night, barack obama loved harry. as did i. he was an amazing guy to be in the foxhole with. he knew where his votes were and were they weren't. he was passionate, a fighter. and i spent a lot of time on air force one during the re-election, and he probably cared more about it than barack obama did. and he was savvy, tough, he knew how to find compromise, when not to. you could trust him. his word was bond. but in a way, mcconnell is the same way. he very rarely gets over his skis. he knows when he can deliver, when he can't. and that's what made harry reid an effective leader. he had an amazing passion for the underdog, for people who needed a little assistance to build a better life. >> yeah. and he saw himself certainly as a populist, and trying to work those levers of power for people. and his old boss did release, different in a way that bluster has been working recently, this was pretty old school. i'll read from it, as we remember senator reid, i wouldn't have been president had it not been for your encourageme

barack obama. he and i visited barack obama and said you ought to run for president. it was one of the first times it was suggested. harry and i had discussed it earlier in the week and, you know, i said you know i think -- i think this guy could do it and harry said i think so, too. let's talk to him about it. we did. he saw that elizabeth warren had amazing talent when she just got to the senate. he got some criticism, you know, elevating her to the leadership team but when he saw talonent, he raised. it and contrary, he didn't mind different views, his views evolved but when he saw that someone was not telling him the truth or would go back on his word, he would remember that. and in ways that that senator might never know. harry would remember. let's put it that way. >> and let me just ask you, finally, how are you going to miss him? what are you going to miss the most about him? >> well, you know, i lost my father a month ago and harry, as i said, was such a friend and mentor to me. be but when you lose someone who is that close to you, they are always with you.

amy: the international criminal court, should barack obama as president signed onto the icc? sign the treaty for the international criminal court? >> yes. if you believe in the rule of law, you say this is one particularly important instrument because it is an instrument that is -- no longer tolerate impunity. the many who are guilty, as is happening just now in the drc or in darfur, that people who are guilty of egregious violations have to be brought to book, and it's got to be done in a way that satisfies those standards that we have. i mean, you don't hold people in detention without trial. that's what the world used to say against the south africa government. and if it was true that that was wrong, it has to be wrong consistently everywhere. amy: president obama supports an end to the war in iraq but a surge of soldiers in afghanistan. what are your words of wisdom to him? >> well, i say that obviously it's to end the war, yeah? to end the occupation, to -- but i've also said it would wonderful if, on behalf of the american people, he were to apologize to the iraqis and

barack obama. he and i visited barack obama and said you ought to run for president. it was one of the first times it was suggested. harry and i had discussed it earlier in the week. and you know, i said i think this guy could do it. and harry said i think so too. let's talk to him about it. we did. he saw that elizabeth warren had amazing talent when she just got to the senate. he got some criticism from some elevating her to the leadership team. but when he saw talent, he raised it. and contrary, if he thought that a senator wasn't being a straight-shooter, he didn't mind people having different views. his views had evolved. but when he saw someone was not telling the truth or would go back on his word, he'd remember that, and in ways that that senator might never know, harry would remember. let's put it that way. >> and let me just ask you finally, how are you going miss him? what are you going to miss the most about him? >> well, you know, i lost my father a month ago, and harry, as i said, was such a friend and a mentor to me. but when you lose someone that is th

>> the thing that's interesting about barack obama was there's no precedent. he wasn't the product of some immediate trauma . there had been a kind of sympathetic move for recompense. he just emerged at a moment when even people who studied race, like political scientists and sociologists and historians nobody was looking at american society and saying we are at a moment where we can anticipate a breakthrough of this magnitude. he just showed up. so because he upended so many expectations, i think there was this idea that there's nothing he couldn't do. there's a picture of him outside the superman museum where he's posing with his hands on hiships . maybe i can do something unprecedented and at the same time there'sthe gravity of everyday politics . and it was to craft a very heavy-handed metaphor here. he was requesting whether or not he could like superman take flight. i think that it is essentially a stalemate there . and making the prerogative of the presidency beingdenied to him , being called a liar in the midst of an address to congress . him being den

he did that to me, barack obama, he and i visited barack obama, and said you ought to run for president. it was one of the first time it was suggested. harry and i had discussed it earlier in the week. i said, you know, i think he should do it. i said, i think so, to. let's talk to him about it. we did. he saw that elizabeth warren had incredible talent and when he saw talent, he raised it. and contrary, if he thought that a senator was not a straight shooter, he didn't mind people had different views, but when he saw someone was not telling the truth or go back on his word, he'd go back to that. in ways that the senator would not know, harry would remember, let's put it that way. >> and let me just ask you, finally, how are you going to miss him, what are you going to miss the most about him? >> well, you know, i lost my father a month ago. and harry was such a mentor to me. when you lose someone so close to you, they're always with you. i believe harry will continue to walk on my side and the side of many senators every day. so, he's gone physically, but his legacy, his spirit, who he

