well, that's peggy noonan, a conservative columnist, writing about the obama presidency.nd a progressive columnist speaking yesterday on cbs "morning news," i believe it's powerful, a powerful thing. i have three kids who have grown up and they have never known anything but a black president." when i read the words of these two figures i respect, i refuse as an american not to be an optimism about our country. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> what john lewis is doing, he's pouting. he lost. it's like a spoiled child. >> team trump rebukes a civil rights icon. >> stand up. speak up. when you see something that is not right -- >> four days from inauguration, the growing crisis of legitimacy as the trump boycott grows. then -- >> i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact. >> why donald trump's ongoing alignment with vladimir putin has multiple continents on edge. plus, is the trump white house actually planning to kick reporters out? >> there are reporters every

we have to treat him as peggy noonan time. >> favreau. >> the loftier speeches but these are great. >back in the beginning in 2006 when barack obama won went to valerie jarrett's office, with the reverse scene of her packing up to go to the white house and pictures here. it's been eight years. been with him for eight years. lot long time. doesn't usually happen. >> i remember in 2009 on the mall. >> 300 degrees below 0. >> incredibly cold and different feeling back then when he was about to take office. certainly different from the feeling everybody at this table is probably experiencing with donald trump. >> do you think feel more like inauguration as the week progresses? i remember being here last two times, more people here, more festive attitude. i don't know why it's different this time. maybe people are waiting until the end of the week to come. we have a very different kind of president-elect this time. and obviously with president obama, even people that didn't vote for him, historic nature of the election, especially 2008, a special time for most americans. had emotional feel

i think we have to treat them as a peggy noonan-like -- >> favro was the bigger loftier speeches -- >> i remember back in the beginning in 2006 when barack obama won and i went to valerie jarrett's office, so i had a reverse scene of her in her office in chicago packing up and getting ready to go to washington with them showing the pictures and then yeah, the pictures of her here. and it's hard to believe it's been eight years, and valerie jarrett has been with him for eight years. that is a long time. that doesn't usually happen. >> i remember back in 2008, when you and i -- i guess it was 2009, when we were on the mall. >> and it was zero -- >> it was cold out. there was a different feeling back then when barack obama was supposed to take office. it was a different feeling, the feeling that you and i at this table probably is experiencing with donald trump. >> do you think that it will feel more like an inauguration as the week progresses, because i remember being here this time for the last two inaugurations, and there was more people here. there was more of a festive attitude. i d

you and i were there, when ronald reagan gave the speech that extraordinary speech written by peggy noonan and for the 50th anniversary in 1994, you began thinking through what that generation meant. and tom, when you decided that you wanted to write the book, talk about what normandy meant to you, having been there and walked on those beaches. >> well, this is the first time, that's gino marley and harry garten, they had big, big wars, they survived the year harry lost both legs, gino got the medal of honor, they were working glass guys from pennsylvania and they made such an impression on me that day that i began to collect stories like those, not quite knowing where i was going and i would incorporate those stories into commencement addresses and on the 50th anniversary, talking to katie couric, what is the greatest lesson i used greatest generation. i thought about in advance. when i wrote the book there seemed to be the right title. there was some resistance bu that's what i stay with and i'm grateful for the fact it's now entered the language. i didn't say everybody was perfect in th

for some perspective, we turn to our friend, "wall street journal" columnist, peggy noonan, who herself >> each generation of americans must define what it means to be an american. >> we are one nation and one people. >> this great nation will endure as it has endured. >> a presidential inauguration marks an american glory. the peaceful transfer of power in the world teas oldest continuing democracy. for new presidents the address is a chance to show your stuff. to say, this i believe, this we believe, is my intention, my hope. a new presidents wants to show his equal to the moment. sometimes they buckle under the rhetorical pressure, sometimes not. you can trace a lot of history reading inaugural addresses. thomas jefferson's second inaugural showed some considerable self regard, in his first administration he felt he'd made a lot of wise decisions. but what takes you aback is his withering december like of the media. he said, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us. he accused them of falsehood and said they deserved punishment. abraham lincoln all acknowledge produced

abby: i think peggy noonan had a piece yesterday saying this is really quite a moment for president trump have these reagan democrats that are trump democrats now. >> exactly. and that's what's happening. we're going to talk with michael mukasey, former attorney general, to get his sense of this this temporary stay from the federal judge in brooklyn and where he sees this going. and we've got scott baio coming on the show -- clayton: you can't fit that all in. [laughter] ed: you should have led with that. >> attacks on inauguration weekend, i want to get him to set the record straight. clayton: you can't get that all in. starts in ten minutes. ed: has a new white house already made us stronger on the world stage? abby: and retired four-star general jack keane is on deck, he's reacting next. e feet... jumped into city life as a kid... ...and kept my town moving. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, n

. >> he is speaking to the peggy noonan unprotect today. >> let's take in this moment as former presidentis an emotional time for the people who love the obama's and supported the obama's. they now begin their post-presidential life. it's described, this moment, in a handbook for the inauguration that dates back to 1889 which says the president leaves the capitol as fast as is practicable after the inauguration of his successor. what it doesn't describe is what this means to the country, this moment, this day that is all about donald j. trump. this moment is about two people who have served their country for eight years. getting on that helicopter, as you say, for the last time and going off at a new life that is a young age for the president 55 and 53 for the first lady. they will go to the former air force one, now called executive one. i want to just point out that something happened here that was a tradition the obama's started. it used to be that the good-byes were said up on the steps. as a sign of respect, eight years ago, president obama walked to the hospital with the bush's and