the stories and think i didn't even mention the bullets that pierced the residents of the white house and mrs. obamananas. >> if you are the first lady and you find out from the white house usher five days later the house that your children were in was shot at while you were away, that's not a good way to learn that information if you are a mom much less the first lady. >> we get into the trump years and one of the big takeaways first of all the cost there is a lot of cost associated were far in excess of what we knew a whole lot of people were protected in the trump years by the service more than the normal administration. >> yes actually it was breaking the bank there were 42 people including the president and at one point john kelly ended up being chief of staff tries to get some people to give up their detail because they are not under any security threat singly not have enough money to protect the president can we have yourai detail and he goes bananas others gives them up kellyanne conway gave hers up she was not thrilled but she gave it up because that was the right thing to do. >> youre ment

i didn't even mention the bullets, residents of the white house and mrs. obama goes bananas over. >> host: if you are the first lady and you find out from the white house archer five days after the fact that the house your children were in was shot at while you were away it is not a good way to learn, much less the first lady. >> host: we get into the trump years, what's the relationship? there are many costs associated with the trump administration, what we are finding now far in excess of what we know and by normal standards we should have. a lot of people were protected and the trump years by the service significant a more than in the normal administration. >> guest: there were 42 people including the president, at one point the department of homeland security head, john kelly who ended up being chief of staff tries to get some people to give up their details because they are not under any kind of security threat. he asks steve mnuchin we don't have enough money to protect the president, can we have your detail, and he goes bananas, wants to keep his details.

house. >> reporter: former first lady michelle obama speakin openly about her own struggles after leaving the whitexperiencing what she described as a low-grade depression, fueled in part, she says, by the divisive political climate and the loneliness of the pandemic. you said the worry and isolation had driven me inward, backward. i rediscovered all the unresolved questions i'd stashed on the shelves of my mind, all the doubts i previously tucked away. so what were those questions? >> i think people ask me all the time, now that i'm here in this position, now that i'm the michelle obama that people have seen and known, they can't imagine that i would have doubts and fears and anxiety. but we all have them. and i still do. that loss of hope, you know. thinking about, did all of this matter? all the sacrifice that my family, all that we had done, especially after the election, did it matter? and does anything matter? and i think that if you don't have the tools to get out of it, you can just spiral and spiral down, further down. >> reporter: her journey and the personal toolbox that helped restore h

through being the public face of an administration, you have been in public life in the white house and the obamaden white house. you have been there in the obama white house when gabby giffords was shot. >> yes. >> you have watched public life when steve scalise and both members of congress were shot at the baseball game. the reaction here feels very different and augers something very dark to my mind. i feel like you have seen this up close, and have a better perspective than i do. how do you see it? >> chris, it's so important, as you just did to remind people that this is not normal, and it should not feel normal, and we should not allow it to be normal. if there was an attack, god forbid, on the spouse of kevin mccarthy or mitch mcconnell, you know what joe biden what do, the first thing he would do is say, is he okay, is she okay? can i call her, if i can call can't her, can i call him? what did they need, what can we do for them? if there was this crazy business of conspiracy theory pushing or just even inappropriate joking and laughing by anyone in the party, he would say, cut it out! tha

it was the obama white house that was wrong. embarrassed about how badly they treated joe biden ten years ago, for him being right on a civil rights issue. and all of the things that were written about joe biden in the 2020 campaign, that he couldn't win. he wasn't up to it. he's too old. he beat everybody, and then he beat donald trump, and then you look what happened in 2022. everybody's turning that red wave, red wave, red wave, except we weren't talking about a red wave, and he -- he out-plays everybody's expectations for him. it seems just about every time. >> he knows his politics. he knows the long game and knows how to walk through the naysayers and underestimating and sort of put the blinders on to that and move forward, and whether, you know, if you look how he's handling ukraine, which is just unbelievably huge. >> massive. >> a huge issue. americans tuned in that that, they're less so because of the division and issues they face here at home and the economy, but at the midterms again focused on abortion. he focused o

and he was former director of global engagement in the obama white house. and he's joining us live from washington dc. thanks very much indeed for being with us. it might be tempting for democrats to can i sit back and just watch the republican party split itself apart, but how much of a risk would that be if democrats chose to do that? well, i don't think we can under estimate trump, we've learned that lesson over the course of the last several years at trump is leticia and who has 9 lives. and i've lost count of how many of those intractable situations he's found himself in. and yet somehow, and i'm giving you just the sense of the chattering classes you're in washington, this seems different. and we have to wait hours and days whether or not tonight's speech is received with applause. it's received with support or there is audible science as we were mentioning. there is a lot of speculation that this is a actually the timing of this is an attempt to derail people like florida governor rhonda santos. and of course others who might consider themselves in t

