obama: you know? just think that me as a stranger, coming into lives, i can move people with my words, but if i do not know them and they do not know me, it is sort of like what we heard from renee -- you have to get up close to people, you have to be willing to be close. you cannot ignore the people who are right in your orbit. and think you can affect bigger change. that is why when i came into the white house and i said i was mom and achieve, the statement i help anyg was i cannot other kid until i make sure that minor good. very as first lady my first response ability was to make sure that my girls were sane, because i actually have control over my kids, they are my responsibility. what i feed to them, i have the opportunity to feed this stuff to them every day, i am the role model. so i have to do that right before i can tackle the bigger issue. that is my responsibility to get that right before i go out and try to change things. shonda: and be a role model for anybody else. mrs. obama: if i am n

obama: we can do that. i always believed in that kind of politics. >> [chanting "yes we can"] mr. obama: yes we can. because that is american democracy at its best. that is the politics i have always believed in. that is what ralph believes in, justin and mark believes in. when everyone gets engaged, when everyone pushes in the same direction, that is when good things happen. >> [cheering] mr. obama: we are at our best not when we are trying to put people down, but when we are trying to lift everybody up. >> [cheering] mr. obama: we are at our best not when we try to find what is wrong with somebody else, but when we find the decency and good will and common effort that so often we see in our neighborhoods and in our congregations, and that we try to impart onto our children. that is what we believe. and we have to be honest, that kind of politics doesn't always carry the day. we live in a time when all sorts of forces conspire to turn good people off from politics. the way we get our news, the way money fl

obama: but think about that.as a young man, people already recognized that this is somebody whose character made him trustworthy. somebody with a code of honor, and integrity. they trusted him to hold himself and all of them to a high standard. they trusted him to do the right thing, even when no one is looking. [cheering] pres. obama: and isn't that what we want in our leaders? isn't that who we want making tough decisions on our behalf? honesty, integrity, a willingness to put others before yourself. that is the way that ralph has always lived his life. [cheering] pres. obama: in the army, he served at walter reed. and i can tell you, as somebody who visited walter reed consistently throughout my eight years, what it meant to have a medical staff that would literally help to rebuild people's lives after they had served our country in such a profound way. in germany, treating our wounded warriors from the first iraq war. when he left active duty, he and his wonderful wife pam, an educator, decided to settle down

president obama was always making a very clear argument. i think he was a writer before he was a politician. also a lawyer before he was a politician and he wanted to tell one story, he wanted to make an argue; a., leading to b., leading to c. i think with trump, the one thing i will a ask the reason i don't feel my opinion of america has fundmentally changed issue think we have to look back and remember that donald trump wasn't elected by a majority of voters most americans rejected him. >> and continue to. >> and continue to. so what it reminds us is that our political system is really broken but that americans are better than our politics, and i think that thesis is one that president obama was saying for years before that; that when you look at the value that americans have they're not reflected in washington and they should be. >> i guess -- you already said that point, the clarity of obama's speaking was a reflection of the clarity of his understanding and so if someone, for example, was not very clear in speaking -- >> i think you se

president obama was making a clear argument.i think it was a writer before he was a politician and he wanted to tell one story and story leaving a 2b. my opinion america hasn't fundamentally changed because we have to look back and know that donald trump wasn't elected by majority of voters. >> and continue to. >> what it reminds us that our political system is broken but that americans are better than our politics. i think that piece is one of president obama was saying for years before that that when you look at the values that americans have they are not respected in washington and they should be. >> you already said that point but that the clarity of obama speaking was a reflection of his understanding and if someone, for example, was a clear and speaking -- >> i do thank you see a window into trust thought process which is jumbled. >> is there anything hardball and you see a great steven muller speech or one of trump's desperate. >> no, i don't think i'm just saying this because we are in manhattan and it's a for democrats

