this is a switch from the last moderator of "meet the press" david gregory. you have him teasing things out of the president in a way that disarms him. it's a similar style to that of diane sawyer that she has used when interviewing politicians. >> at the end, a lot of people ask the president, a lot of people say you look exhausted. the theater aspects of the job. he said part of what i love about the vacation is from the press. >> i've known chuck todd for years. i worked for him for two years. i consider him a friend. i thought it was a very good interview. one of the reasons is he's conversational, he's at ease, but he extracted i think a lot of information and pressed the president on the biggest issue of the day, which is this fight with isis, and i think made news, made the president have to talk about it in a way that he hasn't before. >> and it's a win-win. it's a win for chuck and it's a win for the president who gets to come on to the show and sort of try to tell us what his theory is behind all of his isis machinations. >> but based on twitter hav

the networked forced out david gregory after six years of struggles at "meet the press." the new moderator made his debut today. >> what does he need to say, do you think, that will rally the public to his strategy? >> we are an exhausted nation. and i think this president is taking a -- a fairley reasoned, measured response. >> now, we obsess. do you think it's been too poll driven about it? >> no. >> do you think that's -- >> i don't think he's been poll driven enough. >> joining us now from new york, joe koncha. he ran a round table and tried to put his stamp on the table. how did he do? >> i thought it was a pretty good job, howie. i'm going to disagree with the others a little bit, conversational with the president, yes, but he didn't challenge him enough in certain situations. when talking about going golfing 15 minutes after around making the -- the president said with a straight face, the theater of the presidency doesn't come naturallily to me. that's where chuck shook his head and allowed the president to go on unhitered. this is the same president who was round

. >> nbc's david gregory is traveling with the president. he is in longboat key, florida this morning. david, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. the president is in the middle of a two-day swing here in florida to promote his education plan, which is stuck in congress. >> morning starts fairly early. the president talk about education, was going to sit down and read to the students in that elementary school. read them a story. so that was going to be the signature picture of the day that we were going to get. >> howard hughs lived the american dream. he dated beautiful movie stars and made record-breaking flights. >> just before 8:50 a.m., i am interviewing a guy named richard hack who wrote a book about howard hughes. >> it was a typical book segment. i've done thousands of them. and there was nothing that stood out until at some point i guess about halfway through the interview, you know, we wear these earpieces. and the misconception i think people have is that they're always talking to us in those earpieces. the truth of the matt

david gregory said he is biased about reporting about the white house on networks. to express my views but it would be disingenuous to pretend i wasn't loyal to the president. >> david was man schultz reports of an internal struggle between her and the white house after a series of public flubs including comparing scott walker to wife beaters. steve got a story you all loved. >> thank you very much, elisabeth. zero tolerance policy forces a south carolina -- forces south carolina students to remove american flags from their trucks on 9/11. this outraged our next guest, a local who posted this message on facebook: this is a call out to every person who lives in woodruff, south carolina. if you have a child who attends woodruff high school send them to school monday morning with an american flag on their car. also citizens of woodruff, show up carrying your own american flag. and she did show up. and hermw. name is lora. welcome. she posted this. good morning to you. told this story yesterday and we were so incensed because on 9/11 the principal went out on four vehicl

. >> david gregory is now on the phone. >> he's following the president. >> that's right. david? >> katie, the president is about to begin an education event which is obviously being cancelled. the event will go forward insofar as the president will come out and make a statement about this. he was made aware en route from his hotel to this school here in sarasota where he was going to talk about education. he'll make a statement. then we're told by white house officials he will quickly depart for washington. >> we should mention the new york area airports have all been closed. the lincoln tunnel has been closed here in new york. while getting ready to listen to the president, back to jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. can you shed any light for us on what kind of things are in place in the event of an attack of this nature? >> reporter: well, katie, it's very difficult for the u.s. military to respond to this kind of thing, you know, right now, because it's unclear exactly who's behind it, and if there are any other potential attacks or incidents like this, because this has obviou

