and attack barack obama. make him seem more heartless than donald trump on immigration. like, really, i mean, i'm sure polls will show that he's not that popular, right, with democrats anymore? >> right, to that point, a cnn poll last year showed 97% of democrats -- 97% had a favorable opinion -- >> oh, favorable opinion? okay. >> and last year, 82% of democrats supported his signature health care law. >> oh, they support -- oh, so you're saying 97% of democrats -- >> yeah. >> -- support barack obama? >> obama. correct. >> and 82% of democrats support obamacare? >> obamacare, yeah. >> okay, so, well, i'm wondering why people who want votes from democrats spent all last night trashing barack obama saying support of barack obama's signature plan, the affordable care act, the greatest step forward toward universal health care in the history of the american republic, i'm wondering why they were trashing that and the defense of that is republican talking points. it is insanity, my friends. >> especially since over

we do know what barack obama did. we know that barack obama saved the auto industry. we know that he led the economic recovery. we know that he began the first steps of criminal justice reform. >> but he was hit over the head last night. about deportation and mass incarceration. what does that say in the general? >> no one hit him over the head over mass incarceration. no one trashed the president of the united states. no one trashed barack obama. what did happen last night was there were distinctions made between joe biden's record and everybody else on stage. what you're seeing right now, what this argument is all over, for the last eight years, joe biden was vice president to barack obama. joe biden uses barack obama as a shield. >> and everyone on that stage loved barack obama and now they're talking like they got perspective. >> no, no, no. we still do. we cannot talk about the last eight years of the administration and critique what we felt fast some of the things could have been made better. we can't citizen teak previous 40 years. what can we talk about? this

nobody trashed barack obama. what happened is that there were distinctions made between joe biden's record and everybody else on stage. what you are seeing is the fact that for the last eight years joe biden was vice president to barack obama. >> right. >> joe biden uses barack obama as a shield. >> everyone on that stage loved barack obama and now -- >> we still do. >> now they are talking like they have perspective. >> we cannot talk about the last eight years of the administration and critique some of the things we feel could have been changed or made better. we can't critique the previous 40 years of joe biden's record, then what are we talking about? >> you want to talk a difference between that and critiquing. look, you go after joe biden time and time again. you are not a bigot but look at what you did. how does it not do two things, fatigue the issue. the people you need to persuade that it matters are not you two guys. if they hear about it while you fight within your party, what appetite will you have f

>> president barack obama. >> thank you, barack obama. >> obama. >> barack obama. >> came under attack to get to his record to get at joe biden. is that risky. former under president obama, be wary of attacking on record. build on it, expand on it, but there's little to be gained for the party by attacking a very successful and still popular democratic president. let me bring back executive director of demand justice and former press secretary fof hillary clinton campaign. also michael singleton and democratic strategist joel payne. joel, is eric holder right? >> eric holder represents a lot of folks concerned about what they felt like was an attack on obama legacy. i don't feel that way. i think there are no sacred cows in a primary. every generation of politicians builds on politicians. cory booker executed that message very well saying the obama legacy is there and it's to be respected but can be built on. that's fair game for people to talk about. bill clinton they talked about his legacy. george bush, republicans talked about it, that's the nature of politics. >> cory booker, no s

the democrats are debating the legacy of barack obama. i mean, i disagree a little bit with some of the commentary today about this. you know, obama can be extremely popular in the democratic party while people who are running for president can point out policies that they want to expand on or where they fell short. i didn't really hear anyone on that stage last night condemn obama or say that his legacy is somehow, you know, worse than trump's or something anyone wants to erase. they were saying, you know what, on his deportation policy in the first term, there was something to be desired. on health care, democrats can do better in the future. you know, i feel like, you know, it's a big complicated country. people can have complicated views about the legacy of any president, no matter how popular he is personally. >> phil, you know, we heard some of the usual attacks on senator elizabeth warren. he also went after the former vice president's mental sharpness, meaning vice president biden's -- it seems to be a new line of attack. what do