as well but barack obama said very nice things about carter, but out his 2008 convention, he didn't want carter there or in 2012. his involvement was minimal in part because of some things that carter had been saying at the time. and then carter felt kind of abandoned by obama when obama was president and a little hurt. at one point, early on in my conversations with jimmy carter eisenhower you describe your relationship with president obama? this was when obama was still in office, 2015. and he snapped. i have none. that is kind of the way he felt about it. in obama, basically that he didn't have the bandwidth basically given everything that was going on to have a real relationship jimmy carter. but i think a lot of it was that carter was what i described as a full on secretary of state who did a number of good things, particularly 1994, when he prevented wars in both haiti and north korea. but if you are president, it is pretty hard to have this guy who is out of office who is acting too often on his own. the conversation with george h w bush that i had was especially interesting

amy: the international criminal court, should barack obama as president signed onto the icc? sign the treaty for the international criminal court? >> yes. if you believe in the rule of law, you say this is one particularly important instrument because it is an strument that is -- no longer tolerate impunity. the many who are guilty, as is happening just now in the drc or in darfur, that people who are guilty of egregious violations have to be brought to book, and it's got to be done in a way that satisfies those standards that we have. i mean, you don't hold people in detention without trial. that's what the world used to say against the south africa government. and if it was true that that was wrong, it has to be wrong consistently everywhere. amy: president obama supports an end to the war in iraq but a surge of soldiers in afghanistan. what are your words of wisdom to him? >> well, i say that obviously it's to end the war, yeah? to end the occupation, to -- but i've also said it would wonderful if, on behalf of the american people, he were to apologize to the iraqis and to

fly. >> vote for barack obama. >> my wife and i support barack obama. >> wu tang clan citing his links to the community and change. back in the news now as wu tang's album hits an anniversary. the staten island rap group sold over 45 million albums worldwide, and he was integral from the start, including the platinum classic only built for cuban links which debuted at number 4 on the charts. it's also on rolling stone's list of the greatest albums of all time. as these moments pile up, it is a reminder that a once young art form is now at a different stage with time for reflection, and that's what raekwon is doing in his new memoir, from staircase to stage, the story of raekwon and wu tang. our special guest, honor to have you sir. >> thanks for having me. how you doing? >> going into the hall of fame with obama having his back. what does that mean to you as you reflect on how far hip-hop has come? >> oh, man, it's a beautiful thing, man. i'm so proud of jay-z. you know, and everything that he has been doing. i tell people all the time, you know, this was a dream for all of us, you kno

but barack obama said very nice things about carter but at his 2008 convention, he didn't really want carter there or in 2012. so his involvement was minimal in part because of some things carter had been saying at the time and then carter felt kind of abandoned by obama when obama was president and a little hurt. at one point i said, early on in my conversations with jimmy carter, i said, how would you describe your relationship with president obama? this was when obama was still in office in 2015 and he snapped, i had none. that's the way he felt about it. and obama told me he basically didn't have the bandwidth, given everything going on, to have a real relationship with jimmy carter. but i think a lot of it was that carter was what i describe as a freelance secretary of state, which did a number of good things in the world, particularly in 1994 when he prevented wars in both haiti and north korea when clinton was president but if you're president, it's pretty hard to have this guy kind of -- who's out of office, who is acting too often on his own and the conversation with george h

reid played an immense role during the obama administration. >> it was essential for barack obama to have harry reid as a partner during the debate over the affordable care act. obamacare would not have happened without the legislative wizardry of harry reid. and barack obama is not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush, and there is no love lost between those men. george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration's approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. >> president joe biden called reid one of the all-time great senate majority leaders, and for harry it wasn't about power for power sake. it was about the power to do right for the people. >>> on tuesday, barack obama shared a recent letter he sent to reid. i wouldn't have president been president had it not been for your encourage 789 and support. i wouldn't have got done most of what i got done without your skill and

and barack obama is not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush and there is no love loss between those men, george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration's approach to the great recession and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. >> i want to bring in david as well. obama made the point that they made a good team, as tim was talking about, and that he wouldn't have gotten most of what he accomplished without reid. tell me about that, the economic stimulus, obamacare. he pushed a lot through the senate, right? >> those are harry reid's finest hours. yes, he was very good during that period of time. obama was enough to the presidency and he needed someone like reid in effect to mentor him to be help him along and help him navigate the complexities of the senate and the house. he did very, very well with that and i think harry reid will always be remembered as a father of obamacare. at the s

