michelle obama. >> hi, everyone.e're here digging up soil because we're about to plan a garden. >> get some shovels. let's go! >> i came to help do dinner but also help her develop a big health initiative. when you have one in three kids on track to have diabetes in their lifetime. it doesn't matter what we do with health care if we don't solve that side of the problem. and regardless with step one, when we were doing our first planting, you could hear all the cameras clicking constantly. she looked at me like, this better work. >> there they are. it's all pretty cute. we're all in favor of healthy eating. is this really the best way for the first lady to use her considerable influence? >> let's move! let's move! >> now to first lady michelle obama. she's out promoting her let's move campaign and taking the motto to heart. >> every time we saw her jumping rope, hula hooping, all those things, they were very strategic ways that we were weaving in these values in our culture. >> instead of just talking about this probl

we saw trump and obama go on separate stages.y in philadelphia where he went big with a withering attack on the incumbent. >> he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends or treating the presidency like a reality show that he can use to get attention. and by the way, even then his tv ratings are down, so you know that upsets him. but the thing is this is not a reality show. this is reality. the only people truly better off than they were four years ago are the billionaires who got his tax cuts. we know he continues to do business with china because he's got a secret chinese bank account. how is that possible? can you imagine if i had a secret chinese bank account when i was running for re-election? you think -- you think fox news might have been a little

there he is, barack obama. first stump speech for the biden campaign since the democratic convention. got a nice crowd over there in philadelphia. but they've driven their cars there. you'll see a wide shot fairly soon. the former president, let's listen in. >> hello, philadelphia! [ cheers and honking ] man, it is good to be back in pennsylvania. what beautiful weather we've got here, a little indian summer. you know, i know the president spent some time in erie last night. and apparently he complained about having to travel here. then he cut the event short. poor guy. i don't feel that way. i love coming to pennsylvania. you guys delivered for me twice, and i am back here tonight to ask you to deliver the white house for joe biden and kamala harr harris. i want to thank mr. philadelphia, charlie mack. his daughter, india marie. what an outstanding young lady she was. those of you who are fathers and have daughters, you know how that feels when you see your daughters just shining. i know a little bit about tha

a fun obama is a great obama. he was great with kids. he has like baby magic.ies now that have some great pictures of their young kids. and i think that they're -- i think they treasure them. >> yeah. and robert gibbs, i have to ask you if you've got a favorite photo out of all of then. you were working with the man, and you saw him doing the tough decision, having the fun time with the kids, having the tragic moments. is there a photo for you that speaks the most to you out of all that you've seen in those eight years? >> yeah. i love the photos, as dawn said, of sort of the weight of the office sitting on the shoulders of the president. and those were the tough decision. and so i think watching -- watching him wrestle with that. but i also love -- i think the ones of him playing with the girls in the snow are just great, because he -- i'm not entirely sure who's having more fun in those pictures. i think it might be -- i think it might be president obama, even though sasha had a snowball. i think that's what these photos really let people see is not just a pr

fun obama is great obama. great with kids. he has baby magic. the baby stops crying.ink they are -- they treasure them. >> yeah. robert i have to ask you if you have a favorite. you were working with the man and saw him doing the tough decisions and having the fun time with the kids. having the tragic moments. is there a photo for you that speaks the most to you? in the eight years. >> i love the photographs of the sort of the weight of the office. sitting on the shoulders of the president. those were the tough decisions. and i i think watching him wrestle with that. but i love -- i think the wins of him playing with the girls in the snow. they're great. he -- i'm not sure who's having more fun in the pictures. i think it might be president obama. even though sasha had a snowball. i think that's what these photographs really let people see. not just a president and not just a leader and somebody concerned about the right policy. but the values that animate the decisions. >> yeah. absolutely. i have to tell you for eight years we had a good man as president. you can se

