obama: do not do not. >> vote. mr. obama: do not get bamboozled. >> vote. mr. obama: vote. off your couch. put down your phones for a minute and -- >> vote. mr. obama: vote for this democratic wisconsin ticket and do -- and tell people to do the same. enough of us make our voices heard we will be better, and we will build a country that is more fair and more just in a equal and more free. let's go do this, wisconsin. thank you, milwaukee. i love you. let's get to work. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ when i wake up in the morning and the sunlight hurts my eyes something that i wondering have you got my mind when i look at you in the world is all right with me just one look at you and i note it's going to be -- know it is going to be a lovely day a lovely day lovely day ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ c-span's washington journal. every day we are taking your calls. we will discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, charlie cook, founder and contributor of the cook political report talks about campaign 2022. then, american university communications professor josep

obama: do not boo. >> vote. mr. obama: do not get bamboozled. >> vote. mr. obama: vote. off your couch. put down your phones for a minute and -- >> vote. mr. obama: vote for this whole democratic wisconsin ticket and do -- and tell people to do the same. enough of us make our voices heard we will be better, and we will build a country that is more fair and more just in a -- and more equal, and more free. let's go do this, wisconsin. thank you, milwaukee. i love you. let's get to work. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ when i wake up in the morning and the sunlight hurts my eyes something without warning weighs heavy on my mind when i look at you in the world is all right with me just one look at you and i note it's going to be -- know it is going to be a lovely day a lovely day a lovely day a lovely day a lovely day ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this election day, november 8, will republicans retake the house, can democrats retain control of the senate, follow c-span's coverage of key house and senate races, with our coverage of debate, rally and candidate events. television, or on our c

cable news charmingly referred to me as obama's baby mama. and of course barack has endured his fair share of insults and slights. even today there are still folks. questioning his citizenship and all of this used to really get to me. back in those days. i had a lot of sleepless nights worrying about what people thought of me. wondering if i might be hurting my husband's chances of winning his election. fearing how my girls would feel if they found out what some people were saying about their mom? but eventually i realized that if i wanted to keep my sanity. and not let others define me. there was only one thing i could do and that was to have faith in god's plan for me. i had to ignore all of the noise. and be true to myself. and the rest would work itself out. so throughout this journey. i have learned to block everything out. and focus on my truth i had to answer some basic questions for myself. who am i? no, really? who am i? what do i care about? and the answers to those questions have resulted in the woman who stands before you today. a

that's what obama is doing this weekend. a little later, he's going to pop up to michigan on saturday. then guess to wisconsin. look at the history and try to see what is moving. this was the deciding vote in wisconsin. 20,000 raw votes statewide. barack obama will go to milwaukee. if i can punch this up right here. just in this -- work with me. it's a substantial difference. you can clean up in milwaukee. because i'm here. pennsylvania. another great example here. i'm obsessed with how you can figure out here now based on total vote couldn'ts, how the margins can be so small. this is pennsylvania. 81,000. look at philadelphia. okay? just in philadelphia, one county, one city, one vote, one election. the ballot difference in raw numbers is 471,000. that's astounding. that's what explains why joe biden goes back. why kamala harris goes back. why barack obama goes back. because that's where the votes are. that's where for democrats you determine winners in states like pennsylvania. so crunch these numbers for the next eight, n

elected barack obama twice.rtion of that populous contin jens rallied behind bernie sanders in 2015. why the message matters so much is that it controls the fights you pick. there are so many temptations to draw toward these racialized culture war issues that if democrats want to keep the offensive on those issues, they need to come to them constantly. that's why the clinton campaign too often did in 2016. >> super interesting. you know last question is a short one. are those real books behind you? >> i'm a professor. these are all too real. rising star biography. the person who first found the manuscript and if anyone wants more on obama, this is the essential resource. >> appreciate that including your generous tip of the hat to other authors. incredible and got a great obama book. they'll be writing about obama for some time to come. i hope you come back. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. >>> ron desantis is getting pummelled and roasted. i'll explain next. pummelled and. i'll explain next. a is for