obama: hello richmond >> [cheering] mr. obama: oh, it's good to be back. >> [cheering] mr.: how is everybody doing today? >> [cheering] mr. obama: are you fired up? you ready to go? >> [cheering] mr. obama: well, it is good to be back in richmond. say, it is good to be back in virginia, but i am in virginia pretty much every day. it is just a little further north. i remember coming here in the race-- days of my last >> [cheering] mr. obama: five years ago, i remember -- >> [yelling] [cheering] enthusiasm, the generosity, the warmth of the people of virginia. i remember that when i first announced my candidacy as theident back in 2007, first major elected official outside illinois was a certain gentleman named tim kaine. kaine is right there. id, whatme here and sa the heck are y'all doing? nobody can pronounce my name yet. they believed in me even before michelle did. ondill always have warm, f memories of richmond, virginia. >> [cheering] mr. obama: part of the reason i've got one of memories is because i've got friends here. governor,des your terry mcauliffe. that include

they don't like obama care? st. paul said he would lose as a landslide. the polls are fraudulent. they oversample democrats to get the answer. if you say to people are you for obama care, does it hurt you? they said it's hurting me and it against it. but if they say to help poor people or throw them on the street. it's however you phrase the question to get the answer. >> been in las vegas for a couple of days i've seen a commercial attacking your senator senate several times on healthcare issue. >> it's a leftist attack, and i month of bright saying don't you dare vote against repeal. no change my argument it doesn't matter because guys like you ruined the appeal. even if you vote for it sucks. i didn't say trump would be elected because he was slightly cut taxes are slightly repeal obama care. i said he was gonna kill it that's who he voted for. this is all fraud based on rich corporation pay enough everyone in the united states congress. i left the republican party and then i found out obama was 50 times wors

obama: this election comes down to you. i have to say, by the way, off year elections, midterm elections, democrats sometimes-- >> [laughter] mr. obama: y'all get a little sleepy. you get a little complacent. this is not my opinion, this is the data. this is the data. during presidential elections, everybody gets excited. when it is an off year election, suddenly everyone goes, there is an election going on? as a consequence, folks wake up and they are surprised. how come we can't get things through congress? how come we can get things through the statehouse? because you slept through the election. >> [cheering] mr. obama: but the stakes now don't allow you to sleep. because it is going to come down to how bad you want it. i don't want to hear folks complaining and not doing something about it. >> [cheering] mr. obama: all the young people out here. >> [cheering] mr. obama: i think it is great that you hashtag and meme, but i need you to vote. >> [cheering] i tend not to watch a lot of tv, even though i have a lot more time

then bring us tonight, mister david litt's new book "thanks obama". more than any other president, barack obama's eight years in the white house were defined by young people. in 2011, david litt became one of the youngest speechwriters in history until leaving the white house in 2016, he wrote on topics of healthcare, climate change to criminal justice reform and took the lead as president obama's go to comedy writer. now in this refreshingly honest memoir, mister litt brings us inside obama's world , full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice,"thanks obama" is an exciting debut about what it means personally, professionally and politically to grow up . keegan michael t called this book terrific, part firsthand story about being inspired by a cultural icon, part how-to manual for getting involved in politics and taking change. "thanks obama" is a hysterical, heartfelt trip down memory lane and boy, do we need. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming david litt and adam davidson. [applause] >> thank you very much, i'm adam

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it's obama that was the one that was executive overreach. >> liz: the facts are that president obama's track record before the supreme court was worse than bill clinton in terms of losses and worse than george w. bush, right? >> absolutely. he had more supreme court losses than any other modern president by far and i want to emphasize this again, liz. what president trump is doing here is he's saying a law is not working. he's saying people are not getting healthcare and being promised healthcare but they're getting forced to buy in insurance at a penalty of about $500 a year and that kind of force i'm going to use an executive order to prevent the people from being hurt. i don't think that's anything near as unconstitutional as what we saw before. i think it's a proper use of executive power. >> liz: dr. mark siegel, good to see you. we have an awkward bbc interview with hillary clinton coming up basically having difficulty answering a bbc reporter's question about her husband. you'll see that next. ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes y

i will fight the obama administration. i'm scott pruitt.sk for your vote. >> the congressmen aren't going to do anything about it. they're not holding the agencies at the federal level accountable. by gosh, we will. >> number one, i'm going to establish an office of federalism internal to the ag's office. it will... it will be an office or a division where i will retain attorneys that will wake up each day and go bed each night with one thought in mind: how do we make your constitutional liberties and freedoms real against washington's encroachment? >> i mean, it... it was a unique idea at the time. >> narrator: the election was a landslide. >> we know it's a big night. oklahomans have sent a very clear message that they want an advocate in the attorney general's office to make sure that we get means to the constitution, that as washington, dc, has passed items like obamacare, the epa's overreach, they want an advocate in the courts to make sure that we protect their freedoms. and i'm looking forward to being that advocate. >> well, republi

