>> reporter: hi there, mika. that's right. it's all kind of happening behind me in this nonscript ioc center. it truly is crunch time. we saw president obama, the first u.s. president ever to risk get can into the fray on this kind of olympics negotiation, arrive on air force one this morning, driving directly to this building behind me, and making his personal appeal. introduced by the first lady michelle obama, who was appropriately dressed in stunning gold, you might like to know. and it really -- from my point of view, it sounded like a yin yang presentation. michelle obama really appealing to the heart, at times extremely emotional, talking about how she was inspired by olympics -- by the olympics, by watching the games on tv as a child, sitting on her dad's knee, never believing that someday the games could come to her hometown of chicago. and her father -- i'm sorry. barack obama appealing more to the head, making a very strong case, a logical case, saying that i am the president. the white house, the state department,

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mika is on assignment. serio seriously, at this point i say to my conservatives, do you realize how stupid you look? hate obama in your closet if you want. you're doing dumb things that swing voters aren't going to like. they don't listen. that's their problem. >> you were for the president? >> of course. who is not for the olympics being in the united states of america? >> some people apparently. >> it's worse than stupid. >> it is worse than stupid. it's potentially lethal at some level politically. >> i think this one was stupid. we've had lethal comments made. this was just dumb. we have a lot to talk about. we'll get to it in a minute. mik will talk about afghanistan. willie will have the news. >>> taliban is now claiming responsibility for a brazen daylight attack in afghanistan over the weekend that killed eight american soldiers and wounded several more. hundreds of insurgents stormed two united states outposts in deadliest day for u.s. forces there in more than a year coming as the white house cont

. >> good seeing you as well, you can catch joe along with mika brzezinski and willie geist on "morningo a presidential historian with american university. thanks for joining us this morning. give us perspective. how significant is this win for the president? >> it's extremely significant. he's only in the third sitting american president to have win a nobel peace prize, and the last one was woodrow wilson 90 years ago before that theodor roosevelt, that is pretty robust company for this president to be walking in right now, particularly a president who hasn't even complete add year. those previous presidents were in the sixth or seventh year of two-term presidencies. >> given that, then, how much of this award is based on expectation? on aspiration of what the president might achieve versus the accomplishments of what he's already done? >> i think it's a little bit of both. you know, previous awards have been kind of to ratify accomplishments. like with theodore roosevelt who mediated the war between russia and japan, but some awards have been kind of to encourage a process. such as th