you look at bush, you look at obama, clinton, you look at bush original, you have 389 versus 182. these are approval. clinton, 357 versus 182. you look at president obama, 364 versus 182. these are nominations approved. what they are doing to us. we have unbelievable people in there waiting to be approved. i do believe that mitch is going to start pushing them hard. he can do that. he wants to do that. he also wants to get the judicial nominations through. he wants to get them through fast, too. reporter: could i follow on that? you seem to have a spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and the house minority leader. when it came to this idea for a fix of daca. every proposal you have put forth and spend a have rejected. where is this relationship? pres. trump: i hope to have a relationship. if we don't, we don't. we have races coming up. i think we will probably do very well. if we get taxes approved, we will do unbelievably well. many of the senators are running in states i won by massive amounts. over 20%, sometimes 30%. by over 40% over the democrat in some cases

you look at bush, clinton, obama, bush original, you look at clinton, 357 versus 182. these are nominations approved and what they are doing to us. we have unbelievable people waiting to be approved.

one is the obama administration looked the other way when russian interests were trying to get a foothold here during hillary clinton's tenure at the state department. that was in one or two articles. bill clinton gave a very expensive speech in russia and soon thereafter hillary clinton was sitting on the board of a group. she had decision-making power, a group that allowed, had jurisdiction over who would get uranium rates. 20% went to russian interests. it's easy to connect the dots for americans to understand. i think the reason the democrats are saying nothing to see here, i know nothing is because nobly wants to take response building. this is exactly why a significant majority of americans up until election day last year said they find hillary clinton to neither be honest nor trustworthy. they feel like there is something dirty and irrefutable going on. now they've got everybody saying i don't know. somebody was involved. i have seen anywhere from a few million dollars to $9 million in reporting. the last time a party spent several million dollars and couldn't figure out whether th

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

if you look at obama, clinton, they were not able to get it there. if you look at other administrations come they cannot get it done. president obama after a long time was able to push it through but pushed for something that failed. badly.failed we're meeting right now, democrat and republican to work on something really special. i really think we have a very good chance and i think mitch feels the same way, of getting the taxes done. hopefully fairly long before the end of the are, that is what we'd like to see. >> let me just ask what the president said. the goal is to get it done this calendar year but it is important to remember that obama signed obamacare in march of year two. of them assigned dodd-frank in july of year two. we're going to get this job done and the goal is to get it done by the end of the year. [crosstalk] >> just to finish up mitch, nine months. so we could have a long way to go. and that is ok. -- the >> on health care, and a recent speech is said the only problem i have with mitch mcconnell is that should never have happened.

you know, on president obama. look, in the first year of president obama's presidency in iraq and afghanistan, there were 466 military fatalities. so far this year, there have been 25. you were at the pentagon under president obama. how did you feel when you heard what president trump said? >> i was really sad to hear that, erin. really, really disappointed. of all the things a president does, the last thing that should be politicized is talking about the families of the fallen and how and when and where they're being contacted. you said it at the outset. president obama did this across a number of ways. he wrote letters. he made phone calls. he actually made it a point of every base visit he went to across the united states to take some time out and carve it out to meet with the families of the fallen that lived at or near that base. not to mention he went to visit the troops in iraq and afghanistan, which president trump hasn't done yet. i was really sad to see he chose to politicize this. i was equally sad this morn

unfair.y are doing is you look at bush, clinton, obama, bush original, you look at clinton, 357 versus 182. these are nominations approved and what they are doing to us. we have unbelievable people waiting to be approved. i think mitch is going to start pushing them hard. he also wants to get the judicial nominations through fast. >> could i follow on that? you seem to have a spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and the house minority leader. when it came to the budget and this idea of finding a fix for sincebut every proposal then they have critically rejected, where is this relationship? pres. trump: i hope to have a relationship. if we don't, we don't. we have races coming up. i think we are going to do well. if we get taxes approved, we will do unbelievably well. winningthe senators are and states that i won by massive amounts. i would like to give you that answer seven years from now. i hope to be able to. i like the concept of bipartisan. right now they are doing nothing but obstructing. if you think about it they are against major tax guts that is going to make

