until the seventh year of the obama presence. i mean that blacks had it very bad economically under president obama. they supported him overwhelmingly. he was well liked among blacks personality what and among whites and still is he's still pulls very well in terms of popularity but his economic policies his stewardship of the economy did not go over well with blacks or whites. and and so i think blacks remember how bad things were and under trump when they saw their fatter paychecks when they saw how plentiful the job market was. i think they they gave trump credit for that and that's part of the reason i believe he did better in 2020. he was focused on reopening the economy quickly after covid hit and of course a lot of these workers. i'm talking about are service sector workers. they couldn't work from home during the lockdowns and and they wanted to get back to work and trump was in favor of reopening the economy and i think that that redounded to his benefit when it came to to 2020 and that's why although he lost the electio

in 2015, the economy second to the last year of the obama presidency, 3.1% the last year of the obama presidency 2016, he grew at 1.6%, about half as much. that is the economy donald trump inherited, and economy slowing down, you have leading economists like larry summers, treasury secretary under president clinton sing is a 60% chance we were going into a recession. the federal t reserve and congressional budget office saying we are already full employment, unemployment can't go any lower. growth can't be any stronger. we are at the end of the business life, talking about a soft landing, that was the economy trump inherited. what happened? blue away all the expectations. unemployment did go lower, dramaticallyha lower than the congressional budget office and federal reserve. growth was stronger than the federal reserve predicted. trump exceeded the expectationsi so it's not nearly a continuation of what was going on, it's an o acceleration. one data points to for thehe lowest earners and lowest income eabracket, under the first three years of the trump presidency, their incomes grew

i'm barack obama's vice president.ogether and we haven't sure who was supposed to sit where. now i'm going to sign an executive order and barack, let me remind you, it's a hot mic. [ laughter ] >> woo! >> feels like the good old days. being here with you -- [ applause ] -- brings back so many good memories. >> got to watch out for the hot mics, anyone who works near a mic knows about that, obama and biden were often an odd couple at first. we think them as synonymous politically and the internet enjoyed that, memes that showed obama and biden becoming a deejay duo, the politicians the play on the word "lit" or obama telling biden stop copying me and the friendship bracelets because they seemed to have a kinship. this went jairal maybe in a simpler time, biden talked about that back in 2018. >> all those memes, they're basically true. [ laughter ] [ applause ] except i want to make it clear, he made the first friendship bracelet, not me. >> biden is looking to strengthen his poll numbers right now, democrats see what co

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

prop piece titled the obama doctrine lays out obama's deliberate strategy and weakness in black andry proud of this moment he says about failing to enforce chemical weapons redline that decision is of deep satisfaction. what about russia? the fact that ukraine will be vulnerable to military domination talk about leading from behind and when obama minimize the threat from isis and that was based on the analysis from centcom who described it as a flash in the pan who won the genius of the general who got it so wrong? none other than our current defense secretary, lloyd austin. great choice, biden. but the most revealing part of the obama doctrine laid out in his devastating interview is the revelation that the only foreign leader obama really had any respect for was angela merkel. who sucked up to the russians push through the pipeline to make germany dependent and she cut her military to the point where german shoulders had to use broomsticks that is the one leader obama respected? of course putin is directly responsible for this war must be held accountable but we must never allow o

under president obama. they supported him overwhelmingly. he was well liked among blacks personality wise and among whites and still is. he still polls very whale in -- well in terms of popularity. butis his economic policy, his stewardship of the economy did not go over well with blacks or whites. and so i think blacks remember how bad things were. and under trump when they saw the fatter paychecks, when they saw the job market, i think they gave trump credit for that, and that's part of the reason i believe he did better in 200. he was focused on -- 2020. he was focused on reopening the economy quickly after covid mitt and, of course, a lot of these workers i'm talking about are service sector workers. they couldn't work from home during the lockdowns. and they wanted to get back to work, and trump was in favor of reopening the economy. and i think that that redoubledded to his -- redoubledded to his benefit went when it came to 20 to. -- 2020. although he lost the election, he did better among blacks and hispanics, particularly among the