this is vintage obama.spectfully, but basically he's saying they're dictators and you don't want dictator tos rule you. he hits. that because then it's like i said, this classic obama, democrats, myself included, sometimes are so out here off the edge on policy that people don't feel you care art family, meaning, regular life. your response to all of the above. >> no doubt. and i would add as a parallel, not a substitute, that if he were a soup he'd be vish swa. cold vengeance. there's no question that barack obama is on to something here. he's balanced, he's measured, he's pacing himself. yes, he's speaking to insiders in his former administration. he's also speaking to america. his bully pulpit and his broadcast mechanism have always understood the broader issue, and he's right -- the vicious way in which republicans identify with donald trump and as maga, have undermined american democracy. and why does it sound compelling when it comes to him? he's not standing up overjoying it, doing flipsed in air rhe

obama: do not do not. >> vote. mr. obama: do not get bamboozled. >> vote. mr. obama: vote. off your couch. put down your phones for a minute and -- >> vote. mr. obama: vote for this democratic wisconsin ticket and do -- and tell people to do the same. enough of us make our voices heard we will be better, and we will build a country that is more fair and more just in a equal and more free. let's go do this, wisconsin. thank you, milwaukee. i love you. let's get to work. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ when i wake up in the morning and the sunlight hurts my eyes something that i wondering have you got my mind when i look at you in the world is all right with me just one look at you and i note it's going to be -- know it is going to be a lovely day a lovely day lovely day ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that is why charter invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in commun

you are listening to michelle obama in her own words. just a month after moving into the white house, she hosted children in the east room, an event marking african-american history month. [applause] well, hello! welcome to the white house. how are you guys doing? that's good. it's good to see you all. i've heard you have all been as quiet as mice. have you been behaving in here? is it exciting? come on, it's exciting. isn't this a beautiful house? >> yes! >> well, we are so, so very proud and happy to have you here. see, we were all very much kids like you guys. we just figured out that one day, that our fate was in our own hands. we made decisions to listen to our parents and to our teachers, and to work very, very hard for everything in life. and then, we worked even harder. anytime anybody doubted us, as president and first lady, barack and i are just the caretakers of this house. we are just borrowing it for a little bit. but, while we live here, we're your neighbors, okay? we want you to feel welcome here at the white house. which

is 2000 attempt to bomb the plane over detroit on christmas day of 2009 and obama was bombing them. then by the end of 2014 a shiite group friendly with iran came out of the north to the capitol city. the time that happened and you can read thiss in "the wall street journal" in a great piece by barbara slavin from january of f 2015 our current secretaryf defense lloyd austin was a four-star general and the commander of centcom and he made a deal with the houthis. you guys like killing al qaeda? no problem and he was funneling them intelligence to target and kill al qaeda on the arabian peninsula in january at 20152 months later barack obama stabbed the houthis in the back and took al qaeda side against them in the war launched by saudi arabia in the united and are -- united emirates and their allies including nine states. obama gave the green light at the beginning and al qaeda has been a major part of the coalition this whole time. "cnn" did a story a couple of years ago about how the uae had given al qaeda camera personnel carriers that they were using not just to drive around in

let's look at the obama administration's policy toward syria. the red line, president obama used the word red line, if chemical weapons would use the u.s. would intervene militarily. if you could talk about the evolution of u.s. policy on syria under the obama administration, what happens to the red line, why there was a more of a response after the use of chemical weapons attacks happened, who was supporting and who wasn't and why it didn't happen again? >> guest: there's a lot to unpack there but that really gets to some of the big issues raised in the book. to start with one has to put oneself back in time in 2011, this is the obama administration heading into its third year when arab spring breaks out. i was covering the middle east as a diplomatic reporter at the time and i also happen to have been back in the late '80s a reporter covering the fall of communism in eastern europe, so the parallels were amazing to all of us who witnessed both events. it was the sense of history turning. so it was very exciting in a way. these fledgling democr

david: and what did then-senator obama say about that?hter] brian: the good news was, i was junior enough in the campaign that senator obama was, i don't think, particularly aware of my transition to his campaign. david: ok. so, he got elected. then you got this position as special assistant to the president for economic policy. what was the biggest thing you accomplished during the obama administration? brian: my first project upon coming into government was to work as part of a team that did the restructuring of general motors and chrysler, as well as the finance companies. that was basically from -- many of you will recall november and december of 2008, right through to the summer of 2009. that was my overriding focus. david: after the obama administration, you joined the dark side of money management, and you work for blackrock in charge of global sustainability. what does that mean? what were you doing at blackrock? brian: two things. one was trying to actually do financial research to understand what our drivers of long-term economi

