>>host: there is an article on the washington post a tying in the obama administration headline the obama history lesson that trump be doomed to repeat that barack obama have one thing in common they built a unique coalition that is difficult to replicate when they are not on the ballot obama 12 campaign by relatively comfortable margins but he watched helplessly as he sustained big losses in 2010 and 2014 midterm elections so now the caller is talking about a the loss yesterday of the seat in pennsylvania. >> it is quite important throughout this book and part of what it ends up talking about is this discrepancy on the one hand president obama was extraordinarily successful at making policy and achieving success on policy areas that were deadlocked over here's with financial regulation but politically it buffers during the presidency during the 2016 election there are moments where he isn't able to transfer his own coalition to the rest of the party and many congressional democrats are worried to say he's not doing enough to help them with the e-mail list or potential contributors while

absolutely. ♪ >> president obama: all right.walk me through this. >> 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. n is served in a broth of 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 part of t

republicans are critical of obama's policies. and never criticized obama himself. is critical of his policies because i was concerned they wouldn't succeed. people are attacking president trump on a personal basis. which we did not do with president obama, at least i didn't. they're attacking him not in the hope his economic policies will succeed but because they might succeed in that would set the progressives back. >> host: we asked years if they thought president trumps cabinet nominees had been treated fairly. how would you answer that question? >> i don't think i was treated fairly. let's take a better example. mike pompeo. in what universe do not just simply vote to approve him. he was selected by the president, he's to be secretary of state. he was already approved as head of the cia. other than trying to hurt president trump why what you just vote for help? john kerry got approved almost unanimously and so did hillary clinton republican step feel like she had the right policies. you want someone who will support the president's policies. he was elected fair

resident obama said that thatis suburbs. resident obama said that that is what i meant.suspicions of possible use, i meant using chemical weapons. he was the one who said we must respond and he was the one who told his military to prepare a significant strikes. was the one who told his military to prepare a significant strikesli was the one who told his military to prepare a significant strikes. i and others around him agreed with that. he put his own credibility on the line and he is the one who then backed away. i just line and he is the one who then backed away. ijust wonder let line and he is the one who then backed away. i just wonder let and hindsight is a wonderful thing and it is easy to sit here so many years later and second—guess it all. i just wonder whether you would accept that what happened then sowed the seeds for the crisis that we see today? it clearly undermined a 0bama's credibility for many people. inside the united states, across the world, particularly in syria and moscow. a sense it also gave so much power to the russians because in an agreement a

really obama's heritage. i think français that deal has.keep point for just a bit lazy in the middle east so. it will be quite important and we see how successful in the hall will be on that issue ok now should there be no progress on the iran nuclear deal with that hold up agreement in other areas you mentioned the economic front and a possible threat. well it's difficult to say i think obviously all these issues will play a role you can't tell if there is no progress on that issue there. m b any progress on other issues i think of our interest are very much and to try and so and there's also syria we france britain and the u.s. have a common policy in syria with the strikes they made last month. it is very difficult to say what if you what kind of the middle i think one dish is and may have but i'm sure if that there is. a. council of the it will have major impacts on the middle east and also on the transatlantic relationships ok in terms of the transatlantic relationship trade is very important mentioned the intertwined interests what we

and five and obama was still senator and he followed obama around on some of his trips before he became president so he's always got a personal connection there but i don't think you can really make the argument that says as a partisan because before he was the way photographer under obama years before that he was the official white house photographer under ronald reagan and he took all the great iconic photos of that man's presidency and if you see here this is from susan's a website where he posts photos the images that he has of reagan a very similar to that of obama even some ways he sets up the shots they show reagan as well as this grand statesman serious man discussing world affairs the burden of the of the presidency upon him but also private shots with with celebrities and his. wife nancy or the shots that we all know of ronald reagan on his ranch riding horses those are all susan's photographs so i think you can't really argue partisan but what definitely is the case is that he's shaped the way we see the presidency the way we see obama's presidency because i mean you think of