former white house press secretary jen saki. david pluff former obama white house senior advisor. thank you for being here. i want to go you david. there was a point the congressman made that i want to ask you about. we know that when president biden is doing anything in public he bidening. he's doing bipartisan things. it's what he does. it's innate in him. he has been over the past since this summer. he's talked about the maga movement pointedly. he's named them and named them as what's endangering our republic. are you surprised that he didn't do that tonight? we're so close to this election but the message he was giving was to essentially give a lot of grace to the republican party and say i know this is not the majority of the party and to say we need to come together. we need to unify around these ideas. america is an idea. this was a call for unity. were you surprised he didn't make some of the points you heard congressman raskin make. look, if you want to empower the people in d.c. who don't have a vote you need democrats to win. if you want to give women rights over their

elizabeth: nbc already reported that the biden family made more than $11 million from 2013 under the obama white house 2018. let's watch democrats, news outlets on this, then you will see congressman james comer. watch this. >> this thing, you know of trying to make this person, hunter biden, into some giant bogeyman in charge after giant conspiracy to get all the money from all the foreign leaders and foreign companies, it just doesn't land. >> this is a shop-worn approach by the republicans on our committee and it involves, you know, some really extraordinary tools in the kid pack. insinuation, slander, fabrication, disinformation, conspiracy-based theories that take you nowhere. >> the vast majority of americans couldn't pick hunter biden out after lineup. they don't care about him. in a lot of ways he is a tragic figure. this is someone dealing with addiction. dealing with a lot of personal issues. >> they honestly believe hunter biden is just a drug addict that had bad luck and republicans are picking on him. they don't know the extent and national security influence he poses. elizabeth: we have

obama. even a former of the chair of house agricultural. he sat down, met with the biden whitec and congress to weaken the government oversight of crypto exchanges. >> he was, basically what you're saying, he was buying off these democrats to give him cover. now what i, the first important point is, that it is, it is so matter of moral ethics that these democrats who received -- we don't know the exact amount of money but it was well over $50 million that was basically given to democratic campaign, campaigns. those candidates have a moral responsibility and maybe a legal responsibility, i'm not a lawyer, to return that money. it should go into a fund to, so that that money can be returned to the investors. the democrats are resisting that, liz. they don't want to do it. elizabeth: why? here's the thing. i covered corporate accounting scandals. it is circular. here is what goes on. ftx gave big campaign donations to politicians. then they lobbied lawmakers and government officials, also congress. >> right. elizabeth: congress approves the budget and paychecks for those market co

white house. back with me. joining us also is former obama white house official and montgomery county council member will jawandok about this issue, the idea of the pressures imposed to have conformity, the idea what we consider to be professional or we consider to be beautiful, what is punishable, and how we take people seriously based on their appearance. we are aware of this. but hearing it from a former first lady about that pressure in the white house i found particularly striking given that we knew there was a lot at stake and a lot of eyes on them. what did you make of that? >> well, first of all, i thought, sister, america wasn't ready for a black woman in the white house, period. let's just start with that. but also as i read through what she said, understanding the first black family, the first black president, she also understood -- i worked for hillary clinton in the white house, and the first lady takes on a lot of whatever our cultural baggage is about women. i remember the first time she wore pants it was -- you know, freaked people out. >> or a sleeveless photo for the portrait. you remember that

white house. also with me, elise jordan, formerly of the bush white house, now an analyst, and jesse moore, former speech writer in the obama white house and a democratic strategist. kelly, what can you tell us here about why president biden is looking to address these threats to democracy now, especially when he's really been looking to focus on some of these key issues to voters? >> reporter: these are issues that matter to president biden. but events have added some new urgency, and typically covering the white house, we will often know what the president's plan is days in advance and know about some kinds of appearances that might fall in this category, days in advance. this was not such a case. this is an add to the schedule through the dnc, the democratic national committee, and it suggests the urgency the president feels because of what he's observing and what he thinks is at stake in the election. the attack on paul pelosi, may, in fact, be an influence here. he spoke at a fund raiser last night talking about his concern to the reaction of some republicans and others who have not addressed it in a serious way, denou

mark murray, former obama white house press secretary, robert gibbs and jeff, partner in the hart research associates and the new poll. so first to you, mark murray. the enthusiasm gap. the democrats have narrowed it in our new poll. talk to me about that takeaway and your other big takeaway. >> yeah, in october, polls showed republicans with a nine-point advantage and now democrats have closed that. we're 73% democrats have high interest versus 73% republicans. why this is important, we're talking about midterm election. this is not a presidential election where you end up seeing huge turnout. we're expecting high turnout for this midterm, but not as many people vote. so the side that's usually more motivated wins. robert knows this well in 2010 and 2014, when you don't show up, you end up getting that midterm thumping. and democrats drawing this to even just shows the degree of polarization in our country and how people, there are a lot of numbers in this, but this explains how maybe this could be a little different. >> is this a new hope for democrats against trends and look ago t the p

