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reaction now from cnn political commentator, david axelrod, who served as senior adviser to presidentorked alongside then vice president biden. can he turn these better than expected job numbers into some kind of a rallying cry for his campaign? >> well, look, this was a big moment. but largely because of the disaster that it averted. and i think what he's trying to sell here is steady, mature stewardship of the economy in the midst of all this political chaos around him. and as an island of experience and wisdom and so on. and i think that there's some value to that. whether that has some durable value, i think, remains to be seen. there is an eternity, anderson between now and when people vote next november. and i think there will be many intervening events that will probably supplant whatever he achieved here. >> we've also seen the bipartisan infrastructure deal, inflation reduction act, 2022. both of those he got those passed but without substantial change in his approval ratings. why do you think the administration has such difficult times when it comes to public opinion? >> fir

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let's discuss what's going on wen wen strategist alice stewart along with david axelrod.r mckarcarthy is trying to get back in trump's good graces. who needs more out of this relationship? would it be trump or mckarthy? >> it's a mutually beneficial relationship. every now and then in politics they say what they think and when they think about what they said they have to do a cleanup on aisle 4. someone as the speaker of the house that wasn't a bash on trump, but it was more he's not going to take sides in a primary, but anything short of a full-throated endorsement for donald trump is critical. in terms of the backlash of this, speaking with many people in the house, it's more in the media and the talking class, because, look, the house caucus is similar to republicans across the country. there are those that support trump and in the house caucus there are members of the house and the freedom caucus and those people tend to be more supportive of ron desantis, and then there are many in the house who say as a moderate, it's in mccarthy's best interest to put distance betw

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you joining us is dana bash, also senior political commentator scott jennings, and david axelrod, former how are things going? >> it has been incredibly difficult to get to this point, but it looks like the house of representatives is at the point that speaker mccarthy and pretty much everybody else in private have been expecting, which is a true compromise that you don't see very often. what that means, generally is, you have a number of votes, a healthy majority coming from the center, democrats and republicans, and you have people on the left and people on the right who are upset because the party gave away things that, on either side of the aisle, extremes on both sides didn't want, and the question now is, in the short term, the political question for kevin mccarthy because he has such a small majority of republicans, is whether or not the ability that republicans have, that anybody really has, to vacate the chair, meaning oust him from the speakership, whether they're going to use it. it's not clear. i will tell you i was getting a text from a conservative republican, a fiscally co

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joining us now is van jones, david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama.tenant governor of governor. alice stewart, scott jennings. alyssa, i want to start with you. it's been reported you were interviewed by federal prosecutors. i know you can't talk about this. this is in recent weeks, part of the special counsel investigation. what do you make of the news the former president has been informed that he is a -- >> i'm most struck by mhow quickly the doj investigation seems to be moving. jack smith seems to be moving on a fast timeline. doj doesn't factor that in. but you react to reality. if they wait too long to moves if an indictment is coming, you end up lining up with the primary season. i think that's hard for the public if it comes during that period to think that it's not for one side of the aisle did not think it's partisan. this is moving remarkably quickly. as far as i would go to say, and i did it voluntarily is they're looking at everything. they're pulling every thread that they can. i think they're very interested in the president's mood and

absolutely. >> david axelrod? >> look, one thing that strikes me just reading this and what kaitlan just reported about when they knew, this was incredibly stupid, okay? i mean, just the way he handled this and the naivety -- >> none of this had to happen. >> no. >> and the idea that he thought that he could get away with it is unbelievable. that may be arrogance, whatever it is. but he just hung himself out to dry through the way that he did this. in terms of being treated differently, though, there is a political -- i mean, the meme that you see on social media among republicans who are supporting trump is, well, they're not treating biden this way because he took documents. they didn't treat hillary this way. so, he's being -- and that is the focus of their response to all of this, not the substance of this. and it's hard to respond to the substance of this. >> kaitlan, i should have also started with you on the legal team changes now. what happened? the lawyer interviewed really well last night is gone. >> yea