we can quantify what obama/biden did. >> let me play another piece of this -- the second barack obamappearance. this was his barn-burner speech and he's talking about the way that presidents normally act when it comes to our friends and enemies. take a listen. >> what -- what? we're not going to have a president that goes out of his way to insult anybody who doesn't support him. or threaten them with jail. that's not normal presidential behavior. we wouldn't tolerate it from a high school principal. we wouldn't tolerate it from a coach. we wouldn't tolerate it from a co-worker. we -- we wouldn't tolerate it in our own family, except for maybe crazy uncle somewhere, you know, yeah, he's -- i mean, we -- why would we expect and accept this from the president of the united states? >> that was a slightly different sound bite, sorry, than i teed up, but valerie jarrett, you know, it was -- it was sort of like i think medicine for a lot of people who have spent the last four years, you know, sort of rocking back and forth and wanting to beat your head against the wall, listening to the way

let's talk ability the obama factor.esident obama is saying everything that he's wanted to say in the last four years or so in the last seven days? >> yasmin, first of all, apologies. sorry about the internet. i think your point is exactly on target. this is a president unburr donning himself with all the frustrations and mostly kept to himself the last four years. president trump came into office seeming to undo everything he could from the obama presidency, whether the foreign policy, health care or all the other programs and policies. so now is a chance for president obama to get back out there. i think he has a voice particularly for that 9% of the voters who voted for president obama and also voted for president trump. he's trying to say come back to this side of the political equation. it didn't work out for you the way you thought it might. >> let's talk about the numbers here. if we look at some of these states that president obama won back in 2012 and 2008 as well compared to what trump wanted in 2016, it makes

will he respond to obama? and a new cnn poll tonight on two crucial states and how they impact that all-important race to 270. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, obama's blistering takedown of president trump. for more than 30 minutes, delivering a scathing speech, tearing into president trump and it got personal. >> what we do these next 13 days will matter for decades to come. unle un -- while i was in philadelphia, i was at the constitution center and i was delivering a speech for the democratic national convention this year. and i said during that speech, i've sat in the oval office with both of the men who are running for president, and they are very different people. i explained i never thought donald trump would embrace my vision or continue my policies, but i did hope for the sake of the country that he might show some interest in taking the job seriously. but it hasn't happened. he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work >> you hear the horns, the people in th

obama. he hadn't been there a lot. he wasn't there early on, but, boy, did he make his presence felt today. he said things not just about this president but about this country in a way that we have never seen. what will this mean for the outcome of this election? we haven't seen a bigger influence on biden's fate as we saw tonight, and maybe the president's as well. two of our sharpest minds will take us through what we saw today, all the highlights for you, and the implications next. >>> cuomo "prime time," brought to you by ecolab, advancing higher levels of cleanliness at the places you eat, play, stay and shop. ♪ ♪ the expertise that helps keep hospitals clean, is helping keep businesses clean too. look for the ecolab science certified seal. now roomba vacuums exactly where you need it. alexa, tell roomba to vacuum in front of the couch. and offers personalized cleaning suggestions for a clean unique to you and your home. roomba and the irobot home app. only from irobot. well, actually..

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not barack obama. so it doesn't matter what barack obama gets up there and says. it's not going to resonate with the democratic voters. >> i have to -- i have to wrap up to get to joy reid. i will say, rick gates, i believe it's called damning with faint praise when a trump aide, you know, praises barack obama but to get in on biden. i really appreciate you guys talking to each other, back and forth, civilly. which we need right now. thanks to both of you. >> thanks, ari. thanks, cornell. >> appreciate you guys. that does it for this episode of "the beat" with ari melber. i'll be back at 6:00 p.m., but right now it's "the reidout" with joy reid. ♪ >>> tonight, former president barack obama made his first in-person campaign appearance for joe biden. delivering from pennsylvania powerful -- a powerful fundamental rebuke to the corruption and failure of the trump administration. the failure to protect the american people from a pandemic that has now taken more than 200,000 lives in america. >> this is not a reality show, this is reality.

