obama's got no friends in alaska. environmentalists don't like drilling, while state officials want to see more. can you talk through the reception he's getting up there? guest: yeah, it's interesting where the white house is sort of positioned on this, both from a policy standpoint and certainly from a political standpoint. now, this is an administration that, as we mentioned earlier, has been very focused on climate change, especially during the president's second term. now, that said, the administration does not want to close off, completely close off the arctic waters to oil and natural gas drilling, in part because there's just a huge carbon bounty there. one of the two big pieces of the arctic ocean, that's ready to hold as much as 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil and big natural gas reserves as well. it's interesting what's happening. the obama administration has given the oil giant, royal dutch shell, the green light to do some exploratory drilling this summer, but at every turn over the last few days, th

not just the obama administration but the impact, what reductions when obama and congress could not reach an agreement on deficit reduction. .. why should we be worried about reducing military spending. and why should we worry about this as an ongoing part of doing business and how the pentagon had to sustain forces. >> good question. one thing certainly is we have enjoyed its technological edge that that has slipped through espionage. we certainly see a rising threat from china and russia but looking long term we want to keep investing and with sequestration, the uncertainty in the environment has undermined what has been going on in the defense sector and in terms of ground forces there is a real concern we don't have enough, we of the world's only global power and part of the administration's approach, their view was we were going to get a lot of other countries to pick up the slack for us. nato tried to get as involved in afghanistan and they let establish nato defense spending is paltry and even though we cut our own spending they are not acting. we can't get the middle eastern count

amy: that is president obama. can you talk about what is happening in the arctic, and the activists -- activism going on from portland, oregon, to the arctic, to prevent what president obama has allowed -- drilling in the arctic? naomi: it is extraordinary that he would announce this now because what the world needs to do for starters, is to declare a moratorium on arctic drilling. the u.s. could be meeting that effort, bringing together all arctic nations to agree that this is untouchable -- a no-go zone. because that leadership is not there and indeed because obama is opening up the arctic to drilling for the first time -- we know that shell has drilling rigs there right now. they began the parliamentary stages on thursday. because his administration has failed to provide leadership on such a basic issue. it is the definition of insanity, it would seem to me, to be drilling in the arctic for oil that is only available because arctic ice is melting and it is now passing and ships are able to go there and do this.

under obama care. this would ultimately get rid of that. and force congress to live under the same provisions as everybody else who lives under obama care. so this would executive action remove the actions president obama took on as part of this package. and i think there's a lot of great reformers. i've talked to paul ryan, congressman price, i've talked to senator lee and others out there who really are eager to push forward reform. just as it was in my state years ago when there were some republicans who didn't want to challenge the status quo. i think the same thing's true in the congress. this would actually force action early on in our term. so once and for all we could repeal obama care and replace it with something to put patients and families back in charge of their health care decisions. >> not surprising that the chief democratic rival on the other side of the ticket, former secretary of state hillary clinton, is opposed to your plan. she tweets this 16 million americans have gained health i

so president obama has a big week. speaking on climate tonight in las vegas then he's off to talk about surviving the next superstorm in new orleans, then he's off to alaska where climate change is already eating towns. and that culmination of this big week in alaska is going to be unavoidably politically awkward for the president because of his own policies affecting that part of the world and the issue he there's to talk about. while president obama was on vacation, his administration gave the final green light for shell oil to start drilling offshore in the arctic for oil. there's never been deep offshore oil drilling in the arctic like shell is doing up there off the coast of alaska right now. because the obama administration says they could, shell has started that process. depending on how you feel about the arctic and how you feel about shell oil and its many talents, it may feel better or worse to you to have shell drilling in the arctic instead of, say, iran. pick your geopolitical and environmental poison. but

we obama-aiken. the obama-aiken economy, which has been struggling dough to stag informant wages, loss of manufacturing base and being a little pitchy, doll. a little pitchy. of course not all democrats are running from obama due to his unpopular policy. democratic senate candidate from kentucky alison lundergan grimes is running. >> why do you not want to give an answer whether you're voting for president obama. >> there's no ruluctancy. this is a matter of principle. our constitution grants here in kentucky the constitutional rights for privacy at the ballot box. >> jon: my country tis of thee. no, you cannot see. [laughter] >> i would be voting as a right to privacy issue. that's why they give you those stickers. [laughter] grimes principle's stand is only undermined by her announcing lastvoted for health rea clinto. but that's different, health rea clinton is popular. look democrats aren't the only ones running from their party. republicans are retreating on the culture wars. the fact is i suppor

