[applause] president obama: it works. [applause] president obama: it works. this is also a matter of values. being an american is not about taking as much as you can from your neighbor before they take as much as they can from you. we are not a bunch of individuals out here. we are a community, we are family. we are all in this together. we have to work hard. i was taking some photos before hand with ron and a couple folks who got dairy farms. no one works harder than farmers. they know about hard work. [applause] president obama: farmers know about hard work. they wake up early, go to bed late, worrying all the time about making sure things run. they also understand about being neighbors. and helping each other out. that is america. we have to make sure that this economy works for everybody who is willing to work. everybody who is willing to do their fair share. i want to spend the rest of my time talking about what that might mean for the 21st century. we have to help working families feel more secure in this constant change. that is why health care matters

president obama: i believe there is.hen people see opportunity when they have a sense of control of their own destiny they are less vulnerable to the propaganda and twisted ideologies that have been attracting young people, particularly now being turbocharged through social media. the more we can encourage entrepreneurship for young people, the more they have hope. that requires reforms in these governments that we continue to emphasize. increased transparency in how government operates, making sure regulations are not designed just for the advantage of elites but allowing people who have a good idea to get out there and get things done. reporter: another is on abuse of human rights and the attitude of many african governments towards homosexuality. president obama: i am not a fan of this commission and bullying anybody. this is part and parcel of the agenda that is also going to be front and center, and that is how we are treating women and earls. anchor: find the entire version on our website. president obama will addr

john: this part of obama is something that people have agreed with -- the rational obama, saying allou kids yelling out here, americans don't actually like that kind of politics. when obama says that, i think a lot of people say he is speaking for me. [bell] mark: on saturday in iowa donald trump attacked scott walker's record in wisconsin. walker ignored him for two days and when pressed in a fox interview, defended his record but did not hit back at trump. is turning the other cheek a good idea? john: amazingly, i think the moment of strength -- we have discussed this many times, for scott walker, where iowa is important, i think for him it may be the right thing to do so that when trump, if he does immolate, walker is a better position to pick up the voters. mark: fighting with people in a 16 person race is complicated. i think if trump takes you on full throttle, you have to fight back. you can't just defend yourself. even if you are not worried about trump, everyone of these candidates has to bear a responsibility and say they're going to stand up to them even if they want to pi

it doesn't even stop obama. do you know obama in over six and a half years has had to veto four bills? that's a historic low. do you know why, sean? because whatever bills the republicans send to obama he likes them. he signs them. they're funding every bit of obamacare. they're funding every bit of amnesty. they are raising the debt ceiling. they are working behind the scenes with obama and he with them. still it's not enough. the republican party needs new leadership conservative leadership or this is going to continue. >> i agree. i see your nee book over your shoulder there. i got my first copy. it's coming out in august. plunter and deceit. thank you for being with us. >>> coming up, mark stein weighs on the deal. why hasn't the president voiced outrage over kate steinle's murder? >>> rand paul explains why he introduced legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities. ♪ we all feel the calling to build something great. ♪ no artificial flavors, colors sweeteners preservatives, and no artificial smiles. becaus

he talks about obama being the odd man out in the world discussion. i wonder if it isn't dick cheney who is the odd man out because he took us into iraq, including the 2,400 american soldiers, in a war that made no sense, that created basically the high-ranking officer corps for isis and cost all those lives. i wonder why he comes back into american debate as if he's been triumphant here in the national argument. >> well, he's been, cheney has been consistent from the beginning of the obama administration, in sounding warnings over and over. and he's right, he and president obama see the world in very different ways. obama is doing now exactly what he said he would do in the 2008 campaign, which is, deal with adversaries, try diplomacy, military options as a last resort, unlike vice president cheney and his advice during the bush administration. so he's right. president obama is clearly in tune with other western leaders who are also in favor of this deal. we talked about israel being concerned and saudi arabia being concerned, but our main allies are

