david gregory joins us with more of his exclusive interview with former president bill clinton and the role clinton is prepared to play if his wife does run. >> you're just a bit player as to whether secretary clinton runs? >> that's exactly what i am. i'm a foot soldier in an army. i will do what i'm instructed to do. >> plus, team usa survives the group of death. moving on to the world cup knockout run, the sweet 16. how sweet it is. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. not all there, but back well enough, i hope. we just heard from president obama in the last hour. right now there's plenty of buzz about the comments made by another commander in chief in an exclusive "meet the press" interview. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" joins me now. that was some interview. i want to throw to the first part of it which was clinton talking about iraq. >> okay. >> the former vice president dick cheney said of president obama in an op ed that claims that al qaeda is decimated, is clearly not true. that al qaeda is on the march. the argument that america is less safe under

people want to hear bill clinton speak. he worked very hard to build a track record to make him attractive to donors, but this is not like shoveling coal. this is not like building a factory. and so there is that aspect too. it's not like they have acquired their wealth from hard work. >> true. and i know this isn't the popular answer. there's sort of a double standard with presidential candidates. mitt romney was judged for his wealth. she'll be judged for her wealth as well. but the reality is to run for president. you have to have a certain level of comfortability. >> but it's not the wealth that's the issue, it's being in touch. >> it's not even now that you have to have a certain amount of wealth. if millionaires can't run for president, we have about five presidents, right? but i think it's how you talk about it. look, she should say -- same thing, mitt romney's problem i think was not his wealth, it was how uncomfortable he was talking about his wealth. this is the same issue. just say, look, we've been very blessed

basically to say that bill clinton's a stoner. joint man never happened, sad to say. political campaigns do regularly do these kind of stunts. before they ran against bob dole in 1996, it was 1992 when bill clinton was up against george h.w. bush, and a guy in a chicken suit was sent to all the campaign stops. president bush did not love this, and he and his campaign ended up getting in a few well publicized fights with the chicken. this is just become a thing that campaigns do to try to get under the skin of the rival candidate, ruffle some feathers. use a great visual of the man in the funny suit on to tv or in the paper. in '08 a man in a squirrel suit. they tried to relate president obama to the group acorn. it made sense to have the squirrel visibly bother the obama campaign, there by getting the acorn issue into the coverage of his events. the squirrel had a blog and a twitter feed, the squirrel seemed to have a good time on the campaign. here's the randomly acorn squirrel richard simmons for no reason. the squirrel claimed to fire up the squirrel community agai

bush or if you look at bill clinton or if you look at ronald reagan sure i mean the answer would be that you could and people should be wary i mean this is this is sort of the case that i'm making is that we've become so comfortable with the executive branch of the government abusing its citizens and violating our rights and violating what they're structured to do under the law that we've just become used to it and if we start treating them as criminals maybe they'll think twice before they act so criminally in the future or would make certain we had tapes and there was a possibility of them diving if you remember the right only did impeach but he would have had to be impeached this is the problem under the law then and right because the way that it works is that under american law barack obama could literally strangle somebody on camera today and he would have to be and be impeached and then he would have to be tried in the senate and convicted and only then could you actually bring a criminal indictment against a president that you can't bring a criminal indictment against sitting pres

bill clinton explain things for her puts her in that company. the flip side as you see from that statement, she doesn't want to make it look like she needs somebody else fighting her fights for her. to me this is just sort of -- the book tour itself was sort of a transition moment in terms of hillary clinton sort of -- she's not going to actually say it for a while, but hillary clinton rolling out as a presidential candidate. now we're sort of seeing, this is what political life is going to be like for the next two years assuming she goes ahead and runs, where everything is going to be parsed like this. we've never seen -- we said in 2008 we had never seen a front-runner like hillary clinton today. really we've never seen a front-runner like hillary clinton for 2016. she was running 48%, 50% against barack obama in 2008, now near 70%. that's unprecedented. >> chris, pick up on that point. she certainly is ahead. yet does former president clinton, do they need to find a new way to answer this question? >> you bet. this is now what day -- i've los