we parked our lead surrogates, hillary clinton, bill clinton, m michelle obama, barack obama. about obama. i think people think of him as a base heater. don't forget, he appeals to the middle, to the independents to moderates. when obama burst on the political scene, one of the people he spoke to were the million dollars or center. i would forget that as you think about his important stretch for joe biden. >> i want to talk about the appeal that barack obama made to florida voters in that speech in that he said, look, donald trump is trying to paint joe biden as a socialist. you would think i would know if joe was a secret socialist. he knows the popularity he had in florida and the black and brown voters in florida. i sensed when he delivered that line in his speech, he was appealing to those folks and saying, look, i can vouch for him. the way joe biden actually did back in 2008 and 2007, they were campaigning on behalf of obama when he said, look, i can vouch for this guy, i know who he is. i felt like barack obama was saying the same sort of thing today as we listened to h

president obama was aware of this.d but i started noticing it wherever whenever he could he would make a point to make sure the boys were invited when the nba basketball players came to the white house or events like that. this is nicky. he invited him into the oval office to share a power bar with him. nicky came to one of my book signings. he's now a sophomore at duke. and told me how much this picture meant to him. and he realizes now the good work that his mom was doing. there was still some lobbying to be done, lots of phone calls. this is in the limo with his legislative director and i think this was the phone call where he realized that they probably had enough votes and he took his lucky charms out of his pocket. i saw that he took his lucky charms out. that morning i was like, okay, this is a good sign. >> let's get this done. >> the bill is passed. [ applause ] >> and he felt on this day that he got something done, that bettered people's lives. it's an alexa. check it out. alexa, turn on the outdoor lights. o

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there are some people who barack obama inspires greatly. i'm watching that like can he just come back for a third term? he makes me feel way better than joe biden has during the campaign. he has a way not only with words but assuring people he sees all of us. and i think that's a skill and a gift that frankly joe biden still has to get ahold of. absolutely they need barack obama on the campaign trail to close but it is important to remember that things aren't as they were in 2008. they aren't as they were in 2012. they certainly aren't as they were in 2016. things are so different now. and there are a group of young people who are eligible to vote this term that, yeah, they lived under barack obama and i think it was a time of a privilege to live under the first black president. but they weren't eligible to vote yet. they're eligible to vote now. they're eligible to vote with suit and debt that is crippling. they're eligible to vote with covid taking out parents and loved ones and their families. they're eligible to vote with frankly don pa

pennsylvania and interesting that barack obama said did not ta ke that barack obama said did not taked, we saw what happened last time, get out and vote. he started his rally by telling people that if they were voting by mail, to make sure that they followed the instructions clearly. and to acknowledge that, look, he understands that some people may think what is the point of me voting. the government lets me voting. the government lets me down and he said actually, it is not by not participating that you get what you want. it's by participating more. food, vote, vote and do not ta ke food, vote, vote and do not take it for granted that we've got it in the bag. we will be back with more information and analysis of the election a little later in the programme. next, there's been widespread international condemnation of shooting in nigeria on tuesday in which the international and witnesses say that security forces killed at least 12 protesters in the city of legos. the secretary general called for and into the brutality of the nigerian army has denied involvement. sporadic unrest is co

david obama campaign for hillary before he lost, he didn't pull together the obama coalition.joe biden doing it or building a different coalition? >> i think there are certainly elements of coalition and joe biden has added to it. he has reached more deeply into that white non-college vote that helped propel donald trump. that's one of the reasons why trump feared him as a candidate. we've seen a strong move -- you know, trump carried the suburbs back in 2016. he's losing by a wide margin there now. and yes, i think he is going to reassemble the other elements of the coalition. i should mention seniors as well. he won those by 8 points, seniors by 8 points. he's losing them now. so, he is losing his own coalition to biden. i think the role that president obama can play is really rally young voters, voters of color. i thought he had a very, very focused message for those voters today about what the stakes were in this election. but, you know, i think what biden is doing is adding to that coalition in ways that hillary clinton simply did not. >> angela, you heard what david just

president obama was in philadelphia right here.f he can turn out african-american votes, help motivate them in philadelphia and in the suburbing around it, joe biden can win pennsylvania. if he wins pennsylvania, he's on his way. we can move over to michigan, right? how many times have we said hillary clinton lost michigan. one reason she lost it is because turnout was down, down from when obama won in 2012, down from 2008. so his direct appeal, his popular appeal with african-americans is more than that. he's also very popular in the suburbs. he said hustle, don't take anything for granted. it's aimed at young voters and african-americans. he said this guy doesn't take the job seriously. that's what you hear from suburban women in focus groups. why doesn't the president just do his job? that was president obama talking to the suburbs. yes, african-americans in charlotte, but the suburbs will decide north carolina. the suburbs around raleigh durham. we talked a moment ago about how biden has a chance. if he comes out of the debate