lifted and even cuban americans support obama in his position. it is critical and skeptical. some say there should not be closer ties until the human rights situation has really improved. and we take a look at marco rubio, the senator and republican potential candidate that basically said he will block any nomination. but obama said that the best way for you guys to support our values is through engagement. he wants to make sure the+ relations between the u.s. and cuba are normalized. it is one of his major foreign-policy goals. brent: many say this will be a defining moment in his presidency. thank you very much. for the cuban perspective i am joined by barbara from havana. we have to say it's a historic development. barbara: thank you for having me. i must say that we will have to wait for a couple of days for reactions. people haven't heard about it. only 25% population has access. it has been going around facebook, twitter, and websites. brent: is it being reported as a historic and momentous change in policy? barbara: of course. they have be

there is a obama mania spreading. the t-shirts, the potemkin village aspect of nairobi, the capital, where roads have been repaved, re-asphaltic. there is a real euphoria, and they want to put their best foot forward for this president. polls show that 80%, eight out of 10 kenyans have a favorable attitude toward obama. that is probably what he wishes he had back home in the united states. this is his fourth trip to what we have been calling his ancestral homeland because his late father, barack obama senior, was from kenya. it is his first trip as a sitting u.s. president. the first time he went, back in 1987, when he was a young man working for community service he literally went, crashed on his and's couch traveled to his father's ancestral village, which we saw in that report. he had a goat in his lap while he was riding along the way. there is a sense among some kenyans, a disappointment that because he is now president, he is the big cheese now and he cannot do those things. there is a little disappointment in t

you are imprisoned at el reno and you were released by president obama will step obama just visited el reno yesterday the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. your thoughts? >> my first thought when i heard it was, and a never thought in a million years i would ever say this but there was no place i would rather be then el reno just to meet the president and shake his hand and to hug him and tell him i was so grateful for what he is done for me and for my family and others, and ask them to keep on doing it for those inmates who truly deserve it. i think it is just a shame that there is never been a president who is talked about sentencing reform are prison reform, who has never been to a prison. for him to do that, i mean, that is what is needed. how can you make a suggestion on how to change something if you don't even know what is going on inside prison? president obama that is a great step he has taken. and pretty sure while he was in that prison, that he had to a felt what i felt and there thinking i was going to die step hopefully, it had a strong impact on him. and

obama is the first sitting u.s. president to visit either ethiopia or kenya, his father's home country. on tuesday, he also becomes the first sitting president to address the african union. we'll have more on the historic visit later in the broadcast. in more news from africa, burr you understand eye's incumbent president, pierre nkurunziza, has won re-election following widespread proceed lists and violence over what many say was an unconstitutional bid for a third term. in turkey, the government has called for an emergency nato meeting as the military launched a wave of air strikes targeting the self-proclaimed is tam i can state in syria and the kurdish workers party in northern offensive coordinator. the military escalations followed the suicide bombing which killed more than 30 student activists in a turkish city one week ago. the turkish military's attacks against the p.k.k. broke an effective two-year cease-fire between turkey and the cuddish group, who have been in conflict for decades. protests broke out in

obama don't give a (bleep). i said he don't give a (bleep). obama don't, uh -- give a (bleep). >> just to interrupt his dancing with, uh just for fun, just for me, black presidents dance with africans like this. but white presidents man they dance with africans like this. >> hey, i didn't give a (bleep) either surprise! ha, ha. but it was the whole time. >> by the way here is how excited people are in africa that obama came back to visit his birthplace. all right? there are reports that -- whatever, whatever. there are reports that multiple newborns have been named in honor of obama's visit. i am not making this up you guys, someone named their kid air force one barack obama. >> oh, black people names. why must you always entertain me? and by the way, african black names just bitch slapped you, american black names. with your lexus and mercedes and ibuprofen. i guarantee you will is a black person in america named ibuprofen. i guarantee you. that is a fact. so i love this. the he is dancing making jokes, he is naming people's babies, i have ne