it was rolling out and obama air of regulation -- obama-era regulation. the obama administration some people not signing up. they wanted the short term plans offering fewer benefits. if you are too old to have children, you do not have to sign up for maternity care. if you do not have juvenile, children,have forget signing up for pediatric plans. they are bare-bones plans. they are much more affordable. they are attracted to young people who are starting out and have car payments or mortgage payments. plead thee started to obamacare exchanges, the obama administration slammed the door on the exit ramp. saying, no, we will not let you that the cheaper plans. we insist you by the obamacare compliance plans. president trump on thursday rolled back the obama era regulation. you can have the choices, the more affordable choices. that was what there's a was about. host: 20 of criticism from democrats on -- plenty of criticism from democrats. senator chris murphy of connecticut is a member of the health education, labor come and pensions committee. here is what

why hasn't obama fixed this? it was an intense fascination with one person that is inexplicable other than to be what we think it is, which is obsessive and that the only thing he can think to do and accomplish, because as matt says he doesn't have a legislative agenda that's got through. and he also didn't have a legislative agenda. even that was rolled back. >> hold on. i don't think it's inexplicable. have you met people that study you? like when -- you -- you cannot buy, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy class. president obama whatever you think of his politics, he's a very classy man. he's a smart man. he's one of the kindest people you ever want to meet. he and his wife are. i'm not talking about politics. having met them and knowing them. you can't teach that. that's something that you cannot teach. i think that's something the president is jealous about. he doesn't have the qualities. even with all the money thatin world, that's not there. >> i think there is something to him, that obama wa

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itts new book, "thanks, obama," my hopey, changey white house areas. barack obama's eight years in the white house were defined by young people. in 2011, david litt became one of youngest white house speech writers in history. until leaving the white house in 2016 he wrote on topics from health care to climbed change to criminal justice reform and took the lead as president obama's go-to comedy writer. now in this refreshingly honest memoir, mr. litt brings us inside obama world, full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, thanks obama is an exciting debut about what it means personally, professionally, and politically, to grow up. michael key caught the book terrific. part first-hand story about being inspired bay cultural icon, part how to manual for getting involved in politics and making change.

absolutely. ♪ >> president obama: all right. >> anthony: we're about to eat bún cha. and it is about as typical and uniquely a hanoi dish as there is. these beautiful little pork patties, grilled pork belly. bun cha is served in a broth of vinegar, sugar, and the ubiquitous nuoc cham, or vietnamese fermented fish sauce. chilies to taste. i mean, if you have an important state function after, you might not want to go too heavy on the garlic. >> president obama: you know what, i'm going with this thing. you know? we're gonna do what's appropriate. >> anthony: a little vinegar. >> president obama: all right. >> anthony: and then you just hack off noodles, you just drop them in your bowl. >> president obama: yeah, that's not too elegant, but i managed it. >> anthony: and dip and stir and get ready for the awesomeness. >> president obama: i'm ready. now, is it appropriate to just pop one of these whole suckers in your mouth or do you think that you should be a little more -- ? >> anthony: well, slurping is totally acceptable in this

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barack obama wasn't just a black politics. it wasn't just a matter of them looking at him as black person, it was who he represented and who they represented. >> rose: did you grow over the these eight years. >> yeah, a lot. >> rose: how tod you change? i didn't believe in reparations when we started. >> rose: you learned that from the civil war reading? >> the civil war reading was a gateway. >> rose: the 1200 books you read on the civil war. >> here's the thing. in terms of an ambassador, barack obama was, like, the best we had. >> rose: ambassador from whom to whom? >> from black america to the rest of the country. >> rose: right. by the standards which america tends to hold middle class values, et cetera, he was, like, a character out of the brady bunch or something. ivy league lawyer, wife is ivy league lawyer, beautiful children, dog named bo, just a miraculous representative. >> rose: what hollywood would have done if they made the movie. >> exactly, and half the political party -- donald trump actually forced the guy t