you have the president, joe biden and former president obama. the biggest headliners for you this hour. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here. here is what's happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific on this saturday before election day. it's down to the wire. the clock is clicking with less than 72 hours before election day. the candidates are out on the trail today. they are barn storming the states that may decide the presidency. any moment we'll see joe biden and barack obama take that stage together in michigan. it's the first of two stops in michigan today. meantime, vice presidential nominee kamala harris is making three stops in florida. the president making four stops in pennsylvania and vice president pence making fo stops in north carolina. it all comes as early voting numbers are shattering records. more than 87 million votes have been cast. experts suggest at this rate the number may reach 100 million before election day. right now, nbc news is polling average has biden leading trump 51.7% to 43.7

you covered the obama administration?oesn't have a great track record when it comes to endorsements. he campaigned for the florida gubernatorial candidate bill nelson for senate in florida. he campaigned for the georgia governor and put his weight behind that. he is late in the game for joe biden. he's done fund-raising but that's late. but he is a star in the democratic party but i agree with jesse, you are not going to pennsylvania unless you are playing defense. >> the biden team wants him to go to philadelphia. up next president trump boasting that politics will become boring approximate joe biden wins. we will find out what you think too. ♪ limu emu & doug you know limu, after all these years it's the ones that got away that haunt me the most. [ squawks ] 'cause you're not like everybody else. that's why liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. what? oh, i said... uh, this is my floor. nooo! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ here's to the duers

will he respond to obama?nd a new cnn poll tonight on two crucial states and how they impact that all-important race to 270. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, obama's blistering takedown of president trump. for more than 30 minutes, delivering a scathing speech, tearing into president trump and it got personal. >> what we do these next 13

former president barack obama. coming up, we'll speak with his former campaign press secretary about how mr. obama could reshape the race in its final days. >>> we begin in nashville, with a preview of tonight's debate with nbc white house correspondent peter alexander and nbc's mike memoli who follows the campaign. peter, let me start with you. what is the trump strategy tonight particularly considering what the polls look like right now? >> reporter: yeah, no, joshua, you make a great point. obviously the president is trailing in the key races. and those races have been tightening up. at the end of the day, it's up to president trump. i'm telling you what his aides are telling me. they would like to see him less combative. and joe biden interrupting far fewer times in the course of that event. they want him to be less combative and more calm and carharismatic is the term i'm hearing. they believe there are still undecided voters out there. late breaking voters who they believe among senior citizens will be paying

you watch barack obama. it life when he says, i wasn't that woke when i was 20 but he said that voting does not make things perfect. it makes things better. yeah, that's the message to young black men and that is a small group there that he was speaking to but then he gets out on the street with a bullhorn. i mean, when have we last seen that? so, he's coming here, and this is hardly going to be personal. he's going to get up on that podium that i can barely see, truth be told. this is where we're all set up. and we're in a crowded parking lot out at, you know, citizens bank arena where the dnc was, and -- four years ago, and it's going to be noisy and enthusiastic, but it's not the kind of rally that donald trump is holding. but they're hoping that that is exactly the message that people are afraid, people are, you know, frightened by the pandemic, the numbers are going up here in the northeast, in new jersey, connecticut, and pennsylvania as well, and they don't know what to expect. and so far, that messag

as far as calling donald trump a racist, shame on you, michelle obama. tell us what obama did.d trump has given positive reform for black america, historical black colleges, low unemployment rate, she will call him a racist and not count what obama did because he did nothing for black people and just because she is black, that doesn't give her credibility. she lost credibility today, sean by pressing that video. >> sean: i have a question, why didn't barack and joe set record low unemployment for every minority group? why didn't they commit as much money and time to historically black colleges? why didn't they do criminal justice reform, police reform opportunity zones? i think those are fair questions. because those are all the things that donald trump got done, not barack and not joe. >> they are excellent questions and why don't they support choice in public schools? michelle obama simply went to a magnet school, she did not go to the local school maker because it was a bad school. she voluntarily bust out words in order to go to a better school. her daughters never went to