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which he's gathered into this new book that he's he's he's made obama a intimate portrait there's an exhibit of those photos on display right now in germany we caught up with him when he's on his book tour here and it's think it's really interesting to look at those and his is his pictures because he really does he's the guy who maybe when anyone else created our image of the obama presidency why don't we take a look. for eight years pete souza was barack obama's chief photographer and he was busy he shot two million pictures historical political and private he portrayed obama as a president with a sense of humor burdened by responsibility but often playful. he was the only photographer in a position to capture intimate shots like this one the presidential couple in a goods lift and then they're. kind of sharing this little. private moment and you have the staff and secret service trying not to look not to intercede if sort of see michelle through all the you know. her long breaths because the cross would track on the floor. pete souza and barack obama had a very close relationship s

barack obama is not president.have somebody like assad deciding whether to use chemical weapons in 2018 is not doing so because of his questions about the previous president's credibility. he is doing it in this circumstance and as you pointed out at the top of the discussion, president trump used force last spring in the way that many people think president obama should have in 2013. it is odd to suggest that somehow assad is acting now based on the lack of us credibility five years ago when one year ago the us president did exactly what people are saying would have resolved the situation in 2013. i think assad makes his calculus today based on what he thinks the current president will do. and if single night of airstrikes and cruise missiles won't cut it any more, how about this? the words of a well—known hawk in the united states, not always a great friend of donald trump, senator lindsey graham who takes a great interest in military affairs. he said yesterday, "i would now go for all of the infrastructure aroun

of obama it is said was often as much about the previous eight years as it was about what obama might do. they wanted to undo bush's legacy. i'm not sure, maybe you have a different perspective on this that the election of trump was a repudiation of obama, so much as a repudiation of clinton. - well, to some extent, i think that's right. people were not happy with hilary clinton as their candidate. she had a lot of baggage obviously as a candidate. obama's numbers have actually gone up right. they went up in his last months in office. he left office in a pretty good state. - he's certainly more popular now. - certainly more popular now, and part because of the contrast. so you're right, you can make the argument not necessarily a repudiation of obama. and in fact, a number of people voted for trump who had voted for obama. 9% of people vote, can you believe that, 9% of people voted for obama and trump. you would think that wouldn't be. - [evan] couldn't have imagined that. - right, "what are they thinking?" i think those people were thinking we voted for obama as a change agent now we

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[cheers and applause] michelle obama: let's say thank you to mother nature.so excited to have you. welcome to the 2010 easter egg roll. the theme for this year's event is "ready, set, go." as you know, this year i launched a nationwide initiative to try to end the epidemic of childhood obesity. it is called "let's move." today, we have transformed the south lawn into a playground. our hope today is in addition to having fun and doing some of the traditional activities like the egg roll and easter egg hunt, that you can learn about beginning to live a more healthy life. we have got wonderful food stands in the back. we have some of the nation's best chefs. you can learn to cook. there is a farmers' market. you can see the gardens. we also have great activities. we have several athletic centers. we have football, basketball. we have tennis, yoga. we have some of the most phenomenal athletes here. we have our washington redskins here. [cheers and applause] michelle obama: we have olympians. apollo ono, billie jean king. we will have hula hooping. we have tony fr

follow the rules, insinuating, what, that barack obama was a rule follower?g, my history with the secret service in international security for 12 years. do you know what one of the rules was, tucker, you don't lee your people behind to die in a foreign country when the mission or special mission complex is under attack. do you know what else is one of the rules? when you are an irs special agent with 111 law enforcement authority, you don't go and target conservative groups out there with weaponized. here is one more doosie for you. let me give you another rule. executive branch official no less the president in charge of it you don't go out and usurp authority that is not yours on immigration by claiming prosecutorial discretion on people who cross the border illegally. those are just a few rules that barack obama said not for me. >> tucker: the idea was we were brave and told the truth even when it was unpopular. can you think of a single example where obama or his wife said anything that would be unpopular in williamsburg, brooklyn, or washington, d.c. or

during the obama administration i precede the president mrs. obama. then i would have introductions again. there was at one particular state dinner will find me ascending the stairs and an art word way. i had my skinny heels on the got stuck in a debit. i recovered. regrettably was with the president of mexico in my entire mexican side of the family was watching. >> you did recover that you are in the front row and all the cameras reacted. why is the chief of protocol, you pursue the obama was sent to members of the color guard proceeded mr. trump. you could see the chief of protocol behind. why is the chief of protocol so close on hand at that moment? >> you are the bridge between these two governments. if there any slight adjustments or changes your there to immediately attend to it all. i did to say this about my fault president and mrs. obama were wonderful. she yelled don't take the picture and he went to grab me. meanwhile i was wanting to the flashlights. the position is there to attend any detail that might change or alter. also to make sure e