white house reception a month later. you don't have to be related to the first family to get married here. about a decade ago, the official obamalady laura bush, says a white house wedding is always an event to remember. >> no matter how you may feel about a particular administration, you can't help but be happy for a couple who is starting their lives. to have it happen at the white house, that's a very unique and special part of history. >> reporter: unique, indeed. president biden will turn 80 on sunday. as for the wedding, the bidens are playing for the festivities. perhaps the best part for naomi and peter, they don't have to travel very far. get this. they live here at the white house. >> that's so exciting. can i ask you about the weather? i'm thinking november wedding outside. do you know, is it going to be tented? are they going to brave it and take everything inside? >> reporter: i do know. it's not going to be tented. we are told according to a source familiar with the planning that they have told guests repeatedly to dress for the weather. i expect the bride will be dressed for the weather as well. we can't wait to

the biden family and what hunter biden was doing overseas with their selling access into the obama white housence peddling and the possible involvement of the president himself when he was vice president and, trust me, if the, if the democrats decide to try to create trouble or boycott the hearings like some of the republicans did in with the january 6th committee the republicans will be more than happy to hold hearings without them. listen this will be very embarrassing to a lot of people in washington a full-fledged investigation. elizabeth: how does it affect u.s. national security? >> well, i think that, what we might find is the influence peddling that went on affected u.s. national security so much of the work that hunter biden did had to do with chinese entities and powerful chinese individuals. so i think the jury is still out on how it affected u.s. national security but that is going to be one of the big aspects of it. listen, there are a lot of people in washington on both parties who stand to be embarrassed by any real investigation into influence peddling in d.c. elizabeth: you kn

the press is so to some freelancers and essentially keeping us from knowing suite and also the obama white houseay, and the business partners that hundred biden was entering into all the deals with overseas and were talking in russia any of us involves an incident report said that eastern prostitution human trafficking rings the hunter had connections to that and also the chinese communist party so they can infiltrate hunter is why the u.s. government and applying an air force to repeatedly to places like beijing to do business deals and congressman said that he is hunter biden's business partner said the people will be talking with her going to hear and the divided knew all along, with deeply involved in this dealmaking in one point, hunter biden is on of what i'm d putting my entire family legacy online and doing things like business with the chinese communist party. >> no question all just that when more little piece of nuance, many of your viewers want to know, the vice president it is not on an aircraft in the vice president uses aircraft for the good wishes of the president ends of the adm

white house reception a month later. but you don't have to be related to the first family to get married here. about a decade ago, pete sousa, the official obamahe rose garden. anita mcbride, the former chief of staff to former first lady laura bush, says a white house wedding it's always an event to remember. >> no matter how you may feel about a particular administration, you can't help but be happy for a couple who is starting their lives and to have its happen at the white house, that's a very unique and special part of history. >> normalcy and a little bit of joy coming out of the administration. it's nice to have the wedding. our thanks to nbc's christian welker for that reports. up next, revisionist history, how one republican-led state is surpassing the truth by erasing it's from textbooks. you are watching velshi on nbc. we will be right back. we will be right back. and the day-dreamer... the dribbler's getting hands-on practice with her chase first banking debit card... the drummer's making savings simple with a tap... ...round of applause. and this dreamer, well, she's still learning how to budget, so mom keeps her alerts on full vo

i remember the decision in the obama white house not to come out publicly for the green movement withcerns it wouldn't help the movement. i want you to respond to what he said now. let's play what president obama said just a few weeks ago and then you'll hear hillary clinton, secretary of state at the time, who was on the show with us, also talking about it. here they are. >> when i think back to 2009, 2010, you guys will recall there was a big debate inside the white house about whether i should publicly affirm what was going on with the green movement because a lot of the activists were being accused of being tools of the west and there was some thought that we were somehow going to be undermining their street cred in iran if i supported what they were doing. and in retrospect, i think that was a mistake. >> we have to do everything we can overtly to speak up, speak out, have the media. >> i hope so, i hope so. it breaks my heart. you know why? more than a hundred people got killed during a 2009 movement. and i remember that the obama administration got the advice from some iranian

joining me now, former obama white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor.olks are gathered in close conditions today. close quarters. what steps should all of us take in the face of these viral threats? >> chris, i'm thankful to be here. did not run a half marathon but feeling a little more motivated after that last segment. number one, make sure if you're feeling sick and people are around the table you can still have a good time, but i enturg people to try to increase ventilation. take those home tests. a lot of covid cases are coming in, because people are confused and not sure if they've got flu or strep or rsv or any number of viruses. covid is still out there even though the rates around the country are pointing to influenza and rsv viruses. >> i read something scary from the president of the children's hospital association. intensive care units are at or above capacity in every children's hospital in the united states right now. what should parents know? >> two things. rsv can catch up on you. very common for children who have rsv. presents like a co