president obama is about to hit the trail.country's third surge in coronavirus cases, a new report from the cdc indicates a stunning 300,000 people he

tried to be more magnanimous. >> obama just states facts. there was no hyperbole and exaggeration. obama laid a clear picture what the country is up against and who brought us here. trump did. the fact his administration laid out the playbook for handling a pandemic. his administration queued up with a great economy and his administration worked to expand health care to millions of people in this country but all three cases obama laid out, trump is absolutely knocking the part right now piece by piece bit by bit and what do we have to show? we have a failed economy. we have 8 million more people experiencing poverty. we have 220,000 people dead from this pandemic that was completely controllable and we just have failed leadership. >> yeah, you mentioned health care, which we were just discussing given the other reports and donald trump doing the cell phone. here is obama hitting that on health care in that rally last night. >> they keep on promising we'll have a great replacement. they said it's coming. it's have been coming in two weeks for

if it's not for barack obama, it's certainly michelle obama. trust. >> and do you think that the poll for biden, with those who love obama, is stronger than it was for clinton? >> oh, yeah. the poll for -- this is not 2016, anymore. i mean, just look at the likability. remember, we were doing -- remember, back during the '16 election, we were saying these are the two most unliked candidates in history, you know, modern history. and it was true. their unfavorability rating was very high. their favorability ratings were very low. so, yeah, i -- i don't think -- joe biden is not hillary clinton. joe biden is, pretty much, universally liked. joe biden is like a warm sweater. and i know that, you know, republicans or the trump supporters will say it's mr. rogers and they make fun of him on "snl." but that's what many americans want, at this point, given all the histrionics and the chaos. >> since when was mr. rogers a bad thing. >> mr. rogers is a great dude. >> so buck nasty. you know, who would have ever thought that, on a night where the big, bre

barak obama knows something about it. i will show you here in a minute while i am circling the states. you come over here, here, here and here. barak obama knows what it is like to be involved in a wave election. that is what we had in 2008. when you have a wave election, you change the map. that is 2004. you see the red, 2008. you change the map. barak obama knows what it is like to have that opportunity in a wave election and he will have that chance any way he can. he lost indiana. north carolina went back. democrats do see the potential. trump's unpopularity. they see a chance to change the map and think barak obama can help. >> david, you know we saw this unusual press conference from the fbi director. it was hastily called. is there a possibility this was hastily called because the administration, you know, did not want president obama's speech directly attacking president trump to be front and center on the news all night? >> am i think too naiive saying let's hope not. let's hope the press conference was called to

obama is stronger than it was for clinton? >> oh, yeah. this is not 2016 anymore. look at likability, in the '16 election we were saying these are the two most unliked candidates in modern history and it was true. unfavorability rating very high, favorability ratings very low. so yeah. joe biden is not hillary clinton, he's pretty much universally liked, like a warm sweater. republicans or trump supporters will say it's mr. rogers and make fun of him on "snl" but that's what many americans want at this point given the histrionics. >> and since when is mr. rogers a bad thing? >> i love him. >> who would have thought on night with breaking news you're taking on tonight that iran is behind the emails from the proud boys trying to scare voters that their efforts and russia's efforts would not be as powerful as our own president to shake confidence in our election. >> let me say this. um in these times i think we have to approach the news and information like that with more skepticism than ever. doesn't mean it's not true, but i ju

that was the obama message today. reassemble the obama coalition, and he put biden right there at the center of his story and the story this year. >> yeah, he is an incredibly strong character witness for joe biden. maybe the strongest having served with him for eight years. garrett haake mentioned the fact that you had president trump tweeting while this was airing. he says fox news is playing obama's no-crowd fake speech for biden. a man he could barely endorse because he couldn't believe he won. also i prepaid many millions of dollars in taxes. phil rucker, let me bring you in on that point because you heard former president obama take aim at president trump. yes, over the tax issue, but over the economy. that is still a key issue for voters even as the pandemic looms large over this entire race, right? >> that's so right, kristen. this wasn't just an indictment of president trump's character and record but obama was speaking directly to millions of americans and talking about the consequences of the trump presiden

