hands over to the republicans, and that was a shellacking as i recall barack obama describing it as at one point during his presidency. should president biden be more concerned about these sliding poll numbers, or do you think he's taking some of that experience you both had into consideration? >> well, i'm sure he is concerned. i'm not sure he should say how concerned he is about polls. i think he gave the right answer, which is my job isn't to watch polls. my job is to follow through on the commitments that i've made. the one difference i would say, jim, between what we faced in 2009 and 2010 and what he's looking at here is that we knew that the economic recovery was going to be slow and arduous. that was the nature of the kind of crisis we faced, which was the collapse of the financial system globally, and we were warn

david axelrod. there's my memory. david axelrod just mentioned it.ber the affordable care act. there was a lot of wrangling, but i was also on the anchor desk the night that it passed. does anybody remember that? they just remember it's obamacare and the affordable care act, and it's the law of the land. >> no, that's exactly right. president clinton used to always say that presidents usually get one sentence, and if they're lucky, they get two. lin lincoln -- no, i don't think a couple of days, weeks, whatever the president said today matters very much. i think what does matter is that the democratic party and the president need to prove, as they put it, that democracy can deliver. and i think that this is an enormously consequential moment. i think one of the things i'd urge all of us to do is try to resist an analog instinct for analysis. that is, who's up, who's down, who won the week, who lost the week. that defined our ethos for a long time, but that was before 2017. >> it's like sports reporting, right? 50 yard line and they did this and these

david axelrod, a former obama senior adviser, and political commentator mr. bakari sellers. ks for the tie. david, hello to you. >> no thanks for my time? >> no. bakari is not wearing a neck tie. i said t-i-e. >> you want me to take my tie off? >> no. we're good. we're good. >> i'm going for the youthful sexy look tonight at 11:00. that's what i'm going for, okay, guys? >> it's 11:00, and it hasn't happened, so i guess it didn't work out. >> i'm not going to attempt the youthful sexy look. let's keep going. >> let's get this back on the tracks, on the rails. so there is a lot at stake for the president tonight. he had to sell his domestic agenda, which still isn't over the finish line yet. so how do you think he did, david? >> you know, i think he did pretty well. i think he did well. he's always good at expressing support for people who are struggling and working hard out there and middle class families. he did that. mostly what he did, don, was he really gave us a look at what is actually going on and where this bill is and where it's likely to land. and that was really use

also, cnn senior political commentator and former top obama adviser, david axelrod. and, john, what we have here is we have a conflict between two presidents. but only one is the current president. and remember, the issue here is documents pertaining to an insurrection. so how do you see this playing out? >> well, i think it's going to, eventually, rule against trump. but i think he is in a position to make a lot of trouble, probably litigate this. he's got 30 days from today under an executive order that guides all this. it was actually issued by obama and it's never been changed since the early days of his presidency. that's guiding it and it says 30 days from now, he has to either put his money where his mouth is or the documents are going to be turned over. they're in the possession of the archives so they have some control over that. i don't -- the resolution is not in doubt, in my mind, that trump's going to lose this. it's just a question of how long he can litigate it. >> why do you think there's no question that he would lose it, john? >> one thing it's clea

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a lot to discuss with cnn's senior political commentator david axelrod. david, good evening.ou, sir. >> hey, don. good to see you. >> thank you very much. president biden telling senators manchin and sinema decide what you like in the plan and then they'll go from there. listen. >> one of them said they very much like the child tax credit but they'd like to see it phase out sooner than later. i said, well, come up with a number. come up with what you're for. and when they add it up, each of them added up all that they think they like, it got them a higher number. but whether they settle on that remains to be seen. >> so joe manchin told cnn that he would not rule out 1.9 to 2.2 trillion, that price tag. you have seen these sorts of tight negotiations before. what is it going to take to get this done? how close are they, do you think? >> i think -- i've been pretty consistent on this. i've always felt they're going to get there. i am familiar with it. as i've said before, i watched the last rites being read over the affordable care act a thousand times before it became law. th

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joining us david axelrod, senior political commentator and host of the "axe files" podcast.now you made it to the culture zeit geist when you're on "saturday night live" but she was mocked for people not knowing exactly what she wants, david. >> that's kind of the hallmark of her public career. she rarely speaks in public, would not sit down with you guys or anyone else on tv. she doesn't hold town hall meetings in her state very often. she really keeps her thoughts to herself and that's difficult in a time when you're trying to negotiate a major piece of legislation like this, if you don't signal your intentions to the people you're negotiating with. she does speak out, john. she spoke out over the weekend to attack the progressives in the house for holding up her infrastructure bill, the one that she helped pass in the senate, the bipartisan bill, but i think that was more to score points with republicans and independents in her state than to advance the process here. that's really too bad. >> she visited arizona and her spokesman said it was for a medical appointment. "ne

