angles on last nights debate including the real take away from the attacks on former president obama. mollie hemingway, frank luntz, and our body language expert are back with everything you might not have initially picked up. why do folks like jim comey and hillary clinton continued to get away with saying things you would never get away with, military men and women never get away with, joe digenova answers that question. cornel west and dr. drew pinsky are also here. first, radical renegades gone wild, that's the focus of tonight's first angle. just last week, nancy pelosi assured us that any disagreement in her own party was just a family squabble. >> i have some level of confidence and joy in seeing diversity in our caucus. in a family you have a difference but you're still family. >> laura: more like the corleone's or the manson's -- watching the debate it didn't have a feel of a family reunion to me. a majority of the democrats on stage trashed the recent standard-bearer barack obama. he's one of the most beloved political figures on the planet but he is written off as a cautio

obama, that brings mrs. obama and mr. obama and president obama into it. it just -- i don't understand it. it doesn't make sense to me. >> they literally are walking into a house saying there is a dragon in this house. we have to get the dragon out of the house. and once they walk in they start looking at each other and being like, you know what? i don't like how you dress. >> i don't like the drapes. can we change the drapes? >> i'm not saying a lot of this stuff doesn't matter. it all matters. but you got to pick your spots and figure out when you use the ammunition that you have because if they think that mr. trump isn't sitting somewhere saying i'm so happy this is coming out now and they're using the same stuff they'll use on me on each other, they're kidding themselves. so at what price will your own ambition be put against your party's ambition. >> that interview -- so you know it has gone from -- in the interview with me i am the least racist person that you'll ever meet or something like that to the least racist person in the world. >> who says that? >> that's what the -- that

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treat the united states of america the way they treated us under president obama. i thought it was a very not nice way of saying something. they could've told me know, this is something that's been discussed for many years. harry truman had the idea of greenland. i had the idea that other people about the idea. it goes back into the early 1900s, harry truman very strongly thought it was a good idea. i think it's a good idea because denmark is losing $700 million a year with it. it doesn't do them any good, but all they have to do is say no, we would rather not do that, or we would rather not talk about it. don't say what an absurd idea that is. because she's not talking to me. excuse me. she's not talking to me. she's talking to the united states of america. you don't talk to the united states that way. at least under me. now, president obama when it wouldn't let him land in the philippines, when they treated him so badly in so many places, the philippines is one that comes to mind, that's different. that's different. they can treat in any way they want to. that's up to him, but they

after trump but for moving the party left of obama which is now drawing pushback from his vp in these new comments. >> i was a little surprised how much incoming there was about barack, about the president. the world has changed since obama. here's the deal. there is about the future. it's about taking the same kind of integrity and moving beyond it. the idea it's somehow comparable to what guy is doing is bizarre. 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 cov

. this isn't one of the front burner issues. i would point out that former president barack obama is scheduled to be visiting denmark later in september, three weeks after president trump was going to be there. we know he's very interested in comparisons between receptions he gets and receptions president obama gets. >> how about crowd size? >> crowd size among other things. i think it's undoubted that president obama's more popular in that country than president trump. you have to wonder if that might have been a factor. >> you know, it seems funny, right. it seemed funny we were going to buy greenland. what are the consequences are allies when they see behavior like this? treatment like this? really, i think the leaders see this as insulting. what are the repercussions with our allies when the president of the united states does something like this. >> it's crazy. we're talking about buying greenland. are we having a -- >> do you remember seward's folly? it was considered when harry truman was president 1946, but it was also considered in 1867 by seward who had just bought alas ala

something introduced last night, are these attacks on president obama that were obviously a way for democrats to attack joe biden something that worries him and should concern democrats going forward. >> that's a topic we're talking about later in the show. mike, when do you expect to see the former vice president timing-wise. >> we're expecting to see him just after 11:00 hour. so unfortunately not going to do good live tv in your hour. >> i'm just trying to assess. if he does, we'll see you back for that. to you, senator kamala harris took some incoming. a little bit of a rematch for harris and biden. at the same time she faced other front. how is she reacting? >> i actually just got off the phone with campaign adviser. sort of for morning after a reflective look at this race and where it's going from here. essentially that campaign adviser telling me, hey, look, kamala harris put her feet into the ground. for the last six months folks in this democratic primary have dragged her on her health care policy saying she's been flip flopping all over the place, doesn't have a defined re