thank you. >> bill clinton played the role of explainer in chief for president obama in 2012. he's apparently at it again. this time for his wife hillary clinton defendi ining comments made about the former first couple's financial status. during her recent book tour she said they were, quote, dead broke when they left the white house. david dwrgregory asked the president about the comments and critics who say the potential presidential candidate is out of touch with voters. >> it is factually true we were several billion dollars in debt. she's not out of touch. she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. if you don't give the most in-depth answer to a question because you immediately remember what you felt like the day we left, as opposed what it looks like everybody else now who is having trouble, you have to say i have to clean it up. which she did. >>> joining me live nbc senior political editor mark murray. you said before on-air that being wealthy has rarely been a problem in american politics. the roosevelts, the kennedys, the bu

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. >>> plus, my news making interview with former president, bill clinton. his strong defense of hillary clinton and harsh words for dick cheney about iraq. >>> and what does one of president obama's closest advisers think about the prospect of hillary clinton running for president? unique insights as our cynthia mcfadden gets rare, behind the scenes access of the white house. >>> good sunday morning, we want to begin now with this increasingly bitter divide here in washington. will speaker boehner's planned lawsuit over executive power end any hope of action during the remainder of president obama's term? our congressional correspondent, kelly o'donnell, brings us up to date. >> reporter: a fractureded relationship that once displayed at least fleeting moments of public friendship, from their one-time-only golf outing to warm praise for family roots. >> how the son of a bar keep, the speaker of the house. >> reporter: and soon, chief litigant? a new fissure broke open over the constitutional boundaries of the president's job scrip i will. >> today in americ

her husband, bill clinton, taking on critics going to it bat for her. >> it is factually true that we were several million dollars in debt. she is not out of touch. and she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. >> but on pbs today, hillary clinton also said, quoting her, my husband was very sweet today, but i don't need anybody to defend my record. i think my record speaks for itself. is this a harbinger of things to come? his wife's defense, or -- >> sure. >> by her saying that, she is saying, honey, not necessary. >> honey, enough. thank you, dear, but no thanks. i think, of course, we're going to see him defending her. for those of us who covered the 2008 campaign, he was out there, and sometimes he was inartful. and sometimes he caused more problems defending his wife than he solved. and i think we saw him do it previously this year when he talked about health after the health question was raised by karl rove, and what bill clinton did when trying to say his wife was in good health was he gave us an awful lot of information about how it t

bush or if you look at bill clinton or if you look at ronald reagan sure i mean the answer would be that you could and people should be wary i mean this is this is sort of the case that i'm making is that we've become so comfortable with the executive branch of the government abusing its citizens and violating our rights and violating what they're structured to do under the law that we've just become used to it and if we start treating them as criminals maybe they'll think twice before they act so criminally in the future or would make certain we had tapes and there was a possibility of them diving if you remember the right we did impeach but he would have had to be impeached this is the problem under the law then and right because the way that it works is that under american law barack obama could literally strangle somebody on camera today and he would have to be impeached and then he would have to be tried in the senate and convicted and only then could you actually bring a criminal indictment against a president you can't bring a criminal indictment against sitting president so you a

she also not bill clinton, i wonder if her candidacy will be as strong people admire her as secretary of state i don't think she has the same savvy as bill clinton. >> i think the election took a lot out of her. >> chris christie has a honest in your face style not taking anything from folks. >> i think he is recovering i'm surprised by that, my view he has been resolute throughout the whole thing. people admire that. i don't think you saw there's a picture in the new york times him playing softball for a a charity in shorts sliding into second base. people like that. >> at the end of the summer we'll be able to gauge a little bit more you're looking at the reconstruction of the shore towns, they didn't get money when they thought they were going to get money. there's still a little anger out. out there. wait until the fall we'll see what happens to the shore towns, are they harmed or are they moving forward. if they forgive chris christie he is moving forward. >> he actually came out for the first time and said i'm pro life across the board. that's something he shied away from for a