i'm barack obama's vice president. >> laura: obama is just a constant politician. he does have the uncanny ability to make the most mundane thing sound important and to sound confident even when things are falling apart. biden has the opposite problem. today he seemed even less steady and self-assured. make no mistake, this was an event to celebrate 12 years of obama care. 12. is that a special anniversary? it was an event to try to resuscitate joe biden. chock that up as another swing and a miss. the problem with biden, it's not his coms teams, his p.r. or not that he doesn't have obama star power and he doesn't, the problem with biden is his policies. none of his smooth talk changed what is happening. america can really see clearly what the democrat's priorities are. number 1, open borders. there's no question in my mind that biden sees it as his mission to allow in as many illegals as possible over the next three years. maybe as many as 10 or 15 million when all is said and done. second priority, sex talk with kids. the florida legislation is the tip of the iceb

president obama never did that.never even gave them those kind of systems to protect themselves after the russians had invaded crimea. elizabeth: okay. >> so this, that president has no leg to stand on at all when it comes to being tough with regard to russia and ukraine. elizabeth: let's talk about this. remember this, biden on the campaign trail said fossil fuel executives should be jailed. watch this. president biden: you have to set guide rails down now. so between the years 2021 and 2030, it is irreversible the path we set ourselves on. one which is doing away with any subsidies for fossil fuels, number one. number two, holding them liable for what they have done particularly in those cases where your underserved neighborhoods, you know the deal. by the way, put them in jail. that is, i'm not joking about this. >> what is he talking about putting them in jail? is it too churl louse biden mentioned hunter got paid million dollars annually to sit on the board of a natural gas company in ukraine? will i jail his s

she has -- >> that was michelle obama. a popular sitting first lady campaigning in 2016 for a former first lady turned presidential candidate. a lawyer, mother of two young daughters, and the first african-american first lady, you'll hear in her own voice here on american history tv how she experienced her eight years in the white house. from video footage in the c-span video library. first you'll hear from michelle obama in 2009, a c-span interview in her first year in the white house. she talks about how she sees the role of first lady and how she expected to grow in the job. >> i think every first lady brings their unique perspective to this job. if you didn't, you couldn't live through it. i think to the extent that this feels natural to me at any level -- and i would have never thought living in the white house and being first lady would feel natural. it's because i try to make it me. i try to bring a little bit of michelle obama into this, but at the same time respecting and valuing the tradition that is america's. b

so obama's going to be writing. and then i've been involved with the oral history project of barack obama at columbia university. i'm part of their storytelling there, where we're doing oral history. so i've been able to interview for that oral history project. some people, you know -- and that's been interesting. so i've stayed in the mix a little bit in that way. >> how often are oral histories used by historians from your experience? >> i love them. and the obama one at columbia university is where the idea of an oral history project emanated. and the way they're doing the obama one is just spectacularly thorough, meaning they're also interviewing young people that campaigned for him and how their life has changed, or, you know, a child he met who then has a story. they're doing all sorts of innovative things, and it's global. i find the provincialism of most presidents' oral histories is they would only interview americans, not world leaders. it would have been nice to have a history of all the world leaders and

he tries to get obama's attention and obama struck him off like he's not even in the room.hink the moment unfortunately captured the fact we currently don't have a leader of the free world, totally they kids and that's the unfortunate reality with i think settles and when people watch that clip. kennedy: it's interesting, jessica. it's like having a dream about someone who past and in the dream they are still very much alive and vibrant and you wake up and you are sad once again with the reminder that you know, that is the past. having said that, how great is obama up there? >> i mean, he is amazing. such a good day for me. [laughter] and other democrats and the truth is when bill clinton showed up from a president obama was in office, the same thing happened to him. the two of them are complete outliers. yes, yes. absolutely true. the clinton is beloved by crowds the same way president obama is, arguably even better communicator, he certainly got a hell of a lot done and everybody loves the 90s. republicans and nine democrats. he was able to work with republicans so obama

president obama, former president obama, and the affordable care act. look, there's no actual anniversary on this date. it's been 12 years, and i think, 14 or 15 days since the bill was signed into law. the affordable care act. this is a, quote, unquote, celebration, according to white house officials, that's not necessarily pegged to any specific event. but what it is pegged to is a moment in time where white house officials are really doing everything in their power to punch through to the american public what the president is working on and doing on the domestic front. obviously, they know where his approval ratings stand. they know that higher prices across the board, healthcare being one of those primary issues, are a central concern of the american people, and they want to highlight that over the course of the last 14 months, a law that, when it was signed by president obama, and many years after that, was often complicated, complex, had a rocky path on several fronts, as the former president alluded to, also giving a shoutout to the solicitor gen