look, president obama his ad huge opportunity to support the green movement back in 2009.tead of supported the arab spring we should have fought for a persian spring. that's what president trump is going to push for now because the iranian people the persians are not our enemy. it is the mullahs and very severe form of this islamic extremism which rules them and we need to deal with that directly. >> martha: it's a great point. the power and the inspirational freedom lies deep in the heart of the people in iran. we hope that it's pursued. thank you so much to both of you for being here tonight. sergeant, thanks, and thanks for your service as well to this country. so breaking tonight, new accusations and allegations against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. >> i found out about harvey about a year ago. and i'm ashamed that i didn't say anything right then. >> martha: so how did this stay a secret for so long? and what other parts of the industry does it reach into? we will dig. in and there is breaking news in the las vegas massacre tonight as police stand by their time

so president obama looked at me, and suddenly i knew what could i do for my country. and i was standing in the oval office and i looked our commander and chief in the eye and i said, thank you for being a friend, bum bum bum bum, and as the thing i don't write about that i've always wondered there, a was a secret service agent in the hallway who couldn't see into he oval but could clearly heard and i always wondered what he most be thinking. >> i heard you read the audio book so you sing a good chunk of it. very poorly. >> thank you. >> so, i feel like just to sort of set the stage of the book to talk about who you are right before you went to the white house. someone with a touch of political experience but that's -- that first opportunity to enter the door. who that kid was as opposed to who you became. >> yeah. i always thought i was going to go into comedy after college. i did standup comedy when i was in high school. was the weird 15-year-old at the amateur night. did improv in college and then as a southeastern, i saw barack obama speak after the white house cauc

i think that piece is one of president obama was saying for years before that that when you look at thevalues that americans have they are not respected in washington and they should be. >> you already said that point but that the clarity of obama speaking was a reflection of his understanding and if someone, for example, was a clear and speaking -- >> i do thank you see a window into trust thought process which is jumbled. >> is there anything hardball and you see a great steven muller speech or one of trump's desperate. >> no, i don't think i'm just saying this because we are in manhattan and it's a for democrats but i do think that's when i read teleprompter, speeches i don't object -- i don't agree with the ideas, the language is fine but it is middling. it seems like so low a list of issues. the thing that drives me crazy is the danger that we lower the bar in general for what is presidential. when president obama would speak on the teleprompter we would get grief from the conservative media constantly and that is just a fact. when president successfully speaks of a teleprompter he

so president obama looked at me.and suddenly i knew what i can do for my country. and i was standing in the oval office and i looked our commander-in-chief in the eye and i said, thank you for being a friend. and that's the thing i don't write about that i've always wondered, there was a secret service agent in the hallway who couldn't see in but he clearly could hear it and i always wondered what hemust be thinking . >> so i heard you read this audiobook so you do a good chunk of it very poorly, i might add. i feel like just to set the stage for the book, to talk about who you are right before you went into the white house, someone with a touch of political experience but that first opportunity to get in the door, who was it and who you became quick i always thought i'd go into comedy after college. i did stand up in high school, i was the word weird 18-year-old at the amateur night. i did improv in college and when i was a senior, i was 21 years old and i saw barack obama speak at the iowa caucuses after he won that night and i was on a plane and it was one of tho

in terms of president obama. look at warren buffett's net worth, $78 billion.onations, hillary clinton and former president obama. larry ellison, $59 billion, makes political contributions to marco rubio who ran against donald trump. mark sucker berg -- mark zuckerberg, $100,000 of facebook sold in ads to russian firms. we heard about that controversy that continues and jeff bezos, stock has dropped and he has been vocal against donald trump so it is telling that amazon stock has dropped. >> one of the biggest reasons a lot of these billionaires are expressing liberal opinions is public relations. these people are not stupid, they are business people and i think one of the reasons they are doing this is pr. people like mark zuckerberg and warren buffett love the positive attention thrown at them by the beautiful people in hollywood and journalists when they espouse liberal views. it is not about some caring about average americans. very hard to be a conservative today. if you're coming out as a conservative you will deal with negative coverage, hostile articles