i don't know what obama's policy was. >> if he doesn't know what obama's policy was, one could say then why on earth would he say something like that? especially something as sensitive as this? but do you know if obama called general kelly? >> i just heard from a white house official within the last five minutes who just told me that in 2010 when general john kelly's son was killed in afghanistan, president obama never called general kelly or his family. again, that's according to an official here at the white house. we've reached out to president obama's office to see whether they have any comment about this. obviously this is a sensitive topic. not one that anybody wants to politicize although of course the president, president trump did bring this issue up. >> yeah. that's not true. absolutely somebody wants to politicize it. the president. he's the one who did it. >> to be clear, nobody else wants to politicize this right now. president obama's office, president bush's office, i spoke to both of them last night making it clear that in the past they would always either call or send a

>> in terms of the obama campaign, in terms of what the money was spent for.of hillary campaign and the dnc, absolutely in the my judgment. there are are two federal campaign election laws that make it specifically a crime to give money to a foreign national in a campaign and hide it by filing false and misleading reports. >> sean: unbelievable. there is so much here. you would be proud of me, like you i read all 31 pages, i did good today. [ laughter ] >> sean: dr. gorka, i don't know what else the bigger scandal? the real propaganda, lies for the campaign, russian lies was paid for, bought and paid for by hillary and the dnc, or that we sold-out our national security for god knows what reason? why would anyone give the russia and putin knowing in 2009 about bribery, extortion, money laundering, racketeering by his spies within our country? they had the evidence, they had an fbi informant, documents, tape regard goes, and nobody stopped them? >> sure. >> sean: and he won, he got the 20% of america's uranium. >> right. right. look about three months ago i was

the construction, the obama presidency, and your writing career.le] [inaudible] [inaudible] what a way to start the tour. sorry bill. i really appreciate it because it shows that you read the book. i think the assumption maybe a bear some responsibility for this is when people see the we from eight years of power they mean black people as a come collective group. and that's incorrect. to the introduction i talk about with the title comes from. congressman thomas miller, in south carolina he found himself along with several african-american free folks and african-american folks that were free before suddenly thrust into the ruling coalition south carolina is black people were all across the south. it was a momentous change. south carolina was a state that before the civil war the majority of people were enslaved, and for the first time in that states history you had the possibility of a real democracy. in 1895 miller attended the south carolina constitutional convention. really a coalition of white supremacist put the final touches on the disenfranc

ta-nehihassee coats -- is here with a book of essays written during the obama era.is first essay called "the first white president" was featured in this year's "atlantic monthly". he has won many awards including the macarthur genius grant. the new york times calls him the preeminent journalist of his generation. i am pleased to have him at this table. >> the basic idea of it was to take the essays/articles i had written during the obama years and put them together into one single volume and say, this is what i wrote, i hope you enjoyed it. oldas i went and read the essays and work that i did during the. , i begun to see the possibility of a new book emerging, one of like a memoir interlaced between the actual as is i had written. so i picked a few of them and i wrote a story with the linkage being the thought process that went into each piece, where i was and my life. charlie: a great thing to do. good negro regarding government, the first years, how we lost the white man, 30-year, why do so few blacks studied the civil war, and fourth year, the study of malcolm x,

did president obama know about this? was it in president obama's daily presidential briefings? apparently, that might have been toldd to the lawyer of the fbi informantno. what did hillary clinton know and when did she know? did she know her husband, bill clinton, was being paid double his speaking fees for a speech in moscow?w? did she f know bill asked for permission while in moscow to meet with russian nuclear officials? did she know eventually bill met with putin during the trip and advocated? he advocated that the uranium one deal be done and also was paid by a bank that had a financial interest in uraniumea one. how could both of them, obama and clinton, ever think-- ever -- it's a good idea to give 20% of america's uranium to vladimir putin? by the way, that's a foundational material for nuclear weapons. we need to hear from keyia obama administration officials. for example, eric holder. what did he know and when did he know it? he was in charge of the doj. they are in charge of the fbi. did he know about the evidence of putin's network right here inside the united state