, compare himself to obama. that shouldn't be the point. the point should be he should speak aggressively against putin at this moment and he never said a moment about putin's meddling in our 2016 election. >> shannon: with you two on that point of agreement that is an issue that byron brought up. for some people critical of trump, they haven't seen the kind of reaction they want to see with regard to election issue. when you look at the other things, there's a debate to be had and you had a good one. >> i love it. i can take with jason. he's a smart guy. >> shannon: he probably feels the same way about you. >> thanks, juan. i won't tweet that out. >> we have to protect your base. >> shannon: juan and jason, have a great weekend. thank you both. >> you too. >> shannon: the first of 4,000 national guardsmen are now deploying. arizona and texas offering up hundreds of guardsmen in a first wave. >> this initial phase of deployment will include command and control, coordination cells and operational planning as requ

clinton, laura bush, michelle obama. april is really reporter of color who regularly covers this beat, and she just gets a lot of grief for it. one of the things i did in preparing for this was to go back over the last year and a half, seeing what happened to you. someone has given it to her again. that is not even half of it. >> that is the public stuff, you don't know what is going on behind the scenes. >> >> is sean spicer telling you not to do that. don't shake your head. >> did i shake my head or make a face? >> i don't think i did anything. >> lost my head. >> what happened? >> i don't know. he is probably watching hey, sean. he likes to talk about me on fox. >> you had a question about the trump administration in terms of perception and trying to give you an answer and you were looking, pressing as reporters do, asking until they get an answer and he wouldn't answer. >> had advice for me and i stopped shaking my head and i asked him within three months of the administration and i asked him, i said something about

we lost the trust under the obama administration because all we got from the obama administration is speeches and promises. and the red lines were a joke and we were hopeless. not only the united states, europe and the terrorists of the world were watching the syrian people, and they were crooked and no one did anything. jess where it was awful. it looks like isis has been rolled back in syria. is that your understanding? >> yes. that's true. but with the back and destruction by assad. jesse: isis bombs the civilian population. i want to congratulate you for your bravery and escaping the brutal regime and having the honesty to speak out for what you see through your own eyes as a syrian refugee and how you see america. thank you for coming on "watters world." i appreciate. the comey agenda exposed when we come back. [♪] at the age of 81. i'm robert gray. now back to "watters world." jesse: all the anticipation about the tell-all book from james comey fizzling. instead of giving the media the proof they were hoping for to show the president obstructed justice. it's full of scathing at

obama's dr.ked it. >> peter: plenty of motivation motivation. >> kimberly: here's what i have to say about the about the nobel peace prize. return to sender. maxine waters is so determined to get president trump out of office, she's going to say anything, even if it's not true. her latest and greatest next. there was an idea. to bring together a group of remarkable people. to help save the universe... from paying too much on their car insurance. hey, there's cake in the breakroom... what are you doing? um...nothing? marvel studios' avengers: infinity war, in theaters april 27th. now...where were we? ♪ >> peter: maxine waters, she has a long history. someone might want to get the congresswoman a calculator. >> everywhere i go, people are talking about, why can't you get rid of him? why don't they impeach him? what is wrong with congress, why don't they stand up? i am hearing it on i'm told 70% of women who have been polled say they want him impeached. >> peter: we have done some looking. we are no

bush and president obama. you could draw a straight line from the invasion to mismanagement to some of the decisions the obama administration made. that is one reason president trump has found itself -- has found it so hard to disentangle himself from syria. there is a bigger foothold there. host: brad is from minnesota, republican line. caller: good morning. i heard you talking about the iranian deal. i am heard -- here to get the facts straight. that was a presidential fiat. house.voted in by the the house rejected it wholeheartedly. this is thatg oin there was more votes against the thanan deal then the -- the daca. when i.t. or people try to -- i hear people try to spin these things, pedro, i need to come to set, and eat some lunch will quick. let's get some fair and balanced people on here, ok >? >> there was majority opposition in congress to it. they needed three quarters to prevent it from going into effect. they didn't reach that level in the senate. it was an upside down victory for the obama adminis