>> barack obama would make two versions of his birth certificate public. it didn't matter. >> i think the lesson learned from trump in that entire saga is that he could get away with a lie. >> lighting a fire that will burn all the way to washington. >> trump's rise was happening at the same time a former investment banker and movie producer named steve bannon was building a conservative news site so powerful it would turn the republican party upside-down. named after its founder, andrew breitbart. breitbart news would launch the alt-right into the mainstream. >> this tea party energy. there was a populous power. this was something totally different. this wasn't standard republican party and breitbart became the blog site for that. >> curt bardelo, former breitbart spokesperson, said the aim was to change america, and bannon directed it. >> truth and facts aren't words there. the goal isn't objectivity. it's more about what does the conservative side believe about this and how do they amplify that? >> breitbart's headlines were built on fear, fear that the

listen to what the former president barack obama says about that tonight. >> unfortunately we've got one party that actually doesn't want to see government work and get stuff done, and rather than argue based on their ideas, they're trying to tilt the playing field, and they're not even waiting for election day to do it. you know, their plan is to control state legislatures and congressional delegations before a single vote is cast. that's in the how democracy is supposed to work. and our democracy is essential to who we are. it is what makes america exceptional, and it shouldn't be a partisan issue. it did not used to be. >> but here we are, and here we are with the developing news now. mark meadows that lawsuit against the select committee investigating january 6th. let's discuss now, cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is here. cnn senior legal analyst lauren coats joins us as well. autothor of a book i have read, "just pursuit: a black prosecutor's fight for fairness" i suggest you pick it. up is it in preorder now? >> it is, absolutely. thank you, don. >> we'll discuss a

obama is such a contrast to put it mildly, is donald trump and ali came to represent. i think worse as time went by. do you accept that? is that a logical outcome of a black president that would be a boldly racist president? >> yes at the risk of self quoting, i will self quote. literally the first thing he ever wrote for the new yorker which was about thurgood marshall, barack obama and the parameters of hope, and i talked about how he come in his political rhetoric, constantly personifies cynicism. anytime the people disagreed with them, whether they were skeptical or ever, he couldn't call people racist but he could call him cynical and that was acceptable political language. in the piece i wrote the problem was that cynicism but the extent to which cynicism proved accurate. and the most cynical interpretation of that moment would be there's going to be a gigantic racial backlash as a consequence of him existing. that proved to be right. so i think the obama the five every kind of cynical expedition that race in america, yes. did obama confirm every cynical expectat

and that's why you see barack obama remembering him so warmly. there is this feeling very much in barack obama's mind that his presidency has a lot to do with harry reid and also nancy pelosi. >> isaac, it feels like we lost so many of the great leaders in washington over the last couple years. i think about people like john lewis, and harry reid is the one who started out with modest means, working nights as a capitol police officer to help pay the bills. we talked about his amateur boxing days. what can today's lawmakers learn from a man like harry reid? >> he was a guy who was always connected to where he came from. even when he was riding around in a motorcade in washington, d.c. and living a much different life. he had his office when he was done in the senate in the belaggio casino. even though he was a former gaming commissioner in nevada, he is a guy who was very different from what you see now in washington in a lot of ways. worked his way through law school at night as a capitol police officer. it's just a very different approach to bei

obama. obama simply needed reid to get the senate to work, which as we all know, is not easy. >> there was some criticism from the conservative side of politics that it was his away from the consensus building, his combative approach which started the slide to where we are today. how do you see it? >> oh, i think you can say that it was a long time in coming and many people participated in it. but i find that rather amusing, given the republican leaders that we've had in the senate in recent times. not people like bob dole so much, but some of the other republicans that served, and i think we can all name some of them, have been very, very partisan. and they've been very partisan because they felt they needed to be in order to get their party in the position to win, particularly in presidential years. but also to win supreme court seats. unfortunately, this has led the senate as an institution to the most polarized era. certainly in my lifetime. it's very difficult to get any kind of biparti

listen to what the former president barack obama says about that tonight. >> unfortunately we've got one party that actually doesn't want to see government work and get stuff done, and rather than argue based on their ideas, they're trying to tilt the playing field, and they're not even waiting for election day to do it. you know, their plan is to control state legislatures and congressional delegations before a single vote is cast. that's not how democracy is supposed to work. and our democracy is essential to who we are. it is what makes america exceptional, and it shouldn't be a partisan issue. it did not used to be. >> but here we are, and here we are with the developing news now. mark meadows that lawsuit against the select committee investigating january 6th. let's discuss now, cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is here. cnn senior legal analyst lauren coats joins us as well. author of a book i have read, "just pursuit: a black prosecutor's fight for fairness" i would suggest you pick it up. is it in preorder now or -- okay. it is? >> it is, absolutely. thank you, don.

