obama's eight years in office. one thing that you overlooked was the criminal use of the irs to shut down -- >> laura: that was on the list. lois lerner. give me a break. >> he said no one was indicted. it's like saying i should go on mount rushmore because i didn't rob banks. that's not really something to really boast about, to say no one was indicted. >> laura: has the nobel committee ever been the same since president obama won the nobel prize? >> no. >> laura: that was amazing. >> douglas macarthur, he deserved the nobel prize and they never got it. >> laura: thanks so much. president trump sending clear messages to mueller's team. in a wide-ranging interview, he addressed paul manafort, roger stone, jerome corsi. he is saying that we are in a mccarthy era. with regard to manafort, saying "i wouldn't take it off the table. why when i take it off the table?" here to discuss, joe digenova, richard goodstein, dan bongino. digenova, the president talking parted with manafort. a little premature? >> yes, of course.

. >>> first lady michelle obama. >> official obama has returned to the spotlight. >> when she lifts her voice people listen. >> from her humble roots in chicago. >> michelle is south side. to the core. >> girl from the south side can blk first lady. all things are possible. >> her journey em bodied the american dream. >> you know there's no other choice. other than barack obama. >> there was no going back. a new day had dawned. she was like no other first lady. >> let's move. >> she challenged uz to move. >> full of spirit of grace. forced to walk a tight rope. >> there were emotions she wasn't allowed to have. >> in her new book the former mom in chief doesn't hold back. >> the reviews call it surprisingly candid. >> one of the most revered public figures not just in america. but in the world. >>> she's destined to be remembered as one of the nations most beloved first ladies. >> i knew she was a rock star. she's not one to be in the shadow. she wasn't in the president's shadow. >> i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. and i watch my daughters two beautiful intel

obama and frankly everyone in the obama administration. >> laura: i want to play for you something from zerlina maxwell and she was on msnbc on the subject. let's watch. >> i agree with her. the fact we elected someone who had no qualifications to be a president, who was running against a woman with a laundry list of qualifications to be president and instead america or the electorate chose to give the electoral college to the person with no experience who happened to be a man, just like all the other presidents. what michelle obama is highlighting is that is in and of itself misogynistic and sexist and perhaps as a country we should take a moment to reflect on that. >> laura: again from a woman who voted for trump are either dumb or they are just following their husbands or we are not going to offer any ideas, candace, how to raise the standard of living for the standard american, we are going to call people misogynist, racist, xenophobic, nativist, all the ists and isms, they are all worn out, forget debating of ideas. >> that's exactly correct. you're right. it is frustration, it is

. >>> welcome michelle obama. michelle obama has returned to the spotlight. >> when she lifts her voice, people listen. >> from her humble hooroots in chicago. >> michelle is south side to the core. >> all things are possible. >> her journey to the white house embodied the american dream. >> if you can dream with me then you know there's no other choice other than barack obama. >> there was no going back. a new day had dawned. >> she was like no other first lady. >> she hchallenged us always to move the dial. >> full of spirit and grace but forced to walk a tight rope. >> as a black woman, there were certain emotions she wasn't allowed to have. for the former mom and chief there's no holding back. >> my responsibility to use any voice to help people. >> he's one of the most revered public figures maybe not just in america but in the world today. >>> she's destined to be remembered as one of the nation's most beloved first ladies. >> i always knew she was a rock star. >> she's not one to be in somebody's shadow jus

former president obama is in indiana. his home turf of chicago, that's where he is right now where he's trying to help flip the illinois governor's office from red to blue. our white house correspondent boris sanchez is in chattanooga for us, where the president is scheduled to speak in the coming hour. cnn's ryan lizza -- ryan young, i should say, is in chicago for us right now. boris, the president is in tennessee helping to make a homestretch difference for a congresswoman who is in a close senate race right now. what's the latest? >> reporter: wolf, that's right. he's here to campaign for representative marsha blackburn. she's trying to capitalize on the president's popularity in the volunteer state. he's enjoyed a 50% approval rating for several months now. she is close to the president when it comes to a number of issues that are near and dear to his heart, including immigration. so we will likely hear lines about the caravan here in chattanooga tonight. she's trying to paint her opponent, former governor, as someon

president barack obama! [cheers and applause] ♪ [wild cheers] [crowd chanting "obama"] [cheering] pres. obama: hello, hoosiers! [cheering] pres. obama: it is good to be back in gary, indiana. [cheering] pres. obama: i love you back. now, first of all, as you may hear, i've been doing a little campaigning. i'm a little out of shape. voice wise. so, on going to be a little bit hoarse. i hope you don't mind. that just means i'm out there working. [cheering] the second thing i want to say is at least when i got out of the car my bears were up a lot. [cheering] i wasn't watching the game, but i was checking the score. third thing, it is just good to be back in my home area. [cheers and applause] you know, the thing about the midwest, it makes you feel good. people are nice. give it up for a man that we are going to send back to the united states senate on tuesday. joe donnelly. [cheers and applause] because although i always like -- [cheering and screaming] pres. obama: because although i always like a good exc