trashing barack obama talking about medicare for all another 32 trillion. the second winner is joe biden because one thing i learned in 2016 is when it was all trump all the time, no matter good bad, in the middle, trump always won in that battle. all about joe biden, constantly attacking him, it was all about biden. plus 20 going into the debate. if anything he was helped by the debate and ultimately it was a good night for him and a great night for the president. >> laura: byron, what stood out when i watch the thing is my goodness, if barack obama showed up on stage, he would be one of the more conservative people on that stage. they would have to attack him standing right there. this was amazing to see, the party of doom and gloom, pretty much everyone was doom and gloom instead of biden who said, elect me and we are going to do obama 3.0. >> he's always been the candidate of restoration. there are candidates of transformation, he's the candidate of restoration. watching this, if you are a democrat and you truly think the house is on fire, we are in a big emergency because of donald

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white house, barack obama. a short time from now, the man biden would like to defeat president trump will speak in cincinnati at his first campaign rally since the racists "send her back" chants directed at a somali born congresswoman broke out at his last rally. we begin tonight with joe biden who weathered an onslaught of attacks on his record at last night's debate as some of his challengers even tried to call into question his association with the former president. in this afternoon, in detroit, the former vice president fired back with a reminder of what the 2020 election should be about. >> look, 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. i want to make it clear is that this going back 10, 20, 30 years is just a game that's a game to make sure that we hand the republicans an election coming up. some of these assertions being made were absolutely -- how can i say it nicely, not true and taken out of context. and the idea that it's somehow comparable to what this

of america. you don't talk to the united states that way. least under me. now, president obama, when they ouldn't let him land in the philippines, when they treated him so badly in so many places, that ilippines is one comes to mind, that's different. that's different. they can treat him any way they that's up to that's up to him. but they can't treat the united statement, how absurd. [inaudible] president trump: let your wife do it. who is the boss? who is the boss. >> i am the boss. president trump: i agree. she's the boss. go ahead. a lot of people. got a lot of people watching you. go ahead. tomr. president, with regard background checks, why shouldn't anyone who wants to buy a gun go through a background check? wrong with that? president trump: what we're i want guns to be in the mentallypeople who are stable. but people that are insane, people that are sick up here, i be able to hem to a gun. president trump: if a person is if a person has done things in their past that are a horror, like in the case dayton, except they got guess he wasuse, i 17 years old, when he wrote a list.

. that's absurd. when you look at this, they had ample opportunities many times under barack obama and holder to hold off officers responsible criminally where there was racial overtones. ferguson and a few other places and the justice department found no violation. we had grand juries that found no violation. that's not the platform that carries these people. >> laura: the people were still thrown around in the debate. officer wilson can never work again as a police officer. his name was dragged through the mud after ferguson. i think he had to change his name. he won't give an interview. he was accused of murdering someone in cold blood. that's not what the findings were. that was irresponsible. john, i want to ask you about what harris said about -- actually castro said at the debate about a national use of force stanford. federalizing the police use of force. >> whether it's the case of someone like rice or michael brown or eric garner where the trump justice department decided not to pursue charges. we need to end immunity for police officers to hold them accountable. >> laura

200 million people off their private insurance. they are trashing barack obama. if they are talking about medicare for all, another 32 trillion. in the second winner is joe biden, because one thing i learned in 2016 is that when it was all trump all the time, no matter good, bad, in the middle, trump always won in that battle. tonight was all about joe biden, constantly attacking him. at nine on one. it was all about biden. he's plus 20 going into the debate. if anything he was helped by the debate and i think ultimately it was a good night for him and a great night for the president. >> laura: byron, what stood out when i watched this thing was my goodness, if barack obama showed up on stage, he would be one of the more conservative people on that stage and they'd have to attack him standing right there. this was amazing to see, the party of doom and gloom. pretty much everyone was doom and gloom except biden, why think was saying he'll ask me and we are going to do obama 3. 3.0. >> he has always been the candidate of restoration. other candidates of transformation, he's the candid