trump is racing with obama at this point.e did a report for the security systems monitor, my office, and found in his first year, trump approved $82 billion in arms offers versus $76 billion in the last year of obama. obama set a record of $102 billion during his administration. down to obama, trump is going to have to has all. that is what he is doing. amy: the same question of mike stone, what makes them different? aboutis much more blatant it. he's shouting from the rooftops. using a personal role. make clear in clip, but he held up a chart that showed 40,000 jobs and showed the states and there were all the swing states, pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, florida. among other things, not only is this a business proposition for trump, but a blatant political move to shore up his base. juan: there's a former lockheed martin executive john rood now trump's undersecretary of .efense policy clearly, the arms manufacturers are even more deeply rooted in the new administration. >> well, yes. a lot of people talked about trump's gener

i never criticized president obama himself. i always -- i was very critical of his economic policy is, not because i wanted those policies to fail, but because i was concerned that they wouldn't succeed. the difference here is people are attacking president trump on a personal basis, not on the by a so i was this policies and also on a personal basis, which we didn't do with president obama, ate least i didn't. and they're attacking him not in the hope that this maybe policies wig succeed. we're seeing great asks but he is being attacked not because they might fail but because they might seed and that would set e set the progressives back. >> host: we asked viewer this morning whether they thought that president trump others cabinet and his nominees have been treated fairly how would you answer that question? >> guest: well, certainly i don't think i was treated fairly, and we have somebody -- let's take a better example. mike pompeo. in what universe do you not just simply vote to approve mike pompeo? an imminently qualified p

obama. now, two sources who previously worked in the white house's medical unit with ronny jackson described that same incident to me, one of those staffers telling me it was definitely inappropriate, happened in the middle of the night, and that it made the woman in question uncomfortable. this is one of the most specific allegations we've heard about these allegations about jackson. they have been making the rounds on capitol hill. jackson was set to appear on capitol hill for his confirmation hearing wednesday evening. that has been postponed. the white house and secret service have so far declined to comment on this story. >> it sounds like the secret service were involved. >> we are told that at that time it was reported to the chain of command. sources tell us it was one of multiple episodes involving jackson, alcohol, and overseas trips. of course, what you just heard last hour from montana senator john tester. members of the committee have been working through all of these allegation

was never acted upon by the previous president by the obama administration but you have a president here who's now conducted a second military strike does president have more credibility right now than the previous administration in the region marginally. i suppose but that again depends on the magnitude of this troy and what how much it's hurt the court if this it did not hurt the court eclair what do you think in the past few weeks we've seen the build up to this right now you know how well placed is the administration to move forward in this crisis with its partners you mentioned there doesn't seem to be a clear long term goal can it craft one quickly to make use of these missile strikes diplomatically. well known in the past few months we've seen a major shakeup of the top foreign policy advisers in the united states cia director mike pompei or having his confirmation hearing this week and also new on the job of course is john bolton has just started as the national security adviser and these are people who are widely seen as hardliners even though perhaps trump's administration

bush and barack obama. this guest list we understand to be only about 130 people, much smaller, as i said, than those other state dinners. congressional democrats not invited, which is a real break from tradition. usually this is a bipartisan public event. not at all the case of what we're seeing tonight. just one known democrat going to be there, a democratic governor. melania trump herself has been very involved with the specifics and the formalities, the logistics and exactly what you're going to see tonight. very serious issues are at stake for this very most important of dinners. macron saying he had convinced the president how to act in syria, to keep troops in syria. macron wants to keep the united states in the iranian nuclear deal to convince the president to come on his side. the president calling that deal terrible, insane sand railwand and indicating he may still go along with the french position. jeff zeleny joins me from the white house. we anticipate the president, the first lady, the preside

obviously, barack obama didn't need to do that. hillary clinton would try to complain about the press. now the newsws media are a bunch of democrats. they are there to establish a democrat agenda. that's the biggest story in the world. cbs did 15 minutes on the democratic national committee. find the inspector general offering a criminal referral for andy mckay. the agenda here in what they choose to cover and what they choose not to cover. so much of the trump presidency has been done with overwhelming use of anonymous sources. that causes a lot of americans to distrust the news they are getting. host: in the newspaper realm, it's the first page of the washington post. russia.s to if you were editor for a newspaper, where would that for story fall? is probably a lead story, it's a matter of how you cover it. discussht, they did not that there were democrats who disagreed with the idea and thought it was a bad idea the cut is robert mueller's investigation. of like stories that are native toward donald trump that are obviously fron