also tonight, michelle obama unleashes in her closing argument for joe biden.inesh d'souza on an invective filled diatribe and what it reminds us about the obama's. joe biden's stump speech today was short on substance and long on empty rhetoric. newt gingrich reacts plus he previews tomorrow's vp debate. but first. unmasking joe, that's the focus of tonight's angle. ♪ today, biden gave a speech that was well written and for him come up well delivered. he traveled to gettysburg where he invoked lincoln and lbj and he tried to rekindle some of that obama magic to make you forget how far left the democrat party has moved since 2008 when obama was elected. after 47 years in elected office, joe wants you to believe that this time he really knows what he's doing. >> i'll work with democrats and republicans. i will be a president that pushes toward the future, not one that clings to the past. i will marshal the ingenuity and goodwill of this nation to turn division into unity to bring us together. >> laura: okay, that was a lot of nothing. but the man who called pres

is that obama was pretty interested in the issue and obama gave speeches on it and would go out and visit dhs and talk to people at the national institute of science and technology, standards and technology about this and was trying to project the idea that this was a huge national issue. president trump doesn't really engage on the issue all that much and we can get into some of the reasons why i suspect that's the case but there has been a fairly sharp difference in the tone of approach, in the personal interest from the oval office in this, and that ends up creating an issue around leadership for cybersecurity. peter, if i could say one other thing, that one of the things going back to the obama administration is a message that the u.s. government has been really pressing industry and business leaders that the top person and organization has to really personally take responsibility for cybersecurity and show that they are interested in it and that this is this is a cultural values within their organization. the government is telling that the companies and i would think the same t

he's obsessed with barack obama.ack obama as a lawyer is making the case for so many last-minute voters as to why they should be galvanized to go to the polls on tuesday, i think that the president -- president trump has so much more that he should be thinking about and sadly he doesn't. either it's about himself or his money, but it's very rarely if ever about the american people. >> now, reverend watkins, texas republicans are in court right now fighting to have over 100,000 ballots thrown out. what are americans supposed to do in the face of this kind of after the fact voter suppression? >> i think, i said repeatedly that i'm a republican, a republican who's pro-civil rights, a republican for voting rights. when i worked in the u.s. senate for dan quail, that's one of the first things i suggested, to support voting rights was so important and i still believe it is. and i'm definitely against voter suppression, even that even looks like or smells like voter suppression. this is an unfortunate thing. this is somethi

obama seams like he's doing a great job, you know?entially what happened, 'cuz the guy just decided he wanted attention, right, whether it was to promote "celebrity apprentice" or whatever he looked and saw what was being fed and he said, oh, if that's what folks want, i can do that with even less inhibition. right? so with even less of a -- i don't need a dog whistle. i'll just go ahead and say it. >> right. >> i'll just, you know, that's how the whole birtherism schtick came about. >> let's discuss now. cnn's senior political reporter is here and our cnn commentator. hello to both of you. good to see you. >> hey, hey. >> so that birtherism schtick as the former president calls it is what launched trump's political career. president obama is now trying to end it. he knows he also galvanizes trump voters. what is the calculation here? >> i think the kale lags is that he can speak to some of those voters who stayed home in 2016. 4 million people who voted for obama in 2012 didn't show up in 2016. i think that is the universe of voters

obama-tied magazine that's doing badly. they did a commercial -- we notified them and we had 26 witnesses, real witnesses and every one of them is furious but he's not a nice person, so because he's not a nice person i don't mind saying exactly what i'm saying which as you know is the truth. he was never considered smart in his prime, but now he's really off. [laughter] >> and you can't him as your president because he will destroy our country. he will destroy our country. it probably won't be him because by the time he gets sworn in it'll be pretty much over. twenty-fifth amendment, do you think they were talking about me? no they weren't talking about me. they were talking about getting kamala in there as possible. kamala was going down like a rocket. normally you pick somebody that's going up. she didn't even make it to iowa, right, nobody spoke worse about him and that's the one they want to pick. the radical left would love to get her in. i don't know if you can ever come back from a thing like that. i'm not sure that