little bit more. thank you. everybody is sticking around. coming up, trump's obsession with barack obama. watch a bit of it. >> he was outsmarted by putin. president putin outsmarted president obama. >> we'll be right back. no president in memory by the way has ever spent so much time and energy trashing his predecessor. why is president trump instantly looking through his rear view mirror and carrying such big grudges? >>> plus that shocking poll showing joe biden's lead disappearing. looks to be an outlier. a new poll out today shows biden holding on to his commanding lead over the rest of the democratic field and it's a much better poll and that yesterday's. stick with us. chair is just a chair. that a handle is just a handle. or... that you can't be both inside and outside. most people haven't driven a lincoln. it's the final days of the lincoln summer invitation event. right now get 0% apr on all lincoln vehicles plus no payments for up to 90 days. only at your lincoln dealer. i like to make my life easy. ( ♪ ) romo mode. (beep) (bang) good luck with that one. yes! that's why i we

these issues. barack obama knew exactly who i was. >> coming up, deputy campaign manager and communication director for the biden campaign joining us. and fired up and ready to go, but what do they gain from attacking president obama's legacy just to try to take down his former vice president? >> going after the obama administration in a democratic primary seems a little nutty to me. >> i began wondering how many republican commercials they were setting themselves up for by attacking the most popular democrat in the world. >> coming up here, colorado senator michael bennet joining us. and going after mitch mcconnell, senate democrats peel away the republican leader for blocking the legislation. >> i don't know how anyone could be against the idea of putting country over narrow interests or putting national security concerns over political advantage. >> and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as democrats enter a crucial new phase in that heated primary race, after the rest of the pack tried to prove themselves on the debate stage by trying to take down a re

saying he was a better leader than president obama. he called a nato ally nasty. a woman, of course. he threatened to unleash isis fighters on two others. he offered russia back into the g7 or g8 in that case if they wanted. he repeated that voting for a democrat would be disloyal of jewish people and he called himself the chosen one discussing the china trade deal. and, remember, he's the one who provoked the tariffs that are suffocating our farmers. that's just foreign policy. it's not about nitpicking. that's about assessing just one day in the life of a leader who is asking you to keep him in power. a taste of the walk and talk of a man who gets only 40% approval in foreign policy in the most recent polling. how did he fare today in your eyes? let me know. thank you for watching. "cnn tonight" with d. lemon is right now. >> it's only wednesday and i'm exhausted. i can't believe we have to sit here and discuss it as if it is a normal thing because it is not. and i wonder how many times he was in front of the mirror going, i'm the chosen one. i'm -- when i get out there, i'm going

deportation under the obama administration and ended up the vice president basically said he wasn't going to say what he told president obama blaming him for deportations even though most other times he claims president obama, says his name again and again to link with him. i had 3 different moments and someone who had a good night tonight was cory booker. he attacks joe biden a number of times but specifically on criminal justice reform and his record. >> a person enjoying this debate most right now is donald trump, pitting democrats against each other. i was raised by two civil rights parents who told me always keep your eyes on the prize. we can't have it both ways. you invoke president obama more than anybody in this campaign, you can't do it when it is convenient and dodging when it is not. if you want to compare records i'm shocked that you do. i'm happy to do that because all the problems he's talking about that he created -- you are drinking the kool-aid and don't even know the flavor. >> client, with a tweet saying we know the flavor but cory booker had a good night, a stro

going on and on about during the obama administration, we're trying to help them. they never gained a foothold at all on the economic ladder during the obama administration whereas now their wages are going up, the job situation has never been better. it's exactly those people that democrats thought they had in his pocket that he is helping the most. >> that's why we see states like pennsylvania and wisconsin and michigan turning out in record numbers to support this president at these rallies. i was with the president in cincinnati, ohio, two weeks ago, i was with him last night in manchester, new hampshire, my home state. these crowds are not the typical country club republicans. these are the people who get up and go to work every day, and they know the man sitting behind the desk in the oval office is fighting there for them. fighting against china, because we are the greatest country in the world, and we win every single time. i like to call donald trump the blue collar billionaire because he knows what it's like to see people who are out of work with, he put 'em back to work, an