reid also helped propel barack obama to the white house. on tuesday, obama shared a recent letter he sent to reid. in it, he said, quote, i wouldn't have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support. and i wouldn't have got most of what i got done without your skill and determination. cnn's dana bash now on the legacy of harry reid. ♪ >> reporter: he led democrats in the senate for a decade, but harry reid called one of his proudest accomplishments the impact he had on presidential history, encouraging barack obama to run. >> i did call him into my office and told him he should take a look at it. he was stunned because i was the first one that ever suggested that to him. when he was re-elected, that was one of the most moving phone calls i've ever received because he said, you know, you're the reason i'm here. >> reporter: he spearheaded epic legislative battles like obamacare with a scrappy style he learned during his impoverished childhood. reid was born, shaped, and scarred in searchlight, nevada, essentially a tru

first, barack obama chose him as vice president, which instantly elevated him in the democratic field. second, donald trump. had these two factors not been present, it's difficult to imagine biden in the white house. to put this another way, the previous two times biden ran for president, he did not do well. his first attempt in 1987 ended after 3 1/2 months with an abrupt withdrawal but even before that, he was polling well behind in the democratic field. in the second run he stayed in longer but his poll numbers were abysmal. a poll released about a month before he dropped out in january 2008 had him among 4% of the registered democrats and his showing in the iowa caucuses were under 1%. successful democratic presidents usually fit one of two patterns, either they're charismatic outsiders who energize the country like john f. kennedy or barack obama, or they're southerners who manage to bridge the divide between north and south and all of that represents, like lyndon johnson and jimmy carter. bill clinton combined both, which might have explained his success, achieving the highest a

first, barack obama chose him as vice president, which instantly elevated him in the democratic field. second, donald trump. had these two factors not been present, it's difficult to imagine biden in the white house. to put this another way, the previous two times biden ran for president, he did not do well. his first attempt in 1987 ended after 3 1/2 months with an abrupt withdrawal but even before that, he was polling well behind in the democratic field. in the second run he stayed in longer but his poll numbers were abysmal. a poll released about a month before he dropped out in january 2008 had him about 4% of the registered democrats and his showing in the iowa caucuses were under 1%. successful democratic presidents usually fit one of two patterns. either they're charismatic outsiders who energize the country like john f. kennedy or barack obama, or they're southerners who manage to bridge the divide between north and south and all of that represents, like lyndon johnson and jimmy carter. bill clinton combined both, which might explain his success, achieving the highest average

what do you think of barack obama? >> great golfer. [laughter] >> articulate. chris: as a president? >> i think as a president he lacks communication skills with his own party let alone the republican party and he's on the road too much. chris: richard nixon? >> brilliant, criminal, could have been a great president. hi threw it away. chris: as long as we are talking about controversies when you were running for president in 1988 and you told bush 41, you know what i'm going to say -- >> about my record. >> you'd flip-flop on taxes. >> yeah. and i guess the point is i made -- i made a mistake. i knew i had made a mistake. chris: newt gingrich? >> newt is a brilliant in many respects. he's kind of a guy that is going to lead the revolution but he can't lead after he succeeds. he was always what he did, what newt did and i was a tax collector for the welfare state and i don't have any quarrel with him now. chris: but you haven't forgotten either? >> i haven't forgotten. [laughter] >> and i'm glad he wasn't our nominee. chris: one last person, the guy who beat you

reid also instrumental in the presidential campaign and the campaign of barack obama we'll have more legacy on that in the show. >>> turning now to the coronavirus pandemic. the united states has set a new record for daily covid infections. data from "the new york times" said the number of cases top 267,000 yesterday. the previous record more than 251,000 cases set almost a year ago. the cdc has almost dramatically slashed its estimate of omicron cases in the united states. the agency originally said the new variant represented 73% of cases for the week that ended december 18th. that number has since been revised to just 22.5%. we're told the omicron variant accounted for nearly 59% of u.s. cases for the week ended on christmas day. and while research continues to show the omicron variant is less severe in those who are boosted, the data is not as clear, concerning boosted individuals who are older, or who have underlying health conditions. joining us now, we look at how covid cases are straining the nation's health care system. nbc correspondent liz mclaughlin, liz, thank you for be