so, people are saying depain was an obama depape was obama.e was taking a drug that made him imagine invisible fairy friends. often ranted on his blogs about not being able to buy a fairy house with doors. this guy should have been deported. he should have been in a mental institution or at least behind bars for his previous felonies. he shouldn't have been anywhere near the pelosi's house. but we also have questions about what happened that night. how did this homeless, drug addict even get inside the house? no one has been able to give us a straight answer about that. now, there was glass broken at the rear door, we have seen those photos, but there looks like there is glass on both sides inside and out. and fbi sources are tell "primetime" that's odd. if the glass door was smashed in, why didn't pelosi's alarm go off? right? that's what the san francisco police chief seems to be saying. maybe he didn't have an alarm or put it on. >> how exactly were police called to the house? was there a 911 call made or was there an alarm triggered. >> no

that barack obama is out there, and joe biden isn't? >> i think barack obama would say that when you are the former president, you are a little less under the spotlight in terms of people criticizing you, and his popularity is higher than it was when he was president. i think for president biden, his objective is keeping the senate, and fighting for the house, i don't think that he is worried about how many campaign trips he is checking off a box, he has gone and done fundraising events, just on a lot of those privately. that is true. but his objective, and the objective of the white house has to do everything that can be helpful, that includes talking about a lot of these accomplishments that are helpful to democrats that are trying to show their voters, look, we are doing something about inflation, we are trying to bring your cost down. we are trying to lower the cost of prescription drugs. and he has been doing that a lot as well. >> all right, jen psaki, thank you for taking a few minutes joining us. i appreciate that. coming up, th

obama does a lot of stuff.th springsteen, but they have a serious discussion about it. >> i don't want to speak. i don't have anything left to say. i feel like i've used up all my words. my head speechwriter, cody keenan, i tell him, dude, i don't know what's going to work here. he gives me something that is -- you know, it just doesn't meet the moment, not because it's his fault. it's because he's going through the same thing i am. we've done this too many times. >> yeah. neither of us had the words anymore. we had written way too many eulogies after mass shootings, and what changed this one was the families of the victims forgave the shooter in court. it changed the way people walked the rest of the week. >> people who watch "the beat" know sometimes the last question is the easiest. if you're so good with words, why are you soft spoke someone. >> soft spoken? >> you're soft spoken, you don't know that? how do you self-identify? loud? shout-out to the writers and the presidential speechwriters. thanks for bei

you know, i always knew obama was radical. we didn't see the picture of him in farrakhan till afte dr hs presidency. we knew about jeremiah wright.t we knew about bill ayerspr and bernadinesn.e dorn. we knew about acorn. we knew about alinsky. we knew about frank marshall davis. the question is , he never took on these very extreme positions of this new democratic slate ofa candidates. will anyone ask him if htic ewia supports these positions? >> the so of course they won't,t because the corporate media is utterly corrupt and they are in the propaganda business. but obama is radicalopaganda. he always was radical.. he was a radical when he wasn hw president . he's still a radical. what's changed is the democrat party has gotten so muchdical. more radical than it wasck back then. the remember, back then barack obamn,d joe a and joe biden bots opposed gay marriage. it was a different worldifferen they both claim they opposed socialism. they both claim they wante d to secure the border. they both claimed thatborder they supported

as we mentioned, barack obama, hitting the campaign trail.rats hope will help them in some of these key races. in the home stretch. so, we started tonight in georgia, just outside of atlanta, it is the beginning of a tour that will take in tomorrow, to michigan, the governor's race in michigan also a couple of significant house races, it is going to take them to wisconsin, governor senate race, how about this? and elections close in wisconsin, have you ever heard of that before? the senate and governor's race in wisconsin both razor-thin, obama will be there heading out to nevada, next tuesday, a week from the election, obviously that senate race is key. some house races in nevada, we are going to have some polling to tell you about from nevada on the house side leader, but barack obama will be there. and before the election, you see both sides of pennsylvania, pennsylvania as you say, we will talk about the senate race in just a few minutes. but in georgia, tonight, where things began, that senate race, we will show you where it stands right