vice president fought back and decaded the obama administration. >> i was surprised about how much incominghere was about barack. robert: and responses to a trade cut and the china talks hit a roadblock. president trump: if they don't want to trade with us anymore, that would be fin with me. >> this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- kevin. >> kevin? >> kevin. >> advice for life, life well planned. >> babbel, a language program that teaches real-life conversations in a new language such as spanish, french, german, itian andore. the 10 toe 15 minut lessons are available as an app or online. announcer: additional funded is provided by -- koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. committed to bridging cultura differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station fro viewers like you. thank you. announcer: onceai from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: democratic presidential contenders certainly revved up their attacks on each other at the debates in the motor city this week and had exchanges on

president obama? you think that you'll weaken biden enough to justify how much you piss off democrats and empower this president to use the same attacks against whichever of you comes through? and when you weren't going at obama, you were going at each other in ways that brought you down and gave an opening to your opponent. candidates attacking biden for deportations, trump smiles. all of these implicit and explicit accusations that biden has issues with race. listen. >> this is one of those instances where the house was set on fire and you claimed responsibility for those laws, and you can't just now come out with a plan to put out that fire. >> trump smiles. now, of course the issue in so many of its manifestations of race and race inequity matters. the question is, are you using it where and when it will count? now, here's the premise. if you're not, aren't you risking that by the time one of you gets to confront this president about his clear and present problems with division, the people that you'll need to convince may be sick of hearing about it. and you are again al

candidates are walking back their criticisms of the obama administration after backlash from this week's debate. how democrats can build on the obama legacy at least from some of the candidates' perspectives, coming up. the music event of summer... cma fest! country music's biggest stars perform their hottest hits. and the first time ever. lil nas x, billy ray cyrus and keith urban perform the hit "old town road." cma fest! sunday 87c on abc. and after the show check out a special encore performance of brett young's song, "catch." available only on xfinity. just say "brett young" into your x1 voice remote. tnch >>> 25 minutes past the hour. former candidates walking back their criticism of president obama. some targeted joe biden's record on health care during the obama administration, in turn attacking the former president's legacy. >> now those democrats are reversing course, senator booker applauded the former president's popularity. if obama was running for a president in the third term, saying he wouldn't be in the race. >> meaning booker himself wouldn't be running. >> back to disc

in this case his obama card. >> i find it fascinating everybody is talking about how terrible i am on these issues. 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 pl

september debate. the growing fear among clinton democrats. even fears that barack obama is concerned they are walk into the president's trap. the democrats want to make government even more powerful and bigger. americans do not agree the economy need to be saved with democrats' multi trillion dollar plans to overturn it. will the democrats be the aspirational party of jfk or the party of the hard left that will lose the tress, where the sky is falling, and america is a dark place that must be saved with $1 trillion in your money. the democrat litmus test for the party that's causing it to fail. obama himself is trying to have it both ways here when he has supported the litmus test but now opposes it. the race turning into a referendum on obama. when did obama become a republican. we'll fact check the media trying to tell voters elizabeth warren is like trump with her policies. the mainstream media newspaper warning senator warren twice, your magic wand ideas are quote bad politics and worse bad policy. news coming in, americans paid $32 million for the mueller report which did not probe w

chances by taking on one another and tarnishing barack obama's legacy instead of focusing on defeating president trump. president obama s after all, an ex-president with 65% in independents. this is democrats and republicans giving democrats advice echoing president obama who warned about this before the campaign even got going at a town hall in berlin earlier this year. >> one of the things i do worry about sometimes among progressives in the united states, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, ah, i'm sorry, this is how it's going to be. and then we start sometimes creating what's called a circular firing squad. where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues. >> well, that sentiment is being echoed now. cnn political commentator paul begala earlier today. >> this is my problem with the debate. i believe many of these candidates seeking to win the nomination are setting themselves up to lose the presidency to donald trump. >> he's arguing in the effort to win the primaries, democratic candidates are