now we find out obama. deputy assistant to the president sebastian gorka, fox news legal analyst. we will get to his column which is blockbuster in a minute gregg jarrett. all right. sebastian gorka, sara is right, there is real russian collusion, hillary, dnc, obama bought and paid for spread throughout the country to influence the election. all lies. >> yeah. so let's just look at what happened. james comey, who admitted leaking federal documents written on federal hardware admitted to doing so to trigger the creation of the special counsel, who was bob mueller who is his buddy. and what was the mission of the special counsel? to investigate russian undermining of our presidential election in relation to the trump campaign. and what do we find out this morning? paul map for the is charged with not disclosing his foreign bank account. >> sean: 2006 to '14. >> right. 11 years ago. that's how far they have to dig. and not registering adequately as a representative of foreign government. in the past, when oth

david, you know barack obama, president obama better than anyone else.or him to remain on the side lines and watch this happen? >> you know, i get this question a lot, and i get the question about the dismantlement of the obama legacy, and i think his reaction is the same as mine, which is it's not about the dismantlement of his legacy. i'm confident that barack obama will go down in history in very positive terms. he left as a popular president. he led the country through an epic economic crisis, and did some very important things. but i think what disturbs him, and what should disturb many is the impact of these decisions. i believe the president thinks that this is chum in the water, fulfilling his campaign promises for his base. i also believe that he is motivated by trying to oblateraobla obliterate the obama legacy, which is also chum in the water for his base. but there's also this other thing at play that i don't have the qualifications to analyze that clearly motivates him. because anytime he talks about anything that president obama did, he tal

the obama side, the obama office is not talking about this on the record. and general kelly has not ke klined this as well. in 2011, general kelly and his wife attended a gold star family breakfast at the white house ask sat at michelle obama's table to honor the families of the fallen here. this is something that is a bit of an awkward situation all the way around here. general kelly does not want to talk about it. the president wants to draw the distinction as we saw him do yesterday. we should point out in 2010, almost 500 american fighters were killed in african began this this year about six. >> very different situation indeed. a sensitive that president trump's nominee for drug czar has with drawn his name from consideration. we are talking about tom marino's decision that comes on the heels major report by 60 minutes and "the washington post." tell the viewers what the report reveal and what the white house is saying about congressman marino's decision. >> this is something the president announced on the radio and on social media that he was withdraw

>> so obama is a realization of again, you have the microphone. i understand a lot of the rapture that went into that moment. but at the same time in history, it's a hard taskmaster and is going to reach out and remind us exactly what we're doing and where we live. >> there were many people that felt that president obama should have spoken more directly and specifically about race. given what happened after his election. but you and i for years, barack obama walked in that space and never fell. what straight talk on racism has given him a sure footing? >> know you have to, the presidency represents the american people. >> this is a group and i don't want to be harsh here. but that, this is we build ourselves as this great saying you are what your record says you are. if the record says this is a group of people that would hand the nuclear launch codes off to a dude that does diplomacy via twitter, who is caught on tape writing about sexual assault, that's okay. you can be president if you are white and do all that. if anything, i'm stunned that he

also, obama never attacked a gold star family. the white house responded with a staple of its own saying the president wasn't criticizing predecessors by stating a fact. presidents pay their respects. sometimes they call. sometimes they send a letter. other times they have the opportunity to meet family members in person. this president, like his predecessors, has done each of these. individuals claiming former presidents such as their bosses called each family of the fallen are mistaken. that's where this debate stands. and with us tonight paul rye cough founder and ceo of iava. he happens to be an army first lut napt and platoon leader in iraq formerly. jeremy bash is also with us. paul, i look up these figures. pentagon tonight total dead afghanistan, 2,388. total wounded, just over 20,000. total dead in iraq, 4,530. total wounded in action, over 32,000. these are all your brothers and sisters in uniform. you have them serving all over the planet tonight. how did you react to what the president said today? >> i was surprised. i