a name like barack obama, i don't know. which is peculiar given that he is very religious and knows the bible better probably than a lot of people who were criticizing him. and in this speech this is the white house easter prayer breakfast 2015. he talks in very, very direct terms, very specifically christian terms about his beliefs. >>> -- in a better place. i am no preacher. i can't tell anything to this crowd about easter that you don't already know. i can offer just a couple quickly before we begin the program. for me the celebration of easter puts our earthly concerns into perspective. with humility and with awe, we give thanks to the extraordinary sacrifice of jesus christ our savior. reflect on the brutal pain that he suffered, the scorn that he absorbed, the sins that he bore, this stroornd gift of salvation that he gave to usextraordinary salvation that he gave to us. and we try as best we can to comprehend the darkness he endured so that we might receive god's light. and yet even as we grapple with the sheer enorm

there is hope it will revive the neighborhood where michelle obama was raised and where barack obama started his career. >> right across the street we're going to be building the presidential center. a lot of our focus will be programming for the young people in the community, boys and girls, young men and young women and given that you guys have all gone through this program, bam, you're in the middle of going through it. you've seen some things. you have a sense of what's going on in the neighborhoods. how do you think we can be most helpful to you guys. what are the things that you think would be most helpful in young people being able to snaf gait their own lives and be successful in school and be positive they can get to 80. give me a sense that what are some gaps that we can fill or some things that are working to build back up? >> for me, i feel like having someone to communicate with or to run to without having to worry about getting injured or shot. >> i believe there should be more opportunities and more intern ships and more things to do in our communities because not ever

among the presidents who talked about it most was barack obama. during the 2008 campaign there were people saying, oh, we don't know what his religious beliefs are. you know, a name like barack obama, we tonight -- we don't know. which is e call car given that he is very religious and knows the bible better probably than a lot of people who were criticizing him. and in this speech, this is the white house easter prayer breakfast 2015, he talks this very, very, very direct terms, very specifically christian terms about his beliefs. >> -- a better place. i'm no preacher, i can't tell anything to this crowd about easter that you don't already know. i can offer just a couple of -- very quickly before we begin the program. for me, the celebration of easter puts our earthly concerns into perspective. with humility and with all we give thanks to the extraordinary sacrifice of jesus christ, our savior, reflect on the brute alpine that he suffered -- brutal pain that he suffered, the scorn that he absorbed, the sins that he bore, this extraordinary gift of

the human rights activist received the nobel peace prize in 1994 former us president barack obama described to, to as a moral compass. his funeral will be held on january the 1st in cape town. the un is calling for a thorough investigation into what its calling our barbaric attack by me and mas army are killed at least 30 civilians. all of them from the ethnic carry. minority witnesses said they were killed while trying to flee. fighting between the army and resistance groups to add workers are also missing. afghanistan's taliban authorities have said that women wanting to travel long distances should be accompanied by a close male relative. this guidance follows the taliban decision to bar many women from public sector roles. activists have strongly criticized these moves. this is dw news from berlin. you can find lots more on our website, d, w dot com. ah, ah ah, ah, ah, welcome to a special edition of check in this time where showing you germany's most popular travel destinations, bavaria, berlin, saxony, all the zoloft which german state draws the most visitors. germany's geographical d

if he doesn't have that moment, do we have a president barack obama? >> given his age, we might have a barack obama in 2024. he was an outsize political talent. but the point you are making, and it's really critical, i think, if you do alternate history right, is you have to play out all the contingencies. you can't just say we'll put this person in place of this person. for instance, would john kennedy, had he lived, gotten out of vietnam? people say, look what happened in '65, there was an attack on the marines. kennedy would have had 14 months to try to figure out some way to de-escalate vietnam, which he was very much inclined to do, i believe. so your point is very well-taken. you can play everyone out. would hillary clinton have gotten into politics, is a good example. would john mccain -- by the way, al gore could not have run in 2004. >> there might have been a constitutional question about that. i'm up against a hard break. as a former network guy, you get this. it's a pleasure to partner with you on this, jeff greenfield. catch more of jeff a