lastly, michelle obama, president obama, they worked very hard for hillary clinton. so we also have to keep in mind that there may be some hurt feelings there. >> pete: maybe just a little bit. ethan i will acknowledge would ail parent differently. some are the quiet disciplinarians, others are the yellers. some let the kids free range parent. there is a lot of different approaches here. this particular analogy to assume it was the obamas that were the responsible ones providing carrots and trumps out of control reckless letting everybody to stay up at night. tell that to north korea who is at the table or iran in fear of deal being scrapped. they are taking a different approach. can't that be acknowledged. >> we can go kicking off the campaign included calling mexicans rapist among other things and starting a muslim ban. let's go to the white house where we have had massive turnover, people last 10 or 11 days in the white house. we have scott pruitt embroiled in yet another massive scandal related to travel and security along with tom price and some others. that wou

this was during the obama years. but if he could respond to both. >> i think it illustrates this immense irony and also this really important and often under noted shift in american politics. you have benjamin cardin saying marco rubio and i commend marco rubio being one of the most in the entires united states congress, wanting to go to war with everybody, having spent eight years accusing obama of being weak against every u.s. adversary because he did not bombing of even the obama bombed a countries. you have entering cardin and marco rubio -- you have marco sayingnd benjamin cardin marco rubio and i demand united states government and the international community do something about assad, do something against russia. on the other hand, you have democrats who revere barack obama. what did barack obama do during the eight years of his presidency when it came to what was happening in syria or the last five or six years since the civil war in syria? obama took exactly the opposite position. he said, we're not going to

president obama if you could change three or four things we could vote for it and he said no. take it or leave it it wasn't going to pass the house anyway because there were the same concerns in the senate.e. i think we were very close to having a good deal i would rather have cns pullback to renegotiate a few elements that may not be too late for that framework. >> now we hear from the next call from maryland. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. listening b to other callers i am convinced of brainwashing and dumbing down of america is completed by the media outletsts like cnn and msnbc i was a lifelong democrat i left the democratic party because in good conscience i cannot remain all the facts that you brought up about obama debt of 7 trillion which he promised during the campaign he would cut in half for the democrats out there have to tell you but my biggest frustration with government is the impotence of congress it just appears like with this fbi saying that it is so egregious to all americans what they have done with the attorney-client confidentiality and the pres

chris: she was a member of president obama's cabinet.tor, and secretary of health and human services, trying to fix the obamacare after the disastrous rollout, then3, dealing with the ebola crisis. but running a university with 13,000 students and a tradition of public service is also challenging. chris: how much does it cost, tuition, room and board to go to a.u. for a year? >> about $60,000. chris: she says she is trying to cut costs for students who can't afford it. and there were several racist incidents last year. >> we are take our steps. we need your help and support too. >> i don't safer or happier or nice, i feel worse. chris: was that tough for you? >> it was a tough meeting most of all because of the pain the incidents caused. chris: every student must take a course that includes diversity training. >> it's about learning to listen to other people's point of view from different experiences. chris: her grandparents were greek immigrants. she went to slard and became a rhodes scholar. then 11 years helping run the gates and walm

i was no fan of barack obama's, it's never been this bad.t observation yourself. >> the vitriol, the outright hostility the personalization of attacks against donald trump. it's similar sounds to what the press did during thee campaign, he underestimated donald trump and half the country and they haven't learned from those lessons. i think the press would be so much better off if they dropped the vitriol and start to understand what he is and to cover him because he's an outsider. they are so much part of the establishment it's very hard for them to break those traditions. >> sean: i disagreed with the president's policies, president obama -- i know you like him i give you his economic statistics almost every time you're on but i'm not going to go there. the only time i really went after michelle obama is when she injected herself into the political arena, i can't believe anybody in this country would be saying for the first time in my adult life i am proud of my country. that's very different from the attacks on melania trump, english is he

