. >> joining me is douglas brinkley, cnn's presidential historian and bob beckwell author of "i should be dead: my life surviving politics, tv and addiction." dougsee -- when someone sees how the sausage is made, because he's really explaining to the american people, this is how the sausage is made. he's letting you in on this secret, which is not really that much of a secret. but i found his speech to be very interesting in that respect today. >> well, it is. barack obama is really preaching the gospel of civility. right after donald trump won new hampshire. there's a contrast of styles between trump and the president there. i thought it was a historical moment for the president. a journey down memory lane going back to springfield, illinois in the general assembly there. he had valerie jarrett and david axelrod on his side. and it made me realize, every month now, the last february he's president, last march, last april sxwirks think he's deeply disappointed he's not been able to help make the public discourse less poisonous as he put it. he thinks that's the most failed part of his presidency. >> part of that was his mission nine years ago to