and it's curious that among the presidents who talked about it most is barack obama. i say it's curious because during the 2008 campaign there are people saying, oh, we don't know what his religious beliefs are, a name like barack obama, we don't know. which is peculiar given that he is very religious, knows the bible better probably than a lot of the people who were criticizing him. and in this speech this is the white house easter prayer breakfast 2015, he talks in very, very direct terms, very specifically christian terms about his beliefs. >> i am no preacher. i can't tell anything to this crowd about easter that you don't already know. i can offer just a couple of reflections very quickly before we begin the program. for me the celebration of easter puts our earthly concerns into perspective with humility and with all we give thanks to the extraordinary sacrifice of jesus christ our savior, reflect on the brutal pain that he suffered, the scorn that he absorbed, the sins that he bore, this extraordinary gift of salvation that he gave to us. and we try as best we

the former us president barack obama said he had been a "mentor, friend and moral compass." current us presidentjoe biden said he was �*heartbroken�*. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say, we will be free! desmond tutu was a man of hope. a south african priest who became one of the world's great moral voices. it was during south africa's long and violent struggle against white minority rule that desmond tutu rose to prominence. a diminutive priest, defying the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral! the system of this country is evil! while nelson mandela was imprisoned for decades, tutu became the face and voice of south africa's liberation movement. desmond tutu was somebody at the height of the anti—apartheid struggle who, when nelson mandela and his leadership comrades in the freedom struggle were locked up on robben island, roused the faithful, inspired people. tutu was fearless, condemning the brutal apartheid state, but also urging black south af

obama to take a chance and run nails when he needed to be he told a freshman senator barack obama a chance and run for the highest office in the land, changing history. harry reid was a kingmaker in washington, the one-time amateur boxer brought fighting spirit to congress where he spent 30 years including a sena. his road to starting in search light, nevada, in nevada where reid was born reid was home into poverty in a home into poverty in a home with no indoor plumbing. >> i didn't make it because of . >> i made it because i worked hard >> on capitol hill, the flag flying in half-staff in honor of the nevada democrat as tribute from both sides of the aisle reid was closely tied to president obama and was the boe aisle. reid was closely tied to president obama and was the first to suggest the young senato i believe he is going to go down for the oval office. >> senate ever had. he is tough an will go down as one of the best leaders the senate ever had. i could not have accomplished what i accomplished him being at my side >> a message president letter to reid which he made emphasiz

former president barack obama sir youd assault and called him a true servant of god. desmond tutu was a force for good. jon: nuclear talks in iran are set to restart tomorrow. >> there is income priest hencible to me. it's income prehencible that ayatollah wants to wipe israel off the face of the earth. that's the little satan, and america is next, the big satan. they are not going to abide by any agreement they sign. jon: secretary of state anthony blinken says the u.s. is on the same page as our allies about iran and other hostile nations. >> we are much more aligned with pour partners than we were even a year ago, on iran's nuclear program and china's efforts to alcohol challenge order. jon: president biden signaled he will agree to rejoin the deal with iran abides by certain guidelines. france is seeing an alarming spike? covid cases. they reported 100,000 infections in one day. roughly one in 100,000 people of tested positive in the area around paris. a taliban spokesperson called the commissions unnecessary institutes. in the democratic rub of congo a suicide bo

obama for the affordable care act and that's true, wouldn't have that without barack obama in the white house or without nancy pelosi in congress and i think that her skills and ability to hold democrats together in the long term strategic politics against has been the capstone of her career. if you could unmute you can go ahead and ask your question. >> it's good to have you on. >> it's good to be here. susan, thank you so much for writing this book about my question is more historical in flavor i happened to be there when nancy pelosi [inaudible] you referenced that in your book and i'm curious to hear more. my time was so quick and i was so busy i never got the chance to sit down with the speaker and talk about her relationship and i would be curious to hear from you what she shared. >> i'm honored that you are joining us tonight. not a particularly open openly emotional person, prettied disciplined but i try to convince her to be more candid and i discovered in doing research one of the things i found in the archives of the university of pittsburgh was jack murtha was papers includi

that's what the republicans did for the entire duration of the barack obama presidency. you look at the cast of characters now. it's so true. mark meadows, mike pompeo, these are people who came of age during the time that they were investigating the obama administration. >> jim jordan. >> they were players on the oversight committee with folks like jim jordan, and they are the ones who spent years issuing hundreds of subpoenas, calling for hundreds of investigations, doing everything they could to use the instruments of power to try to cripple the first black president in the united states history. and now we're kind of see him move over and go from the fringes of the party to being the central nucleus center of the entire republican party, and it's something that we could chart over the last ten years. this didn't come out of nowhere. this isn't something we should all be blindsided with. it's been there the entire time. >> i feel like you have to start putting the pieces together. who joe biden is not just the joe biden who dared to beat donald trump after donald trum