obama gives great speeches. they didn't need a comedian. >> dana: the elected leaders who give funny speeches, not even elected leaders. laura bush, when she did it one year at the white house correspondents' dinner, it was hilarious. when she called herself a "desperate housewives." everybody got it. you don't need to bring in some of the from the outside. >> kimberly: i agree with you, dana. when obama spoke, he was funny, entertaining. people would go. no one wants to listen to this nonsense. >> greg: not a rousing success. >> jesse: roseanne barr said the first rule of comedy, you don't target someone in the audience was more famous than you are. you will lose the entire crowd. this is what happens. you book a c list comedian to make fun of the a-listers. look who they have had. sisley strong, larry wilmore, michelle wolf, hassan menage. i've never heard of these people. >> greg: they are all the daily show. >> jesse: they are not famous comedians. during obama, they had conan, jimmy kimmel, seth meyers, jay

i was here as a senator under the obama administration.certainly had long confirmation processes when president obama was president, republicans were in control of the senate. i think it's part of our senate oral role. it is about decisions that will be made that have a big impact on war and peace and whether or not we create another generation of veterans in potential conflicts whether with north korea or iran. >> on that note, let's talk about what happened with the nomination of mike pompeo for secretary of state. you changed your vote from no on the committee to present. why did you do that? >> well, alisyn, to be clear, it didn't change the outcome. it only changed the our. in committee i voted against cia director mike pompeo to be the next secretary of state. and on the floor i will vote against him. but my friend and colleague johnny isakson didn't make the plane that would have gotten him to the hearing by 5:00 or 5:30. as with sat there, the committee chair made it clear to us we had two options, one of us could change to voting

the first is that the little story i just love is about obama phones. anyone remember that internet conspiracy that president obama was giving out free phones to poor people and giving them all free things? turns out it's kind of true in a way and the way is that the centers for disease control and prevention and the department of homeland security and a bunch of other agencies tsa, people like that, custom and border protection's were trying to figure out a way to track the people from west africa who had come back to this country. they needed to keep tabs on import 21 days to make sure the incubation. of virus to make sure they didn't show up with the virus as some help organization, some health center that was not ready for it. how do you do that with someone who has a cell phone that doesn't have the right stem card that works in the us? turns out you give them a bone or phone that comes from literally came from walmart in this case. the cdc foundation went former, but thousands of these phones and distributed them to everyone who came into the us f

president obama did it, president bush. it's not because of the caravan but a more secular trend that the number of illegal border crossings have doubled since last year. >>chris: i know we won't settle this. you can argue during the commercial. we to take a break. when we come back, the trump administration imposes new sanctions on russian oligarchs and businesses to punish the kremlin for a meddling in the 2016 election. plus, scott pruitt. should the president standby or fire his epa chief? go to facebook or twitter, @foxnewssunday >> is draining the swamp renting an apartment from the wife of the russian lobbyist? >> i don't think that's remotely fair to ask that question. >>chris: embattled epa administrator scott pruitt pushing back on ethics violations against him including renting a room in a condo for $50 a night. michael, you are one of 10 leading conservatives to send a letter to president trump yesterday urging him to keep pruitt at epa. saturday night, the president tweeted this: rent for this condo was about m

and i think it is the obama factor. he found out that obama was asked to do this.d thing to do. obama, for whatever reasons, did not do it. and he's saying, i can do it. >> charles blow, dante stallworth, great to have you in that interesting conversation. really appreciate it. >>> coming up, they have come from a long way from that infamous handshake. president trump prepares to host french president emmanuel macron for his first state visit. the white-knuckle handshake. we'll take a look at the pomp and politics, next. ♪ with esurance photo claims, you could have money for repairs within a day. wow! that was really fast. so it doesn't have to hurt for long. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance, an allstate company. click or call. surpri-- we got a laggy video call here.. you need verizon, the best network for streaming. trade ya. okay, people, that's a reset. let's take it back from "surpri--" (avo) get $300 off the samsung galaxy s9+. because unlimited is only as good as the network it's on. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go