they wanted to start their own entity and they may be right the obama coalition is unique to obama. it became part of the democratic party or the republican party. he used to to build the republican party. the big criticism here is it got better in '14 but a little late in the game. they almost viewed the dnc as a toxic place. part of it was they were the non-establishment figure in the primary and assumed all washington institutions were the same. when some staffers that was burned deep in them and part of the motivation. we are not going to play this. all of the members of the dnc are clintonites. they didn't want to take it over and take ownership of it. i know i got off on a tangent but it goes back to '16. i don't think what will be interesting with obama is he views the third term with biden. and i think he would be working -- i think joe biden would be asking for more help, hillary clinton will not ask for more help. he will be as helpful to her as she wants. but i get the sense there would be more of a personal ownership of biden as the nomiee than there will be for hillary.

what about obama, obama, obama? he has dragged this country down. i'm for donald trump and so is my family. he is a strong individual. he is not afraid to voice his opinion. he is not politically correct and i find that refreshing. it is time people wake up, like he says, before they are rudely awakened by -- how did this happen? obama -- why not blame obama or hillary for being such a liar. she should be in jail like the lady who had the tv show that had insider trading. she spent so many years in jail and ruined her career. hillary needs to go to jail along with her pedophile husband. host: we're talking about trump and carson being in the lead according to a cnn poll. don ritchie is tweeting that if the republicans prefer trump and carson, isn't this a ringing endorsement of moving the first primary somewhere serious? miriam says, how sexist to support hillary clinton because she is a woman. she lacks integrity and talent for the job. she is obviously a trump supporter. you can tweet us at c-span or leave a post on our they spoke page. more calls

under obama care. this would ultimately get rid of that. and force congress to live under the same provisions as everybody else who lives under obama care. so this would executive action remove the actions president obama took on as part of this package. and i think there's a lot of great reformers. i've talked to paul ryan, congressman price, i've talked to senator lee and others out there who really are eager to push forward reform. just as it was in my state years ago when there were some republicans who didn't want to challenge the status quo. i think the same thing's true in the congress. this would actually force action early on in our term. so once and for all we could repeal obama care and replace it with something to put patients and families back in charge of their health care decisions. >> not surprising that the chief democratic rival on the other side of the ticket, former secretary of state hillary clinton, is opposed to your plan. she tweets this 16 million americans have gained health i

the win and nomination belonged to senator obama. it's been more than a year since his campaign kicked off. it's reasonable that most people have forgotten how he secured the nomination. most of what we remember is soaring rhetoric, the social media, memorable speeches the cool, compelling campaign captured on glossy magazine covers. undoubtedly we think those are the things that won the thom nation that year. behind the flash and the facebook of obama '08 was a good old fashioned war room professional. flash is great. what gets campaigns is rolling up the sleeves and slogging through. and for all of the virtue that's what the obama campaign excel at in twiet. they knew in order to win a nomination they needed to count delegates, not votes. obama '08 worked to get delegates because those people select the nominee and delegates come from everywhere. even small overlooked places like north dakota nthd, caucuses and primaries and the obama team was working on delegate math long before hillary ahead in 51 polls. here's what the clinton s

obama administration scrambling. fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen with our report. >> reporter: from the people's bank of china came the surprise overnight announcement, the chinese government is lowering guidance rate for currency, the yuan. the largest one day devaluation in two decades and the shockwaves caused contractions at all major european and asian stock markets. japan japan's nikkei and the dow jones plunged 225 points. >> we have pressed china to continue financial reforms and while we want to see additional economic reforms, believe that are needed, but we have seen progress. >> reporter: china's move came after release this weekend of data showing that exports from the world's second largest economy fell by 8.3% in july. these figures affect huge numbers of americans. generally when china devalues currency, it makes chinese exports cheaper to sell abroad and products from foreign countries like america more expensive to purchase over in china. with the u.s. federal reserve poised to i