it is former president bill clinton defending his wife over claims she made they were broke. and against critics that says she is out of touch. >> it is true we were several million dollars in debt. she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. before that all your life you he had need to be able to show by their policies and statements about current conditions how candidates from both parties across the spectrum feel about the challenge of our times which is the demise of the american dream and the laws of our leadership as the most successful middle class country in the world. >> hillary clinton has not declared herself a presidential candidate has been making media rounds for her new book called "hard" choices. >> an extreme weather alert. severe weather wreaking havoc on parts of the midwest. folks are on high alert because there's still the threat of more tornadoes. >> maria molina captured some of the amazing shots of tornadoes. good morning maria. >> hi, i am in des moines, iowa. yesterday there was a lot of severe weather. we had

in fact, bill clinton has become the richest ex-president in our history. he's worth somewhere near $200 million. >> reporter: some analysts argue hillary is strongest when she's less defensive and more emotive. >> it took a devastating loss in iowa to reach down and find that voice. >> reporter: right after that 2008 iowa primary loss, hillary won new hampshire. true emotion may have helped. >> i have so many opportunities from this country. i just don't want to see us fall backwards. >> reporter: sales of mrs. clinton's new books continue to fall. simon and schuster may not be able to recoup losses on her $14 million advance. many who cue up for a signed copy, a majority of them women, still identify with her hardships in the white house, and her aspirations to break through the glass ceiling. the highest one in the land. chris? >> doug, thank you. >>> the supreme court says president obama exceeded his authority, in making some recess appointments. we'll get reaction from the panel when we come right back. you told us your number one olive garden dishes.

you have bill clinton chastising dick cheney for speaking opinion while bill clinton is out there speaking about his opinions on every subject there is under the sun. these guys are hypocrites. >> i'm not going to ask you to relitigate the benghazi debate, but i do ask whether there is an emerging republican foreign policy you think is distinct from how democrats pursue foreign policy. >> well, i mean, listen, as party chairman, you know i don't get into foreign policy that much, obviously, not into those rooms. >> always a first time. >> i understand that i think maybe the difference has been that the republicans have been far more willing to be proactive earlier in avoiding some of these conflicts from occurring where it seems like the president has been hesitant, procrastinating, putting red lines on the map. >> some might say that's more prudent than running into conflict without asking the hard questions. >> right. in the case of the president, he projected a red line. the red line was crossed, he didn't do anything about it now he's going back and starting to try to do things. >> all

it all began when hillary clinton said she and bill came out of the white house dead broke. though today business insider ranks bill and hillary clinton as the wealthiest of the living first couples at over $30 million. in an exclusive interview with "meet the press" moderator david gregory, mr. clinton said it's true, they were several million dollars in debt at that time. >> do you understand as a political matter that that could strike people as being out of touch? >> yeah, but she's not out of touch, and she advocates and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. and before that, all her life, i remember she was working on trying to -- believing in paid leave for pregnant mothers in the 1970s. >> the entire exclusive interview with former president bill clinton airs this sunday only on "meet the press." >>> so support for u.s. involvement in the iraq crisis, it continues to wane. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" polls finds nearly three-quarters of americans surveyed believe the war in iraq was not worth it. 22% believe it was. half beli

coming up, jeb bush, neil bush and the self-described black sheep of the family, bill clinton tell us what they thought of president george hw bush and why. >> my dad is the most complete man i know. >> john ellis, jeb, bush. >> hard to describe as a son but he's courageous, honest, had integrity, all the traits you would describe of someone nearing perfection, he has. he's not perfect, no one is but amazingly, he's as close as you can get. >> but the trait jeb, the second son, admired most in his father is what he sees in courage. >> my dad i think exhibited that in his entire life starting as the youngest navy pilot in world war ii moving to midland in his business. that took courage to get out of one's comfort zone to take the risk of running for office in the minority parties in the republican party in texas and then certainly as president, he showed a toughness and fortitude that people didn't think he had. he wasn't a politician. when we were growing up, he got involved in politics when he was 40. he was a business guy. he traveled a lot. he wasn't always at home because he was

