i just read the book on bobby kennedy's campaign which is pretty clear according to him mayor richard daley's chicago was prepared to endorse robert kennedy, he thought the world was a disaster and worried the black vote in chicago. as we started this questionnaire and said if mayor daley back robert kennedy then the whole demonstration stop in chicago radically changed. >> host: i think we need to back up just a little bit. with each of these instances remind people of what really happened. first of all its 1968. johnson -- 68, right? johnson has announced he's not going to run. the imam war is killing and hubert humphrey and eugene mccarthy runs and mccarthy does better than anyone expected and body announces. >> guest: causing a lot of ill will hear and and all the has won all but the word in primaries and then it's the california primary. imagine if robert kennedy had lived and so mayor daley who was the symbol of the old guard, the old politics if he was backing the peace candidate you don't have all those demonstrators you only have the radicals and they are marginalized then i went hom

and richard daley who packed him said -- backed him said, wait a minute, you're going to send me these hoodlums? >> host: you touch on this, jeff, in this particular segment. you don't make much of it, though, but bobby kennedy as a young man was, after all, an aide to mccarthy. >> guest: right. yes, for six months. >> host: for six months. >> guest: then he left and came back as an aide to the democrats. but you're right. >> host: in those days he was a very right-wig with fellow. >> guest: here's what it was, he had really primitive notions about communism. there's a story about him traveling with justice douglas, i think it may have been mongolia, may have been russia, and he got sick. and he said, i don't want to be treated by a communist doctor. now, that's like -- he's i don't know how young. >> host: right. >> guest: and the right and wrong, the kind of very strict black and white way he often looked at the world, particularly as a younger man, i think he got annealed later on. made him that. l one of his sisters dated mccarthy. joe kennedy gave money to mccarthy -- >> host: the

when he tried to say let's get the power back to the neighborhoods in richard daley who backed them in the scenario said wait a minute. you are going to send me these little ones? you want to blackstone rangers in chicago to have some power? >> host: you touch on this jeff in this particular segment. you don't make much of it though, but avi kennedy as a young man was after all, an aide to mccarthy. >> yes, for six months. than electing came back as an aide to the democrats. but you are right. >> host: but in those days he was a very right-wing fellow. >> guest: here is what it was. he had really primitive notions about communism. there's a story about him traveling with justice douglas. i think it may been mongolia, me maven rush and he got sick and he said i don't want to be treated by economist dr.. i don't know how young he is. and the right and wrong, the kind of very strict black-and-white way he often looked at the world particularly as a younger man. a think he got a neal slater on. he also had one of his sisters dated mccarthy. joe kennedy gave money to mccarthy. joe senior. a

somebody asked the question, i just read the book on bobby kennedy's campaign and it's clear mayor richard daleyf chicago was prepared to endorse robert kennedy. he thought the war was a disaster and was worried about the black vote in chicago so i started preassociating to this question, you know, if robert daley backed robert kennedy then the whole thing -- >> host: i think we need to back up a little bit. with each of these instances, jeff, remind people of what really happened. first of all, it's 1968. >> guest: '68. >> host: johnson has announced that he's not going to run. >> guest: right. >> host: the vietnam war is killing him, quite literally. and hubert humphrey is running and eugene mccarthy ones and mccarthy does better than expected and then bobby announces. >> guest: right causing a lot of ill-will that he had earned in once sense. and bobby has won all but the oregon primary and then it's the california primary. in the reality world, all i said imagine if robert kennedy had lived so mayor daley who was the symbol of the old guard, of the old politics. if he was backing the peace c

we're grateful to richard daley. give it up for richard daley. [applause] i can tell you. i like to tease him. this is a guy that stepped in to one of the toughest jobs in washington. he stood by my side every step of the way. i have seen how he performs under pressure. i have seen the kind of commitment he has to the american people. you made a good choice. he is going to be a great mayor. i am proud to call rahm emanuel my friend. i look around the room. as crowded as it is, i see friends everywhere. people out there have known him for a long time -- i have known for a long time. it is good to be home. [applause] this is the city where i fell in love. [applause] this is the city where i got my start in politics 25 years ago working with churches on the south side to bring jobs to the jobless and hope to the hopeless. it is where i stood with so many of you in grant park two years ago when we show the world that all things are possible in the united states of america. [applause] some of the may have heard that this is where we will be basing our headquarters for the 2012