obama empire strikes back. we've got brand-new reporting at this hour as some of obama's closest allies send this message to democratic candidates attacking his legacy, knock it off. >>> plus, yet another gop retirement. republican congressman will hurd is leaving congress. what all those retirements could mean for the president. >>> and president trump's intel chief has been withdrawn. we'll have the latest for that turmoil inside the white house. that's coming up. >>> if it's friday, it's meet the press. good evening, i'm kristen welker in washington in for chuck todd. we begin tonight with brand-new reporting at this hour and a growing backlash among some of president obama's closest advisers and allies. again, some in the democratic presidential field after a number of can a number of obama administration policies on deportations, obamacare, based on interviews with some obama's closest aides and advisers, the response from obamaland boils down to this, knock it off. those who served closest to obama have expressed dismay at seeing his record picked apart. one former obama of

cue 1 over their health care proposals. julian castro took aim at the obama/biden administration's record on deportation. tulsi gabbard attacked harris on her job as prosecutor in california. senator booker and biden got into a heated exchange on their respective criminal justice records. for the second time this cycle, biden was tagged, this time by washington governor jay inslee over his vote for the iraq war. if you're detecting a theme here, yes, the front-runner was a pinata last night but he was not alone of the at times it seemed like candidates were debating not just biden's record, but also the record of president obama too. today joe biden defended his former boss and pal. >> i must tell you, i was a little surprised at how much incoming was about barack, about the president. 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. i think, you know, it kind of surprised me the degree of the criticism. and he focused on immigration. and what he did was serious. the idea that somehow it's comparable to what t

make against jim comey but i think this behavior of his is certainly not blessed. you had the obama appointed inspector general, the field it was so concerning, even though that prosecution didn't occur, it doesn't mean it's good conduct and it's indicative of a broader dynamic under jim comey's leadership and that is the fbi believed their role wasn't to investigate crimes and make decisions. it was to shape public opinion through the press. that's why you continue to see andrew mccabe who was jim comey's deputy face potential criminal penalties as a result of his own leaks. >> bill: do you think this reveals anything about what bill barr will do in his job? >> based on my conversations with bill barr and his testimony, i'm fully confident he is going to get to the bottom of this in response to a question by senator john cornyn, he said he is not certain that the steele dossier wasn't part of russia's misinformation campaign and if americans participated in injecting that opposition brief church, lies from russians into our deliberative intelligence process, and there has to be a m

they did to john kerry and to president obama. look what happened, where they're bringing plane loads of cash, big planes, 757s, boeing 757s, coming in loaded up with cash. what kind of a deal is that? so i think a lot of good things are going to mhappen and i just want to say this because i've spoken a lot with the president this last two and a half days. we've never had a better relationship. we had a lunch that lasted for quite a while that many of you got to see. it was the two of us, no staff, no anything. he wasn't trying to impress his people. i wasn't trying to impress his people. we were just trying to impress each other. and i'll tell you what, it was the best period of time we've ever had. and we accomplished a lot. i don't mean just gee whiz, wasn't that nice? he's a very capable man, doing a great job for france, did an incredible job for the g-7 and i just want to thank you. and you go ahead to your news conference, and very special. this was a very special, very unified two and a half days and i want to thank you for it. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, i will lea

criticism from former president barack obama. key accomplishments of the obama administration came under fire. the real attack was on biden. he's tied himself closely to obama. biden was asked about the attacks on obama's legacy. listen to his answer. >> i was surprised about how much there was about barack, the president. 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. i hope the next debate we can talk about our answers to fix the things that trump has broken, not how barack obama made all of these mistakes. he didn't. >> yesterday cnn asked four candidates about the legacy. here is the response. >> we are having an honest conversation about an administration that was incredible. if he were running for a third term, i wouldn't be running. >> i have nothing but praise for obama. i think he did great work. >> i have always had praise for obama. at the same time, let me be very clear, don. i do believe when it comes to immigration and i said this before i joined the obama administration in 2014, there were ways we c