obama looked great. why is it so much easier for presidents obama and bush to sort of speak truth to that angry base, speak truth to power, understand they're not facing election but it would seem to me unpatriotic not to say what presidents obama and bush did today which is again, bigotry is emboldened, our politics are vulnerable to conspiracy theorys. why isn't the duty of everybody, democrat and republican, to speak out against these forces. they're undeniably ripping us apart. >> it's taken some time. here we are, basically 10, almost 11 months into this. and i think a lot of people thought, well, surely after month three or month seven and now at month ten, and i think for president bush to come out now and speak tells me what all the rest of us should know is that this president isn't going to change. so we can't go for the next three years without saying anything. >> he is a revolutionary destabilizing president. and so the people, particularly somebody like president bush, who believes in democr

so you look at even bush, you look at obama, you look at clinton and look at bush, you have 389 versus 182. these are approvals. look at clinton, 357, versus 182. you look at president obama, 346 versus 182. these are nominations approved and what they're doing to us. we have unbelievable people. they're waiting to be approved. they're waiting for a long period of time. i believe mitch will start pushing them very hard. he can do that and he wants to do that. he wants to get judicial nominations through and get them through faster. [shouting questions] >> go ahead, john. reporter: could i follow on that, you seem to have a budding spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and house minority lead, when it came to the budget, when it came to the idea of finding a fix for daca but you have proposal you quoted since then they have critically rejected. with are is the relationship? >> i hope to have the a relationship. if we don't we don't. we have races coming up, as you know, a year from now. i think we'll probably do very well. i can say this, if we get taxes approved, we'll

obama: i find we have to talk with other people. i will have a picture and i looknd i go, what was that? [laughter] mrs. obama: where was i? i do not remember. people will tell me stories, do you remember when the pope said this? i met the pope? big things, you know. that is how big the rush of experience is, or at least was for me, that it was like a thing after a thing, a big thing after a big thing, and you get to the end of the week and i would have a friend say, that was a lovely dinner, and i am like what dinner? the state dinner. oh man, that was tuesday? i forgot all about that. this is giving me a chance to look back and feel it. shonda: and pull it all in. mrs. obama: yes. the process feels good. shonda: that will be a good book to read. mrs. obama: i hope people read it. shonda: when is it coming? mrs. obama: about a year. this time next year. shonda: what do you wish women would do with their time? mrs. obama: invest in themselves. you know, i wish more women would find ways to put themselves higher on their priority list. [applause] shonda: yeah. what

you look at obama. you look at clinton and you look at bush original, you have 389 versus 182. these are approvals. you look at clinton, 357 versus 182. you look at president obama 364 versus 182. these are nominations approved and what they're doing to us, we have unbelievable people in, and they're waiting to be approved. i do believe that mitch will start pushing them very hard and he can do that and he wants to do that. he also wants to get the judicial nominations through, and he wants to get them through faster. >> how about on health care? [ indiscernible ] >> go ahead, john. >> i can just follow on that if i could, please? you seem to have a budding spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and the house minority leader when it came to the budget and it came to this idea of finding a fix for daca, but every proposal that you have floated since then they have very critically rejected. so where is this relationship? >> well, i hope to have a relationship. if we don't, we don't. i mean, we have races coming up, as you know, in a year from now. i can say this, i

if you look at obama, first of all, you look at clinton, they weren't able to get it done. you look at other administrations, they weren't able to get it done. so you understand, the republican party is very, very unified. not even good politicians but they are good at obstruction. >> i femts very badly about that. it's the toughest calls i have to make are the calls where this happens. soldiers are killed. it's a very difficult thing. i'd like to see it end. the whole russian thing was an excuse. excuse me. the whole russian thing was an excuse for the democrats losing the election. puerto rico is very tough because of the fact it's an island, but it's also tough because, as you know, it was in very poor shape before the hurricanes ever hit. all i can say is it's totally fake news. it's just fake. it's fake. it's made up stuff. >> we have the very best of the best on board to break it down. our white house reporters from "the washington post," ashley parker, from the los angeles times, brian bennet, from "the new york times," glen thrush and nbc's peter alexander who was a