she wrote and read a poem at bill clinton's first inauguration in 1993. >>> staying in the u.s. an unique program is helping inmates move on from their lives in prison. >> reporter: at the second chance farm in maryland six retired racehorses are living out their days. the farm was founded to save thoroughbreds no longer fit for the track. but the horses are not the only ones getting a chance. >> i can't wait to come in every morning. i look at it--i don't look at it as a job. i look at it as a passion. something that i love to do. >> reporter: the grooms like 27-year-old kevin landis are all prison inmates whose crimes range from assault to burglary. here there are no cells, no handcuffs, just a chance to earn a few dollars and learn a new trade. >> if one is going in and one is going out, how do you pass each other. >> judy said carrying for a two-ton animal is harder than it looks and only 25% of those who enter the program graduates. >> not everyone becomes patience, that's the number one thing you learn, patience. >> reporter: sponsoring ten of these programs across the cou

clinton. his >>> i always liked him. you know, i liked him because after he had a very tough fight with president reagan, when he finished second and he was asked to be vice president and he did. >> though they were once strong political opponents, it turns out former president bill clinton was always one of george h.w. bush's admirers. 1983. gov association met up in maine. and he hosted them at his house. so we went there and i had my daughter who was then three years old i walked up to the vice president and i said, mr. vice president i'd like you to meet this man the president of the united states and she said where is the bathroom? he took her to the bathroom and introduced my daughter to his mother who was then still living. and made a big impression on me. it's the kind of man he s he's kind and treats everybody with respect. he's interested in people. >> the two men did not agree on many issues president clinton was struck by bush's integrity >> i wasn't an idealoge. he voted for open

former president bill clinton spoke moments ago. he is on the first row right next to the first lady michele obama and oprah winfrey. all of them helping to organize this service. both women, michele obama and oprah winfrey, will be speaking shortly and, of course, we'll be taking you there live as that happens. pablo sandoval is there. give us an idea of all that's taking place there. certainly close friends who have filled that chapel for this beautiful sendoff. >> that's right, fredricka. took several hours to fill that chapel this morning as you can see, right now, that memorial continues at this hour. everybody inside nearly 2200 folks were given this program and it really does sum up the theme of today, a vel brags of rising -- celebration of rising joy. the folks inside open it up and see a collage of pictures with maya angelou and it really does offer a glimpse and a window to the life of this woman from her early years towards one of the latest pictures with her family here. it does demonstrate she's touched so many lives.

the next year, 2001, bill clinton made $13 million. just in speaking fees. hillary made $8 million off of advances for her first memoir. now, they may have been in debt in 2000, but four years later, that was gone. and that was likely not the same story for the 74% of you as households also holding debt in 2000. shortly after her abc interview, clinton stepped in it, again, telling "the guardian" we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off. granted, being truly well off means is certainly subjective and does not mean the same thing for the average u.s. worker as it does for clinton who reportedly makes upwards of $200,000 for speaking appearances. hillary clinton's comments have caused reporters to speculate about her relatability leading up to the 2016 campaign. but she joins a long list of politicians whose comments on wealth have have fallen a little outside of the relatability spectrum. who can forget this moment from the 2012 campaign. >> you know, i'm just saying, you're for individual mandates, my friend. you know what, y

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i'm both outraged and amused by bill clinton's rush to help his wife seem like a normal person. the other day he went all out in his attempt to define clinton normalcy. now his latest contribution, bragging about buying a few gifts during a trip to give to friends just like anyone would except these gifts are 14 designer watches worth $550 each as well as a couple of rugs. so the next time a friend gives you a t-shirt or jelly or chocolate bar for vacation, thank them for carrying o the clinton tradition and just think about what you could get if you knew some really normal people. >> i know that seems like a trivial sort of anecdote. >> kind of. >> but this is the problem with the hillary book tour. can anyone at this table quote me anything from "hard choices," anything at all? >> that's the problem. there was a book at the center of this tour that no one can talk about because the only thing that came out was that the clintons are out of touch. also, bill, this is the modern watch. welcome to the 21st century. >> i want newt to bring me back a jelly next time he's on the road