amy: that is president obama. can you talk about what is happening in the arctic, and the activists -- activism going on from portland, oregon, to the arctic, to prevent what president obama has allowed -- drilling in the arctic? naomi: it is extraordinary that he would announce this now because what the world needs to starters, is to declare a moratorium on arctic drilling. the u.s. could be meeting that effort, bringing together all arctic nations to agree that this is untouchable -- a no-go zone. because that leadership is not there and indeed because obama is opening up the arctic to drilling for the first time -- we know that shell has drilling rigs there right now. they began the parliamentary stages on thursday. because his administration has failed to provide leadership on such a basic issue. it is the definition of insanity, it would seem to me, to be drilling in the arctic for oil that is only available because arctic ice is melting and it is now passing and ships are able to go there and do this. , a fe

here's part of what obama had to say. president obama: we're the first generation to feel climate chat and the last generation to do something about it. and that's why i committed the united states to leading the world on this challenge. that if we don't get it right we may not be able to reverse. and we may not be able to adapt sufficiently. there is such a thing as being too late when it comes to climate change. and today we're here to announce america's clean power plant, a plan two years in the maker and the single most important step america has ever taken in the fight against global climate change. each state will have the chance to put together its own plan for reducing emissions. because every state has a different energy mix and the nerdier way to say that we'll be keeping 870 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution out of our atmosphere. >> that was u.s. president barack obama. let's go over to washington. it's no accident that president obama is pushing this clean energy plan right now. could you say that the

obama: thank you. hello everybody. [applause] [cheering] pres. obama: thank you everybody sit down, thank you so much. this is a good crowd here. first of all, can everybody please give grace another great round of applause? [applause] pres. obama: not only does she do incredibly inspiring work in nigeria but i have to say following grace is a little bit like following michelle. she is so good, you kind of feel bad when you are walking out because you are thinking i'm not going to be that good. she is just one example of the incredible talent in this room. to all of you, i know you have been here in the united states for a few weeks but let me say on behalf of the american people welcome to the united states and we are thrilled to have you here. [applause] pres. obama: your visit comes at a perfect time. yes, soon it is my birthday but that is not the main reason it's the perfect time. the main reason is because, as many as you know, i returned from africa. it was my fourth trip to sub-saharan africa,

american citizens are those who should fear the sanctions of the obama sort. andem pose sontions to this point further empower our enemies, a quote of the evening from french prime minister. who said, quote, to succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover ho is a a clov -- clever man. >> obama's nuclear deal with iran threatened by his political allies, who have been reliable until now, fox news analyst kt mcfor land joining us next. >> these guys out fishing, little did they expect to be the lures, that video coming up here next. stay with us. [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. you can't breathed. through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbrea

this step by barack obama is very important. it completes the steps before, a comprehensive plan that is building up, and it came after a long battle, a long legal battle because lots of people said carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. they went to the supreme court to say that yes, it is a pollutant, and the epa is allowed to regulate it. it is a very important step. it will be very important because it shows all the other countries that one of the major producers, the united states, is doing something. stuart: from the other point of view, there will be some republicans who say that because of this there will be people who lose their jobs, people who are out of work, who will be living below the poverty line because of this law that obama is trying to bring in. bryce: it is difficult to determine what is going to happen, but the move of the generation toward renewables is going to create even more jobs. that is the challenge. it is a new economy. in this new economy we hope will participate anyway. stuart: we have the world clim

brock obama in the white house. then white house correspondent's april ryan discusses her memoir, the, the white house in black and white. later ralph nader on return to sender, his book about on answer letters he sent to pres. joan joan w bush and brock obama regarding domestic and foreign policy. >> secretary of state john kerry is in havana cuba friday for the raising of the u.s. flag at the newly reopened the u.s. embassy. diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba were restored on july 20 after 50 years. you can see the ceremony live starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> book to be in prime time continues friday with books by 2016 presidential candidates. apm former arkansas governor, huckabee his book and american culture. at 9:00 p.m. dr. ben carson on one nation, what what we can do to save america's future. at 10:00 p.m., senator durbin arco rubio on american change, economic opportunity for everyone. at 1025, hillary clinton on her memoir, hard choices. books by books by presidential candid