so you look at even bush, you look at obama, you look at clinton and you look at bush original, you have 389 versus 182. these are approvals. you look at clinton, 357 versus 182. you look at president obama, 364 versus 182. these are nominations approved. what they're doing to us, we have unbelievable people and they're waiting to be approved. they have been waiting for a long period of time. i do believe mitch is going to start pushing them very hard and he can do that, and he wants to do that. he also wants to get the judicial nominations through and he wants to get them through fast, too. >> reporter: could i just follow on that, if i could. you seem to have a budding spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and house minority leader when it came to the budget, when it came to this idea of finding a fix for daca but every proposal you have floated since then, they have very critically rejected. so where is this relationship? >> well, i hope to have a relationship. if we don't, we don't. we have races coming up in, as you know, in a year from now. i think we are going to p

that yet. >> are you implying you believe the president is just anxious to make it look like he's undoing anything obama touched? is that your concern here with obamacare? >> i don't know about, that chuck. what i am concerned is, look, i just don't think there's any policy here. what i am concerned in terms of rejecting everything that obama's done. and look, i disagreed with president obama a lot of the time. one of the things i am concerned about is the drift that we are in right now in terms of america and the world. chuck, there's a battle now. the russians and the chinese want author aritarian type government. the iran thing, we'll see how that turns out. there is an issue here where we're weakening the things that we put in place after world war ii to keep the world safe and reflect our values. we can't afford to walk away. if we walk away, this thing collapses. who wins? the authoritarians. the russians and the chinese. not good for our country and not good for freedom. >> there seems to be a massive battle taking place inside this republican party. steve bannon yesterday at a confab of folks, c

i have to say this. >> i have to leave it here. >> look under bush and obama. >> 44 -- look at the past4 years, 1972 to 2016. and the average typical american is actually adjusted for inflation, is making less today than was making in 1972, with all of the tax cuts from reagan and bush. >> all right. we will continue this conversation. and on the truth or truthiness of lack there of, thank you both. >> we're going to get it done. >> and next. president trump says the cuban government is to blame for the attacks on u.s. diplomats. is that true? trump famously celebrated his response to hurricane maria in this town in puerto rico, today we went back to find yeah, they maybe have some paper towels, guess what, still no power, still no clean water. ...you might be missing to stasomething... ♪ ...your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite. it helps replenish nutrients your eyes can lose as you age. nourish your eyes to help keep them healthy. ocuvite. be good to your eyes. >>> breaking news, president trump blaming cuba for the mysterious attack on at least 22 american diplomats and family member

obama. let's watch what the president said just last week. >> the traditional way, if you look at president ama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. a lot of them didn't make calls. as far as other representatives, i don't know. i mean you could ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama. you could ask other people. i don't know what obama's policy was. >> look, guys, i thought the general, when he stayed in his position, in his lane he was fantastic, talking about what it's like to lose a son, the protocol, went through the icing of the bodies. how can you beat that. but this thing of the sacredness of women, i think of trump and har vie weinstein. i thought that was a culture war shot that he didn't have to take. the sacredness of a woman sounds like fragile little deers, the better half and all of that old nonsense. it's harmless unless you're fighting for equality and also about choice and life. the old shot in there. i thought it was a general cultural attack line against all of the enemies of trump. >> i'm not sure women were treated so fantastically well in some