. >>> before barack obama became president, there was a big moment for him. long-time republican colin powell threw his credibility behind obama, endorsing him in 2008, and specifically citing what it would mean to have obama on the world stage. which is where powell built his own standing as a top general and diplomat. he's been credited with a simple principle for policy. the pottery barn rule. you break it, you own it. it was a warning about starting wars and other policies. >> what i did say to him, once you break it, you're going to own it and we're going to be responsible for 26 million people standing there looking at us. >> what the u.s. government does, it owns. true in war, or the obligation continues even as presidents change. so the u.s. owned iraq and afghanistan, which started under bush, but also fell to later presidents to handle what the u.s. owned. later democratic presidents withdrew in iraq and afghanistan. it was obama and biden that had to ending what the u.s. owned which bush began. but the policy pattern actually goes beyond war. there

barack obama was worried about south korea and other emerging countries that were really getting more educated workers and so we said let's expand the number of people who are going to college and grad school. he recognized the were some problems with student loans. my checker in the book on barack obama it's interesting chapter but i try to maintain -- you recognize a lot of problems with lending and had a lot of ideas to fix some of the problems but he did really buy into this notion that college is this is t investment that everyone should take part in. inherently that would require an increase in student loans. so getting back to the great recession which lasted through 2009 but even after 2009 the unemployment rate even when we're technically recovering as in, the unemployment rate was very high and young people, people in their 20s, certain groups were really hit hard by this. so you had this boom in higher education enrollment which it wasn't mostly -- was because of what he said. just because the economy was so we can the were not jobs available the were a lot of people who no

after all, they walked all over barack obama this is his vice president. ainsley: are they poking the bear. taiwan airspace, this is what is happening over there russia and ukraine. is it because they look at our president as weak and this is their opportunity to do this? steve: the good news is for ukraine they are better equipped than they were back a couple of years ago. so that is good; however, russia is gigantic, and russia -- it's existential threat to them. here is ambassador robert o'brien who was in the trump administration talking about the russian threat to ukraine with larry kudlow last night. >> putin is pushing these troops up on the ukrainian border. and the question is what does he want? there are two big things he wants. he wants to make sure ukraine never becomes part of nato and second they become part of the eu. we have great tools we had nord stream 2 you and i and pompeo and mnuchin and president trump helped stop during our time in office. that was given to the russians and asked nothing in return. the will new start nuclear deal wa

when barack obama came into office, they passed a huge stimulus package. ... call grants come increasing pell grants and expanding or increasing access to loans or ensuring there was continued access to loans which was in part designed to stimulate spending to help the economy recover. this time around instead of giving people access to load and requiring conficker said we will suspend your payments and that will stimulate the economy. so yes, the politics have really shifted. the idea that anyone from either party from eitherin major party except for bernie sanders is e n board with debt cancellation has been issuedeb shift. i quoted a republican in my book in the senate who also recognized that there are a lot of issues. ron johnson of wisconsin, like this tea party republican big trump's supporter. even he said like when i was interviewing him he sounded a lot like bernie sanders in terms of describing the system he thought was fundamentally broken and he thinks it's morally wrong to put so much debt on young people with them not knowing what the getting in

. >> tributes are pouring in led by former president barack o obama. and others recalling their friendships with harry reid. flags will be lowered to half-staff in his honor. more on his life and legacy. >> reporter: he led democrats in the senate for a decade. but harry reid called one of his proudest accomplishments the impact he had on presidential history, especially couraging be -- encouraging barack obama to run. >> he was stunned i was the first one that ever suggested that to him. when he was re-elected, that was one of the most moving phone calls i ever received. because he said you're the reason i'm here. >> reporter: he spearheaded epic legislative battles like obamacare with a scrappy style he learned during his improv irished childhood. he was born, shaped and scarred in searchlight, nevada, he grew up in this shack. his mother did laundry for the local brothels. his dad always looking for work as a miner. both drank heavily. during that 2006 visit to searchlight, he casually pointed out where his father took his own life at 58 years old.