so, if obama tilted, podesta could hurt obama. he knows a lot of stuff about him. i didn't think he would be getting in but as the professor just said it's pretty clear that barack obama is sending out little signals he would rather see biden than hillary. do you read it that way? >> no. and i don't agree with a lot of your premise about john podesta. i also don't believe that the president will endorse. there is really nothing in it for him. i think that the president does like hillary and i think the president is. >> why would josh earnst who really says anything in a declarative sentence, why would he say that? >> that wasn't very declarative, bill. he said he doesn't rule it out. by the way, biden may not be in the race. if it's hillary against bernie sanders, is he probably going to endorse hillary. if it's hillary against biden, i don't think obama is going to make an endorsement. >> let's not forget, ernst also came out yesterday and said the best thing barack obama ever did politically was to nominate joe biden as vice president. >> they there is all kinds

so, if obama tilted, podesta could hurt obama. he knows a lot of stuff about him. i didn't think he would be getting in but as the professor just said it's pretty clear that barack obama is sending out little signals he would rather see biden than hillary. do you read it that way? >> no. and i don't agree with a lot of your premise about john podesta. i also don't believe that the president will endorse. there is really nothing in it for him. i think that the president does like hillary and i think the president is. >> why would josh earnst who really says anything in a declarative sentence, why would he say that? >> that wasn't very declarative, bill. he said he doesn't rule it out. by the way, biden may not be in the race. if it's hillary against bernie sanders, is he probably going to endorse hillary. if it's hillary against biden, i don't think obama is going to make an endorsement. >> let's not forget, ernst also came out yesterday and said the best thing barack obama ever did politically was to nominate joe biden as vice president. >> they there is all kinds

the second is president obama's continued campaign to secure congressional approval for his deal with iran. numerous crises around the globe will require the attention of america's next president, i would like to focus my remarks today on these two dangerous developments with iran and cuba, because i believe they represent the convergence of nearly every flawed strategic moral that hazard and president obama's foreign policy and as such, are emblematic of sony crises around the world during his time in office. demonstrate how this administration has failed to anticipate and pending crises, ignore the realities of the globalized economy, and stopped to make america liked rather than respected. the way it has placed politics before policy and adversaries before allies and political legacy before leadership. the way it has confused weakness for restraint, concessions for compromise, and most simply of all, wrong for right. [applause] to fully understand what we are doing with -- dealing with, we have to understand who we are dealing with. in iran, we are facing a radical shiite cleric wh

will beming up, we listening to president obama. we are waiting for them to take the podium to stump for the iranian nuclear deal. ♪ pimm: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. i'm pimm fox. let's look at the top headlines. taiwan is bracing for what may be this drunkest storm of the year. the typhoon is taking aim at taiwan, china and some of japan's southern islands. it slammed into one of the northern mariana islands with winds up to 100 miles an hour late sunday. power and water service remain out in the island. opening an extension of the suez canal. it would allow two-way ship traffic. egypt hopes it will boost the country's economy. pope francis says roman catholics who have divorced and remarried are still allowed to belong to the church. his remarks may hint of a change in the church position is currently catholics who divorce and remarry may not receive the sacrament of communion. those are your top headlines at the moment. we are awaiting president obama pass speech on the nuclear deal. guests.o bring in my i'm wond

amy: and the significance of president obama's trip? well, you know, it is going .o be all about climate in paris, he will go there touting issues like the clean power plant role and the fact reducing emissions in the united states. he would have had a stronger paris if heng to said, we're not going to drill in the arctic ocean. problems we're seeing is russia, canada, norway, great britain, they want to drill for oil in the arctic ocean also. we were hoping the u.s. would lead the world and showing to arctic, not jewel for oil there and keep this area off-limits from -- amy: i mean a trip he is taking arctic, the first u.s. president who'll be doing this. think you'll be confronted by a lot of questions, if you really care about climate and to alaska's northg slope from the impacts of climate change, why are you allowing drilling in the arctic ocean? the alaska natives who live in the area above the arctic circle understand the impacts of change on their villages and their way of life. most of those folks oppose forling in the arctic o

