let's discuss with cnn senior political commentator, david axelrod. a former-obama senior adviser. to see former-president barack obama on the world stage like this going after former-president trump and bolstering president biden's climate agenda? >> well, it is rare, wolf, and the president -- president obama made clear when he left office that it was going to be rare for him to speak out on matters like this, and he was only going to do it when they involved what he considered to be existential issues, like climate change, like the future of democracy. and -- and so, it's not shocking to see him out here now. and he had a specific mission here, i think, which is to reassure the world that america's going to stay on track. you hear a lot from foreign leaders that it's fine that joe biden is committed to climate action. but what happens if donald trump or a donald-trump acolyte comes back in 2024? will we go backsliding, again? and obama's message was that there is a lot of moment here on the part of -- of businesses and states and localities and citizens. and with this package tha

let's bring in cnn's senior political commentator and the host of the ax files podcast david axelrod.aces. what is the takeaway for you? >> i don't think you have to be a political genius to figure out the takeaway. this was a rough night for democrats. when the country is stressed and ornery and you're the party in power, you're going to bear the brunt of that. and democrats did yesterday. there are factors in each race in new jersey and in virginia that were -- that were particularly those races that have nothing to do with the national picture. bit, clearly when you look across the country, there was a message and that message is that people are concerned about the virus, about the economy, about the supply chain problems, about the basic stresses in their lives. and they want -- they want responsiveness and democrats in washington are very focused on passing this transformative legislation, but nobody knows what's in it. and they want responsiveness. they want competence, they want cooperation, they want to see basic blocking and tackling. and they didn't feel -- they don't feel t

cnn's senior political commentator and former adviser to president obama david axelrod.t kaitlan collins. kaitlan, why did the president and administration think it was important to finally acknowledge inflation is not temporary? >> i think it's something they really didn't have much choice because prices were not stabilizing as they had been predicting for months that they would. and of course the word you heard repeatedly from the president and his top officials was transitory. they were saying that these price spikes were only going to be temporary and they insisted it was not going to be something that you'd likely see in the long term. and of course this latest report that came out this week showing that those prices jumped .9% from september to october alone of course kind of shot that. so that was why you saw the president yesterday bluntly acknowledging this. they've shifted from saying it's not really a chief concern, we don't think it's going to last for a long time, to saying yes, we do acknowledge that consumer prices are too high but we're hoping this won't

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also with us, cnn chief political analyst gloria borger, and cnn political commentator david axelrod.s, we're prepared for anything, whatever happens with all of you guys here. kat let's first talk about what president biden hopes to accomplish with in show today because i have a few excerpts from the speech he's going to make, and he's going to say i ran for president because the only way to move our country forward is through compromise and consensus. that's basically his mission statement, and this is, i think, exhibit a of it. >> yeah, i think that's also what the president is going to get across in the signing ceremony today, this is much more to the white house than roads and bridges. of course there's a lot for that. the president is saying this is what he is proving on the campaign trail. democracy can work, and democrats and republicans can come together. that is what the signing ceremony the white house believes is proof of, given of course this was a bill that was passed with both dremocrats and republicans. that is what the president will say, signing this bill into law. w

david axelrod said last night that he saw those losses coming a long way away because of the economic situation. do you think your party is in store for a similar shellacking? >> yes, unless we can get our act together. what happened in 2021 is eerily reminiscent of what happened in 2009. we lost new jersey, we lost in many parts of the country. we knew we were in trouble in august of 2009. it wasn't until august of 2010 that we realized, this isn't just uphill, this could be really bad. when we lost three seats in november, i don't believe anybody can really forecast the loss of 63 seats we suffered. this is shaping up. the trends, the climate are very similar. it's like watching a hurricane and tracking it and understanding where it's going to last. the potentially good news is that democrats can remember how bad it can get, and they understand they need a course correction. if they can get that course correction, pass these bills, produce tangible results for voters, regain faith amongst suburban voters, then they have a fighting chance to survive this but will be a very tough midt

i think when we look back at 2010 david axelrod's the presidential adviser and told the president he would lose the house and the senate. i think it's time to get past the debates on capitol hill. past the build back better plan. combine it and talk to the american people what's in it and why we did it. right? we want to come out of this pandemic stronger. we want to put in front of the american people that because of build back better the health care is cheaper. prescription drugs will be cheaper. child care will be cheaper. things that go into the middle class economics that many families sitting at the kitchen table discussing. i think a lot of things came into making the infrastructure bill got done. one of them was the president is more involved in those discussions. i think in order for this to get through the senate and back through the house president's going to have to be forward and very involved in these negotiations to get this over the finish line. >> as if the next two years depends on it because it does. robert gibbs, former white house press secretary under the obama