[inaudible] >> thank you so much, we are >> about barack, the president. i am proud of having served with him. i am proud of the job he did. i do not think there is anything he has to apologize for, and it kind of surprised me, the degree of criticism. before, i have told you god love you, you have been covering me a long time now, but this is a marathon. i feel good. i think we have passed the quarter mark and i am feeling good. you told us in the earliest days of your campaign that you are not going to speak ill of a fellow democrat. you were pretty tough on some of your opponents last night, why the change in strategy? >> because i responded. next debate, i hope we can talk about how we can fix the things trump has broken, not have barack obama made all these mistakes. he didn't. he didn't. i want to make it clear, going back 10, 20, 30 years, this is a game that is a game to make sure that we hand the republicans on election. look, folks. there's a lot of things everybody has done in the past and votes that no longer have a context today. they are take

barack obama, bill clinton, donald trump, george w. bush. that's not because they won, but they were phenomenal retail politicians. who on that stage tonight, other than biden, has that kind of common touch? can be a little self-deprecating. can the slur his words every now and then. i do not think anyone cares about that. who comes close to a retail politician with some pizzazz? i didn't see it. i try to look at it as an analyst. i did not see that kind of obama/trump go get it. i didn't see it. >> it's still early. >> laura: marianne williamson, may be. >> it still early in the campaign. and you can't speak elected to some of the office these people hold without having some skill at retail. i would not write anybody off right now. although it's true a presidential debate can determine if someone's going to be visible to the american people, there is still a lot of movement. again, tonight -- you picked it up. tulsi gabbard, for example. that exchange she had with -- b1 it shows her vulnerability. kamala harris' vulnerability. if you can't

but if you look at the record of barack obama. some of this is the family issue that they should be fighting amongst themselves behind closed doo doors, but then you have to remember as barack obama is this president with this great approval rating and you have this president over here, donald trump, who is constantly trying to berate him, bring him down, discredit him. you have to be careful. because you could play into that. >> do you think they went too far last night on that? >> yes, i do. >> no. >> i do believe that. no, no. because some people -- a lot of people are just coming into this political game right now because of donald trump. they don't understand. a lot of people came in because of barack obama. and sometimes as you try to give them everything, you can't give everybody steak when they're only on milk. >> i think our reality, though, is that this is a democratic primary. this is the time you have to challenge democrats on policy prescriptions they've been putting forward, challenge the proposals whether or not the

kamala harris loves barack obama. he supported her in her first district attorney's race all the way back in 2003-2004. they have a long history together. they have a really warmth relationship. at the end of the day, this is a competitive democratic primary. voters are looking for something simple -- who is the right person to lead us into the future? who is the right person to defeat donald trump? the in the contents of arguments and discussions, you'll have differences on some of the issues. kamala harris, for example, pointed out that biden's health care plan doesn't cover every single american. i think voters need to know about these issues, if they're going to make a decision on the direction of our party. >>> senator harris had this to say about some of the negative attacks. listen to this. >> hey, guys, you know what? america does not want to witness a food fight. they want to know how we're going to put for aed on their table. >> why did she play what was a big role clearly seen by many people as a food fight

one that barack obama was kind of the outsider. i would say for years that a republican is this man was going to run for president. i think barack obama in a way, allow that to happen because obama was outsider in his own right, he wasn't an establishment figure. i think the country was getting a little bit used to and is getting used to outside figures. however, it was also the reason one of the three reasons, why there is such hostility to donald trump. donald trump announced from the get-go, and said and stated that it was his intention to undo barack obama had done. barack obama had talked about the fundamental transformation of america. donald trump said were going to undo that. anyway through a whole litany of issues. >> carrie sheffield: gods and religion that obama. >> brent bozell: playboy trump preached to the evangelicals. >> carrie sheffield: senator trumps visit to poland. to what extent do you think that the evangelicals perception of how the obama president treated them and maybe for the top prize as well. >> brent b

even former president barack obama was not liberal enough for some of the candidates. watch this. >> vice president biden, i didn't hear your response when the issue came up of all those deportations. you are a vice president of the nine states. i didn't hear whether you try to stop them or not, using your power and your influence in the white house. >> your electing me to lead. >> mr. vice president, it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. >> you have invoked president, more than anybody in his campaign. you can do it when it's convenient and then dodge it when it's not hit >> last night president trump brought up the bizarre debate during his rally rally in cincinnati, ohio. take a look. >> i was watching the so-called debate last night. [boos] and i also watched the night before that was long, long television. and the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama then they did attacking me, practically. [cheers and applause] it's true. and this morning, that's all the fake news was talking about. >> jason: is only the pre