could foretell about next year's midterms, cnn political commentator, senior political commentator david axelrod. also with us cnn political analyst and axios managing editor margaret talla. david, i have to say it's pretty stark to hear the vice president of the united states go to norfolk and say what happens here next week will largely determine what happens in 2022 and 2024. that's laying it it all out there. that's not playing coy. >> it really is. yeah, i hope someone told her that this was being videotaped because that tape is going to be played again and again and again next wednesday if this doesn't work out for terry mcauliffe. but you know, john, this is a very close election. it's become a turnout election. and the challenge for the incumbent party in every one of these kind of off off-year elections is how do you motivate your base. and that's what she was trying to do. she was trying to raise the stakes and get across to people that it is absolutely imperative. there are more democrats than republicans in virginia. now, a separate problem is youngkin is winning if you look at the "

pit may have been ron brown -- david axelrod. see? there's my memory. he just mentioned it. i remember the affordable care act. there was a lot of rang ling. does anybody remember that? you just remember baker and the law of the land. >> that's exactly right. president clinton tufd say president's usually get one sentence and if they're lucky they get two. lincoln saved the union. so no, i don't think a couple of days, weeks, whatever the president said today matters very much. i think what does matter is that the democratic party and the president need to prove as they put it that democracy can deliver and i think that this is an enormously consequential moment. i think one of the things i'd urge all of us to do is try to resist an analog instinct for analysis, that is who's up, who's down, who won the week, who lost the week. that defined our ethos for a long time. >> it's like sports reporting, right? they did this and here are the stats. go ahead, i'm sorry. >> it's understandable. it's entertaining and we should be honest about that, that when you follow these things as

i want to bring in david axelrod right now, our senior political commentator. s necessary to pass at least this short-term debt limit extension, assuming all 50 democrats in the senate vote for it. this is coming down to the line. how do you think voters are going to look at all of this? >> well, i was interested in hearing ryan's report that lindsey graham felt that they had democrats on the ropes and that mcconnell shouldn't have given in. you're talking about the full faith and credit of the united states of america, you're talking about the difference between moving forward or economic catastrophe, and so i think most americans look at this and see it as a big political game, irresponsible and are unhappy about it. i don't know at the end of the day, wolf, you know, i think the -- it's sort of an esoteric thing, the debt ceiling. it's more of a washington thing, but the game playing is not -- it is so familiar to people that i think it adds to the cynicism that people feel about what's going on in washington right now. >> if they weren't -- if they weren't a

. >> there is a lot to talk about tonight and as my colleague david axelrod tweeted, the critical battle isn't between democrats and republicans but those who believe in democracy and those who would dismantle it. amen, david. president biden is refusing to assert executive privilege for the documents from the previous administration sauought by the january 6th committee. lots to discuss with bob woodward. he's next. y career. but when we found out our son had autism, his future became my focus. lavender baths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business. and building it with my son has been my dream job. at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com so, you're recalibrating and reconnecting to the environment. seeing yourself as an artist - legitimate and genuine - can be transformational. daddy! for the best audio entertainment and storytelling. audible. at aspen dental, we help you find your happy place like milkshake mustaches high fives and high dives. or 3-on-3s... 2-on-2s... and

in a new interview with cnn with david axelrod, she said what she experienced led her to contemplateing her own life. take a listen. >> i just couldn't see a way out, and i thought maybe that was the solution. and had even asked -- this is also an interesting point of just i had asked oic lawyers about what happens if i die. >> oh, my goodness. >> yeah. as more of an adult now, i think back, how was there not a protocol, like, that's a point where you're supposed to bring a psychologist in. how is that not a breaking point? >> lewinsky said she has fought for years to reclaim the narrative and not let the scandal forever define her. you can hear more from lewinsky on cnn's podcast, the x files. >>> now, facebook gets a grilling on capitol hill. why some u.s. lawmakers are saying the app is so harmful to teens. we'll explain after a very short break. - that moment you walk in the office and people are wearing the same gear, you feel a sense of connectedness and belonging right away. and our shirts from custom ink help bring us together. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products

also as well, dana bash and our senior political commentator, david axelrod. the president really wanted this deal. he may still get it at some point, but it's disappointing he left washington without it in hand. >> no question, the president himself acknowledged to lawmakers that his credibility was on the line here. to be able to come to the g-20 with something to deliver. that's not just about his standing at home, there's a key piece of this, right? half a trillion dollars in climate initiatives. climate is the number one agenda here at g-20, but at the top in scotland next week for the u.n. climate summit, those measures essential for the u.s. to meet its commitments going forward. but there's a larger picture issue here, which is how much should the world take the u.s. at its word? on many of these commitments. obama got the u.s. in the paris climate accord. what does the next president do? the iran nuclear deal. obama got the country in. trump got them out. biden tried to get back in. that's a lasting problem. it's something that biden will not solve in

i want to go now to david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama. david, because you tweeted these algorithms and alg rigm, it's a method, it's a process that -- that is used. you say they're as dangerous to our democracy as any terrorist. tell me why? >> well, i think we've seen that disinformation and conspiracy theories travel wildly on the internet. on social media. and particularly, on facebook. look. they are a very successful business. they're not a public trust, erin, and their business relies on people clicking and clicking and clicking and staying online. and they've found that, you know, hate -- hate sells. keeps people online. conspiracy theories sell. keeps people online. appeals to resentment sells. keeps people online. and they've -- and -- and they've -- they've become the vehicle for radicalization. and that is very, very dangerous. how does it happen that an -- that a -- an oddball cult like qanon now has millions and millions and millions of adherents and two members of congress, two followers in congress? how is it that republican