and obama says absolutely. jeffrey goldberg says what more can be done to see this through to make it happen sooner? and obama says essentially the old line i'd tell you but i have to kill you. i cannot toe jeffrey because your classified clearance is not high enough. what he meant by that the united states is already launched a covid action campaign in coordination with saudin arabia, qatar, turkey, jordan and israel to support al qaeda in iraq, in sierra. they called the moderate rebels they are nothing but the head chopper suicide bomber enemies from iraq or two. until that war ended up bleeding is john kerry explained in a secretly recorded discussion with syrian rebels, led to the ikeda forces and isis which split off from al qaeda decided not to march west to damascus but instead to go east and conquer all of western iraq. being to the islamic state which of the days of george w. bush was the wildest war propaganda of liars like t glenn >> said there is a fascist caliphate out there that's coming to get u

what kind of impact do republicans think barack obama can make?hat scares you? >> not in particular. before i address the politics of president obama campaign, i want to address with the governor said. i agree wholeheartedly with everything he said. what happened to the pelosi household and mr. pelosi is terrible. it is disgusting. i'm very concerned, candidly in our politics, starting to treat politicians like something less than human. they are not entities, human entities like the rest of us, there to be disrespected or violated in this way. it is awful. i wanted to of knowledge with the governor said, i totally agree. it is a sentiment everybody ought to be addressing tonight. on the politics of president obama campaigning, the reason he is campaigning in these important states is because joe biden can't. joe biden one of the biggest liabilities for democrats in this election. barack obama still pretty popular guy, popular among democrats to control crowd, joe biden has had trouble drawing crowds. i understand why he is on the campaign trail.

are just turning 18 and were only three or four when i was elected, my name is barack obama. i was the 44th president of the united states, and i have the best jumpshot in white house history. that's what i do. >> stephen: he has the best jumpshot. but not the best dunk-- that was president rutherford b. hayes. the "b" stands for "baller." then, to make his case, obama showed the youths that he's still hashtag with it. >> i've heard a lot recently about how voting doesn't solve everything, and i can see why you might think that. it won't make "outer banks" or "euphoria" season 3 or rihanna's new album drop any faster.

let's look at the obama administration. if you could talk about the evolution of the policy of syria why wasn't there more of a response afterwards and why wasn't it happening yet? >> guest: one has to put one's self back in time in 2011. the obama administration when the arab spring is breaking out. i happened to have been back in the late '80s a reporter covering the fall of communism and the perils were amazing. there was a sense of history turning so it was exciting in a way. there were the democracies on the horizon and the obama administration had to quickly scramble what to do about the movement, how to respond with egypt and other places aspiring to be free of dictatorship and so our initial response was condemning violins and dictators and then the president of syria must go. the problem was it was ruled by an extremely brutal family that was prepared to sacrifice anything and destroy the country to stay in power in a way that others were not. russia, number one, and iran. both saw the vital national interest and e

it's barack obama to the rescue. the dynamic duo are expected to get back together and bail out democrats in pennsylvania. obama is sure to be a welcome sight because back in d.c., joe biden has all but checked out. instead of barnstorming the country with a flood of midterm rallies, biden was getting his updated covid booster shot and yamerring on about the pandemic he said was over. he's just no use to his party who are struggling hard to deliver a coherent message. but top democrats strategist james carville thinks his party can be saved. but there's a catch. >> if we keep this kind of npr foundation strategy of left politics, we're going to lose. i'm telling the same elite coastal people, forget everything. we are going to advertise and push the fact that they want to throw people off of medicare and social security. and they want to shut the government down to do it. and that's how you win. >> jeanine: you know, dana, it was, i believe, in november of 2021 that james carville started talking about the wokeness a

>> i mean, of course obama does. to that rally in georgia in front of 7000 people, that is not a small number. i'll tell you this, tiffany, i'm a professor at morgan state university. i was talking to my students earlier this week, i have a large number of students, i'm not critical of them, but i have a large number of students who are not yet registered to vote. fortunately, we are in the state of maryland, right? the state of maryland, it's easy to early register, you go downtown. but what is said to me is that even in a really blue state, where you have a black man who is likely to be elected governor, nobody had reached out to my students yet. nobody had made that a reality for them to get register to vote. i'm going to get it handled, that means a local democratic party, organizers, activists did not do. it is bigger than just rallies. it's bigger than just having celebrities coming an interview you. we have to do with a day in and day out. i'm saying this because my students are too young to care about obama,