well i think the his antagonism towards obama trying to differentiate himself from obama plays a part in it but i think that trump really has no strong views on anything i mean he's been on pretty much on every side of every issue throughout his long life i mean he's been for abortion against abortion for immigration against immigration for gun control against gun control so what he ran on in two thousand and sixteen wasn't really his final view on anything but he found that that kind of america first. and a kind of quasi isolationist policy worked for him and it swept into power it probably rather surprised them that it was as successful as it was once he got into office he quine of abandon all of that and occasionally he still comes out with his rhetoric about the or we've wasted seventeen trillion dollars in the middle east we could have spent all this money on building roads and bridges it were you know but he's still pursuing the same policy in the middle east he still comes out with the stuff that he was doing in two thousand and six the end of a well wouldn't it be great if we

yeah, obama sent -- amy: in 2010. .> in 2010 again, the national guard troops under obama, they served as a placeholder as the apparatus was ratcheting up further. so they were bolstering it with more technologies, more agents. obama played a huge part in that, as well as the increased -- the tensions of people facing deportations, the approximately 400,000 people per year who were expelled from the country during the obama administration. so the kind of accusations in that sense from the trump administration to the obama administration is ignoring those facts, what obama was doing and kind of how obama took the post-9/11 immigratation enforcement apparatus from the bush administration and bolstered it even more. nermeen: todd miller, we're very little time, but i want to get your take on having spoken to representatives of companies selling border control and police equipment, what did you find out about the sales that have been going on? >> i have been doing research on the companies that have been summoned to border patrol for quite a long time now. early 2010was the when i first re

obama did not deliver big results. >> they're all obama's numbers. you know this this is obama's economy, still. why don't you. >> the highest. i know the address of chicago. >> point -- the point of that the point guys the point of that graphic is medium household next is how much money you bring home. it was also in part under bush >> obama did the hard work. >> food stamp participation went up 4.4%. ben carson. you know what we are making a substantive point and lock i want to be fair because i want joel to get his point out. i think to say reflexively. trump is bad for black people the economy is soaring. manufacturing is coming back. >> yea. and when you say about the millionaires i get what you are saying out of touch but not out of touch with the working class that's why they rejected the globalist republicans and went with a millionaire saying you are begin a raw deal bite system that has not performed. he got those people to tunnel out and vote for him that is not a fair criticism of trump those working class people was gold for trump. >> re

this was during the obama years. but if he could respond to both. >> i think it illustrates this immense irony and also this really important and often under noted shift in american politics. you have benjamin cardin saying marco rubio and i commend marco rubio being one of the most in the entires united states congress, wanting to go to war with everybody, having spent eight years accusing obama of being weak against every u.s. adversary because he did not bombing of even the obama bombed a countries. you have entering cardin and marco rubio -- you have marco sayingnd benjamin cardin marco rubio and i demand united states government and the international community do something about assad, do something against russia. on the other hand, you have democrats who revere barack obama. what did barack obama do during the eight years of his presidency when it came to what was happening in syria or the last five or six years since the civil war in syria? obama took exactly the opposite position. he said, we're not going to

obama. it was only when the president changed that all of a sudden they didn't support lowering corporate rates. the reason during the obama era, that the president obama was for that, is the same reason we're still for it, which is to create more jobs and opportunity, make our corporations competitive in the world economy. we now have a competitive tax rate. we can compete with other countries. that means more jobs, more opportunity for measures. and i -- americans. more jobs coming to this country rather than being set up some place else. >> neil: nevertheless, had you expressed some concern about the president's tough trade tact vs. the chinese particularly on tariffs. do you think that jeopardize dyes the gains you had from the tax cuts. >> i am concerned about tariffs. we all know the chinese have been stealing our intellectual property for years. and whatever we can do to turn that around is a good idea. >> neil: maybe the approach he is taking is working? >> but, we have got a lot of

about cheaten obama. is that playing the ethnic thing? sometimes i wonder if that's what he does to keep that base happy. your thoughts? >> i think so, chris. it is in part a part of the kind of race-baiting that is in some ways a feature of his invocation of the immigration question. he's appealing to the baser instincts of his base as it were. it's also a case study for freud in terms of projection. there's something about his obsession with obama and what he's sxaj projecting on to him that suggests something about his psyche. >> go on. follow this all the way. what is it? >> you know, in some ways it seems to me that the success of obama, the fact that obama clowned him top use a kind of control questional phrase clound him at i forget which event it was. >> the white house press correspondents dinner where he made a fool of him. >> yeah, exactly. the success of his administration over the eight years, the fact that obama made fun of him or clowned him at the press club meeting, right, has made him th