your committee, and briefing to obama. why are they not questioned? they had no problem questioning donald trump when he was president of the united states about this phony mueller investigation. these men, that obama and clinton, they are private citizens now, why are they not being questioned or maybe they are? >> there was a 4 year delay this happened in 2016. i was a member of congress on intelligence committee and judiciary committee, we had all sorts of investigation, and people come in testify under oath. ier in found out about hillary clinton's secret campaign -- ier in never found out about hillary clinton's secret campaign plan until i became director of national intelligence and declassified that. this was in 2020, in between we had a whole mueller investigation that was supposedly looking at trump-russia potential collusion, some people that were working on that were briefed on the fact that hillary clinton created this fake russia you know collusion allegation. mueller put out a 387 page report but did not tell anyone that some things we

the obama years are o disaster electorally w, politically for every democrat except for barack obama who got lucky and got reelected in 2012. but 2010 in 2014 where historic blowout losses way out of proportion to the normal midterm loss, a president sufferss and went all the way down to the state legislatures, which is why the democrat bench is so weak.gest p you know, the strongest personer on the bench you'd have to argue is footagege and he can't move. he can't do anything so long as he secretary. so if he leaves transportation, that's the sign that he wants to get in. and this is all what's going to happen, laura . and justioat over nine months, u know, i've been a part of a presidential campaign and you start running early. barack obama declared his candidacy in february of 2009 that is coming up in terms of this election cycle, that is one year from now. >> presidential contenders need to declare ari, if pete boota judge isco their great hope, thn republicans are dancing acrossre the country right now, okay, if that's their hope. south bendg to the white house. ok, laura , i c

obama, he is running for and president. as and, as he as enters a crowded democratic field, obama pledged today to a democratic field, he end the war in pledged to iraq, and end end the war gridlock in in iraq and washington. gridlock in washington. >> >> the last the last thing thing before we go before we go tonight, tonight. 15 years 15 years ago, ago today, today, a 45 year old a 45-year-old junior junior senator from illinois, senator from threw his hat illinois threw his into the run for the hand into the ring for the highest office in the highest office in the land. his land. his candidacy was candidacy was seen as seen as a long a long shots shot, but then, but then senator barack senator barack obama obama explains to explains to a crowd in a crowd in springfield, illinois, why he springfield, in a lawyer why was the man for the job? he was the man for the job. >> i stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. and if you will join with me in this improbable quest, i

and you'll remember that president obama or the u. k. and tried to say, hey, don't do this, this is not a good idea. not sure whether that helped or hurt, but the body, this is really you who is bricks. if that's what you're saying, there is no, i'm not going to own that one. but we can take that discussion offline the, you know, i think that at things are trending in a, in a reasonably good direction on the, on the northern iowa. you, you know, we saw a cabinet reshuffle not that long ago, which i think was in part about johnson's desire to find some way forward on, on northern ireland biden wants that to happen. he does not want to see some kind of a bus stop that, that affects the relationship between the republic and northern ireland. so stay tuned. we're not across the finish line yet, but i have a sense that the british government wants to put this behind it and met some kind of compromise deal with the e. u is forthcoming. well, of course, for us, johnson is in battle because of police investigation, but any fears you might have h

you were talking about the obama era. when asked, they've been a powerful lobby for many years, not just the obama era. wikipedia that is true. i didn't make the point they were only powerful during the obama era. they had a lot of influence before that. they make a lot of money. indisputable that they fund raise and make a lot of money after the obama era begins. interestingly enough their membership expands, fundraising increases after sandy hook because they've been able to sell the idea that their rights and interests would be under threat after such an event. >> great. another question, what do you think of gifford nonprofits because the fcc would not do that? wikipedia i love shannon's view on this. i'm sure she's following this issue closely. just the latest example. and "misfire: inside the downfall of the nra," just the latest example of allegations that piled up. "misfire: inside the downfall of the nra" goes into detail about a troubled spending and corruption that has happened but also tracing how it happened.