i think barack obama today might have am thoughts for barack obama four years ago. >> one person who had a lot of thoughts who thought it was a dumb idea what he did was president trump. so here were his thoughts after watching the debates. >> i was watching the so-called debate last night. and i also watched the night before. that was long, long television. and the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me practically. >> and then he laid out on a list of things they could attack him on. no, just kidding. so susan, what did you think of the strategy? >> well, as far as president trump's commenting on it, you know, this is the sort of blessing and a curse of a show man president, right? we're left with him marriotting the events essentially he's been directing for at least four years. and this is one more striking aspect of it. you know, i thought harry gave a very jolting wakeup performance actually. those numbers are very compelling. i agree with wes, but the point is there's a policy question about this strategy of pulling the party away from the

i've praised a lot of the record of barack obama. at the same time, there hasn't been a single administration in history that we could say that we can't learn from and improve over in the future. and so what i said yesterday was that, look, we need to learn the lessons of the past when it comes to immigration. some of those lessons that i hope the vice president does learn is, number one, the next president can't wait to do immigration reform. in 2009, 2010, when democrats had the presidency, 60 votes, effectively in the senate and a majority in the house, that was a time to move immigration reform. i would move immigration reform immediately. secondly, you can't deport your way to the negotiating table and succeed with mitch mcconnell in these right-wing republicans. it doesn't matter how many people you deport, how cruel you are, it's never going to be enough for them. so we need to not be afraid of presenting our own bold alternative and positive vision for how we would handle immigration policy. that's what i've done. but the vic

you also accused joe biden of having it both ways on barack obama. so my question to you is are you having it both ways on democrats, you know, pitting things against each other? because you were tough on joe biden last night. >> well, first of all, anyone that goes up against donald trump better be tough and ready, but i do not like it when democrats are using tropes that the republicans use against us against each other and that are not working to point out that, you know, look, i disagree with you, but whoever is the nominee, i'm going to be with that person. and we've got to remember that one of the many reasons we fell short the last election is because we weren't as united as we should have been as a party. i have a lot of belief i am the right person to unite this party, runite this country. i am going to throw all of my spirit and support behind whoever that person is. i definitely have disagreements with vice president joe biden but i'm not sucker punching him. i'm very straightforward with my disagreements. but at the end of the day, i resp

barack obama knew exactly who i was. he had ten lawyers do a background check on everything about me about civil rights and civil liberties and chose me and said it was the best session he made. >> surprising twist last night it became clear even the obama legacy isn't safe from attacks. attacks from the democrats on the stage. we'll have much more on that in a moment. let's get to detroit where joe biden about to take part in his first campaign event since the big debate. what your hearing this morning? >> reporter: joe biden did what he needed to do going into this debate and that's to survive. after that first rocky debate that exchange with kamala harris on school bussing biden was taking incoming fire from all sides last night on issues like immigration, health care and criminal justice. but he also showed that he was able to push back. he came back calling out element of other people's records when they criticized him. one area of that where you saw the fight play out was over criminal justice between cory booker a

first of all, barack obama's approval rating with democrats is 96%. donald trump's approval rating with democrats, 4%. so the fact that we spent more time talking about a wildly popular president and not talking about donald trump is just -- ceases to amaze me. and on health care we just won the house of representatives in large part because we wanted women voters across this country on health care, on going after trump's attempts to get rid of preexisting conditions and get rid of some of the protection thas obamacare give us. and instead of talking about that and staying on the offense with republicans, we're proposing pie in the sky schemes that will have us on the defense, just politically. you can argue substance all you want, but just politically we are better off staying on the offense on president trump, on health care, and on economic issues that make sense to voters. and i just don't fundamentally get the strategy of going after the most popular democratic president in modern memory, and by the way, you're dragging in michelle obama. her app

not how barack broke these things. he didn't. >> we are having an honest conversation about an administration that was incredible. i would take him back. heck, if he was to run for president for a third term, i wouldn't be running. >> i have nothing but praise for president obama. i think he did great work. >> i've always praised barack obama. last night i did that with regard to the economy. at the same time, let me be very clear, don, i do believe when it comes to immigration, i said this when it comes to san antonio, there were ways that we could improve on what the obama administration was doing. >> president obama was a great president and i think for a lot of us we're looking to figure out how to build on his accomplishments and build on his record. >> president trump also noticed the takes on obama and talked about them in cincinnati. >> i was watching the so-called debate last night. and i also watched the night before that was long, long television and the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than