robert gibbs, former president secretary in the obama white house.na edwards, a former maryland congresswoman. we miss you in the studio. i want to start with you, mark. steve kornacki will join us. let's talk about the outstanding races. what's happening in arizona? what's happening in nevada? we will see a runoff in georgia. is it tightening more so there? >> let's start with nevada, which is the most fascinating state to follow over the next 24, 48, 72 hours, whenever we get the vote. right now, you have a lead of less than 3 percentage points. we know there's significant outstanding votes. particularly in clark county, that's las vegas. there's a lot of mail-in ballots that have ended up benefitting democrats. we have to count the votes. it's possible katherine cores at the -- cortez pulls ahead. >> it would be a 50/50 at that point? >> before we get to the georgia run-up. we need to get through arizona senate. you have mark kelly with the lead. as we have seen from previous cycles, whether in 2018 or 2020, arizona also takes a while. i think the

patel, a former obama white house policy director now an msnbc medical contributor.es, teachers, parents, what do we know about the rise of this respiratory illness? >> jose, three very basic facts. number one, that this can be preventable but all the things we talk about with covid, washing hands, making sure you or your child are sick, stay away from mother people and masks work. when you have a respiratory illness, it can help create a barrier. number two, the last place you want to end up is an emergency or pediatric hospital. if you need it, that's the place to go. we can avoid it for the reasons you mentioned and third, a lot of this has to do with this sheer out cry from the staff. we have not just the hospital beds that are full but residents in children's hospital in washington d.c. that staged a protest because they have been working so hard and filling in for short staff of all types that they don't think they can give quality patient care. that's what you need to know. we can stay safe. we can have a great one. but we can do it by avoiding getting sick. >

. >> jesse more serves as a speech writer and associate director of public engagement in the obama white house is the founder of common thread strategies. jesse, thank you for joining us. how much did you actually had to write for the former president? i have to say, when you watch him on the campaign trail, you can feel the excitement that he has. he is really a superstar on behalf of the democrats, just three days out. >> he's still got it. that is fun to watch. the team that rates for him, the team that root for him in the white house, that is hard work, but i think they know, you know, they are lobbying up softball for somebody that will knock it out of the park. he is telling a story that needs to be told that is kind of difficult, republicans have an easy story to tell, times are hard, blame the guys who are in charge of this exact moment. democrats have a little bit tougher story to tell, which is basically, you know, we are in charge at this moment, we are working to get things back where they need to be. trust us, don't give the keys back to the people who dug us in this ditch. >> it'

founder of country over party, and political contributor, matthew dowd and also with me is former obama white house press secretary, and msnbc political analyst, robert gibbs. >> so matthew, look, it is an understatement to say this is, it was a hugely impactful and historic speakership. talk to us about the legacy nancy pelosi leaves behind and the shoes frankly that need to be filled. >> yes, heels, that probably are going to be very difficult to fill. i mean i agree with the president. she's the most consequential effective speaker in my lifetime. as she should be on everybody's goat list of leaders of the house, i mean of the entirety of our country's history, she has to be considered one of the greatest of all time. i think what i laud most about her and have obvious respect about her, even having been on the opposite side of her at times, is she is a true servant leader. and in all of its manifestations. she served not for her own benefit but for the benefits of others and this step she made today, i think, it is one of the most classy examples of servant leadership, where you step back and y

supported marriage equality and same-sex marriage, and he paid a terrible price for it inside the obama white house. because barack obama was running for reelection. he was still saying that marriage is between a man and a woman because he was a christian and so that was just a decade ago that even progressives were angry at joe biden for getting ahead of them on this message. here we are ten years later, and you have republicans and democrats coming together to support a same-sex marriage protection, which, again, we wouldn't have seen the vote pass that cleanly before last week. there is an understanding, there's just a big understanding, i think, among a lot of republicans that they've got to stop turning off independents and moderates if they want to win elections again. >> yeah, that's almost a direct quote from mitch mcconnell a couple of days ago. he said we got wiped out among independents. the vote on the federal guy marriage legislation was 62 votes. you've got 12 republicans to go with the 50 democrats. point out, mitch mcconnell was not among them. he voted against that. it looks like i