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on the republican side it's fascinating to see barack obama take some time with david axelrod and his wants to talk about his biography because he's proud of it not because of where he was but because of where he is free he's not ready for the fact that he basically grew up in a one bedroom house when his mom and dad split a neighborhood so bad rather than fix it up, they raised it and they're just weeds there now and he talks about going from there to becoming a successful college student going to work at a fast food place and become his own insurance company have his own insurance company and decide to get into congress and become a senator. that's not good enough for the former president. he wants to see aplan . listen to this. >> i'm not being cynical about tim scott individually.i am may be suggesting that the rhetoric of can't we all get along and this quotes you made about from my speech in 2004 about united states of america. that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and are present. and so is a republican who may even be sincere in saying i want us to l

everything is right and we can make it, obama said during a conversation with democratic strategist david axelrod released last week. we cannot just ignore all of that and pretend everything is equal and fair. we have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. if they are not doing that, and i think people are rightly skeptical, is what the former president said. freeport, louisiana. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask your guests if they have studied mcpherson ville just north of charleston. james mcpherson, who helped establish the oglethorpe community in georgia had a huge plantation in that area where he raised cattle and slaves. have you on across that in your research. also have you run across the article about james as the indian fighter published in harper's magazine? thank you very much. host: our guests are not with us anymore but i encourage you to go to the center's website, the center for the study of slavery in charleston. if you go to their website i am sure you could find contact information if you want to pass along what you just said. ella in florida, repub

ambassador nides: it is a great question and as you know several months ago, i was asked on david axelrod's podcast uh about what i uh what my advice has been to the prime minister -- several months, and the night before i did the podcast -- anyway, the night before did the podcast, i talked to my daughter who had met this new guy in she met him online and she liked him an da da da, and he's great, and i said tap the brakes, you just met this guy. so i had that in mind and when i went to the podcast he asked me the question, i tell the prime minister what i tell my daughter , tap the brakes. it did not go over as well, but anyway, the president of the united states wanted and asked to try to slow down and build consensus. that consensus was taking place under the auspices of the president -- who are as many of you on the phone are as well -- um, those meetings have been taking place the last few months and have broken down over the last couple of weeks. i don't know what will happen. i do know that we will not wake up and do all this legislation unilaterally. i do not bleed out. in my humbl

on the axe files, with david axelrod, he says that the party should acknowledge racial inequality instates rather than says that opportunities in the u.s. are already equal and fair. and cnn chief of national affairs jeff zeleny, who i might add has covered barack obama since the beginning of time, and what did you hear in these comments? >> well, not the beginning of time, but the beginning of the presidential campaign, and illinois state sensor, and so it is interesting when he weighs in on matters like this, and you are right, the republican party is not asking for his advice in this matter, but he said that he believes that republicans should have an honest accounting of the past and the present of the racial inequality of america, and listen to what he says specifically about this. >> if a republican who may even be sincere in saying that i want us all to live together doesn't have a plan of how do we address crippling generational poverty that is a consequence of hundreds of years of racism in this society, and we need to do something about that, now, we can't just ignore all o

. >> obama was responding to a question by david axelrod about comments by presidential candidate timcott who recently suggested that racial inequality is a thing of the past. >> every kid today can look -- just change the stations and see how much progress has been made in this country. abc, cbs, fox news, cnn, all have african-american and hispanic hosts. so what i'm suggesting is that the yesterday's exception is today's rule. >> another presidential hopeful has officially thrown their hat into the ring. the mayor of miami, francis suarez, kicked off hit campaign with a speech at the reagan library. kyung lah reports. >> america's so-called leaders view being loud would actually leading. all washington wants to do is fight for each other instead of fighting for the people that put them in that office. >> reporter: and the office the mayor wants next is a major step beyond the city of miami. >> i'm going to run for president, i'm going to run for your children and mind. >> reporter: the mayor is pitching himself as a problem solver. at age 45, representing a generational change for