it's going to be to barack and michelle obama. it makes for a nice contrast, but in the medium and long run, can you have a ledge 3459 policy conversation, i would focus more on how to lift up and emphasize the obama legacy rather than tear him down. >> they may listen to you and also talk. i think of obama hope and change, we didn't get a lot of that last night on that stage. i know there are so many candidates and they only have so much time to talk. when they are talking and attacking the legacy of barack obama, how much damage do you think that does to the democratic party at this critical point? >> i think it definitely has an impact on the party. the biggest thing the democrats can do right now, is draw a moral contrast with the person in the white house right now. we have so many devastating issues from the humanitarian crisis at the border, to issues of race and racism we're seeing on twitter, it seems like every week, we have to be able to keep the moral high ground and draw those big contrasts, not tear others down, but

obama is presidency to the rise of donald trump. >> i think barack obama triggered it. >> barack obama was the outsider. i'm an essay for years that a republican businessman was going to run for president. and i think barack obama and zero we allow that to happen because, obama was an outsider in his own right. he was not an establishment figure. so i think the country was getting a little bit use to outside figures. however. it was also the reason, one of the few reasons why there is such hostility to donald trump. it was that donald trump who almost from the get go stated that it was his intention to undo what barack obama had done. barack obama talked about the fundamental transformation of america. donald trump said, we are going to undo that. and he went through a litany of issues. >> the clean they god, guns and religion that obama sought. >> and right to the evangelical. >> and you found president trump speech in poland where he referenced gato repeatedly in the catholic faith and the shared culture of a faith in god. to what extent do you think that evangelical perception of ho

and don't forget what route barack obama had to say about wealth. take a look. >> we are not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge it a success that's barely earned. i mean, i do think it a certain point you've made enough money. i'm actually surprised by how much money i have and let me tell you something, i don't have half as much as most of these folks. it is only so much you can each. there is only so big a house you can have. >> dan: but now, according to reports, they obama's are buying multimillion dollar estates off the coast of martha's vineyard with seven bedrooms and eight and a half bathrooms. that's right. here for reaction to all of this hypocrisy, arizona congressman andy biggs and fox news contributor doug schilling gray congressman, i will go to you first. i find this particularly infuriating about the left. i'm proud to be a conservative because what we believe and for us we believe in for everybody else. we believe in economic liberty, and educational liberty, school choice, health care liberty, health care freedom,

i think he did great work. >> i've always praised barack obama. last night i did that with regard to the economy. at the same time, let me be very clear, don, i do believe that when it comes to immigration, i said this when i was mayor of san antonio before i joined the obama administration, that there were ways we could improve on what president obama was doing. >> president obama was a great president. i think poor a lot of us we are looking how to build on his accomplishments? you're suggesting at least on the issue of immigration he shouldn't be surprised. >> reporter: welcome to democratic primary politics especially on the issue of immigration. if you spoke to people during obama's base, they weren't happy how obama was running it, particularly deportations during obama's term. >> they called him the deporter in chief. >> reporter: they called him the deporter in chief. particularly on that issue, it's really hard for me to believe that biden was surprised because that was bubbling up throughout the eight years that obama was president. on s

attacking barack obama and giving trump red meat. they don't want to prosecute those coming in illegally anymore. probably not the way to go in the democratic primary and joe biden was out yesterday talking about the debate. even he was surprised by the way some of his competitors went after the obama legacy. check it out. >> i must tell you i was a little surprised at how much there was about barack, about the president. i mean, i -- i'm proud of having served with him. i'm proud of the job he did. i don't think there's anything he has to apologize for. and i think, you know, it kind of surprised me the degree of the criticism. he focused on immigration and what he did was serious. the idea that it's comparable to what guy is doing is absolutely bizarre. there's nothing moderate about what barack did in obamacare. nothing. he covered 100 million people who had pre-existing conditions. he allowed kids to stay on their parent's policy until they're 26 years old. i hope the next debate, we can talk about to fix the things that trump ha