to your point, democrats like jen psaki, david axelrod, don't look at numbers, don't talk about the numbersit is unappealing. your word on that. >> just talking about the concept. liz, we know this is an invasion of privacy. by the way it is incredibly complicated. they're supposed to winnow out only transactions, not wages and salaries but transactions. for example if you move money from one account to another, that will show up as sort of a red flag that will flag you as possibly having income from unauthorized sources that you're not paying taxes on. it will be a false red flag but they're are all kinds of problems with this. i think, look, the other thing is, we know the irs isn't secure. there have been all kinds of data breaches with the irs. and a couple times now republicans have charged the irs with using targeted information gleaned from irs statements to go after conservative groups. so nobody is going to like this. i really think this is overreach by the democrats, incredibly unpopular suggestion. elizabeth: it is really striking that they're even talking about it. you know, bec

joining us, someone who knows about campaigning in iowa, former senior advisor to president obama, david axelrodere he just wants to stay in power and doesn't care about his reputation or any kind of spine? >> yeah, i think you have to conclude that, anderson. because he was very clear, not just about the insurrection, but about trump's behavior after the election. and i'll read a little of it. he said he belittled and harassed election officials across the country to get his way, he encouraged his own loyal vice president, mike pence, to take extraordinary and unconstitutional actions during the electoral college count. maybe we're looking at this the wrong way. maybe we should give him credit. he told the truth then about trump's responsibility for the insurrection and his behavior after the election, and he's telling the truth now when he stands in front of a crowd saying, if i didn't accept the endorsement of a person that got 91% of the republican voters, i wouldn't be too smart. i mean, both of those things can be true. what's also true is that the only thing he has to vender inning to tha

that did not sit well with other members of her party like david axelrod who tweets, takes brass to blow out for fund-raisers and lecture everyone on trust. they need her if they're going to get this done. they need joe manchin, too. manchin has indicated he has a ceiling for the price tag, $1.5 trillion. that number is too low for some. thus, negotiations with manchin? she hasn't indicated. she said the delay wouldn't help. as we have said before, what ultimately plays out here is bound to determine the rest of president biden's agenda. joining me now, charlotte alter, debby powell, a senior advisor, grace siggers and juanita tullivev. i want you to listen to a progressive caucus chair. >> i do understand that we have to get everybody on board. we're going back to look at all of our priorities and how we get all of those things in. i'm not going to negotiate against myself. i don't have a number that everybody is agreeing to. as the president said, the number is the byproduct of what we put in there. we're focusing on what is it we want to get in. we're going to get both bills done. i b

extremely clear, i mean, our good friend the 44th president of the united states, somebody that david axelrod worked for called the filibuster what it is, which is a relic of a racist past. that is what the filibuster is. the question -- that is -- that's the frame that we have to look going forward. 2022 is not going to be easy for democrats. and i'm going to be out there campaigning across the country for democrats. what are you giving me to campaign for? that's the question. >> you're not happy with democrats, what they're doing? >> no, i'm not. i'm not happy. i'm in the same boat as many other democrats. i am not happy. i'm not hot yet but i'm just not happy because i gave you a majority. you have to understand what people in georgia went through. people in georgia waited in line for four or five hours -- >> sometimes longer. >> sometimes longer. they overcame the person running for georgia, the governor of georgia being the secretary of state and dictating all of these things. they overcame so much. and just particularly in the state of georgia. we on the even talk about milwaukee, detro

and our senior political commentator david axelrod is with us as well.emocrats went past their last self-imposed deadline. this new deadline of october 31 is coming up rather quickly, isn't it? >> it sure is. they're not there yet. and again, we have to remind our viewers over and over again, they probably get it by now, but it bears repeating. these are negotiations among democrats. these are debates within the party about how far they want to go on what is president biden's agenda but certainly is on the more progressive side. and there is so much frustration. i've talked to several house members who have said point blank, wolf, that they really want the president of the united states, the leader of their party, to be more aggressive in getting the different sides of these issues in a room and just figuring it out, because the chaos, particularly those who are in tough districts, is really hurting them with their voters and with people who expect them, if they have control in washington, to do things and explain why and what they are doing. >> you know

confident, they feel confident about 2022, and if you look at the long-term trends, listen to david axelrodpaigns saying the long-term trends for the democrats not good. >> the structure of our democratic system is biased against democrats because democrats cluster around metropolitan areas, and the rural states are becoming more and more red. we're becoming more polarized by education and class, and all of this is working against democrats. >> the panel is back with me. let's start with the immediate, and then we'll move into the long term because the immediate actually fuels the long term, if you will. if you look at the president's approval rating right now. this is what drives mid-term elections and 53% disapproval, not a good sign for the democrats. now, a lot of time. not a lot of time between now and the virginia's governor race or the new jersey governor race. >> sorry terry. >> the democrats believe do things. just talking about the agenda. do things is the best way to try to move those numbers, right? >> well, but the most important number is returning people's lives to a sense of