thenni you have with president obama yesterday. we give the sense that president obama gave blessing in away. i mean, the moment i saw -- i thought he was going to run. i do think he wants to run. he's run before. i think he will run and it shows how much, you know, no, hillary clinton, that's not thnte case anymore. it's a real race. the question is if biden gets in, wait six weeks or october. the first democratic debate is october 13, so he'll get in before that. it makes me wonder whether he will get in sooner, labor day. biden has been there for decades obviously at that parade. he has lots of support. it will be dramatic white-working class guy, nice contrast to hillary, i think. butin he hasn't done that well when he has run for president. if he does well or pretty well, at that point, early october with clinton saunders and biden each 30% in the polls. at that point i think elizabeth has to look in the mirror and say, really, shouldn't i run. democratic party wants hillary clinton with all her baggage, bernie saunders is 73

you are saying black people were doing great and obama showed up. >> many more americans under obama are on poverty and food stamps. >> recession brought on by a republican administration. >> you are blaming bush eight years later? >> we are still trying to get out of it. >> eight years later? >> who is questioning obama's birthright? >> oh, come on. look who is talking about -- >> we're talking about what is this woman in milwaukee, wisconsin said. i don't know how you got down that path. we're talking about progressives playing the party. you know what? it's very dangerous. look at the individuals uprising, it's happening in urban communities. people are frustrated and angry, because of the failing schools. >> yes. >> and no job opportunities. >> this is chris matthews and his colleague at msnbc playing the race card. how many black people are in the crowds at donald trump's event in alabama. watch this. >> are there any black people there? >> i have not seen any today that have come out for donald trump. i actually spoke with a lot of people at lunch today and they were all, to be

had time during the obama administration to get better at campaigning. here we are and she hasn't gotten better as a candidate. they spent so much money so far giver home run the cash, they have two options, keep funneling money into her campaign much like the federal government and see if it goes anywhere or they can pull back and say let's take a look at our options here. joe biden is maybe going to get into the race, bernie sanders maybe not a viable choice for the country for winning the nomination, but we should take a look at that. we should acknowledge, though, that hillary clinton's support isn't just coming from these big money donors. $45 million she announced in july actually came to the majority of the people donating $100 or less. >> she has more than anyone else rumored or not rumored to be in the race. >> well, you know, money helps but there is something, and i've studied this, about the numbers and the money following the numbers. almost like all the money guys sit around and ordain a candidate. they're smart, they hedge their bets. wall

voice and barack obama's activists after his presidency. i haven't scene this scapego scapegoating of immigrants. it's very sad and the first african american president as an ex president can really, i think, play a very important role in getting this country back on track again and helping us to understand what this country is all about and it's not scapegoating people. >> now, the times also reported about the president's visibility once his term is up. one told "the times" mr. obama respected mr. bush's decision to limit time but also admired mr. clinton's aggressive use of the spotlight to press his agenda. quote, my sense is he is probably a blend of the two. in terms of style, what kind of former president do you think president obama will be as former president. >> i think he'll be much more activist than george w. bush. the issues are too important, not just race relations and bringing up young people belet's not forget the challenge of climate change, perhaps humanity's greatest challenge in many, many centuries. obama has been a v

so president obama has a big week. speaking on climate tonight in las vegas then he's off to talk about surviving the next superstorm in new orleans, then he's off to alaska where climate change is already eating towns. and that culmination of this big week in alaska is going to be unavoidably politically awkward for the president because of his own policies affecting that part of the world and the issue he there's to talk about. while president obama was on vacation, his administration gave the final green light for shell oil to start drilling offshore in the arctic for oil. there's never been deep offshore oil drilling in the arctic like shell is doing up there off the coast of alaska right now. but because the obama administration said they could, shelhas now started that process. depending on how you feel about the arctic and how you feel about shell oil and its many talents, it may feel better or worse to you to have shell drilling in the arctic instead of, say, iran. pick your geopolitical and environmental poiso

he even asked president obama for his blessing. it was given in a private lunch between the two men, and then they leaked that to the press. that's a big deal. >> all right. so you think he is going. then he goes and meets with elizabeth warren, okay. that was leaked out to the press. what's that all about? >> i think that's a little bit of a tweak to hillary clinton. right before hillary clinton announced, there was some desire on the far left that elizabeth warren get in the race. they got bernie sanders instead because warren was going to take a backseat. she doesn't seem that warm towards hillary clinton and there is the race. but she doesn't seem that warm towards hillary clinton and there's a fracture many the democratic party. the week before biden met with warren, there was a big picture all weekend, the story of the week was obama and clinton going golfing together, obama and bill clinton. five days later, joe biden see i'll see your golf game and meet with elizabeth warren. >> do you think he would put warren on the secon