obama. not nice it was a very way of saying something. they could have told me no. this is something that has been discussed for many years. harry truman had the idea of greenland, i had the idea, other people have had the idea. it goes into the early 1900s, but harry truman thought it was a good idea. i think it is a good idea because denmark is losing $700 million a year with it. it does not do them any good. all they had to do was say no, we would rather not do that, or we would rather not talk about it. do not say what an absurd idea. he is not talking to me. , she isot talking to me talking to the united states of america. do not talk to the united states that way, at least under me. president obama, when they would not let him land in the philippines and when they greeted him so badly, the philippines is the one that comes to mind, that is different. they can treat him anyway they want to, that is up to him. they cannot treat the united states with the same -- with the statement how absurd. >> let your wife do it. who is the boss? >> i am the boss. pres. trump: i agree. go ahea

weekend, happened every weekend on obama's watch, totally ignored because it doesn't fit their hyperpartisan agenda. that's sad. and now, the selective moral outrage is about to become even more selective. according to reports, the evil gunman in dayton, ohio, was a huge supporter of democratic ideals, socialism, supported elizabeth warren for president. now, i'm going be clear and we are going to be fair and we are going to be balance and we are going to be intellectually honest and consistent. no one should blame elizabeth warren or politics for the actions of a psychopath. for somebody that is evil enough to shoot innocent people. but that is not what the left has been telling us. according to them, president trump is to blame for the shooting in el paso and his rhetoric and politics. he is to blame for all of this. that's not true either. that is intellectually dishonest. but it's russia, russia. collusion, collusion. s-hole, stormy, liar, liar, pants on fire. racist, racist. when it comes to the hyperliberal agenda driven people in the media mob. when it comes to this issu

. ♪ >> emily: president obama taking shots from 2020 democrats but he still has one loyal defender. >> i was thrilled and i think, i get drunk thinking about '08. you are not always going to haa thrilling, charismatic african-american person of either gender or any background to come out and say "i'm the candidate for president." >> emily: members of administration going after democrats for attacking his legacy and embracing more left-wing policies. a lot to unpack there, dana, i want to start with you because we had on the debate stage both vice president biden as well as former , part of the obama administration, do you think it's fair or do you think that somehow he should be off limits because -- >> dana: fair is not up to me, fair will be up to the voters and it looks like people who worked for president obama or work for president clinton think this is a really bad strategy and when the dust settles this will look really bad, because whoever does because they're be nominee will need president obama to help campaign. i think president obama will understand that whoever is running this t

telling him he can't use the mantel of the obama administration only when it's convenient for him. now going forward we're going to see if booker can capitalize off of this moment last night as he heads closer to that next debate. most candidates on this stage over the past two nights are not going to be in that next round of debates. later today we'll be seeing kamala harris, cory booker, joe biden here in detroit. >> thanks very much. let's divisive deeper into the debate. we're joined bieiebiey our pane. the headline from the first-round of debates of biden not ready, not ready for the take. kamala harris the biggest winner on attacks on biden. biden more prepared this time. enough to maintain his position as the solid front-runner. >> i would say more attacks from more candidates but he was better able to parry them. many telegraphed what they were going to do. he knew what cory booker would come after him on. he knew what de blasio would come after him. he knew what kirsten gillebrand would say. he had a lot of set pieces. that worked because you would think he could be fully

his time as senator to his time in the obama administration. >> mr. vice president, you want to be president of the united states. you need to be able to answer the tough questions. i guarantee you if you're debating donald trump, he's not gonna let you off the hook. did you say those deportations war good idea or did you go to the president and say, this is a mistake. which one? >> i was vice president. i am not the president. i keep my recommendation in private. >> mr. vice president, you can't have it both ways. you and president obama more than anybody this this campaign. you can't do it when it's convenient then dodge it when it's not. >> dana: biden responding a short time ago. watch this. >> i just want to make the point that some of these assertions being made were absolutely -- how can i say it nicely? not true and taken out of context. if they really meant what they said, they wouldn't have done a lot of things they did >> dana: former aide to president obama, luke thompson, found at national review and juan williams, fox news political analyst co-host of "the five" along