steps into the political spotlight, former president bill clinton is trying to play up his anti-poverty economic record without going too far. check it out on msnbc.com. >>> and brian webb on why he thinks our foreign policy on iran is flawed in the future. >> we don't have a long-term strategic objective. we're not thinking long-term in thousand ohhow to prevent thesen the future. >> and that's scrambled politics. >>> i'm joined by kevin from the hill. it's friday, it's kevin day. >> happy friday. >> good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> i'm sure the president is ready for the week to be over. >> yes. >> rough one, approval rating low, two years to go, how can he win the confidence of the american people back? >> that's the million dollar question. i think he had a rough week. when you look at what's happening internationally everywhere, most notably obviously iraq, and this coming off of the bergdahl swap. i think there's just a lot of frustration among the electorate. what the president needs to do is to really develop a cohesive strategy, i think, to kind of get out there ahead of

. >>> also this morning an nbc news exclusive with former president bill clinton as he tries to beat back the wealth of criticism that has been facing his better half on her book tour. >>> good morning from washington, it's wednesday, june 25th, 2014. let's get right to my first reads of the morning. isn in a reminder that campaigns still matter, six-term senator thad cochran beat back a challenge from state senator chris mcdaniel winning nearly 51% of the vote. in a runoff, mcdaniel got 49%. >> we all have a right to be proud of our state tonight. thank you very much. thank you for this wonderful honor. >> before this race ends, we have to be absolutely certain that the republican primary was won by republican voters. there is something a bit unusual about a republican primary that's decided by liberal democrats. >> you can tell mcdaniel is not ready to concede. according to our friends at smart politics, cochran's win marks only the third time that a second place mississippi u.s. senate primary finisher came back to win the runoff. the last time was 80 years ago, an incumbent in se

arkansas and there were allegations made about bill clinton and other women, she even went so far as a lawyer at the rose law firm to interview one of the women that this is relevant to who she is. i keep coming back to that phrase, who she is, her evolution. and the question of lewinsky is a connection that goes all the way back through her marriage, through her career. it's uncomfortable, but the way she has regarded and been the person who, on numerous -- at least four huge occasions that we know of, has saved bill clinton's political career by salvaging the women he's been accused -- accused is not a good term -- of having relations with, but this has been an enterprise that has been integri integral to bill clinton's survival and to their story. but again, the clintons are amazing. we've never seen anything quite like them and we need some context about their whole story which partly is of a great love affair. that's one thing that if you really come to understand, i think, bill and hillary clinton, you come away with all of the messiness of the relationship and in public. this

we want to let folks know you can watch more of david gregory's exclusive interview with bill clinton tomorrow morning on "meet the press." when "nbc nightly news" continues on it saturday, how tips are helping authorities identify and stop people on the verge of violence before it's too late. >>> we're back now with a warning signs of violent behavior often seen, sometimes reported, but not often taken seriously enough like the case of elliott rodgers, the troubled young man who went on a deadly rampage last month, near the university of california, santa barbara. or three years ago, a violent attack in tucson. nbc's mike taibbi has more on how authorities there are relying on a new combination of tools to identify people who may be near the breaking point. >> reporter: a troubled woman whose identity we've obscured is gently escorted from her home, no handcuffs. a neighbor said the woman had stopped taking her meds and she's been getting worse. tossing away all her belongings, sitting outside naked and issuing threats, which the snash neighbor said he didn't take all that seriously.

bill clinton left the white house, hillary clinton ran for senate. she was elected to the senate representing new york. 2008 she ran for president. you see some pictures here. she didn't win but she did become secretary of state for barack obama. now she has a book out, thinking about running when it. she's had a few missteps talking about we were dead broke when we left the white house, talking about all the money they made in speaking fees. this time it's his turn to come to her defense. >> she's not out of touch and she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people and we've got a good life and i'm grateful for it. but i still, we go to our local grocery store on the weekend. we talk to people in our town. we know what's going on. >> it is remarkable whether you like them or not, whether you support them or not to watch this partnership through the years. the question now steve inskeep, she said it was sweet for her husband to come to her defense but she can explain her own record. she admits she's made some mista