i campaigned against candidate obama, then after clinton lost, i was fortunate enough to join the obamaampaign. david: what did then senator obama say about that? brian: the good news was i was junior enough in camp -- in the campaign that senator obama was not aware of my transition. david: what was the biggest thing you accomplished in the obama administration, in your view? brian: my big project was to work as part of the team that did the restructuring of general motors and chrysler. that was basically -- many of you will recall -- from november to december of 2008 right through to the summer of 2009. david: after the obama administration, you joined the darkside of money management and you worked for blackrock in charge of global sustainability. what were you doing at blackrock? brian: two things -- one was trying to actually do financial research to understand what our drivers of long-term economic performance -- are drivers of long-term economic performance that are relevant not on the mind of traditional investors. to give you a concrete example, one of the most persistent measu

obama won michigan back in 2008 and 2012.o start power may help shore up support among democrats who made him feel is motivated to show up on election day. >> this election requires every single one of us to do our pa parts. it's that important. no i think it's fair to say this country has gone through some tough times these past few ye years. we have been through some stuff brickwork cnn poll out this week still shows whitmer with the lead of unlikely voters. the gap appears to be closing. dixon is getting some last-minute support from former president trump. a political group tied to trump is launching a last-minute ad by to help her in this final stretch of the race predicts intel's box she knows their focus and so many issues. crime in particular has people's attention. >> is a problem people are feeling and you have problem with overdoses here we have quite a bit of sentinel coming across our border. we are seeing that much more often now progress dixon is also focusing heavily on education reach him or not she's going t

they've done nothing to win over the people who voted for obama, the working class who vote for obama they've increased their disdangerous -- disdain for them. and, of course, it doesn't help when you have an economy like this. last word, charlie. >> cool does not fill your gas tank or buy your groceries. rachel: you guys are great. honestly, i learned a lot in this segment, thanks so much for joining us, charlie, alexandra. don't miss charlie op on "the big sunday show today." let's turn to rick reichmuth. rick: rachel, i'm getting chilly out here. we're going to have a really cold air mass settle in this week. right now temps not that bad, 40 degrees in chicago, 36 up in fargo. but we are going to start to watch reinforcing batches of cold air begin to surge down across participants of the south even as far south as the north part of florida. temps are going to be much, much cooler than they have been, 15-20 degrees below average. by the time we get towards wednesday morning, jackson, or mississippi, 34 degrees. 34 in atlanta, add a little bit of elevation, and you're going to be se

. >> also that the obama administration policy now. cap the red light present obama use the word.chemical weapons were used in the obama administration, what happened to the redline? why there wasn't more of a response after we use chemical weapons? why it didn't happen. that really gets to the bigger issues. that to put oneself back in time in 2011. getting into its third year when aaron -- is covering the middle east as a diplomatic reporter at the time. the fall of communism. too amazing to all of us to witness both events. who had a sense of history turning. middle east of all places. that a quickly scramble what to do. how do you respond to a question but they certainly identify with these protesters and other places are sparring to be free of dictatorship. condemning violence thing the leader must go fred qaddafi must go. and then a side of the president of sierra must go. the problem was it is ruled by an extremely brutal family that was prepared to sacrifice anything. was prepared to destroy the country in order to stay in power. they're backed by two extremely powerful le

meantime, president obama, former president obama and former president trump were out on the campaigne impact of trump and obama out there and what does that say about biden cooling his heels in delaware? >> joe biden is a drag on the democrat party and the ticket. he is hiding because no one wants him. let me just tell you, john, joe biden is going to campaign on election eve next monday, one week from today in baltimore, maryland. it's the deepest blue city in a blue state. he is not out there trying to win any of these marginal districts because he is dragging them down. his radical agenda, his disastrous policies, and the effect they have had on the american people. from the economy, crime, open borders, you name it. the country is going in the wrong direction and that's why we are going to win the senate races. >> john: what's the effect of having obama and trump out there. obama is a rock star in the party as is president trump, but a huge shelacking when obama saw 63 democratic seats disappear and president trump lost the 2020 election. >> barack obama is clearly a very popular