. >>> president obama as ronald reagan? the current president reportedly suggests he can be a transformative leader just like the gipper. this is "special report." welcome to washington. i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. the june unemployment report shows a gain of 223,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate fell from 5.5% to 5.3. that is a seven-year low. that coupled with big supreme court wins on obama care and same-sex marriage plus mostly positive receptions for initiatives like cuba and new overtime rules have led the president to make a comparison that many republicans will find tough to swallow. correspondent kevin corke has our top story tonight. >> reporter: if the american economy is a work of art, today's jobs report was more or less paint by numbers. nothing to write home about. >> the unemployment rate is now down to 5.3%. [ cheers and applause ] >> keep in mind when i came into office it was hovering around 10%. >> reporter: while it's true the unemployment rate is down to 5.3% that continues a trend da

it is not barack obama.hink of that bumper sticker of big ideas that are the democratic party's that came from barack obamaful i think what is interesting about this is he is telegraphing to his people that they'd better get in line and be helpful to her and at the same time he is telegraphing to her, wait a second. i have the ability to box you in and tweak you a little bit. your husband wasn't much. you won't be that much. >> let's try a couple things. bill clinton supported the iraq war. he supported the first gulf war from what i can tell. hillary supported the iraq war. obama came along and said we're not the hawks and he transformed the party. i would say that's transformative to me. >> at the point by which she might have been president eight years ago, hillary clinton also had a different point of view. george w. bush was the one who transform the outlook of the democratic party when it comes to foreign entanglements. >> but hillary agreed with him. >> hillary agreed with barack obama -- >> no. she a

chamber of >> president obama is in africa. he is expected in the ethiopia tomorrow for a meeting with the prime ministers bear. he will be giving an address to the union before his return. he spoke about foreign affairs at the veteran of foreign wars national convention in pittsburgh and spoke about some challenges facing veterans in terms of education and employment. this is 40 minutes. ♪ [band playing hail to the chief] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> it is now my honor and privilege to introduce someone who is no stranger to the veterans of foreign wars of the united states. he has served his state senate for eight years before becoming a u.s. senator from the prarie state of illinois in 2004. [applause] >> he would become a member of the senate veterans affairs committee and co-sponsor a number of v.f.w. legislations like the post 9/11 g.i. bill and the traumatic supplemental insurance act for wounded afghanistan and iraq veterans. he would attend the v.f.w. washington office legislative conference reception, speak at our natio

president barack obama. earlier one policeman was shot in the mostly kurdish town mohammad has this update now tensions are very much on the rise on the boarder with syria, a very troubling distressing incident, as isil fighters fired into turkey from syria they hit a thish military convoy in the town, one noncommissioned officer killed, two officers injured they are being treated now the army quickly deployed. tanks went to the area and fired, and clashes ensued. the media is calling this the first clashes between turkey's military and isil fighters at least one fighter killed now the media also reported that they are scrambled to the area, that these are routine surveillance flights that happened quite regularly along the border with syria. another very troubling incident earlier in the day officials saying in the kurdish city that two police officers were investigating a traffic incident when masked gunman ambushed them, shot at them, one has been killed and another one is being treated at a local hospita

i believe president obama. or the more, he has told me that should he ever need nonpublic information about result, he would pick up the phone and call me. so yes, i am certain that the conditions to date have become very different. at this point, i would like to call upon the journalist from the global news network. president obama: if brazil is playing somebody else, the maybe i will. but if they are playing the united states, i'm sorry. >> mr. president, you are talking about a new relationship based on trust. president dilma just mentioned when brazil canceled this trip because of a matter of trust. brazil is also in the middle of a very deep political and economic crisis. can you trust one another in this moment to build a new chapter back? president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] >> translator: it views itself in the world and the usa is helping to reconcile those two divisions. president obama: i'm going to answer, in part, the question you just asked the president. we view brazil not as a regiona