obama? >> well, look, president obama isn't a guy who itches every morning to go out there and find what campaignicipate in. he's dedicated to the process but he's not the same kind of political animal that bill clinton was. and i think that what you saw was president obama seeing this as an opportunity to, a, be helpful in virginia and, b, make a comment about, you know, the state of politics in america today. i think what he delivered was a very powerful indictment of the tone and tenor of what's happening in washington, the kind of conversations that we're having and the lifting up of some of the worst elements in our society. it was refreshing to hear from president obama and the ovation he got in that room was something i think a lot of us were feeling. then on president george w. bush, i have to say as a democrat it was surprising to hear such -- to take such comfort in words from a guy i spent so much time disagreeing with, but he gave a powerful speech yesterday as well. >> it seemed as if there was something that moved president bush to say what he said yesterday. there was some sort of

there are american source conspiracy theories, like the one you referenced earlier about michelle obama. lookse things up for fun and profit, and the russians just grabbed a lot of them and threw them back. or take police violence. every time have there is a vile video of police video in america, there is a pretty good chance it would show up in some form on facebook group controlled by this operation in russia. a beating or a shooting or a death, these guys were harvesting the things that are making americans most angry, and holding a mirror back at us to show us the things that were worst about our own country. >> you know, my wife is in local news for a year. and she would tell me when i came home tonight, agreed hear the czech tv and russian telephone showed up because there was an eviction in d.c. any time there is any socially bad news that could make us look bad on the social front, the communist in those days were there to exploit it. it seems like that game began a long time ago, the russians looking for our weak side. >> exactly. the strategy of the russians around the world, includ

you look at bush, you look at obama, you look at clinton, and you look at bush originally. you have 389 versus 182. these are approvals. you look at clinton, 357 versus 182. 182.dent, 364 versus these are nominations approved and what they're doing to us -- we have unbelievable people in there waiting to be approved. they have been waiting to be approved for a long time. i believe mitch will push them very hard. he will do that and wants to do that. you want to get the judicial nominations through and he wants to get them through fast. go ahead. >> can i just follow on the? you seem to have a budding spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and the house minority leader when it came to the budget and the idea daca.everya fix for proposal you have had since then they have critically rejected. so where is this relationship? pres. trump: i hope to have a relationship. if we don't, we don't. we have races coming up as you know in a year from now. i think we will probably do very well. i can say this, if we get taxes approved we will do unbelievably well. many of th

look, i just don't think there is any policy here. what i am concerned in terms of rejecting everything that obama has done, and look i disagreed with presidentngs i am concerned about is the drift that we are in right now in terms of america and the world. chuck, there is a battle now. the russians and the chinese want authoritarian type government and we are walking away from our allies. there is an issue here where we're weakening the things that we put in place after world war ii to keep the world safe and reflect our values. we can't afford to walk away, chuck, because if we walk away, this things collapses and who new fast play games are out ...and lucky you has progressive top prizes. bet i can clear these shelves faster than you can play. ready...go!! (cans/condiments hitting the floor) i won! fast play. play fast. win instantly. ♪ musguys, i'm good. say goodbye to distractions. now you can last longer with new k-y duration spray. ♪ musguys, i'm good. say goodbye to distractions. now you can last longer with new k-y duration spray. >>> flames fanned like a hurricane and every single structure in a couple of neighborhoods gone. >> mass

look, i just don't think there is any policy here. what i am concerned in terms of rejecting everything that obama has done, and look i disagreed with presidenttime. but one of the things i am concerned about is the drift that we are in right now in terms of america and the world. chuck, there is a battle now. the russians and the chinese want authoritarian type government and we are walking away from our allies. there is an issue here where we're weakening the things that we put in place after world war ii to keep the world safe and reflect our values. we can't afford to walk away, chuck, because if we walk away, this things collapses and who wins? the russians and the chinese. not good for our country and not good for freedom. >> there seems to be a massive battle inside this republican party. steve bannon yesterday declared it a season of war against the republican establishment, singling out people like bob corker in particular and thought it was outrageous he cared to criticize the president. what do you make of what steve bannon is doing to the republican party. >> i was on a show not long ago saying i'm disamointed in the direction of