there's nothing moderate about what barack obama did in obamacare. no president had come close. >> he was talking about what several top democrats said on that debate stage. >> vice president biden, i didn't hear your response when the issue came of all those deportations. you were vice president of the united states. >> it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. >> mr. vice president, you can't have it both wades. you invoke president obama more than anybody in this campaign. can't do it when it's convenient and dodge it when it's not. >> in 2019 in america for a democrat to be running for president with a plan that does not cover everyone, i think is without excuse. >> hmm. how did the race to replace donald trump turn into analyzing barack obama's legacy? let me tell you tonight, the answer matters. and not just for politics. it matters for where america is headed. do you remember where you were on say november 10th, 2016 two days after trump won which shocked most people including many on his campaign in the

they are attacking barack obama more than they were attacking president trump. i don't know what they were thinking, and all i can think is they were trying out different things. you know, it's an early debate. they're going to trial various things but the popularity of president obama among democratic voters, they should have checked their polls. i mean, that it's pretty high and they are going to get the vice president made the nominee if they continue that. i think if the next debate or the next public saying, these people are going to be backing up just because they hear that truck. this was really dumb. they should not have done that. >> jason: i agree with you, and you agree with donald trump. i hope we got this on tape at some point. matt, what was your read on this democratic debate, because they spent a lot barack obama? >> let's get specific here for a minute. i was shocked and tweeted out after the debate that obama has become a bit of an albatross just like the clintons. it's, like, going to unite the clintons and the obamas together, the fact that b

a majority of the democrats on stage trashed the recent standard-bearer barack obama. he's one of the moste beloved political figures on the planet but he is written off as a cautious technocrat who was unable to deliver the fundamental change, the radicals really wanted and still want. now aoc plus three have led to the reappraisal of their leftist activism. remember when i said back in january, conservatives ignoring aoc's leadership in the democratic party do so at their own peril. >> i think it's a mistake for conservatives not take her aseriously, to brush her off as a flash in the pan or upstart. she was as close to a thought leader as a democrat party has today.i not a lot of flak for tt when i said it in january, but i saw where it was going, and now a lot of you did, as well. now we see the radical ideas filling the 2020 democrat debate stages.g climate hysteria, open borders, free health care, pretty much anybody, and opposition is simply not permitted. >> decriminalize, that is the whole point. >> they are not criminals, i believe we should have a civil viol

barack obama, bill clinton, donald trump, george w. bush. not just because they won, but they were phenomenal just retail politicians. who on that stage tonight other than biden has that kind of common touch? he can be a little self-deprecating. yet he can slur his words every now and then. but i don't think anyone cares about that. who comes close to being a retail politician with some pizzazz? i didn't see it. if i was just trying to look at it as an analyst. i did not see that kind of obama, trump go get it. i didn't see it. >> well, it's still early. >> laura: marianne williamson maybe. >> it's still early in the campaign and i think that you can't get elected to some of the office these people hold without having some skill at retail. but i also think that i would be very careful to write anybody off right now. while it's true that the president is in a debate can determine if there will be visible to the american people, there's still a lot of movement and i think tonight one of the dash i think you picked it up, tulsi gabbard for exam

a lot was on barack obama. they went after him on his immigration policy almost everyone on the stage outside joe biden was against obama care. that is stunning we wouldn't have obamacare if every democrat didn't vote for it. ainsley: mr. wolf on the set, 97 approval ratings among democrats, president obama. for them to go after him, attack his policies, maybe not the brightest ideas. he talked about pun of-up moments, kristin gillibrand attacking biden for a op-ed he wrote in 1981. women shouldn't be working that was a long time ago. i believe women should work. my light wife worked. my current wife worked. reminder to all of us, late wife, how she tragically died, left him ahope with the children. i was working when i was a seng gell dad. i thought he actually gained points. it backfired on gillibrand. steve: some candidates were trying to tear down what joe biden and barack obama did during the administration. except one of the people actually part of the administration, julian castro, he had a different kin

about barack, but a different view than the president of the united states has. let's argue, who has the best path forward? >> are you supportive of the debate stage shrinking going forward? mr. biden: i'm supporting of having a debate. not one minute assertions. look, it's not anybody's fault. there are 20 candidates, and that's a good thing. but the idea that we don't actually have a chance to explain our policies in less then one minute, and if you are not asked a direct question about your policy, you get 30 seconds. that's not a debate. i understand why it has to be that way, but i am looking forward to a place where we can actually exchange ideas. >> can you clarify your position on nafta? house democrats talked about four concrete changes. mr. biden: you asked me whether or not trump plan had been offered. the four changes, as long as i got to make sure that this time they are written in stone. they are written in stone. they must be imposed. last time, remember, there was a proposal that said you have to -- this was 20 some years ago. you have to make sur