. >> my colleague david axelrod asked his former boss, former president barack obama to react to senator scott's comments. >> if a republican who may even be sincere is saying i want us all to live together doesn't have a plan for how do we address crippling generational poverty that is a consequence of hundreds of years of racism in this society, and we need to do something about that, if that candidate is not willing to acknowledge that again and again we've seen discrimination and everything from job -- getting a job to buying a house to how the criminal justice system operates. if they're not doing that, then i think people are rightly skep skeptical. >> there are many statistics about african-americans that confirm education is not equal. 27% of blacks had a bachelors degree as compared to 38.3% of whites. median income for the average black household was $48,297, for whites $78,000. 19.5% of blacks living in poverty level compared with 10% of whites. the life expectancies for blacks at birth, 78. -- homicide the leading cause of death among black males 15-34, 22 times higher than w

he told our cnn colleague david axelrod he doesn't agree with republican contender tim scott that the inequality. >> if somebody's not proposing, both acknowledging and proposing elements that say, now we can't just ignore all that and pretend as if everything's equal and fair. we actually have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. if they're not doing that, then i think people are rightly skeptical. >> you can listen to the entire conversation on this week's episode of "the ax files." >>> a concert event with some of the biggest names in music is returning. watch juneteenth

. >> i want to play one more thing from former president obama's interview with david axelrod. >> nowwhat is true is i think that we have tended at times, on the progressive side, to tip into kind of a scolding social etiquette police and virtue signaling whereby some might not say something exactly the right way, even if we all know they kind of didn't mean it in an offensive way. and suddenly you've got partly because of social media everybody jumping on them and saying somehow you must be racist or sexist. >> he's talking to his own congregation there. >> and he's not wrong. there are plenty of people out there who do not allow the grace of people making mistakes or understanding that some people travel along this path a little bit slower than others and maybe the rest of us can help them get there a little bit quicker as opposed to immediately -- immediately saying if you are not 100% with me right now, you are a racist or a sexist, and we've seen that backlash even amongst some of the most progressive jurisdictions in the country, so i don't think the president is wrong. that doe

maria: talking to david axelrod former pr guy in some sense all-star panel this morning national securityour reaction to president obama. >> president obama, should be giving advice to his own party if he has anything i think to offer can give to republicans, president biden's approval rating in the toilet, for the last, couple of years, mainly because of the economy. so for him to talking about what republicans should be doing for the economy president biden's policies are conceding middle class one biggest driving reasons is war on energy, and so you see republicans actually offering ideas to releave that get americans back to work inflation down relief to work class of america advice from president obama is directed towards republicans. >> jonathan your thoughts. >> breathtaking you go wondered when cnn fact-checkers are when obama is talking what is amazing democratic party elitist party the republican party is for the middle class you see that in issue after issue, i think what is most disappointing about president obama, i think people saw in presidency every time there is ran oppor

david axelrod said it last night, and i agree with him.p is going to engage much. i don't think he's going to debate much. it would be silly for him to. if donald trump wins, i would love to hear what mark says -- but if donald trump wins iowa, the rest of this is academic. he will be the nominee. >> mark, do you think it makes any sense for trump to debate? or engage? >> well, listen, i think it makes sense for him to debate because he dominates every debate that he's in and just crushes everybody. i mean, we saw that in 2016. i don't think he needs to engage with the other candidates. i mean, it only elevates them when he does. but i think chris sununu had the right message today. and what he says -- first of all, he's going to have more impact on this race by getting out than staying in. new hampshire now is in play. and like iowa, you know, this race can be completely rearranged. just ask the guy who lost to john mccain by 19 points after coming in there in first place with george w. bush in south carolina, turning around in like a 30-