>> we owe him a huge debt of gratitude for taking a world- class city and we are grateful for richard daley. [applause] rahm emanuel is a guy who stepped down to one of the toughest jobs in washington, if not the toughest job, and stood by my side every step of the way and i have seen how he performs under pressure. i have seen the kind of commitment he has to the american people . guys made a good choice. he will be a great mayor. i am proud to call rahm emanuel my friend. [applause] i look around the room and i see friends everywhere. , people i have been yelling for a long, long time. it is good to be home. [applause] it is good to be home. this is the city where i fell in love. [applause] this is the city where i got my start in politics 25 years ago, working with churches and the south side to bring jobs to the jobless and hope to the hopeless. this is where i stood with so many of you in grant park almost 2.5 years ago when we show the world that all things are possible in the united states of america. [applause] some of you may have heard that this is where we will be basing our head

health care law, guantanamo bay prison, the youth vote in the 2010 election, and his work for richard daley, and rahm emanuel. david axelrod left his white house position earlier this year to help lead the president's reelection campaign at its chicago headquarters. he is interviewed by james warren. we pick up the interview with a discussion concerning the decision on the guantanamo detention facility. >> the obama budget reflects none of those commission recommendations. why? >> it does not represent none of them. i think there were a number that had been adapted. but there is no doubt that there is a large discussion to be had. the president has said that and we should do it in a sequential way. let's get last year's budget business done. let's have a discussion about 2012, and then let's have a discussion about some of these larger issues. right now we are fighting over 12% of the budget, that is all the discretionary budget is. that leaves 88% of the budget to be discussed. if you're going to solve this in the long term, that has to be part of the discussion. that is why he appointed a

give it up for richard daley. [cheers and applause] but i can tell you that i like to tease rham. i joke about him. this is one of the guide who stepped into one of the toughest jobs in washington said by my side every step of the way and i've seen how he performs under pressure and seen the kind of commitment he has to the american people. you guys made a good choice. he is going to be a great mayor and i'm proud to call rham emanuel my friend. [cheers and applause] i looked around the room and just see if friends everywhere, people i've known for a long, long time. [cheers and applause] it's good to be home. [cheers and applause] feels good to be home. this is the city where i fell in love. [cheers and applause] this is a city where i got my start in politics 25 years ago, working with churches on the south side to bring jobs to the hopeless. it is where i stood with so many of you in great part almost two and a half years ago when we show the world that all things are possible in the united states of america. [cheers and applause] some of you may have heard, this is where we ar

grateful for richard daley. give it up for richard daley. i can tell year that i like to tease him. i joke about him. this is a guy who stepped then in one of the toughest jobs in washington, if not the toughest job and stood by my side i have seen how a has worked under pressure and the commitment that he has to the american people. you guys may have a great choice. he will make a great mayor. i look around the room. i see friends everywhere. the people i have been going for a long, long time. it is good to be home. it is good to be home. this is the city where i fell in love. this is the city where i got my start in politics working for churches to bring jobs for the jobless and hope to the hopeless. it is where i stood with so many in grant park. we showed the world that all things are possible in the united states. some of you may have heard that this is where we will be facing our headquarters for the 2012 campaign. this is the first time in modern history that a sitting president has made the reelection campaign outside of washington. i decided i do not want a campaign to be j

i had my birth to do it signed by mayor richard daley. he was the town clerk at the time.t was like a little diploma. i question the hawaiian birth certificate. find somebody else who had a birth certificate around the same time of the year in that hospital and see if it looks like that. that is pretty much what i am saying. >> we appreciate the call. thank you. comment on that? >> i think it was richard j. daley. andrew joins us from new york. hello? going, going, gone. byron from california. >> ronald reagan had a lot of good points. he strengthened america in several fashions. however, he did lie under congressional investigation concerning iran-contra. if you look to the white house documents and documents released from the time, you will see a completely new what happened and he lied about it. he should have been impeached. he directly lied to congress. his proteges lied to congress. the entire birther issue concerning president obama's records in college is driven by racism. it is a racist argument. " going to disagree with you. they did the same things to president

the absence of the youth vote during the 2010 elections and his campaign work for chicago mayor richard daley and former representatives rahm emanuel and rod blagojevich. david axelrod left his white house position earlier this year to help lead the president's re-election campaign at his chicago headquarters. he gave these remarks during an interview with columnist james warren. from the city club of chicago, it is about 45 minutes. >> the president's debt commission came out with a very clear set of policy proposals including substantial cuts serious changes in entitlements but the obama budget reflects virtually none, none of those commission recommendations. why? >> well, first of all it doesn't represent none of them. i think there were a number that have been adopted but there is no doubt there is a larger discussion to be had and the president has said that he said we have to do this in a sequential a. way. let's get last year's budget business done. let's have a discussion about 2012 and then let's have a discussion about some of these larger issues. right now we're fighting over 12%

i was at a meeting with richard daley when he was state attorney in chicago. he was clearly not interested in handling political corruption cases. he wanted to be the mayor. it's not a good thing to do in chicago unless you are the u.s. attorney. and his answer was, the feds have all of the ability to handle political corruption and organized crime. we handle street crime and with one little sentence absolved himself of the need to do any difficult cases. i'm not quite sure what rick would say about that. whether you just write him off and the feds come in or you try to develop some capacity in his office to handle those kinds of cases. let me follow up with the other question and then maybe rick will answer the first one. let's take a case based on margiata. again, hypothetical. i'm cutting out most of the facts. he's the republican chairman. happens to be in the town of hempstead in nassau county. he gets his person elected as county executive. they have the ability to appoint the broker of record. the broker of record is the person who insures all of the pr