former meet the press moderator david gregory saying this in his first event since leaving the show.n washington political journalism they get set early and built on. things that fight that narrative get harder to report out. i think often because of laziness in media. as for the bias former press secretary jay carney working for another news network says he is still lawyer to the president. i believe in the president believer in the rightness of his policies. i am my own person and i am going to express my views but i would be disingenuous to suddenly pretend i wasn't loyal to the president. >> it is time to brew on this. major change of position for the united states air force. airmen are no longer required to say the phrase, so help me god during the oath. this after an atheist airmen said he was going to sue. initially the air force said he would not be allowed to reinsist unless he recited the oath entirely. that lead us to our question of the day. are atheists getting too much of a say? we will share them later in the show. >> the time is 18 after the top of the hour. this stor

during the first bush term in the white house james brady briefing room alongside people like david gregoryand the wees put to ari were proning about the weapons of mass destruction situation in iraq, the war intention, the occupation. if you go back and look at the transcripts and briefings you will see a very engaged press. >> but the overall tone and i wrote a lengthy story how the "washington post" a few voices that were skeptical of the strategy, they were delayed and buried and spiked but maybe that should tell us the debate, now, is healthy. >> myth or not, there is react of the press corps to that standing narrative. >> the press meals they did not do their job. >> when a president as commander in chief and we have this line where we leave politics at the water edge the press is more likely to be more dutiful when the president is making the argument and being strong and the american people are moving with him. here you do not see the clarity and the strength of the message. a year ago in syria it felt like it was the press pushing for the action. that felt like a reflection of the

. >> chuck todd became the nbc political director and and host of nbc store forcing out david gregoryle at "meese the press," and debuted today. >> what does he need to say to rally the public? >> we are an exhausted nation and the president is taking a fairly reasoned and measured response. >> do you think he is too poll driven? >> i don't think he has been poll driven enough. >> joining us from new york is columnist, so, chuck todd ran a round table can tried to put his stamp on the show. how did he go? >> pretty good. i will disagree with your own panelists, lauren and steve, particularly, conversationally he was with the president but he did not challenge him enough in certain situations particularly this point: when talking about going golfing 15 minutes after announcing on the beheading of jim foely he said "theater of the presidency doesn't come me." that is where chuck shook his head and allowed president to go on another unfiltered minute. this is the same president roundly mocked and criticized positive taking a selfie at the nelson man dole that funeral. if he did not learn

moderator of this program following in the footsteps of the likes of tim russert and, of course, david gregory. as you can see, we're making a few changes around here. as i like to say, we're living in a house as we remodel it, so the program in this studio will continue to evolve over the coming months. but what better way to start off my first show than with an exclusive sitdown with the president of the united states. to say it's been a long, hot summer for president obama is quite an understatement. the brutal rise of isis in iraq and syria, and their execution of two american journalists triggered usair strikes in iraq. the president invited criticism when he made this frank admission. >> we don't have a strategy yet. >> more criticism came when he went golfing shortly after condemning james foley's murder. all this contributing to the sense the world is spinning out of the president's control. at home the president's approval ratings hit all-time lows and many democrats are desperate to distance themselves from the white house. >> all this hanging over his head, yesterday i sat down with

i want to wish all the best to another friend, david gregory, for his future. >> what have we learned is a goatee enthusiast, walking political briefing book. most of all he's a good guy. the only good reason to allow a camera crew on a good beach day in the waning summer days. mostly for me at work, he is a friend and a guy with whom i can talk football year in and year out. nfl season about to start and so, too, a new season for my friend chuck todd. >> chuck said politics not a game, it's a passion. it reflects the worst and best of our democracy and he's here now. chuck, politics, how did that become a dirty word. politics is all about america. >> i'm still recovering. my mother in there, my wife saying things about me, so nice. >> she surprised you a little bit. >> yeah. she did surprise me. i did not hear or any of that stuff. >> the issue of politics is an important part how the world governs itself, how americans govern itself. this show today has been emblematic about when "meet the press" was at its best. mike liter, mike mcfaul. these are people who have been in the room, m