. >> trevor: the book is really looking at obama's tenure. >> right, right. >> trevor: looking at thathat this is a pessimistic outlook on what those eight years meant? >> my editors never"n say welli tell them s this going to be hopeful,. >> trevor: right. >> is this going to be ownership or pessimistic, so it is hard for me to answer that as a practitioner it is what it was. you know, it's not really in my mind. i'm trying to get answers. >> trevor: right. >> and if those answers tend to be depressing, then i think that is because of a previous stories that maybe we've told ourselves about the world. >> trevor: that's interesting. because i have seen a few white people who have said how you can con dem this country. ta-nehisi, i hear what you arew3 saying and you are write about the slavery and are you right ab'rt about segregation and are you right about mass incarceration, but really, is it that bad? >> i mean in my mind i don't see myself condemning the country. i think what it is, it's usually, if you believe in the american exceptionallist myth, you think america is show higher

at obama, first of all, you lookey were not able to get it done, other administrations were not able. president obama after a long period of time was able to push it through. but push through something that has failed. failing badly. we're meeting democrat, republican are meeting right now, right now they are working on something special. charles: here with me now nick adams. founder and new book coming out tomorrow, the case against the establishment, author. and nick, let me start with you, a third bestseller. president trump used a lot of executive orders pushing hard to dismantle a lot of elements from obama legacy. how are they going to be reconstituted with this congress this establishment. >> you really wouldn't want to put money on it. charles: but the stakes are high, president trump has done his part. now obamacare, daca, a few other things are in the laps of the congress who can't get anything done. >> they have to step up, president has done the hard work, paved way, now it is time for those people who ca

way, if youtional look at obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. a lot of them didn't make calls. i like to think it is appropriate and when i am able to do it. trump making calls to families of soldiers killed in action. >> i was told he didn't and a lot of presidents. >> the claims were met my visceral reactions. aids of the last three presidents spoke out to say that is simply not true. eric holder tweeted "stop lying. you are the president. i went to dover airport with 44 to see him comfort families of fallen military." sanders says the president wasn't criticizing his predecessors, rather stating a fact. adrianna: trump says he will declare a national emergency to address the opioid epidemic. but he needs a new nominee. , reno informed him he withdrew his name for consideration after an investigation by the washington post and 60 minutes that claimed the republican helped it harder for the dea to take drug companies. the measure sailed through congress last year. and it happened again. another person arrested for jumping over the concrete barr

the obama administration looked at only the fissile elements.ally speaking, you can say, yes, it's a program. they are not increasing the amount of rich uranium. with the iranians are doing and it's so obvious a child can see it is that the program of the visible material is frozen, they are working rapidly on the web as a weaponization, which is the other part you need, and the ballistic missiles, what you can see. the weapon is in a military felicity. it was supposed to be investigated under the obama administration and before the signing of the agreement to make sure it hadn't been used in the past for weaponization. of course, obama and kerry caved on that. we are not allowed to inspect. we allowed the iranians to inspect themselves, which is a joke. they are developing a nuclear weapon. it's a violation of the spirit of the agreement because of the way they look at it. and half a decade, they will be able to resume the fissile material, enriching uranium, they will have it weaponize, they will have the missiles. >> bret: you think when you

, if they had looked at barack obama in a way that measured their own expectation, you know, they would not have had the necessary -- the need to rebel against him. >> this is a long history of this. if you look at the history of lynchings and race riots, often the places that are attacked are middle class "well-to-do" black areas because they stand in violation of the very idea of whiementsy. they offend the heirarchy. barack obama was the same. >> rose: offending the hierarchy. >> yes. he wasn't below. as so many people said he gave evidence to the idea that my child could be president. well, there are others on the other side of that equation who take evidence of something else which explains where our politics are now. >> rose: what was the expression that martin luther king said that the arc bends toward justice. do you believe that? >> no. >> rose: you don't? no, i think it bends toward chaos, an chaos means you don't know. could be good, could be bad. we'll see. i hope for good, but you just don't know. >> rose: in your judgment, what are the, you know -- what are the core