it's obama time. today joe biden said president barack obama is going to be doing campaign events. joe biden said he'll be out on the trail. another day means another national poll showing joe biden clearly in the lead. today's "morning consult" poll of likely voters shows joe biden with an eight-point lead nationally at 51-43. and the important swing state of florida, a florida atlantic university poll of likely voters shows joe biden four points ahead of donald trump at 51-47. and today campaigning in florida, joe biden made an emotional appeal to senior citizens. >> this president cares more about the stock market than he does about, you know, well-being of seniors. one day before we cross the threshold of 200,000 deaths, you may recall this, the president was at a campaign rally. and he insisted that the virus was, and i quote, affects virtually nobody. quote, just elderly people. with heart and other problems. nobody. think about that. who was he talking about when he said it affects virtually nobody? he was talking about america's seniors. he was talking about you. he was tal

the other key difference, i would say between obama and trump as quote unquote cyber presidents is obamaas pretty interested in the issue. he gave speeches on it and would go out and visit dhs and talk to the people at the national institute of standards and technology about this. was trying to project the idea that this was a huge national issue. president trump does not engage in the issue that much. we can get into some of the reasons i suspect that is the case. there has been a sharp difference in the tone, the personal interest from the oval office. that ends up creating an issue around leadership for cybersecurity. if i can say one other thing, one thing going back to the obama administration, the message that the u.s. government has been really pressing in industry and business leaders. the top person and an organization has to personally take responsibility for cybersecurity and show they are interested in it. that this is a cultural value within their organization. the government is telling that to companies. i would think the same thing should apply to the government. the top o

eaters in a 2nd this book in this book you blame yourself and others becoming complacent under the obama presidency at tell me a bit about that and how you see that complacency is creating donald trump well i think that many of us were very supportive and i'll still support of many of the initiatives of president obama during his presidency from health care police reform to other areas and did not do as much as we could to hold the opposition accountable and to hold even some aspects of his own administration that was resistant to change accountable and that we should have always had the vigor to be continue to fight no matter who was in office even if it was someone that i felt was doing the right thing but you still had your national action network the initials of behind you that running joining the obama presidency i know time and time again in the book you talk about it is a model of grassroots action at the very local level to help a civil rights and social justice no i have we definitely were very active during is 8 years trayvon martin we were out on the front lines of that from t

from president barack obama.mming the voter-suppression efforts we are seeing across the country with just 20 days to go until election day. >> if you have one major party, perhaps the only major party that i know of, in any advanced democracy in the world, who explicitly says we're trying to keep fellow -- certain, fellow citizens from voting. and we're trying to make it as hard on them as possible, you -- even the far right, in europe, does not say that. they don't say, you know, let's stop other, you know, austrians from voting. or let's stop other germans from voting. this is unique to us, and it's a legacy of, you know, racial discrimination and -- and -- and gender discrimination, and was embedded in our initial constitution. and had to be fixed, through a series of amendments. and -- and so, i -- i think that we should welcome the argument that, making it easier for people to vote and eliminating the last vestiges of jim crow and poll taxes and all that stuff, is not a partisan issue. and -- and anyone who

barack obama here today. it will be a very socially distanced drive-in rally at a stadium parking lot tonight. he's trying to energize black male voters to did not turn up in strong enough numbers for hillary clinton. they did for barack obama, but not clinton. that could not offset donald trump's big advantages in white rural areas and with suburban women. there's a gender gap with the suburban women, but they have to -- that's what barack obama is coming here to do. he is also reaching out to young voters, and he did that overnight in a video. let's watch. >> times as polarized as these, your vote doesn't just matter. it matters more than ever before. and to change the game on any of the issues we care about, joe biden needs your vote. he's on the right side of the issues to get the job done. and joe and kamala will want you to keep pushing them to get the job done. >> and just to give you an idea, you know this so well. barack obama's popularity, especially with democrats and this used to be a democratic s