>>> as he heads to a campaign rally tonight. and even president obama's legacy instead of training their fire on president trump. director dissent. democrats voice increasing concern about the president's pick for the director of national intelligence. they cite his lack of experience, and now they're questioning whether he lied about prosecutoring terrorists. could this nomination stall? north korea fires off a missile for the third time in two weeks as kim jong-un defies the west again. why does president trump saying kim's prove indications are no problem, and what's the reason behind them? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news this hour, president trump about to retake the spotlight from the democratic presidential candidates after our two cnn debates. mr. trump is on a way to a rally in cincinnati right now, the first since the disturbing chance targeting an african-american congresswoman broke out at his previous rally. we're also following 9 fallout from the bitter infighting in last night's debate. vice president joe biden is calling out

, oddly, largely because obama's vice president was there on the stage. joe biden as predicted attracted a lot of attention, as did senator kamala harris. here is how the evening got started. >> go easy on me, kid. >> you good? >> once we got under way, health care was a main topic of the night, and it caused a clash between biden and harris. >> this idea is a bunch of malarky, what we're talking about here. the fact of the matter is, the fact of the matter is that there will be a deductible. it will be a deductible in our paycheck. bernie acknowledges it. bernie acknowledges it. $30 trillion. has to ultimately be paid. and i don't know what math you do in new york, i don't know what math you do anywhere, in california, but i tell you, that's a lot of money and there will be a deductible. the deductible will be out of your paycheck because that's what will be required. >> let's talk about math. let's talk about the fact that the pharmaceutical companies and the insurance companies last year, alone, profited $72 billion and that is on the backs of american families, and under yo

barack obama taking a whole lot of fire himself from health care to immigration. the contenders unleashed several attacks against the former president's policies and then some. >> you good? >> mr. president, this is america. and we are strong and great because of this diversity, mr. president. not in spite of it, mr. president. let's get something straight. we love it. we are not leaving it. we are here to stay. we're certainly not going to leave it to you. >> why did you announce a zero tolerance policy of stop and frisk and hire rudy guiliani's guy in 2007 when i was trying to get rid of the crack cocaine --? >> mr. vice president, there is a saying in my community you're dipping into kool-aid and you don't know the flavor. >> she put over 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. >> this is the fourth debate we have had and the second time we have been debating what people did 50 years ago with busing when our schools are as segregated today as they were 50 years ago. >> mr. vice president it looks like

like one of us learned the lessons of the past and one hasn't. >> you can't invoke president obama in the campaign, do it when it's convenient and dodge it when it's not. >> so apparently barack obama is running for a third term in 2020. >> got to be a surprise for him. >> barack obama is on the list. >> and he's like what? >> several contenders attacked the president's record last night vis-a-vis joe biden while donald trump watches from the white house. eric holder tweeted this, quote, to my fellow democrats be wary of attacking the obama record, build on it, expand it, but there's little to be gained for you or the party by attacking a very successful and still popular democratic president. >> barack obama, though, you got to think these campaign managers, hey, attack barack obama and obamacare, make him seem more heartless than donald trump on immigration. i'm sure polls will show he's not that popular right with democrats anymore. >> to that point a cnn poll last year showed 97% of democrats, 9-7 had a favorable opinion of barack obama. >> okay. >> and last year 82% of democrats

criticism against president obama. the real target was biden. the former vp has tied himself to obama. biden was asked about the attac attacks. >> i must tell you i was a little surprised about how much there was about barack, the president. i'm proud of serving with him. i'm proud of the job he did. i don't think there's anything he has to apologize for. i hope the next debate we can talk about our answers to fix the things that trump has broken. 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

, earlier this year, obama even discouraged biden from running. the report says obama told biden, "you don't have to do this, joe. you really don't." but that is not all. the report goes on to say that obama told biden's adviser in march that they can't let biden, "embarrass himself" or "damage his legacy." joining us now for reaction, c.e.o. of the new voice herman cain. always good to talk to you. is hiding from voters a sound campaign strategy? >> no. as you said earlier, you can run, but you can't hide. you are not going to win an election by the people not being able to hear and see you. so, it might be a good strategy to avoid some future gaffes by joe biden. but it's not a good strategy in order to endear voters to vote for you. so no, it's not a good strategy. >> gregg: no getting around the fact that joe biden has a reputation of being a gaffe machine. >> right. >> gregg: you know, which may account for why he was a plagiarist until he got caught. it's tempting to say he is not up for the beckettual challenge for the campaign -- intellectual challenge for the campaign or the p