it's stunning to me that the wife of bill clinton, one of the best retail politicians who feels people's pain would say that. she was trying to relate to people. we struggled, we were dead broke. this is why this book tour is such a good dress rehearsal for her. hopefully she can work out the kinks in her presentation and i do this tells you that this is a person who's at the state department, hanging out with world leaders, giving big speeches in front of adoerg groups. >> you mentioned mitt romney and the contrast with the coverage and some of the things that were said about romney in some of those statements is stark. >> it's pretty striking. one of reasons you've seen the clintons to move as quickly they have to clean this up, when you look at the 2012 from the elections, the main reason mitt romney lost there was a perception that he didn't care for people the same way that barack obama had, so she certainly doesn't want to be lumped in on that. i'm not sure that she's rusty. it could be. it's also because she is just not that good. for all of her frontrunner status and all of the t

she talks about the preposterous charge of racism against bill clinton. those moments were interesting. >> it also brought out to me the fact that the wining and dining of her took longer than i thought. >> she makes it very clear and says there were games being played to try to drag out the period where she was deciding. standpoint,litical she cast herself as more hard-line, realpolitik advocate. >> she has been. gates makes it clear in his troop surgeon the in afghanistan, he was in favor of 30,000 more and she stood with the general and said 40,000 more. the kind of thing i would be curious to hear her ask the nation of -- her explanation. >> in the book, she says she was wrong about iraq. it she is a hawk on both syria and afghanistan and egypt as well then you wonder that is fascinating. what did you learn about being wrong about iraq? how did you apply that to these other instances? you get none of it. >> i think she is underestimating the american public. i really think you don't have to go as far as gates but you have to go somewhere. her major pr

next, we hear from bill clinton on the 50th anniversary of d-day in june of 1994. >> honored members of the military, family, friends, fellow americans, we stand on sacred soil. 50 years ago at this place, america -- the miracle of liberation began. on that morning, democracy's forces landed to and the enslavement of europe. a.m., the second ranger battalion of the united states army led 224 men onto the beaches below and up these unforgiving cliffs. bullets and grenades came down upon them. a few minutes after 7:00, exactly here, the first rangers stood. today, let us ask those american heroes to stand again. [applause] corporal to my right was one of them. he had just celebrated his 20th birthday out in the channel. a young man like all of the rest of them. cold and wet, far from home, preparing for the challenge of his life. ken and the other rangerso of pointe du hoc and all the other americans and canadians who landed for the tip of the spear the free world had spent years sharpening, the spear they began on this morning in 1944 to plunge into the heart of the nazi empire. most

go back to the scarce primary in 2008 when obama said that bill clinton played the race card, that was a set up, and bill clinton who has been supportive of the civil rights took it, he showed great exception. nothing that happens subsequent has repaired that. the clintons and balm's have their own selfish reasons to stay in close touch and to work together, but i don't believe that there is any great degree of trust between the two families. >> the book says reportedly that they put on a show of unity, but privately the obamas and clintons loathe each other, pat? >> i think that's probably true. >> does it matter? if she moves forward? >> well, it is somewhat of a problem. look, hillary's waitings, her book is top ten on amazon, numbers are going down. there was a wall street journal pole that show that she and jeb bush are more candidates of the past rather than offering new ideas and vision. i think here is the problem. she is getting stronger. she falls less into less potent general elections. the reason being is she is trapped between beating obama, she can't criticize him, and as

bill clinton versus dick cheney over some unseamcomments. this is "way too early." good morning, i'm bill karins, and welcome to "way too early," the show that has perfected losing and feeling so good about it. world cup fever has spread across the country despite losing to germany. team usa, the unlikely underdogs are still moving on for the round of 16, we'll have those highlights and more coming up in sports. topping the news, though, the supreme court has unanimously rebuked president obama over the way he has used some recess appointments. the issue stems from appointments he made to the national labor relations board all the way back in 2012. they were made during brief breaks on the legislative session on capitol hill. while the court agreed to curb