the obama years were a disaster for every democrat except for barack obama who got lucky and reelected in 2012. 2010 and 2014 were blow out losses in the mid-term. it it went down to the state legislatures. the strongest person on the bench is pete buttigieg. he can't run as long as he is the secretary of transportation. if he leaves transportation that's a sign he wants to get in. you start running early. barack obama declared his candidacy in february of 2009. that is coming up in terms of this election cycle. one year from now presidential contenders need to declare. >> laura: if pete buttigieg is their great hope republicans are dancing across the country. that's their hope. okay. >> i could see him having a bicycle lane to winning the democratic primary. >> laura: you get the sense that the con shop in the white house is trying to figure out how to turn the page on covid and get our mojo back. biden came out and talked about the jobs reports feeling good. >> this past month we mailed out tens of millions of home tests to deliver to your home. now we are seeing a difference. just i

that would be president obama, president eisenhower. the country seems to be showing some respect for introverts. as doug has said before on this program, it is the 20th century, about the active presidency. theodore roosevelt, active man. franklin roosevelt. we have a history of president as preside or and administrator, largely before the 20th century but still largely in our dna. that presidency can be more favorable. what coolidge embodies, so did president obama to a degree. both president bushs's, certainly ike. coolidge did a lot but did not want to be seen is doing a lot. it was not hypocrisy but out of respect for our institutions. the counter side is that andrew jackson would go down, he did go down, not just because president trump liked him. andrew jackson was an action man, george washington was less of an action man. there is a theme here, which is we also like preside or presidents and sometimes more than autocratic presidents, a group that would include fdr. host: going down in our survey, from the previous survey to the

that is how president obama rose legitimately. host: in these surveys we tend to focus on the top three or the bottom three. we rarely get to number four before we start bouncing around. since we have you, i wonder your thoughts on teddy roosevelt, consistently over the course of the service being ranked the fourth greatest president. guest: it is the rushmore phenomenon. we want presidents to be great. we have the need for a genetic need for great leaders and then we wonder, shall we have great leaders? there was a bouncy, happy warrior, a happy president, who loved the people, who understood the greatness of the united states, and he goes on rushmore. at the time he was a new model. presidents were supposed to be in the background. there he was saying, i am it and i am the presidency. tr currently divides americans. some republicans like him, others less because his policies were not policies they would support. for example, economically in the case of tr, he was a trust buster. today he may not be the best to make the economy b

senator obama wants to be president. and according to hillary clinton she was getting all the hard questions in the debate. >> ramos asked if there was anything we can get. you said quote, no, thank you, i'm fine. my question is, are you sure? >> i'm quite sure, thank you, though. >> senator clinton less than two months ago you were the heavy favorite toen the nominee. since then you lost 33638 caucuses and primaries. do you still believe you can win this nomination? >> my goodness, john, this process is far from over. >> it was fun. here is the great thing. like people on the right can take a joke. i have never had a right-wing conservative person walk out of one of my standup shows. it's always the offended woke person. that's who "saturday night live" is afraid of offending, this loud minority of a piece of the culture. once you are afraid of offending people one success fled killed comedy. we are providing an equal opportunity, we are making fun of all the hypocrites and all the morons. brian: i have seen you do stan

i won't forgive barack obama. and so many ways, barack obama lit the fuse that is now our polarized nation. don't forget it was barack obama who went to john lewis, congressman john lewis' funeral and told the democrats that despite the fact that he regularly used the filibuster himself as a senator that the filibuster was racist and they needed to get rid of it. so many of the things that they woke liberal socialist democrats are pushing for now is because barack obama told them to push for it. so now he comes in and acts as if he's got good advice. he has been part of the polarizing problem from our nation that joe biden is now continuing. >> sean: what is your take, jason, as you see this all unfold? it is all coming together and not in a good way. >> ari is right. he sat quietly on his hands when joe biden stepped up. i look at the people closest to joe biden. i look at jill biden, his chief of staff, people like susan rice, other people that are right around the president you know his decline in israel, that

bush, barack obama, and donald j. trump presidential library has a site online that you can go, not a physical building yet, and the obama presidential library is being built, as well. we talked about the truman library being the second one, which edward rothstein was talking about. i think we have you back, mr. rothstein. glad to have you back. guest: i do not know exactly what happened. host: that is quite all right. we will continue with the discussion and have invited the viewers to call in. you have written about the idea of ego versus truth when it comes to presidential libraries. i wonder your thoughts on whether these libraries are monuments to the individual or are these places for history and pure historical research? how should we look at these museums and libraries? guest: it is a difficult and complicated issue, and it varies from library to library and is changing quite a bit with what we know about president obama's plan for his library. but the establishment of the museum was a completely private sort

many democrats feel obama is pushing p. consistently, and they want even more of that from the current president. perhaps longing for these bs to get together, for biden to follow barack and start pushing b. with that in mind, we have a special guest in the obama world, heather mcgee, and we're back in 60 seconds. liz, you nerd, cough if you're in here! shh! i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. what about rob's dry cough? works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours?! who studies that long? mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs. your plain aspirin could be hurting your stomach. vazalore is the first liquid-filled aspirin capsule clinically shown to cause fewer ulcers than plain aspirin. try vazalore. aspirin made amazing! . >>> we're joined by heather mcgee who has an obama cession of her own. although an independent analysis, the obamas like a lot of herwork. her book "the sum of us" is being turned by the obamas into a podcast. congratulations on that, and welcome back. >> thanks so much, ari. >> great to have you.

