aaron belkin, valerie jarrett, admiral mullen thank you for being here this afternoon. >> good to be with you. >> thank you. >> valerie jarrett, i will start with you as senior advisor to the president of the united states. the floor is yours for your opening statement. >> thank you, jonathan. hello everyone. congratulations to speaker pelosi for this award, well-deserved and her leadership has been well deserved with this effort. the only time in eight years that i went to the hill for about was for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" votee in the senate. i remember been surrounded by so many of the advocates would been working onhe this tirelessly for many years in president obama's time in office but as you said jonathan, this was a campaign promise and from day one we won about the business of laying the foundation for this effort. all the advocates were watching will remember that they turned up the heat pretty quickly and i think the first choice was that the president should honor those unilaterally and stop charging people in the military who were openly gay. obama was look

valerie jarrett, i will talk to you as a senior advisor to the president.or is yours for your opening statement. jarret: thank you, jonathan . the only time in eight years that i actually went to the hill for a vote was for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in the senate. i remember being surrounded by so many of the advocates who had been working on this tirelessly for many years, preceding president obama's time in office. but this was a campaign promise president obama made, and from day one, he went about the business of length the foundation for this effort. those watching will remember that he turned up the heat for , that the president on his own unilaterally should stop discriminating against people in the military who were openly gay. president obama didn't want to do something that violated the authority of his office, he wanted to make sure the military was on board and that it passed through the congress, so that we would never have to cross this road again. that took a lot of time and effort. bondi, whod by brian was responded for -- respon

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here they are, aaron belkin valerie jarrett and rommel in thank you all very much for being here thisernoon. >> it's good to be with you jonathan. >> valerie jarrett i will start with you as speaker for the united states the floor is yours for your opening statement. >> thank you jonathan hello everyone and congratulations to speaker pelosi for this award, well deserved. her leadership was instrument alone has ever put a begin by saying the only time in eight years that i went to the hill for a vote was for the repeal of "don't ask don't tell" in the senate and i was surrounded by so many advocates who had been working on this dervis way for many years in obama's time in office but as you said jonathan is so safe tan came -- campaign promise that president obama made and from day one he went about the business of lying down the effort. i think the first president unilaterally -- president obama was looking for substantial change. you want to do something that would violate the opposite want to make sure the military would come through and it would pass the congress so we'd never have

we'll talk with former obama white house senior adviser valerie jarrett to get the latest on which direction she expects someone she knows very well she expects president biden to take in the white house u we have highlights from president biden's first speech in office and a look at how this could affect his agenda and tracking all the markets. let's begin with president biden's inaugural address. >> you never expect a lot of policy specifics in an inaugural address and this certainly didn't include many either this was emotional, heart felt, pitch from joe biden directly to the country, a message of unity here biden saying we have to end this uncivil war that pits red against blue and saying that today despite the violence we saw on the very spot he was standing just two weeks ago biden saying today democracy has prevailed. so a message of hope, unity, and sort of trying to rally the country here from biden, who did speak directly to some of the economic anxiety that people across the country feel. here's what he said. >> many of my fellow americans view the future with fear and trepidatio

here to discuss now, valerie jarrett, the former senior adviser to president barack obama. he author of "finding my voice when the perfect plan crumbles and the adventure begins." good evening, ms. jarrett. it's so good to see you. >> good evening, don. how are you doing? >> i'm doing very well. thank you very much. let's get into it. here we are, the first friday night for the biden administration. what does this mean for you and all the people who are a part of the biden administration when you look at what has happened with joe biden, your vice president, your former vice president? >> i have to tell you, i have slept better the last two nights than i have in a very long time knowing we're in good hands. he is following through on exactly he said he would do in the course of the campaign, consistent with the values i have observed over the eight years. i had the privilege of working with him in the obama/biden administration. given the dire situation our country is in right now, i am heartened to see on day one he started signing the executive orders, proposing legislatio

valerie jarrett was the longest serving senior adviser to president barack obama. she was co—chair of the obama transition team. valerie trained as a lawyer and worked in a number of civic organisations in chicago before moving into politics. and richard haas is a highly respected former us diplomat who's currently president of the council on foreign relations. he was a senior official in the us state department under president george bush and was adviser to secretary of state colin powell. richard has written a new book called the world a brief introduction. big topic there. richard, welcome to you both. and remember, you, too, can join the conversation. it's hash tag bbc global questions. and let's get right down to our first question is from des kimara in quebec, canada. but i believe you're originally from sierra leone. 0k, fire away. thank you. thank you very much. until 2016, america is seenl as the father for democracy. however, with the trump - administration and its policy, foreign and domestic, its democratic recipesi and political hegemony has been given