bill clinton's got a nuanced history of iraq. he identified a nuclear threat as cheney and bush did and said supportive comments about the war at various times and hillary clinton voted to authorize the war saying she would have prosecuted it all differently. this is a more tangled picture. nevertheless you look at the outcomes. you look at the nature of the criticism. it serves both sides politically very well to take these shots at each other. >> you asked president clinton about economic issues like inequality and fairness. here's what he said about raisinging the minimum wage. >> i think it should be raised. i don't think -- i think all consumers should be prepared to pay for it. i think if somebody works full time and they have kids they ought to be able to raise their kids without being in poverty. but it just depends on how high it is whether it's depressing unemployment. >> how important will these issue bs in the 2014 mid-term elections and then in 2016 in the presidential? >> my sense is more in 2016. i think the midter

up next, we hear from bill clinton on the 50th anniversary of d-day in june, 1994. >> general downing, mr. hathaway, honored members of our military, distinguished veterans, family, friends, and fellow americans, we stand on sacred soil. 50 years ago at this place, ofrica -- a miracle liberation began. on that morning, democracy to end theed enslavement of europe. came -- general james earl rutter, second battalion commander of the army, left 24 up these clips. bullets and grenades came down upon them, but a few minutes after 7:00, here, exactly here, the first rangers stood. today, let's ask those american heroes to stand again. [applause] corporal bb10 barton who sits here to my right was one of them. he had just celebrated his 20th birthday out in the channel. likeng man -- a young man the rest, cold and far from home , preparing for the challenge of his life. he and all the other americans and canadians and british who landed where the tip of the spear sharpened. into thet was plunged heart of the not the empire. i empire. they knew they fought for a good cause under the gaze of a

this is the theme as speakers like michelle obama, oprah winfrey, and bill clinton considered the legacy of maya angelou, died last week at the age of 86. chip reid has more on the celebration of one life that touched so many others. >> when i think about maya angelou, i think about the affirming power of her words. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama said maya angelou's writings first inspired her as a young woman. >> i was struck by how she celebrated black women's beauty like no one had ever dared to before and oh, how desperately black girls needed that message. >> reporter: angelou's words, she said, still give her strength today. >> through long years on the campaign trail where at times my very womanhood was dissected and questioned, for me, that was the power of maya angelou's words. words so powerful that they carried a little black girl from the south side of chicago all the way to the white house. ( applause ) >> reporter: angelou read one of her poems at bill clinton's first inauguration. >> come. you may stand up on my back and face your distant destiny. >> she had enough

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in ultimate, i put my marbles on bill and hillary clinton. if you haven't noticed, quitting isn't in their game plan. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for joining us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we have a full show for you tonight, including my interview with elizabeth warren coming up shortly. first, this was the scene near portland, oregon, earlier today. >> okay, we've confirmed now there's an active shooter. the sheriff's office confirming there is an active shooter at reynolds high school. >> there are a lot of people out here, even students, who hadn't quite gone into class yet, who are crying with tears in their eyes, on their cell phones, trying to find out more information.

this is the theme as speakers like michelle obama, oprah winfrey, and bill clinton considered the legacy of maya angelou, who died last week at the age of 86. chip reid has more on the celebration of one life that touched so many others. >> when i think about maya angelou, i think about the affirming power of her words. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama said maya angelou's writings first inspired her as a young woman. >> i was struck by how she celebrated black women's beauty like no one had ever dared to before and oh, how desperately black girls needed that message. >> reporter: angelou's words, she said, still give her strength today. >> through long years on the campaign trail where at times my very womanhood was dissected and questioned, for me, that was the power of maya angelou's words. words so powerful that they carried a little black girl from the south side of chicago all the way to the white house. ( applause ) >> reporter: angelou read one of her poems at bill clinton's first inauguration. >> come. you may stand up on my back and face your distant destiny. >> she had en

i'm sure they said the same thing about bill clinton. who is this governor from arkansas. >> bill clinton is more a character issue than competency issue with him. look, you can't rebut the fact that what the -- monica and others said on the radio is now turning out to be true. now, i will challenge you on this. i think it's foolish to it ascribe motives to the president. again, you are entitled to your opinion. it's good fodder for conversation. but, in the proveable realm. the argument becomes much more effective is that here we have a president who is the most liberal president ever, and he can't solve any problems. >> um-huh well, i mean, look, you are talking about -- look, when you talked in 2008 about the fundamental transformation of the nation. we have six years of evidence what he meant by that everything from socialized medicine to wealth we distribution. >> socialized medicine? worse. you are thinking from your mind set from the far left mind set this is a success. >> he is not far left. >> don't put words in powers' mouth. s