because, folks, we, the people , and i learned this from barack obama. we are hopes greatest hero and fear's greatest foe. we, the democrats won michigan in 2018. thank you governor, thank you lieutenant governor, thank you attorney general. women, we are kicking but in michigan and across the country. we won in wisconsin, we want in pennsylvania. we want in so many other states. what is the matter with kansas? thing.amn they are electing democrats. in 2020, we are going to win the senate, the house, the presidency. elsewhere, arizona, elsewhere. that is what we are going to do but we can only do this if we do it together. if we remember what senator kennedy taught us. that we can be dreamers and doers. we can do that all. but we must do it together. we need you in this fight. we need you to join this fight. i hope you will text the bait to 43367. -- debate 243367. to 43367. i know you will enjoy this debate and i am confident we will take back the democracy. thank you very much. [cheers and applause. e] [indiscernible] >> they are backstage now. it is d

barack obama and his wife now worth about $140 million. the reports they are buying a $15 million mansion. i don't begrudge people making money, but you know what? let's not be hypocritical about it, and must not be negative about people earning money and making it in an honest fashion. if they are successful, more power to them. that's the american way and that's the american dream. >> dan: obviously, i'm not a democrat. you are. you've been around democratic politics for a long time. educate me for a minute. i mean this. i'm not being silly. i never got this. if the democrats' platform is giving additional money to the government, 40 or 50% tax rates, is a net to good, will improve society, then why don't groups of democrats in congress, former presidents like obama and biden, get together, show us their tax returns where they make voluntary donations to the government? they are supposedly improving society by giving government bureaucrats. why don't they do that? what am i missing here? >> well, i can't speak for them, dan, i can only s

[crowd talking] >> about barack, about the president. i'm proud of the job he did. i don't think there's anything he has to apologize for. i think it kind of surprised me, the degree of the criticism. as i've told you before god love , you, you have been covering me a long time now, but this is a marathon, and i feel good. i think we passed the quarter mark and i'm feeling good. >> mr. vice president, you told us in the earliest days of your campaign that you were not going to speak ill of fellow democrats. you were pretty tough last night. why the change in strategy? >> because i was responding. i hope the next debate we can talk about how we fix the things that trump has broken not how , barack obama made mistakes. he didn't. he didn't. i want to make it clear that going back 10, 20, 30 years it's a game to make sure that we handle republicans in the election coming up. look folks there are a lot of , things everybody has done in the past, votes that don't have a context today. they are taken out of context. i want to make the point that some of the assertions bei

you had 7% of people who voted for barack obama who stayed home. out of those people who stayed home, 51% of them were people of color. the conversation that i think biden is trying to have around why he's electable is him saying, i'm going to try to get back some of that 9%, if democrats focus on really simulating their actual base of people of color, of young people, of getting that coalition back together, getting that biden constantly -- if we focus on those folks getting turnout maximized, that's how we ultimately win. frankly, i don't think an electability argument that says hey, i'm going to talk to this small slice of people is what excites and animates the base that needs to turn out in force, in order to take trump out of the white house. >> we'll have monday conversations, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, the amazon is burning. stunning images from brazil as an unprecedented number of fire s break out. it's time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help keep us asleep? yes, it s

in some ways, democrats found their own reagan in barack obama. that keynote address he gave at the 2004 democratic convention. >> my parents not only share an undeniable love. they shared a faith in this nation. giving me an african name barrak which means blessing. >> from that speech, the movement that would land him in the white house a few years later was born. you see it with a lot of the candidates now. elizabeth warren wants to be known as the candidate of policy and ideas. but she connects the ideas to her personal story to her up bringing. >> growing up out in o great depression. i saw what lack of opportunity to people can do. >> you have a policy core to you but you also need a personality that make people believe you are the one who can deliver on those. political history to me shows both matter. >> you can watch the full piece on nbc news now live streaming 3:00 to 11:00 p.m. eastern monday through friday. >> and reverend al sharpton will be talking to cory booker and bernie sanders. >> and former soviet premier gorbachev suddenly sp