there's a lot better writers, people who have written about obama. but that is the lesson he has taken from his presidency. that he can't make washington work collectively. he thinks it's washington fundmental flaw. i don't think he believes there's much he could have done differently to change that. i argue differently, obviously, in a lot of this book, but look at how he is going about climbed climate change, immigration. he's going leave office with neither problem fully solved, but he wants to make progress and the acknowledge way he knows how to do it is to go it alone. >> host: chuck, congratulations. thank you for sharing. >> guest: thank you. >> booktv and primetime continues friday with books by 2016 presidential candidates. at 8:00 p.m., former arkansas governor mike mike huckabee, discusses boy god, guts, grits and gravy. " his look at american culture. at 9:00 p.m., dr. ben carson on one nation, what we can do to save america's future. at 10:00 p.m., senator marco rubio on american dreams, restoring economic opportunity for everyone. and

all on president obama's watch. here at home, democrats oppose keeping illegal immigrants out of the u.s.a. by building an effective wall. they support american taxpayers funding federal and state entitlements for undocumented folks. even as the national debt approaches $20 trillion. democrats oppose holding foreign nationals who defy deportation and commit violent crimes responsible. that's the kate's law deal. dems even oppose investigating planned parenthood for alleged illegal activities by selling the organs of babies. democrats support leniency for dangerous drug dealers calling them nonviolent. the list of craziness goes on and on. all of those things should make it easy for the republicans to win the presidency in 2016. but you that is not how things are shaking down. donald trump has bludgeoned the g.o.p. establishment by seizing a number of emotional issues that conservatives are furious about. his brand of straight talk blows traditional politicians away making them seem small and dull. but that may be go

obama is hitler. that's out of bounds and ridiculous over the top. the important thing to remember is that huckabee's fund-raising numbers are not good. he's hurting for cash. >> isn't the place of journalist to turn to him to say why don't you apologize? >> i think it's fair given that so many other people are calling on him to apologize. major national jewish organizations and rnc and major republicans distancing themselves from comments. that's an open question without a doubt. >> let me turn to joe biden. spade of reports including the lead story in today's "the new york times" saying the 72-year-old vice president actively exploring a campaign although there's no sort of hard evidence that he's going to launch one. do you think that all of these sources being quoted by the press is fueling a lot of speculation? >> it was kicked off over the weekend by writing a detailed column about what was going on in joe biden's head. assume she didn't invent that. somebody probably leaked to her play by play

obama's son son if he had a son. what do you make of president obama's handling of some rather explosive moments under his watch? >> first term, the first time was kind of rough because many americans were looking at him and he even wanted to make people believe what was going to happen as he was running for office the first time. he could never reach that level of expectation that he set himself. people were looking for a savior. particularly americans who were hurting because of the recession, they were looking for change. you understand it's back man and it's different for him. give them a chance this is his first time as president. given the chance. the first time it was the everyone issue. >> and the second news conference -- >> right there were letters for each letter. second term, we have now seen an african-american president who happens to be african-american. the first time it was the president who happened to be african american. the reason why i say that is because he is open on how he regards racial issu

so i've been putting out feelers to obama world folks from the 2008 and 2012 obama orbit. and i can tell you that is a signal that is just what it sounds like. there is a great deal of love and affection for biden among obama people. there is a dwhimpifference when talk to democrats, and obama world people. they love joe biden. he's is road dog. the ride or die. the guy who's been there fbarac obama. and you wish he'd done this sooner. there is also a feeling that there isn't a lot of organic passion for hillary clinton. and particularly among younger operatives. they would be more passionate about joe biden because he's seen as the direct, sort of, conveyer of barack obama's legacy. >> and part of that pedigree and lineage immediately. so professor, what does a biden run do for the democratic base? >> i think it does something wonderful. first i don't think he hazard a good shot of winning. i think the only way clinton loses this primary bid is if this campaign implodes and if it does it will attract a lot better candidates than biden. he has issues with fundraising. but

