and black, how race still and slays the american soul, and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist david marinusauthor of "barack obama, the story. today is been to. >> this week on "newsmakers," craig fugate. thank you for being here to talk about the last eight years heading the agency and the state of emergency management. also in studio with us is reid wilson of the national correspondent for the hill newspaper along with then, energy and environmental reporter with the national journal. ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different than clutter years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with. -- dealt with? historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. localou are talking about states from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you tod to be able to give national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did definitely that the department of energy has codified into their function. program.evamp of the two things that stood

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the next three hours, eddie glaude, david marinus talk about barack obama's presidency. >> all things are possible. if the dream of our founders questioned the power of ourof democracy, tonight is your answer. [cheering] if the answer told by the lines that stretch around schools ande churches. suppose that are rich and poor, democrat and republican, black, white, hispanic, asian, native american, street, disabled, not pp disabled, americans send a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals with a collection of red states and blue states we always have beene and will be the united states of america. [applause] [cheering] an estimated 250,000 gathering at chicago's grant park on the unusual mild tonight marking what could be the start of eight years in the white house for the 44th president prepares to leave historians begin to assess theo obama legacy. the three leading authors adding their perspective to the newanad terms in the white house. we are joined at the table with april ryan, my up-close view of the presidency and race for america. how is s

. >> david marinus, the caller also talked about your book on the 1968 -- how many books have you written> guest: 11. seven larger book spends more fall or one. well, the way president obama responded after 2010 is exactly the way president clinton responded in a team 94 after the republicans took office. there is sort of the clintonian politics. after two years, president obama was not ready to give up on his own rhetoric of the nobel states pleased it. that had a lot to do with the way he reacted to the next two years. trying to see if there was still the possibility of some, even in the face of the republican hostility, if there is some way to deal with something larger and not grand bargain with john boehner, which is never going to happen. i think that's why he did it. >> host: this is from records as i've read several books on his background, the president's background. a dirty understand why you're such anti-american worldviews. he was more in common with europeans come into nations and elites living in a bubble than ordinary americans. my guess this will not be central to this pro

. >> david marinus, the caller also talked about your book on the 1968 -- how many books have you written> guest: 11. seven larger book spends more fall or one. well, the way president obama responded after 2010 is exactly the way president clinton responded in a team 94 after the republicans took office. there is sort of the clintonian politics. after two years, president obama was not ready to give up on his own rhetoric of the nobel states pleased it. that had a lot to do with the way he reacted to the next two years. trying to see if there was still the possibility of some, even in the face of the republican hostility, if there is some way to deal with something larger and not grand bargain with john boehner, which is never going to happen. i think that's why he did it. >> host: this is from records as i've read several books on his background, the president's background. a dirty understand why you're such anti-american worldviews. he was more in common with europeans come into nations and elites living in a bubble than ordinary americans. my guess this will not be central to this pro

. >> we have david marinus with us and he has a question for you, josh. >> good morning. >> good morningen around the president for years now. i'm accuser how he sort of helped your growth and what you learned most from president obama. >> well, the thing that -- i had an opportunity to talk about this a little bit yesterday. the thing about president obama that rung so true to me ten years ago is his -- the clarity of his vision for the country and his forcefulness in defending it. you know, my career in politics only spans about 20 years or so so you're a historical context is much longer and stronger than mine. but one of the things that i remember when president obama took the national stage in 2007 wasn't just that he had this clear vision for an inclusive optimistic vision for the future of this country that was inclusive where everybody had a shot and everybody was going to get a fair shake, but that he was willing to forcefully defend it and there was a sense throughout the bush years when president bush in the white house democrats on their back foot health and there was a lack