both mitt romney and barack obama were wrong. mitt romney said russia was our number one geopolitical boat and barack obama said it was al qaeda. neither of them were focusing on the actual number one geopolitical adversary was was china and they should have been focusing on it then should be focusing on it now but the flip-flops are not about our foreign policy establishment understanding how to prioritize threats to the country, it's just about wrong political power. they mocked romney and because they wanted barack obama to win and now they've heard one 80 degrees, joe biden is having a bad presidency and want to use as a way to get everybody off the topic of his other failures. guy: he had better points as i have all but on and now they are finally willing to concede a decade later so let's look into a crystal ball, ten years from now, what you think the media might finally admit to us? >> i have low expectations. you said something a minute ago about how putin invaded ukraine under barack obama and under now joe biden. the o

but because barack obama used to do what? teach constitutional law and so he starts pepper me with questions about where we are in class and i was like any good law student, which means i hadn't read all semester. i know you know where we were i was i was just trying to balance the world on my shoulders. and so finally i'm like look senator like, you know, that's kind of get to it. i'm about to walk into professor brown constant brown and i constitutional law class and he said well bukhari now is the time i want you to endorse me to be president. i see how deuce going to two conditions one is that my mom gets to work on a campaign and two is that you come to my district? he says done and done. and so i endorse the president and over the senator at the time began to travel the country with them. and usually i'm with like tatiana ali or cowpen from harold and kumar one time i even get to campaign with michelle obama. it's just an amazing experience and then i get a phone call. it's after that iowa primary after the new hampshir

so great to see michelle obama there. what was it like for you to watch michelle obama with those students and why do you think it's important for her to have these kind of interactions? >> well, first off, thank you for having me today. it was just incredible to watch young people interacting with michelle obama. they definitely don't hold back in asking the hard questions that was always the fun part. but it was really just such a special experience for the young people, for mrs. obama herself and also i had just an extraordinary time witnessing and observing these interactions with someone who just meant so much to so many people in this world. >> 100%. you know later in that clip we played part of michelle obama points out of so little of who she is happened in the eight years in the white house. why do you think it's important for her to make sure that people understand that? >> well, you know, michelle obama had a life before the white house. she had a full career, a family, children and she was and is her own perso

it was easy for them to push this message that the obama white house or the obama administration was a threat to people's gun rights. wanted to restrict people's ability to have firearms. it was easy to sell that message to fund raise and increase membership. and that worked for a time. in fact it worked until with the greatest successes of the entering which is the election of donald trump. they went all in for donald trump where they spent more than $30 million on his campaign more even than the trump super packed it in that cycle but one thing that is interesting and misfire is thatd what everybody after e access hollywood takes the nra actually increased their ad buy. it increased their support. they thought it was so necessary that donald trump be elected they were willing to kind of double down at that point. but that arrogance that grew during the obama era really becomes an undoing during the trump era. tbecause ironically way the incentives are they really hit achish crunch in the obama era i'm sorry in the trump era because there were strategic plans on how to make when mon

barack obama, jimmy carter, harry truman. anthony's leg on the top performers in moral authority . >> george w. bush used to always say i have finite political capital and i need to be ableto spend it all . what is scandal bad? because the scandal takes away political capital or moral authority. and we see that in a few presidents lately where they got distracted or created distraction and therefore were able to get legislation through think about president clinton probably would have gotten his health care legislation through if he hadn't had his various scandals. some ofthat was his fault . americans in this poll at least and it's interesting to recognize that discipline it takes to be president. what you have to put away, put down, forgo in order to max out on your commitment that you've made in your party's platform. and hopefully you'll have a party platform. it'sinteresting to see the thinking on that . and when you go back, what's surprising is that moral authority question is sometimes trumped by other concerns. grant