if you look at obama, first of all, you look at clinton, they weren't able to get it done. you look at other administrations, they weren't able to get it done. president obama, after a long period of time, was able to finally push it through, but push through something that is now failed. really failing badly. but again, we're meeting democrat, republican, are meeting right now, and right now, they're working on something very special. i have to tell you, i really believe that we have a very good chance. >> let's bring in our congressional correspondent phil mattingly up on capitol hill. phil, is the president right? will tax reform get done this year? >> reporter: wolf, when you talk to congressional leaders, both republican and democrats, they're willing to acknowledge a reason the full scale tax overhaul hasn't been done in 31 years. ten weeks not a lot to time of complete it, currently as it stands republicans are working with nine-page framework. they haven't moved it through the house or senate. it's worth noting when you talk to republican aides who are deeply involv

obama. >> the traditional way of you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't makepropriate when i think i'm able to do it. >> earlier you said president obama never called the families of fallen soldiers. how can you make that -- >> i was told he didn't often and a lot of presidents don't, they write letters. excuse me, peter. i do a combination of poet. i like, when i can, a combination of a call and also a letter. >> trevor: wow, okay. i don't know if you notice what he just did there. see what he said? president obama never called. i call and i write. i also haven't called and i didn't write but i do except when i don't which is now. pretty much now. yeah. ( cheers and applause ) i deserve credit. oh, get out, go! what are you doing here? get out of here! ( applause ) sorry. it's the locals. ( laughter ) i feel really bad for mitch mcconnell, man. i'm not going to lie because this day was supposed to be about showing off unity, right? instead, the trump train derailed what was supposed to be a simple photo opportunity. i don't know why republicans insist on lett

. >> no, just -- all i'm asking is look at what his record is with obama, then. look at what he's -- >> what's he done on guns that you're upset about, though? just so -- >> i honestly, i'm not -- i don't know enough about that to answer that truthfully. >> can i just ask why are you upset about eric holder? >> because he's anti-gun. >> what has he done that's anti-gun? >> i don't have all the facts but i know he's anti-gun. >> there's no specific thing he's done that you guys are upset about? >> look at his press releases. >> i will. but what press release? about what? >> anything -- >> that was in alaska in 2010. eric holder, the nation's first african-american attorney general, had only been serving in that role since the previous year, but by 2010 he was already the object of ornate fantasies by people who really were invested in hating him, even for things he hadn't done. eric holder served as attorney general from 2009 to 2015, whereupon the republican-controlled senate finally consented to swear in loretta lynch as his successor. eric holidayer served for 1

when they look at who's responsible for many of them they look to the obama administration.proven consistent back from trump when all else fails, blame obama. the challenge is this is not something that's accurate in this situation. you cannot say that president obama did not do something that he actually did when we have proof to show that's what he actually did. it also reveals a bigger weakness of the president, a lack of his tore i kal context. he's talking about what previous presidents have done in situations like this, while giving no reason to believe that he's actually studied how previous presidents have responded to these indents. i think it would be in the best interest for the american people if this administration led by trump just took responsibility for not doing what most presidents actually have done, and that's called parents as quickly as possible when something like this happens. >> for context the president said he makes those calls when he's able to do it. he played 54 holes of golf in the last week and has not called the families. thank you, sir. >> t

. >> if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. >> reporter: former white house photographer pete souza responding with this image, showing president obama comforting a gold star family as multiple aides to the former president recall specific times obama consoled the families of fallen soldiers. obama's former deputy chief of staff lashing out at mr. trump on twitter. mr. trump also boasting about his administration's response to hurricane-ravaged puerto rico again, placing blame on local officials. >> it was in really bad shape before. we have done -- i will say this. we have done -- >> people don't have drinking water. >> we've delivered tremendous amounts of water. then what you have to do, you have to have distribution of water by people on the island. >> reporter: new cnn poll shows the president's approval rating in response to recent hurricanes has dropped 20 points since september as the majority of the island remains in the dark, one month after the storm. for the second day in a row, the president is expected to take questions from