i try to bring a little bit of michelle obama. you grow into this role and my sense is that do you never get comfortable if you're always pushing for change and growth, not just in yourself but the issues you care about. you're never done. there's never a time that you feel like there, i'm now here and i can do this the same way all the time. it's always changing. it changes given the state of the issues of the country. you never know what those will be from one day to the next. you have to be flexible and fluid and open to evolve. >> this american history tv. just a month after moving into the white house she hosted children in east room. an event marking african-american history month. >> hello. welcome to the white house. how are you guys doing? >> fine. >> that's good. it's good to see you all. i heard you've all been quiet as mice. you been behaving in here? is it exciting? it's exciting. isn't this a beautiful house? >> yes. >> we are so, so very proud and happy to have you here. we were all very much kids like you guys. we

that that being a she's not a politician michelle obama. so she's talking more as a mother as a citizen as somebody being thrown in to this weird in environment of white house culture. well, the presidents are trying to put forward policy events and all that happened, you know obama's book. there are some great set pieces in there his writing about india. i particularly liked and i never realized so how profound gandhi was to the thinking of barack obama. i'd always thought nelson mandela martin luther king jr. and his explanation of gandhi was really really i found interesting and then the killing of osama bin laden operation neptune spear that you know a barack obama and william make you know mcgraven and the seals and all of that in a tick tock way in obama's book is really good. it could have been a book on on its own just the killing tracking and of of osama bin laden, so obama's going to be writing and then then i've been involved with the oral history project of barack obama at columbia university. i'm part of their storytelling ther

really interesting speech by obama. but we're going to play the highlights for you and we have experts to do fact checking of the disinformation around the nation. and later we're joined live by a lawmaker to try to eliminate what would be to districts that support black members of congress in florida and the deal with a lot of racial division in florida right now. we're going to get into that. but we begin with brand-new reporting about how top republicans in congress were privately pushing to get rid of donald trump once and for all. they tried to punish him for the insurrection and that gives us all a lot of insights, not only about hypocrisy but about the road ahead because america is still dealing with this, including open questions about who will be charged. they later publicly disavowed what, according to a new book, is their own beliefs. so let's get into it. this is one of the stories first in "the new york times" on a book by two top reporter has a lot of big stuff. reporting that kevin mccarthy told house rep

and that's what obama is going to do.ere talking about the affordable care act. talking about what joe biden can do for you. talking about the gains the economy has made, the recovery from the pandemic. and they believe that there's no better spokesperson than barack obama. and i believe he'll be willing to do it. >> as we get ready to listen to these remarks. obamacare is gaining in popularity, as you point out. it is now viewed favorably by the majority of americans. i think it was 55% in the latest kaiser family foundation poll. a record 14.5 million people have signed up for coverage through the exchanges this year in 2022. so, gloria, do you see health care and specifically, obamacare playing into the midterm strategy for democrats? >> sure. sure. i think -- you know, you're going to brag about things that people like that you've done and tell people, let them remember, that republicans tried to get rid of it, although they couldn't. very difficult to take something away from people, once they have it. but there were

you mentioned president obama. listen to former president obama on social media.et's hear what he had to say, watch. >> we are going to get rid of all offensive or inflammatory comments on the web. freedom of speech is heart of every democrat side. in america those protections are enshrined in the first amendment to the constitution. there is a reason it came first in the bill of rights. i'm pretty close to a first amendment absolutist. elizabeth: do you hear that? what is pretty close mean? you can't say you're a free speech absolutist at all if you're say you're pretty close. you're for censorship. obama is about censorship. twitter is a public forum of abuse, censorship because of its anonymity, immediacy. the far left leading the charge was president obama is doing it. they're bringing out the worst in its users. it is rewarding hysteria and more. >> yeah. then president obama in that speech, he went on to say that the first amendment does not apply to private companies. okay. getting it on a technicality, in america we have a culture of free speech here. he i

please welcome president barack obama. [cheers and applause] pres. obama: thank you.nk you very much. [applause] pres. obama: thank you, everybody. have a seat, have a seat. thank you. vice president biden, vice president -- [laughter] that was a joke. [applause] [laughter] that was all set up. [laughter] my president, joe biden, vice president harris. [cheers and applause] our dear friend, madam speaker, nancy pelosi. [cheers and applause] all the members of congress who are in attendance today, members of the cabinet, it is good to be back in the white house. [laughter] it's been a while. i confess, i heard some changes had been made by the current president since i was last here. apparently, secret service agents have to wear aviator glasses now. [laughter] there is no baskin-robbins. -- there is now a asking robbins. [laughter] there's a cat running around, which i guarantee if bo and sunny would have been very unhappy about. but coming back, even if i have to wear a tie, which i very rarely do these days, gives me a chance to visit with some of the incredible peo