obama, you say he didn't do anything. he went to africa or his administration went to africa and they pretty well cured ebola. and he never got much recognition for that. so, you know, you keep saying about this or that. i believe that trump was the worst person in the world for the covid thing. he probably caused 600,000 americans to die. what would be your question -- or answer on that? >> the administration did an excellent job in fighting ebola, there's no question about that. we do have a lot of tremendous technical experience in fighting infectious diseases overseas. a lot of that, uh, expertise was built in fighting hiv throughout -- you know, beginning in the 1980s and '90s and where i started my work in public health. you know, i don't know about when -- about your particular story and when people in the united states were getting infected with what the earliest infection was, and if it was possible you were infected with covid in november. we started to see reports in december, january. but it's important to rem

in the obama area. sorry in the trump era because they made no strategic plans on how to make ends meet when money isn't coming in as quickly. and as there's this contraction in the finances of the organization. some of the problems begin to bubble up to the surface. and all you know and many of those problems are outlined misfire and then other investigations into the topic. so tim, let's flash back to 2012. horrific shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut about 10 years prior the nra had said we support a background check on every gun sale. we oppose guns in schools. this happens and and they have a decision to make as an organization. they can back down or they can double down. and they clearly chose to double down. what's your insight into the decision that they made and and how it has played out for them as an organization and and also obviously as the founder of mom's demand action, i wonder you know, i i believe it was probably their worst nightmare that that women in thi

again, that statement is ridiculous from obama. should have never made it because obviously -- russia may not have been the greatest threat but it was a massive threat. >> carley: president obama announced sanctions targeting russian banks and oligarchs. ukraine's foreign minister said it's a good start. what do you think would hurt putin the most going forward? >> well, lynch you, if you kick him out of swiss network banks are able to communicate and do actions. the whole financial network uses this network. take them out. that will inflict massive pain right away. again, we are in a situation where joe biden doesn't mind this carley. i don't mean to be flippant about that when you are able to blame rising gas price and able to blame inflation not on your policies and shutting down american pipelines, blame it on russia and putin. you know the great scapegoat in someone else. >> todd: it's a slight -- >> carley: i think americans know what's going on. they have seen it sean, also, point well taken. thank you so much for joining us

so what president obama saying, get what you can get done. and don't argue about it in public. >> bill, in an interview with nbc nightly news, president biden addressed inflation, you heard it i'm sure. saying it's best to taper off in the next year. when you think of his remarks, and if it doesn't get under control, would you expect from republicans? >> republicans will joe biden, maybe a little bit fail -- look, what's the republican argument, they're spending too much money. the way to answer that question is to take one stance and say, it's hard to get inflation under control. but you know what? the american rescue plan passed, so this really gets to president obama's comments, so i think the democrats are just being ridiculous that they passed this huge bill, on a partisan vote, almost every republican, i think only one or two of them voted against it. but the child tax credit and middle income families. -- who said, the family who stacks as he was doing, a couple of kids $5,000 in tax savings this past year. the family had no idea, unle

i think we made a mistake in the obama administration. i think we should have provided lethal assistance. tragic that he tried to tie it, to quid pro quo to get them to help with his election campaign. we should have done more. with the longer lead time, there are some weapons, anti-aircraft weapons that would be useful to ukraine but it is too late now. they moved american soldiers closer to the front line. in nato romania and poland. we want to make it crystal clear to putin, god forbid, that it does not blind over to our nato allies. and three, we don't know exactly what they are planning. president biden has said many times on the record if russia does invade. if putin does invade because the russian people aren't invading. there will be the most comprehensive sanctions against russian individuals and companies including nord stream ii. we have a lot of agreement with allies that were going to do this in unison and not negotiate during a period of weeks or months. that was one of the things that dragged on and hopefully it will be a l

thank you. >> former president obama also looking back on the death of trayvon martin. the case inspired mr. obama to create my brother's keeper, a community-based alliance with a mission to ensure all young people of color can reach their full potential. obama talked about how he saw himself and his children in the face of trayvon martin. >> trayvon martin wasn't so different from me. he looked like i did at the age of 15, 16, 17. even living in a relatively hospitable place like hawaii, there were many times where i'd get on the elevator and women would clutch their purse or i'd walk by a car and suddenly you'd hear the locks go down. >> former president said he's proud of how violence intervention, jobs, and education programs have taken root in communities all across the country. he is most inspired by the next generation of civil rights leaders. >>> the surprising package in wisconsin has dubious ties to california. the warning from u.p.s. after a woman was nearly scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i