in a statement on twitter for me, you as president barack obama also mourned to, to his passing. archbishop desmond tutu was a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass for me. and so many others, a universal spirit archbishop, to, to was grounded in the struggle for liberation and justice in his own country. but also concerned with injustice everywhere. cc whole in to his home of cape town has been leased up in purple in tribute. his funeral will be held on january 1st, mocking the passing of a champion and shining light in the struggle for human rights will only get dw corresponded to so comalla, when johannesburg brought us more on the reaction in south africa to desmond to reduce death. the great loss indeed for sold africans ab, because this is a men oh stand against death. and it powers that be he was not afraid to tell the truth to power, especially even the democratic air ruling and see. now whenever they did something wrong, when ever they don't govern when, whenever they took action that to a place to other people who would speak out. and this is that men who was very passionate about

in a statement on twitter for me, you as president barack obama also mourned. true to his passing. archbishop desmond tutu was a mentor, a friend and a moral compass for me. and so many others, a universal spirit archbishop, to, to was grounded in the struggle for liberation and justice in his own country. but also concerned with injustice everywhere near jasmine to see his home in cape town, mourners continue to gather, mocking the passing of the champion and a shining light in the struggle for human rights. and earlier dw corresponded to sir qu milo into hannah's burg, brought us more on the reaction in south africa to the death of desmond to the great loss indeed for so the africans ab, because this is a man who would stand against death and powers that be he was not afraid to tell the truth to power, especially even the democratic air ruling and see. now whenever they did something wrong, whenever they don't govern, when, whenever they took action that to a place to other people who would speak out. and this is that men who was very passionate about fightin

pope francis released a statement to tutu's family as to the dalai lama, former president barack obama called him a friend and described him as the universal spirit president joe biden released a statement saying he and the first lady are heartbroken over who they call a true servant of god. it's great to see so many world leaders coming together for the same thing, all of them agreed that desmond tutu was a good man who had a purpose on earth. back to you. julie: trey yingst, a man who lived a life of purpose as you said, thank you so much for the live report. julie: if you missed or forgot the most viral caught on camera moments of 2021 you are in luck, jonathan hunt takes a look back. >> even in the turbulent times there's one thing we can count on year after year people get caught on camera doing good things, bad things or just funny things in 2021 is no exception. take this 9-year-old boy for instance who hitched a ride on the airport conveyor belt, surveillance footage capturing the moment he hopped on board and calmly made his way through the baggage system. a florida woman comi

obama. clinton's mother died in 2011, five years before her daughter would run again, nearly becoming the country's first female president. in her would dch be acceptance pea speech, she wrote about -- >> through a long, hard campaign, we were challenged to choose between two very different visions for america. how we grow together, how we live together and how we face a world full of peril and promise together. >> reporter: but instead of that speech, america heard clinton's concession speech. >> we have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. but i still believe in america. and i always will. >> reporter: hillary clinton has said she doesn't plan on running for office again. she released her first novel, a thriller, about a female secretary of state. mona, phil? >> all right, andrea fujii, thank you. regardless of winning the election or not winning the election, she cemented her place in history long before we casted our votes. >>> coming up, "this happened." you're g

he rose to senate majority lader in 2007, and then encouraged freshman senator barack obama to run for the white house. on tuesday, mr. obama released a letter he recently sent to reid, "i wouldn't have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support and i wouldn't have got most of what i gt done without your skill and determination." early in the obama presidency, reid forged deals on a great recession economic stimulus, pay equity for women, and the landmark affordable care act. >> i want the people in the state of nevada to know that i am so grateful, and i have done my best. i haven't been perfect, but i've really tried my hardest. >> garrett: funeral plans are expected to be announced in the coming days. now to a new jersey school that is trying to bridge the gap between police and a student body that often distrusts those on patrol. cbs' meg oliver has more on the trust-building effort in our ongoing series "unifying america." >> reporter: it's a grueling day of competition from pedaling and punching, to swimming, and it's all about trust. the day started at the

i want to remind you all donald trump wanted to do system prove this country, unlike barack obama, he loved this country, he loved citizens, he didn't view them as racist. he wanted to make america great again after his barack obama and his ilk on hard left, they tried to impeach him wise, they tried to use russia collusion. which has been cleared. to take out a duly elected president, in is no commission to investigate that. we twitter and facebook and corporate media a cabal of pro marxist entities that oppose free speech and shut down the president of united states, we had disloyal saboteurs around this president, he had never ben in washington before, he needed some experience, they turned on him. this say lack of character. it is so disgusting. somebody who worked 8 years in reagan administration would never have thought of doing anything like this, a phony whistleblower, they go after his tax returns. and 2 1/2 3 years of a criminal, special prosecutor, what an outrage. unleashed against a president of united states, they called him everything. a racist, a dictator, a man who lo

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