stay tuned to find out just how much bill clinton wracked up so much money in those speaking fees. it's a long story. well, not having branches lets us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. experience a new way to bank where no branches = great rates. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> finally tonight, in the world of politics, giving speeches comes at a price. in former president bill clinton's case a hefty $100 million he has received since leaving office in 2001. one late night host did the math and figured out the optional add-ins for bill clinton to speak at your event can really add up. 17-year-old boy watching alone. [cash register] >> i saw that the first college graduate this year will actually have lived. democrats 42.mqbzb >> failure free life. >> we cannot be discouraged. [ laughter ] >> it adds up. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and you unafraid. "on the record" starts right now. >>> this is a fox news alert. just hours from now, armyf sergeant bowe bergdahl, possible deserter will be

during the service today in north carolina former president bill clinton described her this way, god loaned her his voice. here's abc's susan saulny. >> reporter: they called it a celebration of rising joy, both tearful -- >> the loss i feel, i cannot describe. she was the ultimate teacher. >> reporter: and triumphant -- >> she touched people all across the globe, including a young white woman from kansas who named her daughter after maya and raised her son to be the first black president of the united states. >> reporter: friends and family, former president bill clinton, the act tes cecily tyson, all thankful for angela's listens. >> her great gift in her action-packed life was she was always paying attention. >> reporter: in angelou's last interview with abc news, i asked her what she would say to her younger self. >> dare, dare to be more than you think you can be. dare. >> reporter: and dare, she did. susan saulny, abc news, washington. >>> now on the shores of normandy france tonight, the crowds are gone after the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of d-day, including someon

election between a right wing republican and a return to bill clinton or is it going to be a election between a right wing republican and someone is offering shared prosperity and this is how these economic issues feed into our politics and this is how these economic issues block the electorate from understanding of the economy and therefore if they don't understand it they can't demand change and in fact their anger gets fed into cultural politics you know don't tread on me and all that sort of stuff and that's a problem for the country because our problem is economic right now now what the failure of mean stream economists basically to predict the crisis and it is that related to why you disagree with paul krugman what i think it's part of the story surely the folks who got it right should be the folks who go and then consult with and get advice from not only did we the group of economists i work with saying that look in advance of the trouble we said that the trouble is coming we said that this economy suffers from structural shortage of demand we said that these debt burdens are u

election between a right wing republican and a return to bill clinton or is it going to be a election between a right wing republican and someone is offering shared prosperity and this is how these economic issues feed into our politics and this is how these economic issues block the electorate from understanding of the economy and therefore if they don't understand it they can't demand change and in fact their anger gets fed into cultural politics you know don't tread on me and all that sort of stuff and that's a problem for the country because our problem is economic right now now what the failure of mean stream economists basically to predict the crisis and it is that related to why you disagree with paul krugman well i think it's part of the story surely the folks who got it right should be the folks who go and then consult with and get advice from not only did we the group of economists i work with saying that look in advance of the trouble we said that the trouble is coming we said that this economy suffers from structural shortage of demand we said that these debt burdens are u

and she doesn't want to do that. >> by contrast, bill clinton was a policy wonk. he liked to talk about that stuff. and he would in public and on the campaign trail. her problem is that her policy -- she was the secretary of state, and as bre suggesting, she is having a very hard time defending her time as obama's secretary of state. and so her answers are standing very kron contrived. a moral equivocation. and as smooth as it is, i doubt she is going to be able to do that for two straight years. if she is going to get pressed the way tie an sawyer was pressing there. >> and you wrote she will be the next president of the united states. >> madam president elect. i suspect she is. she is very smooth, it's going to be considered a historic candidacy. >> but can she distance -- >> look, the thing about her tenure as secretary of state, paul, it's kind of like gertrude stein's definition of oakland. there is no there there. you examine the record and you look for a major accomplishment, some kind of signature that's connected -- >> that takes her right into the white