i want to start with you, valerie jarrett.clip of something that aired earlier this week. this is a group of kamala harris' sorority reacting to how biden and harris are going to govern. on the point of how black women are sort of experiencing this moment, this was an interview by my good friend, tiffany cross. take a listen. >> i'm hoping once they're in office, as they begin to introduce their platform to america that people who did not vote for them will see that they really are for the people. >> i think they will just have to show by doing and i think that will convince them. >> for years before when the other administration won, lot of people were not happy, but we have to move on and not create a divided country. >> you know, valerie, when you think about an historically black college, black women sororities like the links which kamala harris is a member of, this is like a moment, joyful moment. can we still recapture that kind of joy and history given all of the rest of the circumstances? >> oh, absolutely, joy. first

here to discuss now valerie jarrett, the former senior advisor to president barack obama. good evening. it's so good to see you. >> good evening, don. how are you doing? >> i'm doing very well. thank you very much. let's get into this. so here we are. tonight is the first friday night for the biden administration. what does this mean for you and all the people who are a part of the biden administration when you look at what has happened with joe biden, your vice president, your former vice president? >> i have to tell you i have slept better the last few nights than i have in a long time knowing we're in good hands. he's followed through exactly what he said he'd do in the course of it campaign consistent with the values over the eight years. and given the dire situation our country is in right now i'm heartened to see on day one he started signing the executive orders. he's supposing legislation that is all focused on making sure we contain this covid-19 and we build our economy back better. and the point you are making at the opening the way dee it better is make sure we

valerie jarrett, former president adviser to barack obama and the auth are on of "finding my voice. perfect plan crumble, the adventure begins." valerie, good to see you this is our new outing together under the new administration. i guess this is the third full day of this administration. i want to get your take because you were a senior adviser to president barack obama the last time joe biden was in this administration. give me a sense of where we are right now. >> well, good morning, ali. what a difference four days make. i can tell you my blood pressure has gone down, i'm sleeping better at night. we now have a president of the united states who is waking up every day thinking about us and he is following through decisively and swiftly on commitments he made during the course of the campaign. so it feels good. >> let's talk -- >> yeah, sure, go ahead independent i'm sorry to interrupt you, valerie. these delays on the internet, i thought you had finished speaking. i apologize for that. to the point that we were just discussing, katie benner and carol lenig and i, part of it is

biden has said he will sign it and it is extremely important we get it through this session. >> valerie jarrettten to what vice president biden -- biden said when he signed the executive order allowing transgender americans to serve in the military. >> what i'm doing today is all qualified americans serve our country in uniform. essentially restoring the situation, transgender personnel, if qualified in every other way, can serve their government in the united states military. >> valerie, i wanted to play that for you and our viewers. let me put up the tweet sent by texas senator john cornyn, another, quote, unifying move by the new administration. biden ends partial ban on u.s. soldiers in u.s. military. valerie, i know that unity is very important to you. your reaction to a sitting senator, united states senator, reacting that way to a move that is clearly meant to open access to all americans who want to serve in the military. >> well, he shouldn't be threatened by equality and justice and efforts by biden to try to bring our country together, which means we have to reconcile with the challe

valerie jarrett has attended two inaugurations. jarrett is senior adviser to president obama. one of her is on the white house lawn from four years ago and then a snapshot of now president joe biden and first lady dr. jill biden with michelle obama. i asked jarrett what's ahead for the biden/harris administration. >> no two days are alike. no two hours are alike. we used to say for several months we were drinking out of a fire hose, and i'm not sure that ever stopped until the day i walked out. >> reporter: yeah, i hear you. so many eyes will be looking at kamala harris as the first woman, as the first woman of color. and that vice presidential role is so dependent on that relationship with the president. what do you see as what their role will be as a team and what her role should be carrying so much weight on her shoulders? >> her career has been made up of breaking through glass ceilings, being the first -- the first but ensuring she wasn't the only or the last. and so i think she's comfortable with the expectations that are on her shoulder. i think the fact joe biden has s

of working out and wasn't paying-- and then i sort of took it in, and i then went, "oh," and valerie jarrettwho called me, said, "and we'd appreciate your not talking about it," so there was a month where i knew i was getting it before it was going to be announced, and i took it very seriously about not talking to people about it, and she said, "well, you can tell your family." i went, "oh, thanks," but it was the group that was there because it was his last year, but it was just an honor to be in the room. rubenstein: so you've received at lot of other awards. you and your show have won scores and scores of emmys. michaels: yes. rubenstein: where do you keep all these emmys? michaels: well, they're constantly moved. if i bring them home, they get moved around and generally moved out, and i go, "hey," you know, "i won that," but i don't think-- i don't have a trophy room, if that's-- i think you're thrilled when you get it because you're competitive and because it's, theoretically, from your peers, and you're really angry when you don't get it, so it must mean something, and i think with all