♪ ♪ >> laura: now despite the media's near universal adoration for barack obama's presidency, the obamaion routinely targeted americans and then lied about it. there was the selling of his landmark legislative fees, of course, obamacare. >> we will keep this promise to the american people, if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. period. if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. period. >> laura: okay, just vicious lies. even earning liberal media "politico" ally of the year award. targeting the irs -- dismissed that. >> we've seen an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals. we keep on shifting our attention away from what we should be focused on. >> laura: and perhaps his most egregious act of deceit, we know upon learning the fbi was set to close its investigation into general flynn after he found no evidence of wrongdoing, obama suggested finding ways to keep it open. further, he ordered the continued investigation be kept secret from the incoming president. so, consider our surprise when ob

biden campaigned on being obama's vp. obama pushed for hillary clinton to succeed him.i've been in the oval office hundreds of times as vice president every morning for the initial meeting, but i had never been up in the residence. >> you had never been in the residence of the white house? >> president biden: only upstairs in the yellow room, the oval upstairs. >> jackie: that clip from 2020 showing they were not as close. the reason for obama's visit is celebrate obamacare. biden has been bogged down by pandemic, inflation and war in ukraine, poland has shown it and little time left before the midterm and all this dampened democrat hopes of keeping both chambers. >> steve: i'm puzzled, though, after you painted accurately a couple of presidents who were not very good friends, before barack obama came to the white house the other day, i heard one of the press people from the white house say they are actual friends, it doesn't look like they are good friends, sounds like they are pushing they are good friends, like joe biden to help at the poll. >> jackie: who knows the

please join me in welcoming president barack obama. [applause] mr. obama: thank you, everybody. thank you. everybody, have a seat. thank you. thank you so much. hello, stanford. [cheering] it is great to be in california and back in beautiful palo alto. coming here always makes me want to go back to college. [laughter] although, an 18-year-old barack obama would not have gotten in. [laughter] i got more serious later. i want to thank the cyber policy center here at stanford for hosting this event. i want to thank t for that outstanding introduction and for all the work that you are doing. [applause] i want to thank a great friend and remarkable public servant and ambassador to russia during very difficult times and one of my top advisers, michael mcfaul, for being here. michelle and i set up the obama foundation to train the next generation of leaders, and i think you saw in it to you on -- you saw in t anna -- tiana the example of the kind of remarkable leadership that is out there with the talent and vision to lead us forward, as long as old people get out of the way. during s

i'm a proud member of the inaugural cohort of obama foundation fellows.or over a decade, my work has focused on developing tools and training and technology to support local election officials in doing their work in managing the voting process and making our election process work for voters. disinformation disseminated through digital tools has changed the work of the public officials i work with in immeasurable ways. most concerning is our countries local election officials are under attack. in exchange for being outspoken about the integrity of the process they let in 2020, which turned out to be the highest turnout election over a century in the u.s. and the most secure election ever administered according to our national security committee, election officials are receiving death threats, their children are being bullied, and some have had to flee their homes. yet these are the official to give me hope, because every single day, election officials of all political stripes are continuing to do the work that makes democracy happen. they are lifting their

that's why they brought out barack obama today. american people and america's interest. >> jesse: kamala lost her 12th staff member today. it's a baker's dozen for the vice president. we will keep reporting on. that was monica crowley, thank you so much. >> thanks, jesse. >> jesse: special counsel john durham is accusing hillary clinton's lawyer of lying. releasing the smoking gun text message. this guy sussmann sent to the fbi in 2016. kevin corke is in d.c. with those details. kevin? >> yeah, very interesting. this all dates back to september of 2016. you may remember, jesse, it was at that point that michael sussmann allegedly sent a text to the then general counsel of the fbi james baker. and durham has released that text and in it he says basically sussmann in writing lied again about this idea of not working on behalf of a client at all. he basically said this. in this text. jim, it's michael sussmann. i have something time sensitive and sensitive i need to discuss. do you have any availability for a short meeting tomorrow? i