obama, and barack obama wasn't right now in 2007. it could happen. >> he's a rare talent. you don't get that many barack obamas in politics. >> and i want to say this, as painful as that debate was to watch, the last debate, those debates are important to have those type of painful debates and the reason is because that's how you hone your skills. the way to get better at something is by doing it over and over again, and the best time as a consultant, i can tell you, to get your candidate to kind of take the advice that you get, and once they have taken a punch in the face and get knocked out. >> that punch in the face will wake you up. >> and there were a lot of punches in a lot of faces that night, and i think you're going to see people come back stronger and better. >> there were a couple of people, i think jason johnson said that a body was caught. >> black power rankings this week, cory booker probably had the most enthusiastic overall night, elizabeth warren caught a body, took delaney out of the party. the enthuse yhas to be t

>>host: and the low level of trust something that you talked about with barack obama and his coverage to say that the senator obama and that he has such great publicity all his life one friend joked to me this morning he is throwing his halo into the ring. so to what extent do you think the victory of donald trump who certainly is incredibly antiestablishment carrying the institution of media where do you think of the presidency and the coverage of him contributed to the rise of donald trump quick. >> i think barack obama triggered trump in the sense that he was an outsider i have said for years a republican businessman will run for president for years i have said that and in a way allow that to happen because obama was an outsider in his own right and was not an establishment figure so the country is getting use to outside figures. however it is also one of the three reasons why there is such hostility to donald trump. donald trump announced from the get-go and stated it was his intention to undo what barack obama had done talk about the transformation of america and donald trump sai

there's nothing moderate about what barack did in obamacare. nothing. he covered 100 million people who had pre-existing conditions. he allowed kids to stay on their parents' policies until they're 26 years old. he covered 20 million more people. i hope the next debate we can talk about how we fix our answers to fix the things that trump has broken, not how barack obama made all these mistakes. he didn't. he didn't. >> today after the candidates at large received a twitterful of complaints about the implied criticisms of 44, some of them seemed to walk back some of the critiques. kamala harris continued her attacks on biden's health care plan, but explained that her issue was not about obama but with the vice president for not doing enough to build on obama's legacy. >> listen, i have nothing but praise for president obama. i think he did great work. all righteous and due credit to president obama to putting us on the path where actually this next step is even possible. i disagree with the plan that vice president biden is offering only because i believ

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but the idea the democrats are attacking barack obama. the single most important voting block in the democratic primary is african-americans. he has something like a 90-something, i don't know what it is exactly. >> 120%. [ laughter ] >> it's probably better than that. and you're going to attack barack obama thinking that you're going to win the democratic nominee when african-americans support barack obama such overwhelming numbers. it was the stupidest thing i've ever seen politically on a live stage among people who were supposed to be the best in class. >> wow. that is saying a lot. sahil? >> that's why i think this conversation is a gift to joe biden because he gets to be the guy who swoops in much as he did yesterday, thanks president obama. last i checked his favorable rating with democrats, not just african-americans was 95%. it's extraordinary. and the thing to note is that some of the critiques are not really personalizing it, and it's not inconsistent to say elizabeth warren as are kamala harrises, i want single payer health ca

t barack obama, this is what it's really about for trump. this has something to do with, you know, putin embarrassed obama and trump is going to fix it. that seems to be -- we were trying to talk earlier about animates hisar foreign policy. to a remarkable degree, it keeps coming back to what obama do, how can i show up barack obama by doing something he couldn't do? this may be another example of this. there was a lot of other disunity going into the g76. they're there to have consensus. this meeting could be a g6 plus one scenario. trump is not talking about that right now. >>ut and, in fact, when you say what did obama do, i'm going to do something d differently. there's the paris accords. there's tpp. there's so many other steps with the iran nuclear deal is probably the most prominent to do anything in contrast to president obama, no matter what some of his initial advisors were telling him in terms of salvaging pieces of the obama legacy. >> you know, the capital cities of our allies and our adversaries right now, they're watching that