the only person more popular among african voters than barack obama is his wife michelle obama.tely he can galvanize the progressive base. but don't shortchange what he needs to middle america who is longing for america to be brought together in this ideal that we can tackle big things if we come together. >> cornell, the people on the right firmly entrenched. the people on the left firmly entrenched. is the obama stumping for the folks you are talking about, the people in the middle? as you say, this is uncharted territory for a lot of presidents. he's being brought out as the big gun to make sure they can cross that finish line especially in a critical state like georgia. that message of optimism that we just talked about, like you said, with that michael b. interview, it is such a dark time. do you think that's something that's enough to carry them across this finish line. >> look, there is not one variable. there is not one silver bullet. but i would push back on one thing. yeah, they're entrenched on the left, but they are not as motivated and enthusiastic on the left as th

and the obama administration didn't do it. and it has to be said that today the biden administration doesn't do it in terms of our forces in poland that were mobilized there to deter russian aggression and reinforce naito. i know because i asked and the unit disagreed, but they had higher levels of the biden administration. it was not a i approved, but there were opportunities to get close to the action because this was a war where we worked with a vast array of partners, all in partners who will take you. they didn't have any particular requirements about security, namely your security. and so i was able to go with the peshmerga in mosul in sinjar. i was able to go with the iraqi counterterrorist service. and in in west mosul and i was able to interview general mazloum in syria and also on positive side on the military. well, there was no formal embedding process. i was able to do what they call a battlefield circulation and where you move around the battlefield. but general townsend and people like colonel pat work, who was

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here's what he said. >> do you talk to obama still? >> i was obama's favorite artist. obama met with me and my mama to say that he was running for office back in 2008. and that he wanted the support. everybody was so into this idea of a black president. we were always cool. it's also like how many of us are there? you know, obama level, ye level, virgil level? just black, so brilliant that we cut through all of the lines of racism. you just can't get rid of us. nat king cole level. dave chapelle level. some plays we would have to be friends to get along. you are at that level. you are formula one lewis hamilton racecar driver. you are still driving a white car, but we are the best racecar drivers that ever existed. that was me and obama's connection. but he wasn't saying the things i was supposed to say as a rapper. our connection faded. >> you don't talk to him anymore? >> i will talk to him if i see him. but i guarantee when he sees me, i just thought that sounded cool. one idea that was in my head about three minutes ago that i really want to say that is really inte

top story, y'all -- future president michelle obama's husband, barack obama, can do no wrong in my eyesr husbands, the "pod save america" boys and denouncing liberal's most effective tool, holding voters to a standard so high that republicans can easily limbo under it to political domination. >> sometimes people just want to not feel as if they are walking on eggshells and they want some acknowledge that life is messy and that all of us at any given moment can, you know, say things the wrong way, you know, make mistakes. michelle talks about her mother, my mother-in-law, and, as michelle points out, she's 86. you know, and sometimes trying to get the right phraseology when talking about issues, michelle's like, that's like her trying to learn spanish, and that's okay. >> wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. learning spanish is not that hard. i did it during a semester abroad in barcelona. joining me in the echo chamber is former biden communication director who can seamlessly pivot your story about your kid's illness to the jobs report, jordan polce. >> good evening. >> former dnc chair who thinks

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even before obama was running for office, barack obama who kind of setthe record for the number of threats . there are thousands per month that are registered d in one way or another. somebody on a stool, a little bit had too many to drink this is going to kill the president. just an email for more friendly in l white supremacist chatter group somebody writes what they're planning to do or more often as with too many case studies a person with some mental struggles me.. they are so, like late 1900s in terms of what they have four tools at their disposal. something seven upgraded but even in 2017 when donald trump was just a few months into his presidency, they had another jumper incident where the person got over five different fences and was on the grounds for 15 minutes without being interrupted. jiggled the door on the east wing to get in and wandered around, again no one touching him. why? because the cameras, the fence line, the alarms, the senses, so many parts of it were failing. this can be the most protected 18-acre compound if all those things were on the fritz. >> there is that