that is obama's opinion.k then it's not our interest, there's no point doing anything, because russia is going to have its way anyway. in that same interview, obama said that one of the decisions he's most proud of is not enforcing the redline unserious use of chemical weapons. he was proud of that decision paired also in this interview he said the only leader -- the only foreign leader at the time that he really respect was angela markel. there isn't a foreign leader more responsible for what speedy pulley five is doing to ukraine then angela merkel, the way she closed on the nuclear power stations, made germany completely dependent on russian energy, angela merkel, more than anyone come as the author of this. obama says she's the one he really had matter admires. he is proud of the redline decision. it's completely outrageous that he's not running around saying i was the tough guy trying to make things worked out he was the exact opposite. he was the one that was hiding behind the inaction of others. he is

people trust obama and like obama because he's the hottest president.hottest. >> greg: you just insulted the ancestors of mr. dreamboat. >> not like obama. obama is way harder. >> greg: i need to party. look, you open this can of worms, now, kat. >> he opens my mind every time i look at the guy. super hot. but the lesson we have to learn that someone is super hot doesn't mean you should trust them. >> greg: that is the lesson. >> one single person or panel people, he is talking about which voice is elevating this or that appear the best way to do it is to not have people get elevated and you should not get elevated. i know twitter is full of crap but it is better than people considering i can't say whatever crap i want to say. whether you are hot like obama or not to. >> greg: no, that was incredibly sexist and i apologize. we will have to talk to her afterwards. it is unacceptable. anyway, where was i? do you think he is in a credible source or an incredible judge? >> no, he is a politician. and they have a bias which is not bad. he will try to convinc

even barack obama himself seems to be a loyal fox to.er all, little old me in this network have been on his mind for years and we've got the tape to prove it. take a look. speak i will put mr. burgess up against sean hannity. he will tear him up. >> i mean, look, it sean hannity suddenly going to get on the air and say, you know, i was wrong about this obama guy, he's my man. no, that is not going to happen. >> i think there's a certain segment of hard-core sean hannity fans that probably wouldn't want to have a beer with me. there's no doubt about that. speak with respect to sean hannity i didn't know he had invited me for a beer. his opinion of me does not seem to be very high, but i'm always good for a beer. >> this prism of fox news, conservative media making me scary. >> i have been turned on fox news or listened to conservative talk radio yet today, but i turned them on and off over these past seven and a half years to know i am not exaggerating in terms of their story. >> if i watched for fox news i wouldn't vote for me either, be

even before obama, president obama was running for office, barack obama, who kind of set the record for the number of threats, there are thousands per month that are registered in one way or another, maybe in a bar, somebody on a stool, a little, had too many to drink said he's going to kill the president to just an e-mail or more frightingly in a white supremist chatter group what they're planning to do and more often than is true in the exceptional study, somebody in a mental crisis or state, decided the way to solve their problem is to kill a president. >> and everybody has to be taken seriously, you don't know whether anybody who sends an e-mail. and a number of times in this book we hear more agents, more agents and the number of anecdotes where the service goes to congress and we need more agents, the problem is we're understaffed. is that necessarily-- after your reporting the answer to a better secret service, volume, more agents would make for a better service? >> in some way yes, in other ways it's too simplistic. as you point out. the mission is enormous and larger and larger

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obama: vice president biden -- [laughter] that was not a joke.lex: obama joining president biden and vice president harris to celebrate the anniversary of the affordable care act being signed into law. this hot mic moment between biden and obama a highlight of that day. the two still proud of the aca's legacy. mr. obama: if you can get millions health coverage, it is a pretty big deal. alex: biden now looking to build on it, announcing a new rule treasury department to fix the aca's so-called flame link -- so-called family glitch which is estimated to affect more than 5 million people. next january the change will allow family members who pay more than 10% of their income for coverage to receive health. it is expected to allow 211,000 uninsured people to gain coverage and one million more are expected to see lower premiums. pres. biden: once the rule is finalized starting next year, working families in america will get the help they need to afford full family coverage. everyone of those families. alex: the visit from obama, who is still popular,