. >> this stems from a wonderful interview he did with david axelrod on his podcast, and he was simply trying to make the case that, you know, he's mentioning certain people, but he felt that while you can be a minority and achieve great things and show that you can be victorious, he said that there needs to be an acknowledgment of our past and how far we need to go. he was mentioning that we knead to need to be more of an acknowledgment of the racism in the past and what we still have today. nikki haley and tim scott look at it from a different situation in terms of they have been minorities. they have risen through the ranks. they have succeeded and they are examples of the progress we have made on racism as opposed to victims. >> it's the whole argument of the minorities should be able to pull themselves up by their boot straps. look, when my family came to this country from colombia, my father felt that way. my father voted for reagan, but he also understands that there are many people who come to this country and have no boot straps. so how are you supposed to pull yourself up if

there were comments that former president obama made with david axelrod about how the republican partynd deals with a conversation about race, and frankly the history of this country. and they really pushed back, both tim scott and nikki haley. and i think we have a tweet from nikki haley saying that, tweeting in part, obama, set minorities back by singling them out as victims instead of empowering them. tim scott arguing, that president obama missed an opportunity to unite the country as america's first black president. this was very strong push back n the idea that there needs to be a real conversation, which is what the former president was getting at, and he has yet to see it. does that work? >> no. because the proof is in the pudding, right? like, tim scott, right? it took a hundred years from reconstruction to his election to get an african-american republican from the south represented in the senate. that's not by accident. that's by design. and for him to not acknowledge that design as part of his story, is really unfortunate. and what's even more unfortunate is when you look a

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i also, david axelrod said it last night, and i agree with him, i don't think that donald trump is going much. i think it would be silly for him too because he's that far ahead. and if donald trump wins, i would love to hear what mark says. but if trump wins iowa, the rest of this is academic. he will be the nominee. >> mark, do you think it makes any sense for trump to debate or to engage? >> well, listen, i think it makes sense for him to debate because he dominates every debate that he's in, and just crushes everybody. we saw that in 2016. i don't think he's going to engage with the other candidates. i mean, it only elevates them when he does that. but i think cristiano knew has the right message today, and what he said, first of all, he's gonna have more impact on this race by getting out and staying in. new hampshire now is in play, and like iowa, this race can be completely, as a guy who lost to john mccain 19 points, coming first place to george w. bush in south carolina, turning around in like a 13-point changeover of course within 24 hours. so, this point is the one that's right

with me to share his insights is david axelrod, who have the architect of the two obama-winning campaignsr time. none of us have been here. there's nothing in your rolodex on how to deal with a campaign where the former president of the united states is facing a federal indictment and also happens to be the front runner for the other party's no nomination. if joe biden picks you up and say how do i handle this, what would you say? >> do exactly what he said today. do nothing. do not answer questions about this. do not involve yourself. that's exactly what donald trump and the president's opponents want. you can see on their postings on social media where they are going. the president himself has sort of describing this as a hit job directed by president biden to take out his number one opponent. not true, but that's their storyline. all his supporters are following in line. the weaponization of government directed by the president. so don't get involved in that would be my advice. i think that's clear wly what hs himself. >> if that is the strategy, led by the president of the united stat

. >> that was the former president responding in an interview with david axelrod to a question aboutre part of his campaign. he said this on the view recently. >> one of the reasons why i'm on the show is because of the comments made on this show that the only way for a young african american kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception and not the rule. that is a dangerous offensive disgusting message to send to our young people today that the only way to succeed is by being the exception. i will tell you that if my life is the exception, i can't imagine -- >> it is. >> but it's not, actually. >> conversation continues. so let's have it here now. joe is a republican strategist and former u.s. senate candidate from new york. the former mayor of atlanta and former senior adviser to president biden. joe, let me start with you. just to put some numbers around this, sunny hostin responded with some numbers. take the median income for black households in america. $48,000 just about. for white households, $74,000. now obviously that's just one number right. not trying to ans