. >>> let's discuss all this with cnn senior political commentator, david axelrod, ronna and chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. david, so the supply chain crisis biden is meeting with business leaders, it's been going on for months. americans are paying higher prices on everything from groceries to gasoline. the president is meeting with ceos and gives speeches almost daily about the problem. is he doing enough, however, to tackle this? >> yeah, well, the question is, how much can you do? what can you do? this is also, jake, related to the virus. there have been all kinds of distortions in supply chains as a result of the virus. so as much as anything, you have the bully pulpit to try and exhort leaders of industry and others to take extraordinary measures to deal with the supply chain but they have economic incentives to do that as well. so i think a lot of what today was about was showing that he is responsive to the crises that he's facing, even if he doesn't have great answers right now to the crises that we're facing. we learned in the obama administration that you can be d

david axelrod said last night that he saw those losses coming a long way away because of the economic situation. do you think your party is in store for a similar shellacking? >> well, yeah, unless they can get -- we can get our act together. look, what happened in 2021 is eerily reminiscent of what happened in 2009. we lost virginia, we lost new jersey, we got shellacked in suburbs across the country, so, we knew that it was an uphill battle as early as november 2009. it wasn't until august of 2010 that we began to realize that this isn't just uphill. this could be really bad. and when we lost 63 seats in november, nobody -- i don't believe anybody really could forecast the loss of 63 seats. and so, this is shaping up, the trends, the climate are very similar. it's like watching a hurricane and tracking it and understanding, you know, where it's going to land. that's the bad news. the potentially good news is that democrats remember how bad it can get. and they understand that they need a course correction. and if they can get that course correction, pass these bills, produce tangibl

also with me, david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama. so, david, youngkin won some key groups here and when i say key groups, i mean key, right? independents, suburbs. when you look at this, what is the most important takeaway for democrats? >> well, there are a couple. that's certainly one of them. the democratic strange has been built up over the trump years by making big inroads into the suburbs and among independent voters. biden carried them by, like, 18 points in 2020 in virginia. so, the fact that democrats lost ground in the suburbs is deeply concerning. should be to democrats. there also was a -- you know, trump was absent by youngkin's invitation. and -- and yet, the rural vote was, you know, exploded in -- in -- in virginia. and i don't know whether that's because there were, you know, under the surface, there were communications from -- from trump to his supporters. or whether it was reaction to biden. but, you know, the democratic party's problems with rural voters in virginia were more profound even than they were in the pas

none other than obama adviser david axelrod says all this talk of history and transformation doesn'tt's something he would only do after offering advice for weeks in private to say don't use words like huge, historic and transformative. instead emphasize how the plans are responsive to everyday challenges. or for all of biden's accomplishments, the white house does not have good story tellers. this is true from disney to everywhere in between, quote, good stories need villains. so is the narrative worse than the reality? is that a sign that democrats have to change things up? michelle gold berg is here and we're back in 60 seconds. le gold we're back in 60 seconds our sleigh is now ready, let's get on our way. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes. must be carried across all roads and all bridges. and when everyone is smiling and having their fun i can turn my sleigh north because my job here is done. it's not magic that makes more holiday deliveries to homes in the us than anyone else, it's the hardworking people of the united states postal service. as someone who resembles some

. >>> i want to bring in chief political analyst gloria borger and david axelrod. gloria, more work to be done, but take a look at what's in this sweeping climate and social spending bill that passed the house of representatives. will this be a transformational moment? >> if he gets this through as phil mattingly was saying. but when you take a look at everything that's on this graphic, wolf, you see that even if they get part of it, they are affecting younger families in this country, older families, families in poverty. and they're talking about the future. they're talking about fighting climate change. they're talking about things like child tax credit. paid family leave, which as we all know, joe manchin objects to. who knows if that's going to remain or not remain. but given the struggle to get this through, what is remarkable about what happened this morning is the virtual unity of the democrats in supporting this. we all know what they went through with the progressives and the moderates and there was only one democrat voting against this. all republicans vo

you have david axelrod and others talking about the language that democrats need to start using thatmean, the alarm bell obviously went off after virginia, after what happened in new jersey. that close race that no one thought would be close. they're rethinking the policies and the language. the language might seem like, why do you care that much about language? i think in this era where everything is about identity and how do i feel opposed to necessarily about ideas and ideology, the language matters profoundly. that's what you see republicans pounding on. it's what you saw youngkin pound on. take little snippets and be able to say, look, this speaks to a party that's out of step with you. that resonates in virginia. i think democrats worry it could resonate in other swing districts. >> safe bet that not all democrats agree on what the definition of a normal democrat is. jim vandehei, thank you for this. we'll see you again in a few minutes on "morning joe." before we go, just want to note, as i spoke to press secretary for the white house, they received criticism for not selling t