the other key difference between obama and trump, obama was pretty interested in the issue and gave speeches and would go out and visit dhs and talk to people in the nationa national e of science and technologies and was trying to project the idea that this was a huge national issue. president trump doesn't really engage on the issue all that much. we can get into some of the reasons why we suspect that is the case but in the tone of the approach and the personal interest from the oval office, one of the things going back is the message that the u.s. government has been really pressing the industry and the top organization has to personally take responsibility for cybersecurity and show that the top official in the government to say this is a personal value of mine we need to do this and spread that message both through the government and also to the partners in the private sector. that's been a missing piece over the last couple of years. >> host: we will get into the differences in a minute. can you put a dollar figure on the cyber security that's in the building and in change they like to

obama gave his most forceful rebuke of the trump administration.encouraged voters who didn't come out for hillary clinton in 2016 to get up and make their way to the polls. he offered his trademark, hope, a hopeful and inclusive vision of america with biden and kamala harris at the helm. >> they actually care about every american including the ones that don't agree with them, and they're going to fight for you every day. they care about you, and they care about this democracy. they believe in a democracy, the right to vote is sacred, and that we shouldn't be making people wait in line for ten hours to cast their ballot. we should be making it easier for everybody to vote. >> obama notes the increasing difficulty american voters face when simply trying to cast a ballot. we are the only modern democracy that makes it harder, not eas r easier, for our citizens to vote, and right now the gop is continuing its assault trying to restrict voting through legal battles in states across the nation. no matter who you vote for, obama laid bare why the right to

obama and biden froze.has a leader style that suits him to be commander-in-chief and make strong decisions. >> nothing says nothing better than a commission. better than saying let's have a commission. it's the number 1 best way in washington to not answer a question. we know how joe biden stands on this. he made it very clear in the past. he was against court packing. fdr said it was a bad idea after he tried and failed. now he is talking about the other options. 18-year terms or have rotating justices from the federal court system. you can guarantee that if the shoe were on the other foot, they would haven't this conversation at all. the chips have fallen where they may. this is the way the system works. the president got an opportunity to pick someone and the senate was in the gop majority in this case so they are putting it through. amy coney barrett gave them reasons policy is not high on the list for the supreme court. they are there to judge whether or not a law is constitutional. that should give pe

obama has history in florida.resident since fdar to carry -- fdr to carry florida in two presidential elections. he won the state in 2008 and again in 2012, by a slim margin that time,50.9%. trump won florida in 2006. he made it his home state. we saw him voting there this morning in person. can the obama mojo still work in florida? >> well, that's what joe biden is hoping for. president trump won florida by just 113,000 votes four years ago, a very small margin. and that's the reason why we see both the president in florida today and i'm sure he's going to be returning over the course of the next few days as is joe biden. for president trump, it's the lynch pin to his re-election race. if he does not win florida, the path to 270 electoral votes is really limited if not impossible. that's the reason why the president traveling to florida so often, and it's the reason why we see the former president, barack obama, speaking in a matter of minutes in north miami with the biden campaign trying to block the path to 270

tenemos las fuertes declaraciones de obama contra donald trump.ladelphia para hacer campaÑa a favor del binomio de su partido, joe biden y kamala harris. en un evento en la que la mayorÍa de los asistentes estaban en sus automÓviles, obama expresÓ una amplia condena al presidente donald trump. barack obama: [habla en inglÉs] galo: especÍficamente hizo un llamado a los votantes que podrÍan estar desilusionados. obama se refiriÓ a la esencia de la naciÓn. asegurÓ que biden y harris pueden estar a la altura. [habla en inglÉs] la visita de obama a philadelphia reafirma la importancia de pensilvania. estaba impreciso que el mismo biden ha visitado mÁs en esta temporada de campaÑa. el exmandatario participÓ tambiÉn en una mesa redonda de discusiÓn con algunos votantes . en las calles saluda a sus seguidores, uso un megÁfono para que la multitud lo escuchara. patricia: segÚn el periÓdico the new york times, las declaraciones fiscales de donald trump mostrarÍan los intentos de establecer relaciones comerciales de sus empresas con china. tenemos detalles d