administration as deputy chief of staff and chief spokesman, republican strategic alice stewart, david axelroder south carolina state representative bakari sellers. we've got the whole group here. obviously this roast and ride in iowa kicks off the entire campaigning for all of these republicans. they're all there. trump was the only one who was not there. we did see former vice president pence. he was the only one who actually got on a motorcycle and had a vest with his name on it. but alyssa, i wonder what you thought of it on stage, no mention of trump, even though he was the candidate who didn't feel like he needed to come this weekend. >> well, listen, i think candidates are showing up, and they're making their case. and dana made a very important point which the iowa caucuses are still eight months away. we're still so far out in the season and showing up is so important. i remind folks iowa has not gone on to elect a republican since 2000 with george w. bush. but it's still incredibly important to sell who you. the nikki haley folks tonight, they're telling us that what they want to see

. >> we're going to be joined by david axelrod who just spoke with his old boss about the 2024 presidentialpresident sharing his very candid thoughts about the campaign for the republican nomination. he says the party still needs to, quote, walk the walk on confronting racial issues in the united states. we'll have a lot more of david's conversation with former president obama that's just ahead right here in the situation room. we're reinventing our network. ♪ ♪ ♪ fast. reliable. perfectly orchestrated. the united states postal service. j.p. morgan wealth management knows it's easy to get lost in investment research. get help wh j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, dav! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan. ok, great! this should have you moving in the right direction. thanks jen. get ongoing advice; and manage your investments in the chase mobile app. yes, i need a trim. i just want to be able to cut the damage. we tried dove instead. so, still

house communications director, cnn political commentator and senior adviser to president obama, david axelrodood morning, guys. you were up late. i was listening to your smart analysis after the town hall. >> give us your read in terms of what nikki haley succeeded at and where she fell short? >> and she sort of the tone of it right when she came out. and jake offered her the chair and she said, i prefer to stand. you can sit if you would like. she took command of that stage. and she's a great performer. she's folksy, she's warm, she can be tough. and she's a great performer. and david chalian said last night, you can see she's been working the iowa town hall circuit. i'm familiar with that circuit. and that's absolutely true. the issue is, too, one is, she tends to kind of -- she's an artful dodger on controversial stuff. her governor just signed a six-week abortion ban. she would not comment. >> it's held up by the courts now, but yeah. >> on guns, she was very strong on elements of it, and then said, in mental health in particular, but said, i won't support red flag laws, because i don't t

he told our cnn colleague david axelrod he doesn't agree with republican contender tim scott that the country has made great progress on racial inequality. >> if somebody's not proposing, both acknowledging and proposing elements that say, now we can't just ignore all that and pretend as if everything's equal and fair. we actually have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. if they're not doing that, then i think people are rightly skeptical. >> you can listen to the entire conversation on this week's episode of "the ax files." >>> a concert event with some of the biggest names in music is returning. watch juneteenth, live monday 7:00 p.m. eastern. thank you for joining "inside politics." >>> "news central" starts right now. >>> post-indictment payday. former president trump raking in millions after becoming the first former president to face federal criminal charges. how much and where it's coming from ahead. >>> plus, a disturbing new report on america's youth. suicide and homicide rates for kids as young as 10 years old surging to levels we haven't seen in decades. we're goin

i'm joined by maggie haberman, david axelrod, former assistant eastern elie honig and david urban, one-time investigator to the former president. maggie, i want to start with you. what are you hearing? >> well, i think everyone is still in shock who is hearing the news, both people around the former president and frankly people across the political spectrum, because we have been hearing the drip, drip of this case for so long. his team was prepared for this to happen this week. didn't have information that it is going to. seven counts a s a lot. we don't know exactly what all of the charges are yet. we'll have to see what the complaint is. we won't know until it's unsealed. this is obviously not a good development, and it's one he was hoping to avoid. >> elie honig, from a legal perspective, what do you think the seven counts are? what do we know based on what's been presented thus far? >> the best indicator we have so far is the search warrant affidavit for mar-a-lago. when the justice department went to a judge, they said we have probable cause to believe that three different crimes are c