we're joined by valerie jarrett, she's attended two presidential inaugurations. ng to you all. >> this is certainly going to be a very different inauguration, given covid and the security precautions. do you have any concerns about safety at the capitol for the inauguration? >> i had the opportunity to work with the secret service for all eight years of president obama and vice president biden's term and there are no more professional competent men and women i know. i'm confident they'll do everything possible to keep people safe. >> conspicuously absent at this inauguration will be the outgoing president. it is first time an outgoing president has skipped an inauguration in 152 years. what sort of message do you think that sends to the world? >> well, anthony, there has been nothing conventional about this president since day one. so i don't think it should come as any surprise to anyone that he would also not continue with the tradition of showing this smooth transition of power as you know he didn't cooperate early on with the transition. he has yet to acknowle

. >> we can't exactly say, valÉrie jarrett said no.ere off in the bad guys. >> a question over here? i thought i saw a hand over here. it's a shy crowd. >> jeremy, i have a question regarding the couple that snuck into a party. how did that happen? how did they get checked? how did they get in when they weren't on áhe gust list? >> lea knows it even better than i do, -- let's make that very clear. [laughs] [laughs] it was june 7th, 2011, my first state dinner for jeremy, which was out in the rose garden. it was gorgeous, but i couldn't relax for any of it, because you know that anything that goes wrong is what makes the story. and that gate-crashers certainly did put the fear in "t u$e white house that lasted e entire administration of mistakes happening. and unfortunately, the people that really suffer our guests now, because it's such a process. you have to show your idea, multiple times. >> it's worse than the airplanes. >> it's really awful, so it is a shame. they got in, it was a first day dinner. they were dressed as if they belo

. >> i mean we can't exactly say valÉrie jarrett said now. we were often the bad guys. >> absolutely. >> question over here. >> very shy crowd. >> it is a tsai crowd. >> jeremy, i have a question about the party who snuck into a party. how did that happen? how didn't they get checked? how did they get in and they weren't on the guest list? >> li knows it even better than i do because i was, let's make that real clear, but it was in fact on june 7th of 2011 was my first state dinner for chairman which was out in the rose garden. it was gorgeous. but i couldn't relax for any of it because you know that anything that goes wrong is what makes the story. and that gate-crashers certainly did put the fear in the white house that lasted the entire administration of mistakes happening. and unfortunately, the people that really suffered our guests now. it is such a process. you have to show your i.d. multiple times. >> it's worse than the airplane. >> it's really awful. it's a shame. they got in. it was the first state dinner. they were dressed as if t

jeremy: we cannot exactly say, well, valerie jarrett said no. so we were often the bad guys. joanne: absolutely. question over here? thought i saw a hand over here. jeremy: very shy crowd. joanne: it is a shy crowd. >> jeremy, i have a question regarding the couple that snuck into a party. how did that happen? how didn't they get checked? how did they get in when they were not on the guest list? jeremy: lea knows it even better than i do, because -- lea: that did not happen on his watch. jeremy: yes, let's make that real clear. [laughter] but it was, in fact, on june 7 of 2011 was my first state dinner out in the rose garden. it was gorgeous, but i could not relax for any of it, because you know that anything that goes wrong is what makes the story. and that gatecrasher certainly did put the fear in the white house that lasted the entire administration of mistakes happening. and it was -- unfortunately, the people who really suffer our guests now, because it is such a process. you have to show your id multiple times. lea: it is worse than an airplane. jeremy: it is really awf

. >> valerie jarrett made the point yesterday when he/she joi us.ote in the book, michelle obama said she chose grace at that time. >> if you look at president trump's inaugural address, the very beginning of it he turns and says, "i want to say how magnificent president obama and first lady michelle have been to us. the transition busy been excellent. you have been magnificent." big round of applause. >> then in the speech we heard the phrase "american carnage." >> still, the point of that, what i just said, is that they acknowledged one another as difficult as it was, and the ss democracy was visible. it is rent this morning. it will be torn. and the president is tearing it. he's not going to be there. >> and what that sets up -- to the point you're making now, this is joe biden's day. the focus should be on joe biden, and we're spending time talking about the fact that donald trump won't go to the inauguration. >> you know what, we can turn -- >> maybe we should not do that. >> we can turn the hourglass over right now. >> yes, we can. >> this art