. president obama and others brought the families apart. i'm the one who kept the families together. with what we're doing now, we'll do even more but it will make it almost impossible for people to come into our country illegally. plus we're building, i won the lawsuit two weeks ago in the supreme court. we're building large sections of wall and lots of other things are happening. >> you've been watching president trump there with a head spinning question and anxious session on a number of issues that included many false hoods and things that didn't even make essential. after first supporting meaningful background checks for guns he then caved after hearing from the nra. moments ago said that he's for them. no details though. no policy specifics. he then called the female danish prime minister nasty for saying his idea to buy greenland is absurd even though it was never for sale. and keep in mind he's the one to cancel his visit to the u.s. ally. again no, details there. no policy specifics. and then just 24 hours after saying he's considering a pay roll tax cut to juice an economy that

a live to the scene for a recap. allies of president obama furious a presidential hopefuls spent two night smashing his legacy on immigration, healthcare and more. if president obama is too conservative who will the democrats nominate? the origins of the russia probe. the news is not good for former fbi director james comey. we have senator michael e with a direct call when he joins us live. i am shannon bream in washington. live team coverage of what is really behind the progressive attacks on former president obama but we start with mike tobin at the latest rally tonight. >> the president seemed a little careful tonight to avoid those subjects and took over the narrative. the president did go after the squad saying the democratic party is being led by four left-wing radicals who reject everything we hold dear. he did not mention representative ilhan omar or spark the chant send her back, talked about wasted many inner-city but did not go after elijah cummings or baltimore, wasted no time going after democrats applying for his job. >> watching the so-called debate last night and

president obama's policies in this week's debates, which expose the parties struggled to find its direction. more than two years after losing the white house. this is "outnumbered," and kennedy. welcome to it. here today begot fox business network anchor dagen mcdowell. another fox news contributor, katie pavlich. another fox news contributor and a doctor, nicole saphier. and a host of "making money" on the fox business network, the one and only charles payne. cadaver study and hear. so much going on politically, economically. think it is we have your expertise. >> charles: it's called a whirlwind. [laughter] >> kennedy: we will keep our president trump busting democrats chops last night nign ohio over in-fighting among hist stole the show during the second round of debates. some democrats even took aim at former president obama's policies on deportation, trade, and health care while attacking joe biden. the president appearing to enjoy the during my growing discord watch. >> i was watching the so-called debate last night. [boos] i also watched the night before, that was long, lon

law by president obama. >> what is this really about. is this because he thinks they're critical of the rhetoric or requesting gun legislation? why falsely attack like that? >> i can't get into trumps head. thank goodness. it's not a pretty place to be. it's clear to me he's a seething massive resentment and he's ready to unload on his adversaries for slights that are real or perceived. and just incapable of doing what we want him to do. daniel mentioned president obama. in this ordeal of the way president obama behaved in 2015. after an earlier white supremacist shooting. a mass murder. act of terrorism in south carolina. remember how he went down there to the african methodist church and stang amazing grace. and delivered one of the most beautiful speeches any president delivered. and we can wait from now until kingdom come and you'll see see one tenth of that intelligence. one tenth of that grace. one tenth of that humanity. from president trump. he is who he is. and cannot change. he's utterly inadequate and a damaged individual. doing more damage as president of the united stat

democrats alike. now the 2020 dems making the debates a referendum on president obama. it's another sign of how far left the party has gone. we have the rundown on the 2020 democrats not only ignoring democrat officials' advice, bur they are attacking obama. when they go after obama, it will put a sharp focus on their own policies. that polls show americans don't want. remember how the democrats wanted robert mueller to make their narrative for them about the president? now the 2020 democrats making a narrative for why voters shouldn't go for them. we have the break down of the plugs, the gaffes, the mistakes, the whoppers from last night, and the word they did not speak that affect yours and your family's prosperity big time. the media calling out democrats for consistent distortions on the economy and the border. james comey escapes prosecution for now for leaking his memos to get a special counsel to probe president trump. tensions boiling over in the senate between republicans and democrats over lindsey graham's new push to overhaul asylum laws. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the eve