>> you are saying plaque people were doing great and obama showed up. >> many more americans under obama are on poverty and food stamps. >> recession brought on by a republican administration. >> you are blameing bush eight years later? >> we are still trying to get out of it. >> eight years later? >> who is questioning obama's birth right, who is talking about. >> we're talking about what this woman in milwaukee wisconsin said. i don't know how you got down that path. we're talking about progressives playing the party. it's dangerous. look at the individuals uprising, it's happening in urban communities. people are frustrated and angry, failing schools, no job opportunities. >> this is chris matthews and his colleague over at nbc playing the race card. how many black people are in the crowds at donald trump's event in badge bam. watch this. >> are there any black people there? >> i have not seen any today that have come out for donald trump. i actually spoke with a lot of people at lunch today and they were all to be blunt caucasian white people. >> it's mostly white male republicans an

a former special adviser to president obama put it, the only way in which the obama administration can stick with the strategy is by assuming that the iranians will carry most of the weight and win battles on the ground. , not asthese examples evidence of an american retreat but as an example to the purpose of journalism. people have often asked me when i talk about political reporting if i think the press is biased. press has a bias towards conflict in trouble. we focus on what needs fixing. that is our imperative, to expose problems. this year you read in the new york times about the exploitation of massillon of nailin new york -- salon workers in new york. coverage andeas foreign policy coverage is much the same. we write about the big successes . we ran a headline and multiple stories the day the iran deal was announced. , we focused on the resistance the deal is meeting in congress and how obama is fighting hard to win democrats. , everyrt kagan said tolure of the united states get its way in the world tends to reinforce the impression of a nation in decline. , china hackse rise i

is a fellow christian. >> is president obama a christian? >> you're not going to get different answers than i said before. i said i don't know. i presume he is by his comments in the past, but i've never asked him about that. as a believer myself, i don't know someone's belief about whether they follow christ or not unless i talk to them. but he says he has, so i'll take my word. >> what's the answer? i don't know. if somebody said to me, i'm jewish, that's what you are. people accept other people's decision making and identity. he says he is, but i don't know. what does that mean? >> he has to stick with the original answer that they gave. if he says, i've decided that president obama was a christian now. it would look like he's flip-flopping. >> why are people questioning other's religion? >> the best thing to say is next question. walker is saying i believe there's more than just a label. maybe he's an evangelical or a personal relationship with jesus or credo beliefs. what would obama have to say to you to convince you of that? that's th

. >> president obama, as barry obama, a student, at college, when mandela died, his first political action was a divestment rally against south africa in 1981, i think. at the college. he has a deep connection to mandela to the movement. going to south africa was a big moment for him. he's beloved. you saw him. you see children named after him. one young baby named air force one, president obama, in kenya. he's a beloved figure around the world. and as the son of an african. he has been taken in as one of their own. >> are we unfair highlighting the intangibles, when pound for pound, dollar for dollar he's done more. i don't think it's fair to beat up on bush nor to diminish what obama is doing, nor the fact that these are giant problems, we can do some thinks, few, really, to deal with some of these problems. most will be resolved to their own leadership. i think they are the most important things, and both served this, is to be an example. and to show how you could, in a sense would be effective in those countries and calledures. >> there's many expectations president. >> and the son of

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obama certainly prepared to support hillary for president. if joe were running, he might be a better carrier of that legacy. >> haven't we heard out loud obama throwing his support behind hillary clinton for president? >> we assume if she's the one. >> i think that kind of deafening silence, this is just me now trying to play political analyst. it makes me wonder if whether he too is waiting for a joe biden then he will be torn, who does he best support. >> well, it's an interesting question. to the point of whether obama sort of really, you know, gotten behind hillary, he did do that sort of, you know, really softball interview with her when she was leaving her position as secretary of state. he said things like i know she would make a great candidate. you're right in that the endorsement hasn't been full-throated. a month or two months is a lifetime in politics. look at what she's facing right now. an fbi investigation, tremendous trust gap in her poll numbers. a gap in really the number of people who think that she cares about people like

spokesman that obama is the reagan of the left. he became sort of the embodiment for that. for obama, if you have your own vice president pick up the legacy, win the electielection, think that would please him. i'm sure others are not quite sure about the clintons and how she'd carry on, so i think there'll be a lot of support for him much more than we would have expected six months ago. >> does he get in? >> yes. >> yes. >> i'm still skeptical. >> i want you to say yes or no. >> i'm leaning no. i think ultimately he probably doesn't run. >>> next up, the president escalates his test >>> i admit that no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a changing climate. the e.p.a. is setting the first ever nationwide standard to end the limitless dumping of carbon pollution from power plants. >> the the administration is now trying it impose these deeply aggressive regulations, regulations that may be illegal that won't meaningfully impact the global environment and likely to harm middle and lower class a