>> well, i think we have to pay attention to david axelrod.r me, i would just go to the people, tell them what the heck is in the bill. i don't need to call it transformative or not transformative. i don't have to call it huge. what i'm going to say is won't it be great if you can send your child to preschool and it's free instead of having to set aside tons of money. won't it be great that grandma can get her hearing aids, that prescription drugs are lower? i agree with him. forget about these bill words. this bill is paid for and it will be paid for. that's going to be a fact. it's not going to add to inflation. there's this great hebrew song you sing at a holiday and it's called dianu. it means that would be enough. it talks about all the miracles god created. that would be enough if he did one. this does four or five things that are really extraordinary. just one alone is enough. i'm excited about this. i think language is important. i think we should listen to david. he's very support. >> d i dianu, senator boxer. always good to see you.

join us for a live taping with david axelrod and pramila jayapal. at 5:30, monday, i will be monitoring a discussion with whom of any -- whom the dean to discuss her career in national politics and her new memoir. after the moderator discussion we will open the floor to questions from you all in the audience. please line up to ask questions. as usual, we give priority first to student questions. make sure your phones are on silent. we will now hear formal introductions of our speaker from adams abner, a fourth-year neuroscience major from iowa city, iowa. adam worked as an organizer for pete buttigieg is -- pete buttigieg's caucus campaign and then began the director for northwest iowa i did 2020 campaign. adam worked on a campaign in georgia for the u.s. senate. welcome adam to the podium. adam: it is an honor to introduce the speakers for today's event. today's speakers are two of the most successful posters in the country that have helped presidents navigate of people both in the electorate and the way polling is conducted. tony fabrizio is an io

until then, david axelrod, is the message tonight -- you have eric adams winning in new york city. you've got to socialist candidate losing in buffalo. minneapolis ballot initiative to defund the police, that did not get voted on. the gop candidate winning in virginia, new jersey, the race there. what is the message to democrats that they should think about in the morning? >> the issue of public safety in some of these communities is paramount on people's minds. you know, the issue in virginia relative to schools, although education was the second most important issue. the economy was the first most important issue. what was interesting is terry mcauliffe, who had a good record on the economy when he was governor, did less well among voters than youngkin did on the issue of the economy. >> but the debate among democrats tomorrow is going to be the same debate that has been had now forever, the liberal wing is going to say, you see what happens when we backtrack from our principles and the moderates will say, we're just -- it's too far to the left. >> it's a tedious debate. we shoul

here is what former adviser to president obama, david axelrod, said yesterday about lessons from tuesday'sen years ago. so that is a real concern for democrats. one of the questions i have is if you're a democrat sitting on capitol hill and you're from one of these swing districts in suburban areas, are you rethinking your vote on the reconciliation package? are you thinking maybe it's best if we weren't doing it? if i was sitting in the white house, in the leadership, i would be worried about that, trying to firm these people up. >> what do you say? >> i say to firm them up is give paid leave so women pushed out can get back to work. give them universal child care and pre-k. >> some of that is in there and some of what you're saying, while i agree with it as a woman in america wholeheartedly, you're saying things that aren't going to get us to go. >> paid leave i will set aside because we endorse the framework as the white house announced it, as the president announced it, and we said we will go with this framework and the speaker decided to put paid leave in. we fully support it but that

david axelrod told president obama before we were inaugurated that we were almost certainly going to the death knell today. with the siren. where persons are living talking about middle class economics. we have to understand with campaigns and candidates that donald trump alone isn't going to win us an election right? let's run future -- elections based on the future. let's talk about what's happening in people's lives. give glenn youngkin the credit for the campaign message he ran around economics. around the grocery tax. around something that looked forward. so, i think that's a lot of what democrats have to be searching through these results and looking for. you know, we've got to do things differently than we have done. again, i think the really important thing is donald trump is going to be there. he's going to have his eruptions. but if we think alone that we're able to walk on a stage and say candidate "x" is not donald trump, or the republican candidate is donald trump and we're not going to be donald trump, that's going to win us an election, those days are almost certainly

david axelrod, when the majority of the commonwealth of virginia cares about education, and they wantrent education and you is the candidate terry mcauliffe saying that i don't think that the parents should tell the schools what to teach, what does that mean? >> i recognize a rhetorical question. look, that is a disaster for him. the context was a little skewed, but the bite was there, and when he said it, it triggered. and youngkin and the republicans seized on it, and it has clearly galvanized the voters. and it is not the leadership of virginia, but augerings of the future, and one thing that people are going to be looking at is if youngkin wins, how would he get some of the suburban vote back. >> and what does that mean for the republican party out there, and can you be a republican and not support the former president and still vote republican. >> there were many nods here to some of the cultural issues that trump issued, soft core versions of it, but yes, youngkin kept trump at an arm's length in the general election, and used some of issues to the advantage, but he is like the