>> what jeb bush is doing, he's playing the obama card. the base wants to hear obama insulted. so if he ties trump to obama, that's something that he's thinking will resonate with the base, but i think they see through that. >> thank you, tara dowdell, and ed rendell, we're looking forward to you and that 100 tacoses. >> not going to happen, rev. >> thank you both for being with me tonight. >>> straight ahead, a court releases this video showing california officers fatally shooting an unarmed man two years ago. why did police fight to keep it private? >>> and tonight's president obama's growing legacy from his historic iran deal to cuba to same-sex marriage. and bill clinton's crime bill has made mass incarceration worse. it comes as the president is ready to make history tomorrow on criminal justice. but first jimmy fallon talks about the donald. >> we'll be taking a look at the pros and cons of going to a donald trump rally. pro, hearing his plan on how to prevent our biggest threat from invading the u.s. con, realizing he's talking about minions. >> pro, he puts the u back i

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take president obama first.s he see the media after 7 1/2 years in office. >> distraction, too negative being too sort of microwave give it to me right now cable news internet too quick and not seeing the longview like he can. that's why he feels vindicated by same-sex marriage the affordable care act before the supreme court last week. that's what that's all about is he thinks the media has bought into the criticism on all those issues and that he sat back with calm and cool and in the long run is going to win. on some of those issues it had to work out for him. if you flip it to foreign policy it's been a complete disaster. >> he has gotten i think, the most favorable media treatment of any president in the history of this republic. maybe fdr after world war ii maybe he was more favorable, but president obama has really been treated well and is in that office largely because of the media in 2008. i think hillary clinton would agree with that. frustrating because it's softball city. >> now it strikes me that th

it was obama versus clinton. obama the insurgent. he struck first with a big win in iowa and then clinton bounced back in new hampshire. then she beat him again in nevada. at that point it looked at that moment like she was home free. she started out as the big front runner. she was establishment favorite. she took a hit and righted her ship and now she was rolling. that's how things had gone before. that's how it was supposed to play out again. hillary would coast to the nomination. this time back in 2008, something funny happened. the next primary after nevada was in south carolina. and in south carolina hillary clinton lost again. she lost big. she was crushed by obama. the margin was nearly two to one. it was more than two to one in fact. that was when it became clear just how different, how extraordinary, how unprecedented, the obama campaign actually was. obama was playing the role of insurgent candidate back in 2008. in a typical democratic primary, the insurgent candidate does well with one specific segment of the party. typi

obama and his administration to even think of us. it must be a terrible strain for authoritarians of their striped to acknowledge that the nation and our people have an interest in the consequences of his grand fiats and proclamations. we are in the midst of a sorry sorry state that we have only ourselves and our votes to blame. now our quotation of the evening by one of the most important advocates of modern globalism who said -- the words of david rockefeller american banker, the oldest living heir to the family fortune and globalist. we're coming right back. >>> hillary clinton just can't get it going, and people are starting to notice. new polls show big trouble for the anointed one. that story here tonight. >>> and what could possibly go wrong when you strap yourself to the hood of a jeep cherokee and go through a wall of fire? you'll find out next. we live in a world of mobile technology, but it is not the device that is mobile it is you. my school reunion's coming fast. could be bad. could be a blast. can't find a single thing

obama, silly the white house said the obama would relish his own trip to cuba -- certainly the whitehouse said obama would relish his own trip to cuba. that would be obama's next and in china moment. he would go down in history as the president who into the cold war the caribbean one set for all an excellent took steps to set foot on the island of cuba while castro was still in power. i think that will go a long way to normalizing simply the kind of people to people relationship between this country and i hope we all live to see the day of president of the united states its foot on the island of cuba in the near future. amy: peter kornbluh, thank you for being with us. he directs the cuba documentation project at the national security archive, at george washington university. co-author of the book, "back channel to cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between washington and havana." an updated edition comes out this september with a new epilogue that tells story of how obama come up resident castro and the pope are all in a book. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: los brito p