carter, bill clinton, barack obama were all considered underdogs. they can speak to the american spirit, they can get crowds on their feet. we need a candidate that is not the safe bet. we need the candidate that can speak not just to the head, but to the heart and the gut. >> reporter: of course booker still lagging in the polls, but he will be on the debate stage. >> give us a thumbnail, how's the reaction been so far. >> we should step back and rethink the lanes that we think we see in this race. the two candidates with the biggest reaction, bernie sanders and joe biden. they do not have a lot in common except a long history with the labor movement and that history was rewarded here today. >> thank you so much. i'll let you get back to listening to julian castro. >> a new poll gives the nod in i can beat trump argument to just two democrats. it's the same two people you just heard garrett mention, joe biden, who is seven points up on the president, sanders up five points. everybody else is either tied with the president or trailing. back with me,

the democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attack to, practically. [cheers and applause] this morning, that's all the fake news was talking about. [boos] that wasn't pretty. we are doing good, it's great to be back in this state that i above, i love this state -- very special. very special on the banks of the beautiful ohio river with the hardworking patriots of the american heartland, thank you. we love you, ohio. [cheers and applause] we've got thousands of people standing outside and i asked the officials, can we sneak some up along the aisles, can i sit on the stairs? this is some crowd, some turnou turnout. we've sold tens of thousands of tickets and you know what the sale price is -- we keep it nice and low. there never has been a movement like this, this is a movement to the likes of which they have never seen before may be anywhere. if they have never seen anything like this for. you came from the mountains and the valleys in the rivers, wherever you came from, there are a lot of you. they showed up on election day, i'll never forget, a wonde

. >> i'm barack right now. >> so apparently a few guardrails remain. the lead starts right now. >>> breaking today, an embarrassing defoet for president trump, the pick for director of national intelligence is pulled after democrats accuse the potential nominee of being a yes-man with a trumped up resume and republicans signal to the white house they don't think he's up to the job. >>> president trump trying to score political points off the body count in american city as his campaignand a party with se diversity gets hit with another setback as the house of representatives lone black republican announces he's retiring. why congressman will hurd said he's out of here. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in the politics lead. a major embarrassment and defeat for president trump. forced to give up his choice for the next director of national intelligence. on sunday via twitter the president announced he would nominate congressman john ratcliff for the job. on tuesday the leading

we can the nex debate fix what trump has broken, and not how barack obama made these mistakes. he did not. i want to make it clear that going back 10 to 30 years, it is handleto make sure we republicans in the election. there are a lot of things everybody has done in their past that no longer have context today, taken out of context. i want to make the point that some of these assertions that , how can i say it nicely, not true and taken out of context. reporter: do you think your party has gone too far to the left? vice president biden: the world has changed since obama. it is about taking this integrity in moving beyond. by the time the president's tm ended, he was able to focusnpinm going over the cliff and us going into depression, he was able to focus, and he focused on immigration. what he did was serious, he changed the dialogue, change the question, change what is going on, and the idea that it is comparable to what this guy is doing is bizarre. this is three years later. the world has changed. president trump has turned it upside down internationally. he has turned it

and he wants to make sure he doesn't do anything that barack obama wanted to do. i don't think he has a clue who andrew jackson was. i think someone told him that andrew jackson was uncouth and was -- among whites, that is, popularly elected president and that was enough for him. i can't imagine he would know anything about andrew jackson. >>> look, every president gets to choose the portraits they have in the oval office. you learn a lot about a president, about the portraits they choose. if somehow marianne williamson should become president, a lot of stars would have to align in a different way. >> you never know. >> we can look forward to seeing the kind of people she chooses, which president she puts there. i don't think trump knows a darn thing about andrew jackson frankly: >> it's interesting. i asked her about reparations during the debate. she took umbrage. i don't understand why. i thought it was a perfectly legitimate question. listen, williamson hasn't shied away from race related issues. she expressed her belief in the need for reparations to cnn earl

barack obama was quote never loving to work. when he went abroad, he wa manad to come together, he sing that song of america, reagan did it, even george w. bush, i disagreed with, do we all believe that was 100% true? no. but he said it. and this is the first president who will not say. he said blatantly he does not believe in liberal democracy but he rather have an axis of autocrat where he and his autocrat friends all get rich. he'd rather be for the kim jong-un the prime minister of britain or the leader of france or the leader of germany. he would rather be friends the saudi dictator, he would rather prop up the corruption that we see where his wife just got indicted for corruption. but he wants to be friends with people have an autocratic entity and risk the country of immigrants. the leader of poland, trump admires him. he wants immigrants out, the people who trump myers and associates himself with are not the best the world has to offer. these are people who want for themselves. vladimir putin is the worst example someone