what upsets me about obama is there two obama's: the obama who spoke sense a couple of weeks ago talkingrats should be happier or be nicer and get rid of this woke stuff, and then everything he just said there is the opposite. it's the kind of twitter hyperbole, saving democracy. that's what the crazy people say. that is for max boot game jennifer rubin. it's not for you. and then the "owning the libs" thing: that is twitter speak. he basically cut himself into two obama's, and i found that kind of sad. it's weird to be in a party where you don't want the people voting for you to see who leads the party. it reminds me of the "house of cards," where kevin spacey, the scandal destroyed the french are so they thought they could do the show without him. that's what they are doing with joe. i don't think it's going to work. >> katie work you inspired when you saw a crowd inspired to barack obama? that was more than i've ever seen at a biden rally. >> he was trying to pace out late in the game, but he's also inspiring the base who is out there as well. president obama doesn't have a lot of cre

but obama has a specific strategy.campaign with the podcast. -- which is hosted by four of his former aides. this is what he had to say about donald trump and other maga candidates. >> we spend a norm is amounts of time and energy and resources, pointing out the latest, crazy thing he said, or you know, how rude or mean, you know, some of these republican candidates behaved. that's probably not something that, in the minds of most voters, over either basic interests. can i pay the ransom? what our gas prices? how my dealing with childcare, et cetera? right? obama went on to talk about how the important message to build was building durable majorities and equal treatment for everyone. >> and not taking the gop debate on anti identity politics and gop wokeness. is he right? let's do my own solar panel. joe washes a congressman for the state of illinois. he's no longer republican. and maria is an msnbc political analyst. she's also the author of the new book, once i was you. which is her memoir adapted now for younger rea

we need another obama with good support.anyway, my question is, what you think of the national popular contact? >> i am a big believer in the fact that electoral college is a terrible antidemocratic relic -- we should absolutely get rid of it. there's no easy way, the vote compact is a product laws that say they would give their electors to the popular vote so biden lost pennsylvania, there was a trigger mechanism to do that but recruiting states i think for decades now, you would need to get to all of them to go into place especially around the constitution. it would be hard in a world of republicans, they most popular election in all but one election so republican states will not agree but this is the question from the balcony, this is the work you do you are prepared when you can possibly strike. >> this is a final question. >> thank you for the excellent talk. there's a lot of problems as you have described, situation feels alvery bleak but at the same tie there are many phases in american history so i'm wondering what y

the obama administration didn't do it. and today the biden administration doesn't do it in terms of those in poland that were mobilized due to russia aggression. i know because i asked and they agreed to those higher levels of the biden administration. but there are more opportunities to get close to the action because this is a war where we were up with a vast array of partners they have no particulary, requirements. so i can go if the iraqi counterterrorism service and then on the military i was able to do a battlefield circulation for those who is a key person in the battle for west bozo i had that type of access that the embedding was with the partner forces as undersecretary of defense for policy in the obama administration the administration decision is the important antecedent that michael describes in his book. to go walk us through those eckey milestones can you provide your insight into the policy debates to the 2011 iraq withdrawal? >> and how important it is and then to have conflicts not learned lessons to cap

. >> so many, even before obama president obama was running for office,a barack obama who set te record for the number of threats, there are thousands per month that are registered in one way or another may be in a bar, somebody on a stool maybe had too many to drink and said is i going to kill the president to justin e-mail or in a white supremacist chatter group somebody writes with her planing to do. or more often here in the exceptional case study a person with some mental struggles or maybe in a crisis mental health state besides for the way to solve their problems is the killer president. >> everybody has to be taken fiercely, you don't know whether somebody who sends an e-mail as a serious threat or not you have to investigate everything. a number of times in the book we hear more agents, were agents, were agent. we need more agents and there are number of any jokes you can count in which the service itself or they go to congress and we need more agents, the problems were understaffed. is not necessarily after all you reporting and you concluded the answer to a better secret serv

t if anyone knows how tough midterms are it's president obama. difference do you think he can make in georgia for raphael warnock? >> first of all, president obama is a star in the democratic party. what he is doing, going to the handful of states, is to ene energize votes to come out. democracy is on the line. he is such a great sur drogate r the democrats to be enter skbriezing people. i would be remiss if i didn't mention paul pelosi. he has been a friend of mine for 40 years. literally one of the nicest people you have ever met. and i communicated with the speaker several hours ago and to think what that family is going through today, it is just wrong. and we as a nation have got to come together. we got to go back to the united states of america. i am on the show with scott. we differ politically. that doesn't mean we want be friends. scott used to work for mitch mcconnell when i was governor the last year. the secretary of transportation was married to mitch mcconnell. i had billions of dollars in infrastructure projects. i went to see her