term for obama. of course, obama's numbers now are not as bad as they were in 2014. we do not do with it will be like in 2016. if his numbers continue to read on, it makes the argument that he just tried to make harder to convince middle-of-the-road voters who are not necessarily tuned in to these elections until after the primary. susan swain: how important is the fed going to be and the impact on the economy as we get closer to 2016? sean sullivan: when you look back to the 2012 election, in 2008 as well, do people feel the recovery? do people feel that things are headed in the right direction? i think whichever candidate can make the case -- if you're hillary clinton, you want to say that we are headed in the right direction. if a republican candidate can make the case that we are not, that is very convincing argument. susan swain: where is the overlap between the tea party and the american conservative union membership? pete schroeder: both of the groups are nebulous by definition. i think there

lifted and even cuban americans support obama in his position. it is critical and skeptical. some say there should not be closer ties until the human rights situation has really improved. and we take a look at marco rubio, the senator and republican potential candidate that basically said he will block any nomination. but obama said that the best way for you guys to support our values is through engagement. he wants to make sure the+ relations between the u.s. and cuba are normalized. it is one of his major foreign-policy goals. brent: many say this will be a defining moment in his presidency. thank you very much. for the cuban perspective i am joined by barbara from havana. we have to say it's a historic development. barbara: thank you for having me. i must say that we will have to wait for a couple of days for reactions. people haven't heard about it. only 25% population has access. it has been going around facebook, twitter, and websites. brent: is it being reported as a historic and momentous change in policy? barbara: of course. they have be

likely it will rejected, but it will uphold the veto present with president obama.hat is to say the congress will eject president obama in the veto, and the congress will say the reason that will happen is the republicans wanted to use the deal for the prisoners, and to make it an obama deal. for the republicans, they are not interested in derailing, and they may not have the votes to overcome a president obama veto. what happens if the sanctions are not lifted and assets not released fast enough as far as iran is concerned. hassan rouhani will be in terrible state. hassan rouhani will basically not criticize his government, but most likely will let him go. the whole deed is on the sanctions. over the last two years, hassan rouhani has been telling m mr ayatollah khamenei, that he's doing this to get the sanctions listed. if that doesn't come true everything falls apart in the country. in other words the economy is in terrible state, and you can expect the worst from the people, and they have been celebrating for tow years, day after day to get this done. that expla

so we're hoping the message that obama will bring is fight corruption.ecause if they didn't have corruption, they wouldn't have al-shabab. it is also directly connected to corruption. >>> president obama will also visit ethiopia he has already visited the continent more times than any other sitting u.s. leader. >>> investigating the attacks in benghazi is denying reports that they have ordered an investigation into hillary clinton's emails. clinton admits to using a private email account to conduct government business, but says it was proper. >>> searching for solutions, still to come on al jazeera america, baltimore's police department tries to move forward after riots crime after freddie gray's death. and one day after a congressional hearing, secretary of state john kerry hits the road to sell the iran nuclear deal. >>> president obama is about to arrive in kenya, where our andrew simmons is waiting for him live in nairobi. andrew there have been a lot of preparations for the president's visit. tell us about what kenyans will do when he gets there. >>

anchor: there is obama the u.s. president and there is obama the son of kenya. how is the son of kenya being received their? reporter: much like an african king. here on your screen is what is happening. a lot of government officials who came to receive him. a lot of governments talk about this event. it is a big deal. [indiscernible] it's a very significant and symbolic visit from the u.s. to come to kenya. anchor: we understand the security is extra high there in kenya. do you get the sense that the president is a man in danger in the country? reporter: it's a difficult question to answer. i think he is as safe here is if he would be if he was in the united states flag by his security personnel. there has been a lot of security detail that has been assigned to him. a lot of measures have been put in place to make sure not only is he safe, but everybody who is attending the summit tomorrow as well. anchor: thank you very much. staying in africa, burundi's president has been reelected to a third term. the country's election commission said he won over 69% of the