obama. the white house has not announced that the president will be traveling anywhere on election day. s tell me likely staying at the white house. former president barack obama tried to make the case for democrats in nevada last night, a state that many republicans say is their party's best chance to flip a senate seat red next week. speaking in las vegas, a tourism-driven city that was battered economically by the coronavirus pandemic, obama argued democrats are the better option for nevadians who are struggling financially. recent polls show a dead heat between catherine cortez masto and republican adam laxalt who obama took square aim last night. >> a few weeks ago, 14 members of adam laxalt's family announced they are were supporting katherine cortez masto. 14. think about that. think about that. think about that. now, let me say this, you know, we all might have a crazy uncle, you know, that kind of goes off the rails, but if you've got a full thanksgiving dinner table and they're all saying you don't belong in the u.s. senate, when the people who know you best think your opponent

white house. she married on saturday with family members in attendance. the last wedding to take place the white house was back in 2013 when the white house photographer for barack obamaarried in the white house garden. >> that dress is gorgeous. >> they are always symbolic of something. is ralph lorenz. that is what president biden war on his inauguration. it also stems from grace kelly. it is beautiful and gorgeous. >> could you imagine if that was your wedding location? >> i wonder how big the bill was. >> she did not have one. she is connected. i need some connections like that. >>> is being called the house of the future, the homes that can make a difference during wildfire season. >>> investigators are searching for a motive for the mass >>> right now on kpix 5 at 6:30, a suspected gunman is in custody after killing at least five people and injuring more than two dozen others saturday night at an lgbtq+ nightclub in colorado springs. it is the sixth mass shooting in the nation this month. danya bacchus is live in colorado. what is the latest on this investigation? >> reporter: good morning. we are waiting for a news conference expected this afternoon, where auth

obama. this suggests that in the white house there is a really useless boss obama - this is the best that theye, however, some of the republicans in the new congress. for example, there will be no young hawk. adam kiesinger, kiesinger, hates trump, he was on the committee on january 6th. and now it has made its political testament polls in the us have shown that 73% of respondents consider it important to help ukraine in the fight against russia. the longer we wait, the higher the risk that the number of people opposed to providing support to ukraine will increase dynamics. and really not in favor of people like keesinge. among republicans writes the washington post split over ukraine, most republicans believe that this money is better spent on solving problems. in the united states, in some cases, far-right party candidates echo trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin and call for an end to aid to ukraine at all . it's time to finish writes the bloomberg agency the united states at least follows the surrender of an inspector who would monitor expenses. ukraine is increasingly turni

white house. it is not really president biden treatment the borders czar kamala harris. it is susan rice and the obama's house right now. so maybe they are going to gamble that but i don't believe it. i don't believe they will. i think it is going to be to their detriment. >> steve: yeah, jason, this is the moment the midterms out of the way and everyone looking to 2024. it strikes me that when you see job don't like democrats talking to the pendants come i get the sense none of them expect biden to go through with it. >> yeah, hey, run, go, run. go for it. you think you are going to do it. i think it is great. i don't think he can get through the next teleprompter engagement that he has. but we all know like gavin newsom, i mean, come on he looks in the mirror every morning and says, hello, good morning mr. president. that is the way he is. hillary clinton will sit by and say we want more joe biden? she's doing the same thing. these people are actually -- it is the republicans game if they play a game and put up the best candidate. figure out how to do early voting, they will win and win big. >> steve:

kind of a character said ite would be really great if we could come to one of those white house summits and president obamated out laughing and ascendeded to my son have you never have any of the white house beer and my son said no. but i'd like to. president obama laughed again and said make sure he gets one of those white house sixpacks. ' didn't know at the time the white house even made beer. [laughter] but he was sent a nice six pack ten days later. i've got to so many stories to tell and if they are all in my book and i apologize i get started and run over. thank you for listening. >> i was expecting you to bring the gold coast with y you. >> i use to tell people it's almost more patriotic in my district then red white and blue.fo >> thank you and we will have questions. our next guest is the former senator a tennessee state representative from 1987 to 1987 and state senator from 97 to 2013. he wrote the things held dear and got into politics how a christian can be in politics and he co-authored tennessee political humor some of these jokes you voted for him he now lawyers and rights in nashville. >>

white house beer? and my son said no, but he said i would like to. president obamaghed again and he said gray, make sure he gets one of those white house sixpacks. i did know at that time, i did know the white house even made beer, my son got a real nice sixpack of beer ten days later. i've got so many stories to tell, and they are all in my book and i apologize to my friend senator herron, i get started and i will run over. so thank you for listening to me. >> thank you, congressman. i was kind of expecting you to bring some of the goalpost to you after the win from yesterday. >> i used to tell people all the time that they were almost more patriotic my district and red, white and blue. >> i hear you. welcome thank you. we left questions for the congressman at the end. our next guest is former store roy herron come stay syria. he was a tennessee state representative for 19 87-1997 as state 1987 and state senator from 1997-2013. he wrote the things held dear, soul stories from my son and god and politics come out christian can be in politics. he also co-authored ten