not a criticism of obama. i didn't see it that way. >> again, i don't think there's any facts to support done far less than i have done so far. i'm sorry to harp on the facts, but they do matter. what do you make about brian's fundamental point, that president trump is not being treated the same way? and just to keep in mind, the context here is this is the single biggest combat loss since he took office. >> i think it was a bit surprising to folks that he didn't acknowledge in any way the sacrifice of those lives in niger. this isn't about whether he decided to call or not. most presidents, commanders in chief when they make phone calls or write letters, they don't advertise it or talk about it. what surprised people is the white house didn't acknowledge the death of the soldiers in the field, even to offer a simple condolence statement, which is typical practice. that's what got everybody's attention and that's why the comparison was made. >> gloria, in this timeframe, let's say 13 days since the single bigg

i was about 12 years in my career when barack obama became president.n when people put accolades on you to take a little too much credit. i know this because i grew up in a community where i didn't feel like i was the smartest person there. and i wasn't raised to think anywaina way people around me wt some things went my way. it made things more possible. i was talking to my friend at "the new york times" she was talking about going into public relations. she has won several awards for and is hailed as a genius in her field people just weren't working for you like that so it has to be understood that some participate. >> there are at least two people in this room that are particularly helpful to you, one of them your father, you want to stand up? [applause] and mother. ' and the other, your wonderful wife. [applause] what was the particular way she was able to encourage you any time that you were considering that you needed to find another occupation. you said you ended up being a writer because there wasn't much else that you could do. >> first of all

it wasn't difficult with barack obama.s a lot of things, and among them he's a really good lawyer who understands the value of having an independent justice department. now there, were things that i would want to share with him because i knew he was going to be reading about them in the newspapers the next day, monday or something like that. the doma decision, for instance, the decision not to defend doma i made. i thought this is one he can't read about in the newspapers. so i on a sunday at a super bowl party i told him this is where we were going to go. this is a decision i had made. and he said to me, i'm really glad -- i didn't know how to approach you because this is where i wanted my justice department to be. i didn't think it was appropriate to share that with you, but i'm glad you made that decision. >> so you present td to him as a fait accompli and he said i'm glad, i wanted to suggest to you to do this but didn't feel it was appropriate. >> exactly. that is an example of the kind of relationship that should exi

is back and they can unify around their hatred of barack obama.guys have to be careful that, you know, too directive an attack against president trump doesn't suit their interest. >> works against them. >> we don't hear from either one of them that often and that's by design. again, part of the rule of the ex-presidents club and also they were president for eight years and want a break from all of this. but listen to president obama yesterday making case against president trump. if you listen to him during the campaign it's not brand new, but he has gone silent during the presidency. at one point campaigning yesterday is kind of a reference to the calendar, what century am i living in? >> some of the politics we see, we thought we put that to bed. i mean, that's folks looking 50 years back. that's the 21st century, not the 19th century. >> speaking there in new jersey for the governor's race. he was in virginia for the governor's race as well. whatever your political views, smart politics if you're a democratic president or a president speaking to

president obama signed it.nfare -- i don't think most americans knew about it, i didn't know about it. why is why did it fall through so many cracks if it had this big of an impact sh. >> a lot of people were not paying attention. look at the title of the bill, reassuring patient access and effective drug enforcement act. who would be against that. i just think a lot of members were not paying attention and relied on the word of tom marino and a handful of other allies of the drug industry who said this was going to increase access to legitimate patients and was going to enhance law enforcement when it did neither. and so i think a lot of the members of congress, you know, in senator manchin's words were basically hoodwinked and they didn't -- there was no recorded vote, there was no debate. this was passed through a parliamentary procedure known as unanimous consent. and so it just sailed through congress without any debate or vote. >> so you could make the case it's their job not to be hoodwinked in that the

in 2013, president obama appointed her to be. [inaudible] her role was the president's chief advisor on foreign and mastic terrorism, cyber security and natural disaster response. you may or may not know that terry sanford was an fbi agent for two and half years. he fought in the battle of the bulge and then obtained a law degree from usc. i think it would've been fascinated by lisa's career and proud to have her speaking here. our moderator is david who overlapped with lisa and washington during his own career and he is now an associate professor of public policy. before we begin, it would be great if everyone would silence her cell phone and please join me in welcoming them for this very interesting topic. there is not an inch of space left. do you have social media following. it's fantastic. it welcome to do it. we are so happy to have you. >> thank you. it is so great to be here. >> i want us art with an issue that's on the headlines and on everybody's minds which is this historic storm that has caused such devastation in the