look, the stock market rose steadily during president obama's administration. the economy continues to be relatively healthy. and it's kept rising. there is some confidence dividend that business has been reflecting. so i think he is contributed some to it. but it's not about president trump. in fact, if you look at other economic indicators, job growth has slowed since it's continued. but it has slowed since president trump took office. just wanted to go back to the one thing that you were saying with peter a moment ago. keep in mind where the president got to this issue of condolence calls yesterday. he was protecting himself. because he had not said anything about these fallen soldiers in niger for two weeks. so when he was asked about that, the way that he fought back was to cast doubt on what other presidents had done. and that is what politicized the issue. it was the self-protection inpulse in president trump. that's what he was referring to saying i'm going to fight back and it won't be pretty. it's not about the merit of the issue. it's not about the s

. >> to your point about using executive action, it sounds like president obama and looks a lot like it. that's what the democrats. they stick together and we are all over the place. >> it's easier to stick together when you are in the opposition. he has a point and i talked to so many republicans and i'm sure you have as well. about when democrats were in charge the way -- it wasn't easy, but the way nancy pelosi in the house and the obama presidency found ways to bridge the very big gaps between democrats, within the democratic party. they were not successful at other things. increasing the coal issue things like that. that's the difference between the dna of how the democratic caucus works and the republican caucus. it's much easier. >> and that effort is not being exerted to bring the republican party together. >> it took a lot of negotiation and compromising on the part of nancy pelosi to bring together the caucus of priorities. we don't see trump doing the same kinds of things or the republican leadership to get everybody into the tent and behind this policy. they are pushing i

you look at even bush, obama, clinton and bush original. you have 389 versus 182. these are approvals. you look at clinton. 357 versus 182. you look at president obama, 364 versus 182. these are nominations approved. and what they're doing to us. we have unbelievable people in there waiting to be approved. they've been waiting for a long period of time. i do believe mitch is gonna start pushing them very hard. he also wants to get the judicial nominations through. he wants to get them through fast, too. [ talking at the same time ] >> could i just follow on that. you seem to have a spirit of cooperation with the senate minority leader and house minority leader when it came to the budget, finding a fix for daca. but every proposal you have quoted since then they have very critically rejected. so where is this relationship? >> well, i hope to have a relationship. if we don't, we don't. we have races coming up, as you know, a year from now. i think we're gonna probably do very well. i can say this. if we get taxes approved, we're going to do unbelievably well. many of

." >> if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls -- >> the president hands off his political firestorm to the generals. >> my generals are going to keep us so safe. >> tonight, how the white house chief of staff tried to contain the president's controversy. and what we're learning about what happened in niger. >> do you think that you know enough about the deaths of the four soldiers in niger? >> of course not. >> then -- a then like that should have never been written. >> why the president is blaming the finn for the steel dossier. plus -- >> i'd say it was a 10. i give ourselves a 10. >> the scene in the oval office when puerto rico's governor wouldn't echo the president's perfect self-assessment. >> did we do a great job? >> what it looked like when president obama returned to the campaign trail today. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. two weeks after four american soldiers died while serving in the west african nation of niger, a lot of questions remain about the circumstances of their deaths. in fact,

obama, i was told he didn't often. a lot of presidents don't. >> those aren't true. >> if you look at how many died under the bush administration and under the obama administration, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan, i think it's pretty obvious that they didn't call every single time. again, i go back to this. i think the president was trying to clean it up the second time when he was talking about there. i go back to that i hate this is taking away from the four family members. i think the white house press secretary tried to clean it up clearly in the day. it's unfortunate it has turned into a political talking point. >> i am happy to see you and chris are honoring these men who served and died for our country. that's not something that we have seen from this white house. ben is right there were more soldiers and members of the military that died in the past during the bush administration and early parts of the obama administration, but that has not changed the fact he has not called these soldiers' families shocking. there's a protocol that happens through the department of defense that notifies the next of kin. there's n