obama arrived in anchorage just a short time ago. he will meet with the alaskian natives, but the main focus will be how global warming is impacting the arctic. libby casey joining us lye. libby, president obama is going to spend three days visiting alaska, so what is his message? >> richelle his main message is climate change is real, it's happening, and it's a threat. here temperatures are rising twice as fast as in other parts of the world, and alaska's glaciers are melting three times faster than they were in the previous century. basically this is ground zero for climate change. the president is here to see it for himself, but also get worldwide attention on what is happening, and this comes in advance of his trip, while the united states really looking at paris this fall. we'll see international leaders gather to talk about climate change in paris. this all will provide a great back -- backdrop for this. secretary of state john kerry said it is certainly a great concern in the arctic but a concern for the rest of the world. >>

. >> president obama, as barry obama, a student, at college, when mandela died, his first political action was a divestment rally against south africa in 1981, i think. at the college. he has a deep connection to mandela to the movement. going to south africa was a big moment for him. he's beloved. you saw him. you see children named after him. one young baby named air force one, president obama, in kenya. he's a beloved figure around the world. and as the son of an african. he has been taken in as one of their own. >> are we unfair highlighting the intangibles, when pound for pound, dollar for dollar he's done more. i don't think it's fair to beat up on bush nor to diminish what obama is doing, nor the fact that these are giant problems, we can do some thinks, few, really, to deal with some of these problems. most will be resolved to their own leadership. i think they are the most important things, and both served this, is to be an example. and to show how you could, in a sense would be effective in those countries and calledures. >> there's many expectations from the first african-americ

president obama met with biden and said he wouldn't stand in his way. a biden run is the big political question in d.c. right now. perhaps more importantly is who the biden family wants to endure another campaign. a new piece in the washington post underlining the toll any campaign can have on a family after the loss of a son. alongside the biden buzz are questions surrounding senator warren's future. not all liberals are on board with the biden/warren ticket. the leader of the fwrasz roots group run warren run said i think it is unlikesly you will see a lot of switching from people who support bernie sanders to people who support joe biden. senator bernie sanders is leading secretary of state hillary clinton. he leads by 7 points in the granite state. a frankly university boston herald poll released almost two weeks also gave sanders a 7 point lead. biden is third with 9% of the vote. political watchers say clinton's use of a personal e-mail account is a hurdle for her as a candidate. nbc news has learned two of her top aids will sit for interviews bef

president obama -- catholics. president obama added emphasis on caring for mother earth. back now with diana, the director of economics 21 org and a senior fellow. the communications director of the climate and air programme at the environmental defenseman, and greg is the director of energy and resource policy at the national association of manufacturers, and kimmel, he may want to pick up. you were saying that states mentioned hit hardest, you felt they'd come out on top. finish that thought for us? >> they have a great product, wind energy, and there'll be a demand for the product because of the way e.p.a. is allowing the states to trade credits, some states that may struggle to find ways within the state to lower pollution, can look to states with excess energy. that's one energy. example. there's an enormous opportunity for states to invest in energy efficiency, not only cutting car pollution, it saves money for consumers and businesses, and in the north-east and mid-atlantic where we have cap and trade programme backed since 2008. we have saved consumers money, manu

many are blaming president obama for the issue. this comes as lawmakers head into the final sketch of august recess with town halls. republicans need 11 more democrats to oppose the deal if they hope to override a presidential veto in september. the white house says president obama remains engaged on the selling of the plan while he continues the last part of the summer vacation. today in 30 nuclear weapoewspap the country, the president has penned an op-ed. very clear here, christine, they still do have a lot of convincing. >> thanks for that, serfaty serve. >>> former president jimmy carter taking his cancer diagnosis in stride. he says his future is in god's hands. carter revealed that melanoma discovered in his liver has now spread to his brain. >> you know, i had a wonderful life. i had thousands of friends. i had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence. i was surprisingly at ease. much more so than my wife was. now i feel it's in the hands of god whom i worship. i'll be prepared for him if he comes. >> i tell you