you're thinking what does barack obama think about what happened in the world? >> when i left the white house, there were a few months there where i was writing emails to friends as barack obama. doctor kyle. >> i imagine many of the presidents'speeches are re-written and re-written endlessly and cleared by dozens and dozens of people. mechanically, how do you know with the draft is, given moment a? two, the practical question. what happens to all the drafts? are they shredded? are they erased? are the files sent to the archives? or what? >> everything for us was comments in the speech writing office, say five o clock on the same day that the draft went around the staffing process. during the draw during the staffing process, nobody was given a electronic copy of the speech. colin powell said one time, everybody likes to dream papers. everybody would love to get on the computer and play wizard word. we insisted on edits on a hard copy. they'd come to us. we'd have a stack of copies. >> i really wish we had done that. >> there's no other way to do it because you put it in their hand, and also

former obama speechwriter on his new book about the time in the white house. that is next on "morning joe." folks, it looks like we're gonna have to land this big old bird earlier than expected because it's the xfinity black friday sale. get the fastest mobile service with xfinity mobile. yeah, we'll be cruising in to get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited for just $30 each per month. oh my! plus, for a limited time, get 500 dollars off an eligible 5g phone. even you in 22c. flight attendants, prepare for big savings. drop everything and get to the xfinity black friday sale. click, call or visit a store today. ♪ amazing grace ♪ ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me ♪ ♪ i once was lost ♪ ♪ but now i'm found ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see ♪ >>> president obama back in 2015 in what was a beautiful and wrenching moment youth eulogizing victims. it capped off the ten most eventful days of the west wing starting with the horrific killings and ending with supreme court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. how does he know what went o

obama. but i forgot the white house assumes i got the job offer immersed myself in everything that i could about him. i read his books. i read every speech he had given perna watch when he was on jimmy failla. just spent a lot of time immersing myself in the mind and soul of barack obama which is kind of creepy. [laughter] that's how you start to get to the point we wake up in the morning you think i'm not thinking what you think about happening in the world? what is barack obama think about it? >> there's a few months there and after words as writing e-mails. it was hard to get out of. >> i imagine many of the president speeches are rewritten and rewritten endlessly and clarified dozens and dozens of people. mechanically, how do you control -- how do you note the draft is at given moment a and the practical what happens to all the drafts? are they shredded are they erased are they in the archives or what? >> everything for us was comments in the speechwriting office usually on the same day the draft went around nobody was given, during the staffing process known as given an electronic copy of t

more democratic candidates turning to president obama for help on the campaign trail. lucas tomlinson at the white house georgia, michigan, wisconsin, just in the past week. where next? >> he's heading to arizona this evening, the former president doing the lion share of the campaign and critical swing states, not the current president joe biden, approval ratings so underwater. obama speaking last night in nevada. >> feeling cynical is not an option. the only way to make this economy fair is if we, all of us fight for it. the only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it. >> in recent days of almost visited georgia, michigan, wisconsin and ended in nevada, tonight in arizona. this shows which party controls the senate and confirm or block the biden supreme court pick. the white house fired up air force one and flew to florida. since air force one got the jobs from a they've use it to crisscross the nation storming for candidates giving the boost from the sitting president but not this year. the only swing state biden plans to visit is pennsylvania alongside obama's former boss, former obam

white house beer? i said no but i like to and president obama laughed again and said make sure he gets one of those sixpacksdidn't know at the time the white house made beer. [laughter] but my son got a nice sixpack of beer ten days later or so. i've got so many stories to tell and they are in my book and i apologized as i get started, there running over so thank you sofor listening to me. >> i was expecting you to bringl that goalpost with you. >> i used to tell people all the time almost more patriotic in my kdistrict in red, white and blu. >> and thank you. we will have questions at the end. our next guest is former senator, senator 1987 to 97 and state senator hundred 722,013. he wrote the things held dear, so stories from my son and god andd politics, a christian can e in politics and co-authored intennessee political humor, a lejoke you voted for with lh cotton and lawyers and rights in national. welcome. >> thank you, i am honored to be here with my good friend, especially his wife, vicki. i told vicki last night, we watched the game, the congressman and myself and our oldest son we watched last nigh

i want to bring in our panel, former obama white house senior director nare huck, co-founder and editor and cnn political analyst ron bram steen. quite a night. as of now there's democrats avoided certainly the wave, the tsunami, the shellacking, whatever -- >> thumping. >> thumping. did this happen because of biden? despite biden? what does the white house do now? >> the white house is giddy from all reports because they were not expecting that democrats would hold as strong as they are. it's not a clear majority for either party right now, but democrats ran local races and all politics is local whereas on the republican side the trump nominees were trying to apply themselves with trumpism and magaism. democrats imaged to make national issues like inflation and abortion local economic issues and they managed to distance themselves from the politics figures and make it highly localized. one of the things we also saw because of that particularly in pennsylvania and in wisconsin was youth voter turnout. in wisconsin 350% more young people voted this year than the last midterm. for fetterm