>> you wish that obama had done harsher, stricter sanctions in 2014? >> oh, yes i do. i wish as an administration had been more aggressive in 2014. jackie: your thoughts on being more aggressive at that time, being more aggressive this time, and how this situation could have potentially been prevented? nile? >> i have to say that's, you know, without a doubt the obama response to the russian invasion of crimea was absolutely disasterous and the response by the biden presidency today, to what is without a doubt a russia's second invasion of ukraine, beginning right now, the response so far has been very weak. it has been very slow. and, it does not fill, i think the free world with confidence. biden, following in the footsteps of barack obama has been very, have weak-kneed in terms of response on the russian front. the sanctions biden announced yesterday, are very limited in scope. they target two russian banks. they also target russia's sovereign debt but they don't go far enough. and the entire response or strategy on the part of the biden administration has been base

and the "new york times" article former obama guy, steve rattner says biden's excuse for inflation is dishonest and david axelrod says it's time for the president to grow up and be a little more humble. but the destruction of the democratic party stretches far beyond joe biden. and for once, msnbc gets something right. >> the democrats have to step away from the super wokeness. you have three school board members that were voted out by 70% because they are focusing on things like changing the names of schools. abraham lincoln on a school. george washington on a school. this is not what voters care about. you need to step away from super wokeness. >> jesse: fastest way to stop a culture war is lose it that's what democrats should do. surrender, black the blue, scrap crt and start acting normal around children again. still hands on deck on the media. they see the landslide coming. even the associated press says the brand is so toxic. dems here extension in rural u.s. the democratic party is losing voters faster than cnn is losing viewers. i know, that fast. so apparently it's time for a

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always want to hear from barack obama. he's one of the most popular democratic presidents in our history so people are always excited to hear from him, but his mezage was stop complaining, get what you can get and stop complaining about what you're not getting, which is the message nancy pelosi has said at times. we should brag more about what we have done. we passed a massive rescue package, we passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill. we already, democrats that, not me and you, but we have already done a lot. that is a message that a lot of democrats don't want to hear because with all of the levers of power in washington, the democratic senate, house, and white house, they feel like they should have a build back better package that goes through the house and senate and to the president's desk. they have not yet. they might not in the future. we don't know yet. but that is his message. he dropped, he used the example, we dropped the public option during the affordable care act debate because we weren't able to get it th

how does president biden's poll numbers compare to reagan, clinton and obama? >> they're worse at this point. you see them right here on the screen right now. the only president in recent history who is in worse shape than joe biden was donald trump in 2018. he was at 39%. at least at this point biden's numbers are worse than reagan as and worse than obama's. both hovering around 50%. clinton was actually in the high 50s at this point. of course, we're still very early on. but one year in, biden is in a worse position that be those guys. >> did you see bush? 81%. >> that was after 9/11. >> h.w. bush in 1990, 78% was pretty high. >> those were very high. h.w. bush had a very high approval rating for a long time. people forget that. >> all of them ultimately got down to the 40% range when dissatisfaction with the country's direction peaked. i think that -- the real question is whether biden has been damaged in a way that would prevent him from recovering if and when people become more optimistic. if he doesn't get optimistic, people will get pessimistic. i think

bush, barack obama, and donald j. trump presidential library has a site online that you can go, not a physical building yet, and the obama presidential library is being built, as well. we talked about the truman library being the second one, which edward rothstein was talking about. i think we have you back, mr. rothstein. glad to have you back. guest: i do not know exactly what happened. host: that is quite all right. we will continue with the discussion and have invited the viewers to call in. you have written about the idea of ego versus truth when it comes to presidential libraries. i wonder your thoughts on whether these libraries are monuments to the individual or are these places for history and pure historical research? how should we look at these museums and libraries? guest: it is a difficult and complicated issue, and it varies from library to library and is changing quite a bit with what we know about president obama's plan for his library. but the establishment of the museum was a completely private sort

>> if you cannot read michelle obama -- >> come on! >> michelle obama is americana. michelle obama is talking about the trajectory, rising from the humble beginnings in the south side of chicago, to be a bestselling author. what more do you want. she is translating your literature and your livelihood into a powerful but where story. amen to her and black folk, heap writing, the pen is mightier than the sort! >> a man and stop treating these young people like they are soft and stupid. first of all, they have the internet. you talk about banning books? they are going to look up all the books? they are going to read them anyway, they are smarter than all of you. michael eric dyson, always great to be with you, happy black history month! always we get to say that, "all in with chris hayes" starts now. say that,tonight on all in. >> they know it's true, they know it's there, they know who won the election, but they refused to say your right. >> donald trump himself was in on the scheme to seize voting machines. tonight the most incriminating evidence of the trump coup plo