. >> what would you say to people who say that nbc treated david gregory so poorly on his way out from "meet the press"? >> i don't know everything that happened. i was more out of the loop than i think some people would like to believe. i know -- i've learned in my seven years now in the television business this is hard. >> when i asked for comments someone asked are you going to shave? what happens to the goatee? >> i'm not going to shave. this sounds corney. my late father had -- his whole life had a beard. his was a full 3w50erd. same exact color. when i grew a beard, same exact color. he died at 40. i look in the mirror, i see my father. if i shave, i feel like i'm erasing a tiny bit of my dad. i ain't doing it. i'm going to have this beard probably until i'm laying in a coffin. >> check out more of my interview on cnnmoney.com. i posted a story. >>> coming up next, we're talking about the cable news cycle and how it influences president obama. this morning todd interviewed the president and he said -- obama said part of what i love is a vacation from the press. well, that's not g

i want to wish all the best to another friend, david gregory, for his future. >> what have we learnedgoatee enthusiast, he is a walking political briefing book. most of all, he's a good guy. the only good reason to allow a camera crew on a good beach day in the waning summer days here he is jersey shore. mostly for me, he's a friend and a guy with whom i can talk football year in and year out. nfl season about to start and so, too, a new season for my friend chuck todd. >> chuck said politics not a game, it's a passion. because it reflects the worst and the best of our ghdemocracy and he is here now. chuck, politics, how did that become a dirty word? >> my mom is in on all of that stuff. people saying things so nice. i did not see or hear any of that stuff. >> when i think about that round table of the general and mike leiter and michael mcfaul, these are people who have been in the room making decisions, helping to translate what is going on inside the situation room for the american public. you were doing a great job asking them some of the questions the american public are asking.

on sunday he hostedmeetmee hostedmeetmeet-- meet the press for the first time since replacing david gregory. the sunday morning news program is the longest selling show on television, recently slipped in the ratings placing behind cbs's face the nation. todd was previously chief white house correspondent for nbc news, he opens his account of pod rater in meet the press in style, an interview with president obama at the white house. i'm pleased to have chuck todd back on this program. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. thank you very much. >> rose: first of all, congratulationsment but without better to start with than the president of the united states. >> that's right. you know, i did get the gift that we all want particularly on sunday mornings. the most revered public a faring program, of you will the public officials who is the one that you want the most answers in an interview, president of the united states. it is all downhill from here, i think. >> rose: no, it's not. so tell me how awe approached this interview with the president in the saddle at "meet the press" well, i sort of fewed

or that he should have gotten, and you know he looks back on that time when tim gartner says to david gregorymeet the press" that he only wanted aig to be good enough to pay back the taxpayers and after that's, he did not care. well, the truth of the matter is the government of the united states is not in vision itself as an owner of business. it is a regulator. it is an innovator, it is a product, but it is not an owner. we witnessed a very unusual time in american history where really our leading businesses around the financial sector just failed us and failed themselves, and they had no choice but to throw themselves at the mercy of the government, and the government was a very reluctant investor, in i think tim's sentiment that regard reflects that this is a very unusual role. everyone was uncomfortable in it, and that said, bob knows that everyone inside the treasury department, financial crisis team, deeply appreciated the effort. >> whose opinion was the majority? >> all the way up to the secretary. everybody appreciated the enormous job but they did. all of the employees did at aig, h

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. >> all right, david gregory is now on the phone from longo key actually -- >> he's following the president. >> that's right. >> david. >> yes, katie, the president is about to begin an education event, which is obviously being canceled. the event will go forward. the president will come out and make a statement about this. he was made aware en route from his hotel to this school here in sarasota where he was going to talk about education. he'll make a statement. then we're told by white house officials that he will quickly depart for washington. >> we should mention that new york city airport -- or new york area airports have all been closed. the lincoln tunnel has been closed here in new york. we're getting ready to listen to the president. let's go back to jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. you talk about counterterrorist measures that are in place. can you shed any light for us on what kind of things are in place in the event of an attack of this nature? >> well, katie, it's very difficult for the u.s. military to response to this kind of thing, you know, right now, because it's unclear

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