anchor: there is obama the u.s. president and there is obama the son of kenya. how is the son of kenya being received their? reporter: much like an african king. here on your screen is what is happening. a lot of government officials who came to receive him. a lot of governments talk about this event. it is a big deal. [indiscernible] it's a very significant and symbolic visit from the u.s. to come to kenya. anchor: we understand the security is extra high there in kenya. do you get the sense that the president is a man in danger in the country? reporter: it's a difficult question to answer. i think he is as safe here is if he would be if he was in the united states flag by his security personnel. there has been a lot of security detail that has been assigned to him. a lot of measures have been put in place to make sure not only is he safe, but everybody who is attending the summit tomorrow as well. anchor: thank you very much. staying in africa, burundi's president has been reelected to a third term. the country's election commission said he won over 69% of the

i'm concerned president obama could take the same approach. that's why, again, it's important to focus on the security council. >> it's not just an american problem. there has been 36 years of demonizing iran. it's hard to back pedal. >> thank you for joining us. the co-author of going to tehran. israel calls the deal a make >>> israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had a strained relationship with president obama. the discord reached a peak in march when binyamin netanyahu broke with roto cole and addressed -- protocol and addressed the u.s. congress without an invitation of the white house. israeli and u.s. relations may be tested as never before of the let's get more of the israeli perspective from a likud member of the knesset. she joins us from tel aviv. thank you for joining us. you share some, at least, of prime minister binyamin netanyahu's view that not only is the deal flawed, but negotiations towards this were destroyed. -- flawed. >> thank you for having me. i would like to say the problem is not all about israel. it's about th

so you can see what kind of a fight is ahead for the obama administration. >> so the obama administrationgetting stack -- static from democrats and a lot of republicans. are any republicans supporting it? >> well, if they are, they weren't supporting it publicly. a number of republicans have said let's take a look. let's see what this deal really involves. but most of them are feeling that the obama administration wanted this deal so badly that it gave away its goals, what it really was trying to achieve, which is a nuclear free iron. here is speaker of the house john boehner. >> it's going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear iran. >> reporter: boehner says he will do everything he can to try to kill this deal. in chorus of criticism is mainly on the republican side but there are democrats that are very very sceptical. let's have some patience though says harry fawcett. >> the document is 100 pages long. my staff hasn't read it. i haven't read it. i think what i'm going to do, and i recommend this to all senators, let's fin

president obama: we don't have a more important partner than great britain. for him to make that commitment when he has a budget agenda that is, you know confined, a budget envelope that is confined is really significant. reporter: if there is relief in the administration at that decision, there is considerable unease about the eu referendum and the possibility of britain leaving the european union. president obama: having the united kingdom and the european union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union. it is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after world war ii that has made the world safer and more prosperous, and we want to make sure that the united kingdom continues to have that influence. reporter: the recent killings of african-americans at a bible study class in charleston once again raised the most vexed extent difficult question in u.s. politics -- namely gun control. the president was candid. he told me he thought he had been thwarted. president obama: if you ask me where i feel i have most frustrat

scott walker kind of drives obama crazy. and if he's feeling like this i think he can be a big asset to hillary clinton. >> i think that's spot-on. republican strategists are very concerned. because i thought in the general election if hillary clinton's the nominee, she would maybe be a flat candidate. but if you have an obama that's rising, that's popular with the electorate, that's a double lapmy for the democrats, and the gop's worried. >> hard to make the argument that hillary clinton would be a third term is a bad thing is what republicans want to say if the unemployment rate drops to 5%, if the economy is -- >> the two most important figures that shape next year's election are going to be the unemployment rate on election day and barack obama's approval on election day. if the unemployment rate is down below 5% and obama is up 50% that makes things a heck of a lot easier for hillary clinton. >> up next republican leaders still don't view donald trump as a serious candidate but they worry his attacks on mexicans are cau