if he could come to one of those white house beer summit some time. president obama just burst out laughing and he said to my son, he said, have you ever had any of the white house beer and? my son said no. but he said about like do. and president obama laughed again and he said, greg, make sure he gets one of those white house six packs. i didn't know at that time. i didn't know the white house even made their. but my son got a real nice six pack of beer. ten days later so i'm i've got so many stories to tell and they're they're all in the book and i apologize to my friend sander here and i get started they're not well run over so thank you for listening to me. thank you, congressman. i was kind of expecting you to bring some some of that goalpost with you and knoxville after that went from yesterday. well, i used to tell people all the time that the color is and white. we're almost more patriotic in my district than red, white and so i hear you. well, thank you. and we'll have questions for the congressman at the end. our next guest is former senator roy herron, st

in our white house with president obama, a speech might get assigned to us. a speech on, say, a new trade policy, the first thing we would do is go talk to the folks who were involved in that trade policy. get their input until we know what was going to be said. then go to the drafting process. the process helped crystalize with the ideal is going to be. >> working for george w. bush was a unique experience in the sense that, he had, when i worked for him he was governor of texas. he had gotten elected to that position on a reform agenda, four things he wanted to do for the state of texas. it was a policy driven campaign. when i joined the bush operation he was a full-fledged presidential candidate and that was also a campaign on issues. it was a very disciplined process with him. you had your policy team, the speechwriting team would be given the policy. it was our job to turn it into a nice, presentable and persuadable speech. it was a very good policy operation and when the president got up to give a speech on whatever it was he was proposing, it represent

neil: jim messina, former white house deputy chief of staff helped get barack obama reelected.n, well, i cover i had it back then t was not a given at the time. just showing my age. i don't look it. okay, i look it. want to take you to wisconsin right now. grady trimble is there. i guess they have now made it official, ron johnson did in fact win that senate seat, in other words got reelected. what is the latest? reporter: they did, neil. ron johnson told us last night before 1:00 a.m. central time, the race is over. the fox news decision desk officially confirmed that, projecting him the winner against lieutenant governor mandela barnes. barnes put up a fight. he is down only by about 1%, 30,000 votes. if last night proved anything to us, wisconsin is as purple as a purple state gets. in the same election voters chose a republican senator, incumbent ron johnson, and a democratic governor, incumbent tony evers. barnes had the endorsement of barack obama here a couple weeks ago trying to rally voters behind him. he also had the abortion issue likely working in his favor, getting

we had a picture of when we were all at the white house, when obama was there drinking to see in the white house. that's a great, awesome story that i will i will always tell. we have pictures of biggie. we always. black. we want a hennessey story. well, i know you want their names. i don't know. but i don't drink. so i ain't got a hennessey story. he does. but you was in the white house fully like we are now. you go out and ask god. so we so we had all these moments on the on the wall, the personality that was created for our show. and one of the first things they did was they wanted to get rid of the personality wall, not because of the picture beginning, not because of the picture mike and his kids or me having the picture, the detroit skyline and where i'm from, it was the obama picture that they wanted to get rid of because at this point, espn was in the crosshairs of being considered too political and too liberal. and what is going on there and all of those chaos agents that brought that narrative about espn, which is never they've never been polarizing, but they were going this

getting back to the trump thing at mar-a-lago, no one can blame what al sharpton -- or visit obama in the white house. they did it once again. >> -- in new york. when it comes to congress getting involved, here it is the editorial board of the wall street journal who says that biden's right to ask congress to intervene and stop a damaging strike in the wall street journal editorial board never often has been to criticize the biden administration, when i think there. wrong saying that it's right here. congress has a role to play after rail workers and four of the 12 unions rejected the deal that was approved back in september by their leaders. it workers freight unions voted to adopt the deal that was proposed by the presidential emergency board over the summer. congress has often settled rail disputes after deviation fails. wall street journal saying congress -- saying the biden was right there. robert is in the constitution, state independents. >> good morning. are you talking to, me robert? i just wanted to mention, if you want to pay an ex postal employee, a 49. years for the three years, 39 years