by our political and legal analyst, new york times maggie haberman, former presidential advisor david axelrodtorney elie honig and republican strategist david irvine. -- >> because we have been hearing the drip drip of this case for so. long his team was prepared for this to happen this week. didn't have information that it was going to. seven counts is a lot, we don't know exactly what all the charges are yet we're, good to see what the complaint is. we don't won't know until personally isn't sealed. but it is a lot of unknowns, but it's not as if this is not a good development. and it was one of she was hoping to avoid. >> elie honig, from a legal perspective, what you think the seven counts are. what do we know based on what's been presented thus far? >> the best indicator we have so far is the search warrant affidavit for mar-a-lago. and when the justice department went to a judge, they said we had probable cause to believe that three different crimes were committed. willful retention or mishandling of defense information, that's part of the espionage act. destruction, or concealment of g

it's not all trump, to david axelrod's point, in 2013, 52% yes, positive view of the fbi in 1995., it was 41%. waco, general lack of eroding trust in institutions, part of american politics anyway. it's coming down some, 41% in 2013, 18%. a little more than a year ago. trump knows that. trump placed to. it's cynically, effective. with his base, that's why you see the jim jordans on the ted cruz's, and the -- people in senior leadership positions, the republican party, attacking the fbi. the republican party, when i started doing this a long time, ago was the party of law and order. the republican party is now attack. long order. because they make the case that they're out to get him. which, number one, is affected with donald trump's base. this helps donald trump, as upside down is that may seem, in the current political debate, can i be your next republican nominee for president? can i be the nominee to try and get my old job, this helps him. we know that for a fact. also, in my view, to the point of the conversation you have with evan earlier, bring a case against former preside

to david axelrod's point in 2013 -- it was 52% positive view of the fbi in 1995. waco, eroding trust of institutions is part of american politics any way. 18% a little more than a year ago. and trump knows that and trump plays to it. and it's cynically effective with his base. and that's why you see the jim jordans and the ted cruzs and the stefaniks attacking the fbi. the republican party when i started doing this a long time ago was the party of law and order. the republican party is now attack law and order because they make the case that they're out to get him. number one, it's effective with donald trump's base. this helps donald trump. as upside-down as that may seem. in the current political debate he's in, can i be the nominee to try to get my old job, this helps him. we know that for a fact. it also points to the conversation you were having with evan earlier, bringing a case against a former president is a high bar for anyone anyway. the climate that donald trump has put on steroids among republicans raises the bar even more. >> it's always interesting w

endured two terms of racist garbage directed at him and his family here's what he had to say to david axelrodfor president. >> i haven't spent a lot of time studying tim scott's speeches. i think there's a long history of african american or other minority candidates within the republican party who will validate america and say, everything is great and we can all make it. i mean, nikki haley, i think, has a similar approach that may come a time where there is somebody in the republican party more serious about actually addressing some of that deep inequality that still exists in our society that tracks race and is a consequence of our racial history. if that happens, i think that would be fantastic i haven't yet seen it. >> joining our conversation is the president and the national action network and the host of politics nation right here on msnbc. the reverend al sharpton also with us, she has served as a political adviser to more than a dozen members of congress including policy work on issues, on equity. you first. it was great hearing the president on this and all manner of topics. i wish

everything is right and we can make it, obama said during a conversation with democratic strategist david axelroded last week. we cannot just ignore all of that and pretend everything is equal and fair. we have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. if they are not doing that, and i think people are rightly skeptical, is what the former president said. freeport, louisiana. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask your guests if they have studied mcpherson ville just north of charleston. james mcpherson, who helped establish the oglethorpe community in georgia had a huge plantation in that area where he raised cattle and slaves. have you on across that in your research. also have you run across the article about james as the indian fighter published in harper's magazine? thank you very much. host: our guest or not with us anymore but i encourage you to go to the center's website, the center for the study of slavery in charleston. if you go to their website i am sure you could find contact information if you want to pass along what you just said. ella in florida, republican. ca