what could president obama have to enforce that threat? >> i think president obama is going to try to do quitely sayingses the rebels have been hindering peace accords or committing crimes against humanity. that may be a first step. but i think to set a deadline in august and to really believe that sustainable peace will be achieved is unrealistic at this stage. >> all right. thank you very much for your thoughts. >> thank you. >>> you have already heard president obama he commended the african union force which is fighting in somalia fighting the armed group al-shabaab. he praised their efforts and said that they have been effective. inside the country itself many people are blaming these soldiers, these soldiers coming from this african union force for killing civilians. >> reporter: her husband was run over by military vehicles belonging to african union soldiers. it happened in the capital last year. his body was left on the streets for several hours. she is now struggling to raise their kids. >> we were married for 27 years. we had a

president obama/the bottom -- pres.bama: the bottom line is this, it prevents the most serious threat which is iran obtaining a nuclear weapon and that is why this deal makes our country more secure and that is why the alternative means that iran would have no inspections and there is a risk of a nuclear arms race and a greater risk of nuclear war. all of that would endanger our security. that is the choice that we face. if we don't choose wisely, i believe future generations will judge us harshly for letting this slip away. charlie: president obama also spoke with tom friedman of "the new york times." pres. obama: we have asked a consensus but 10 years from now, 15 years from now, the person sitting in my seat, the president of the united states republican or democrat, is not only going to have this same capacity to take necessary military actions or to impose new sanctions, that is actually going to have more insight into the program and will have international legitimacy if they have to do with a vial -- deal with th

maybe the postpresidential obama through example, through the work of the obama library and foundation try and suggest some ways forward in chicago. charlie: what impact will this week have on the 2016 election? al: barack obama standing and his popularity is going to affect the democratic nominee, presumably hillary clinton. if barack obama can keep numbers and 50%, that is better for her. it translates that way. this week is going to make his standing much more significant than it would have. charlie, a year-and-a-half or 17 months is a lifetime. all sorts of things can occur. i think the sense that this is a significant president who has done significant things, most of which i think are going to be rather popular with the electorate. he is going to be an asset to a hillary clinton in 2016. much as reagan was to george h.w. bush in 1988. charlie: in that election george bush was running for the third term of ronald reagan. al: they are always going to say that. there is always an extent that is true. it will be said again in 2016. and to an extent, it will be true. it is very import

whether it is ronald, or barack obama, their rhetoric of divisiveness is wrong.ark: jeb bush is now distancing himself. ted cruz is embracing it. john: there is no question that the jeb bush heisman maneuver is better. trump is toxic to what the republicans need to do. it is unfavorable numbers has risen among latinos. the group the republican party believes it needs to make inroads with to win. mark: what do you think is behind ted cruz is warm embrace? what is behind the notion of the two of them getting together? john: i don't know. i think maybe he's expects -- he suspects tromp will flame out. he wants to be a beneficiary and he wants the surge of support we have seen donald trump get from republicans. mark: if you look at ross perot in 92, the clinton bush campaign had the same posture. suck up to him. he invited emissaries in dallas. they also tried to dump opposition research on him. and also tried to steal his ideas. i think ted cruz has at least two of those. coming up, after this break clinton advisor jennifer paul mary, right here. ♪ mark: our guest i

this is the government president obama supports.overnment that is repressive and finally its human rights. it has shown this to be the case. amy: to see the whole interview, go to democracynow.org. happy birthday to rob young. thank you for joining us. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail the e are myriads of people doing their thing. at 2:00 in the morning, they're doing their thing, which is to clean up the effluvia of the daytime people. the people who work from 9 to 5 and come in the next morning and find everything clean, and think the elves have done it. it's not true. it's the unsung heroes of new york city.