he's performed in front of tennis stars roger federer and andy murray, and even at the white house during barack obama's. jacobus claassen has come a long way. but to get this far, he's had to overcome many obstacles. before he came to zip zap through a youth outreach program in 2011, jacobus classen lived on the streets, and in this home for young men. from the streets to the stages of the world. how did he do it? jacobus: i wanted more, for myself. i didn't think of going back to drugs or gangsterism and all of that. that didn't come close to my head. and zip zap gave me a taste, they gave me a bite of the apple, and i told myself i want more of this apple. and today, i've got so much more of that apple. reporter: jacobus claassen's day is not over yet. next stop, the zip zap dome in downtown cape town, a venue for performances and for afternoon training sessions. he coaches young “zappers” here several times a week. jacobus claassen made it with a clear goal in mind. but he knows you can't do it on your own. jacobus: the most important thing is, open yourself to other people. reporter: openness and m

house. >> reporter: former first lady michelle obama speaking openly about her own struggles after leaving the whitecing what she described as a low grade depression, fueled in part by the divisive political climate and the loneliness of the pandemic. >> reporter: you said, "the worry and isolation had driven me inward, backward." >> people ask me all the time now that i'm here in this position, now that i'm the michelle obama that people have seen and known. they can't imagine that i would have doubts and fears and anxiety. but we all have them, and i still do. and i think that if you -- you don't have the tools to get out of it, you can just spiral and spiral down, further down. >> reporter: her journey and the personal tool box that helped restore her sense of hope chronicled in her highly anticipated new book "the light we carry: overcoming in uncertain times." >> this book is kind of my offering because i figured i can't help anybody else if i don't know my tools. i shared a hobby i took up. i won't say that this was the sole way, but it was one of the new tools i developed over quarantine. i p

when it is a first -- the first met him after the party changes power in the white house, you have seen huge upsets. president obama famously called it a shellacking, when he lost upwards of 30-40 seats in the house. so we don't have anything close to that. a lot of oddsmakers were suggesting we would have a more lasting, bigger majority for republicans in the house. what this really does is we have a situation -- we might have a situation where the senate remains split, with kamala harris still being the tie-breaking vote. a house where kevin mccarthy has maybe a five vote margin. a 2024 election coming up, where it would all be on the line, every issue that's important to democrats or republicans would be really decided at the national level in a massive 2024 election. kristen: does that mean people can kind of expect a stalemate, in terms of not a lot getting done for the next two years? >> yeah, i think president biden characterized it like a horrific next two years. for those of us watching d.c., i think you are going to see a lot of mud thrown around and a lot of people who are catching headlines, causing sta

remember one obama was in the white house and the republicans over the house committee, dare i say inmanufactured with jim jordan's active participation all kinds of faux scandals which came to zero. so there was of course the emails of hillary. produce exactly zero. fast and furious and they even sent to the attorney general, this exactly zero in a so-called scandal that actually began under the previous administration, bush. and they had the lowest learner irs scandal, where filters were used to punish white wing groups, not true and won completely nowhere. and then of course exploited a tragedy in benghazi, libya for pure partisan work to try to discredit hillary clinton. it produced exactly zero. and now contrast that with what is going on with the former president donald trump and his family. they are in a criminal investigation, as we speak there is a trial going on, cfo has gone a state witness providing evidence. we are looking at active investigations of interference in an election, and incitement to riot on january six, the january six committee. we have now a special counse

obama, former president trump will be there, as well. there are limited things any president can do. my guess is the white house speechwriters are thinking about the speech after barack obama called it a shellacking, george bush called it a thumping in 2006. >> we focus on the horserace here, especially a few days before the election. thinking about the president's speech on the attacks of democracy, there w criticism of a smart political speech to make it the moment, not the strongest argument focusing issues driving voters. but the issue has been important to him from his first decision to runor this office. an issue that means a lot to him. maybe you make a speech because it is a message to deliver, even if it is not the perfect moment politically. >> i got the sense he was trying to speak to history and trying to put his hand out and say if this election night turns into election week, election month, if we end up in another place where we are arguing as a country -- i think he was trying to say let's not have political violence and calm it down. republicans and democrats are saying it is off-base. you said

obama: yes. >> trevor: i've said this to you before. whether it's the white houseguy. >> mr. obama: so you want me to open for you. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: in chicago -- you know what, not even open, i wouldn't dare. you can't open for me. you are still mr. president. >> mr. obama: banter. >> trevor: combine the tour. half-and-half, you know? [cheers and applause] [laughter] >> mr. obama: i like that. >> trevor: we can do it. >> mr. obama: we can do it. >> trevor: president barack obama, everybody! we have to take a quick break, we will be right back after this. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: well, that's our show for tonight. thank you so much for tuning in. charlamagne is up next. now here it is. your "moment of zen." >> good morning. [turkeys gobbling] >> listen to these guys. [turkeys gobbling] they are not happy. >> charlamagne tha god: hey, thank you, trevor. i appreciate you, my brother. welcome to "hell of a week." i go by the name of charlamagne tha god. hello. you know thursday night has reared its ugly