bush, barack obama, kept this very private. and there's something that is so solemn about this particular part of being president that it felt a little incongruous the way president trump talked about it today. obviously he's set off a fury among the obama aides who watched the president, that president go through this. but he also seemed to be talking a little bit about his feelings rather than the feelings of thor be bereved. >> thanks to two journalbing abo witnessed tone and perhaps tomorrow. >>> tonight a warning from, the republican party on the importance of america's role in the world. and what it could mean if this nation doesn't rise to the challenge. >> we have a moral obligation to continue in our just cause and we would bring more than shame on ourselves in we don't. we will not thrive? a world where our leadership and ideals are absent. we wouldn't deserve to. >> forceful, emotional speech tonight. that was john mccain in philadelphia. coming up, though, more on the war of words between washington and pyongyang. w

obama to honor gold star families a year after their son's passing. obama staff told cbs news that kelly's were seated alongside the first lady but could not confirm a prior call. >> you have sacrificed nothing. and no one. >> it is not the first time mr. trump withstood controversy over a gold star family. as a candidate he sparred with the parents of kahn killed in iraq in 2004 they had spoken at the democratic national convention. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there, had nothing to say maybe wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> reporter: late today the white house said president trump did speak with all four families of the green berets killed in niger and thanked them for their sacrifice. anthony. >> margaret house. thanks. all of this happens as americans mourn the loss of four service members in niger earlier this month. this evening the body of one of the green betters, sergeant ledavid johnson was flown to miami. sergeant johnson was 25. he leaves a pregnant wife, and two children. >>> our holly williams was one of the few

president obama: yes, we can.m: north him was a pediatric neurologist, an army and he is in a can that can with republican ed gillespie. >> it will take all of us. tim: gillespie is a former advisor to former president george w. bush. tonight, the democrats likened him to president trump. >> he is nothing more than a washington lobbyist who has become president trump's lobbyist. the 2012 election, prisoner obama beat mitt romney by four points. northam is hoping he can get the same voters to turn out for him. president obama: our democracy is at stake. tim: president obama was at a campaign in new jersey earlier. the virginia election is set for november 7. tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: tim, thank you. as we close in on election day, the race is looking closer. the latest polls showed northam and republican ed gillespie practicably deadlocked. gillespie spent the campaigning with vice president mike pence. there are no plans for president trump to join gillespie on the campaign trail. jonathan: reporters in the

the theme here, the president as he promised to do, dismantling obama-eri obama-eri obama-era deals. kelly o'donnell is joining us from the north lawn. the president couldn't get congress to repeal and replace. now he's talking about dismantling the law piece by piece when it comes to health care, right? >> reporter: a sledgehammer taking a whack at different pieces and putting a couple other things in place like we saw with crossing state lines, opportunity in the shorter term, but the

. >> sean: talking about the obama administration. >> the obama administration is the most corrupt. >> sean: but, is there any reason you can think of that you would ever give 20% of the foundational material, american assets to putin and russia? what did america get? what did obama get? >> they didn't care. well, the clintons got $145 million. they didn't care. remember, obama is the president who said to the acting -- the then russian president medvedev -- caught on camera, let us get through the election, and then we can be a lot more generous to you. why would you think that these guys who are looney tune liberals who have no idea of the real world would have worried about giving putin uranium? they are -- they were out of touch with reality. they are still out of touch with reality. that's just a fact.

you bet obama? >> yes, i have. >> what did he say to you about the poster?well, he said that he was really grateful for it and that he thinks artists are an important thing and he learned enough about my background. he had several people that worked with him that knew my history and things i have done against the iraq war and the patriot act. i think that he was flattered that ill potentially sacrifice my street credit to do something for him. it was really cool that he got that deep on it and you know i think obama is a really extraordinary human being. i think that he had some successes and many failures. i would like to see things pushed in a much progressive direction. we are all to blame collectively of where we are now with trump and why obama was not able to do more. so, you know, i don't like to play the blame game of specific people. i look at our culture and i try to plug my art into where i think it needs to be plugged. >> i think i hear you say very smoothly -- that he was not as progressive that you want him to be. >> am i correct about that? >>