for president obama. when virginia leads, virginia winds, when virginia wins, america wins, here is the guy who believed in us when a lot of folks had not, who made us so proud as president, and makes us so proud today, my dear, dear friend, president barack obama. obama: hello, everybody. [crowd chanting] obama: first of all, i am so excited to be campaigning is helping out jennifer, who of remarkableave candidates we are seeing all across the country. that we are seeing a record number of women who are running, lord knows we need more women in charge. veterans of iraq and afghanistan running, we are seeing people who did not start off saying to themselves, i want to be a politician but rather saying i want to serve and i believe deeply in something and then stepping into the arena. i should also add that as a former state senator, i cannot to bee a better training an outstanding public servant than to be a state senator. i hope everyone will be out there working hard for jennifer. [applause] second poin

obama: don't be here. i never -- one of the things i never understood was why if you are supporting the other guy you come to my rally. [cheers and applause] mr. obama: go to their rally. don't talk about it. don't come hollering here. where was i? so, america is at a crossroads. is health care of millions on the ballot. making sure working families get a fair shake is on the ballot. but maybe most of all, the character of our country is on the ballot. [cheers and applause] the closing weeks of this election, we have seen repeated attempts to divide us with rhetoric designed to make us angry and to make us fearful. explore --ned to exploit our history of religious, ethnic, and racial divisions that pit us against one another. make us believe that order will somehow be restored if it weren't for those folks that don't look like we look. or don't love like we love. or pray like we do. >> [crowd chanting "bring it home"] mr. obama: you know what? it is an old playbook. it is one that the powerful and the priv

obama was panal what controls around -- obama was annal what an -- albatross against the neck of the democrats. beto, gillum, what happened? crushed? i'll give you two examples of the underlying di dynamic. you have people like ron desantis who cleaved to the make america great again agenda. what happens? he wins. then you have people in the district i live in in virginia, barbara comstock, incumbents republican congresswoman in her last flyer through my post box doesn't mention anywhere donald trump, doesn't mention the last two years. what happened to the incumbent rino, she gets crushed. jesse: that's a great point. look at the policies these people on the left came out with. not only did they run as far away as they could str from the mainstream democratic party. if you look at abrams and beto o'rourke. they ran on gun con fist station, not kneeling for the nationality anthem is patriotic. >> democrats have an identity crisis. when they are getting their money from hollywood and silicon valley and wall street, they are going to have to preach the issues that those crazy leftists

say, obama, matched perhaps. a man who was liberal and at the to the rolecessible ,f government in the economy but only to a great degree. i thought all the things about him were appealing and his honesty in reality there was a part of the book really have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wanted somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> days to go until the midterm elections, former president obama was on the campaign trail in indiana today. >> whose ears, please welcome ! hoosiers please welcome your senator, joe donnelly! [applause] [cheers and applause] >> ready! hello gary indiana! [cheers and applause] >> are you ready to win on tuesday? [cheers and applause] mayor, theelcome our mayor of gary, indiana, karen our congressman andre carson, our state ticket, our county officials, our state officials, our local officials, i have a question for all of you. are you going to vote in this electi

having obama on the campaign trail is fine. how much more energized are they going to be, i don't know. but the coalition that donald trump put together had independents and democrats who were fed up with washington, d.c. how do you get those people out? that's a challenge for republicans. i am not sure that those particular voters have the same voters have the motivation to come out and vote on straight line ticket. >> is president obama preaching to the choir? >> this is a time for mobilization. he is trying to get every democrat out that typically in midterm elections as john and david can tell you -- everybody here -- there is a drop-off, and the drop-off is most significant among minority voters, young people, with some voters with whom the president has a particularly strong relationship. and, so, i think that democrats want him in miami and atlanta. and i think he is going to chicago, and gary, indiana, for joe donnelly, to mobilize the vote in those areas, in elections that are going to be very close. >> but he was out

absolutely. ♪ >> president obama: all right. you're going to have to -- >> anthony: i will walk you through. >> president obama: you're gonna have to walk me through this. >> anthony: we're about to eat bún cha. and it is about as typical and uniquely a hanoi dish as there is. these beautiful little pork patties, grilled pork belly. bun cha is served in a broth of vinegar, sugar, and the ubiquitous nuoc cham, or vietnamese fermented fish sauce. chilies to taste. i mean, if you have an important state function after, you might not want to go too heavy on the garlic. >> president obama: you know what, i'm going with this thing. you know? we're gonna do what's appropriate. >> anthony: a little vinegar. >> president obama: all right. >> anthony: and then you just hack off noodles, you just drop them in your bowl. >> president obama: yeah, that's not too elegant, but i managed it. >> anthony: and dip and stir and get ready for the awesomeness. >> president obama: i'm ready. now, is it appropriate to just pop one of these whole sucke

obama mentioned that. they all remember who backed them early on, especially when it was brave to back politically speaking obama over hillary clinton, certainly as obama noted that tim kaine was probably advised you probably don't want to be one of the first to endorse obama. they go back a while and kaine is a heavy favorite to win his reelection campaign, as is jennifer what extent, who is looking to unseat barbara comstock. most independent handicappers have her winning that race. host: i was talking to sean sullivan of the washington post, but i want to go back to some numbers that the cook political report has been looking at. there are 75 competitive races, 70 are republican seats, five are democratic seat. field, it is a massive especially when you have gerrymandered districts and the battlefields have gotten bigger and that is certainly helping the democrats. there are roughly, the magic number is 23 in the house. really, if you look at some of these open seats, there are about 10-11 seats that ar

obama: right. but i will tell you this, if you don't change of the incentive structures and the underlying dynamics, then we will continue to see these problems. good people will burn out and get discouraged. and voters will continue to be frustrated. what it does is leave a vacuum for those who garner attention through the most divisive, controversial, outlandish statements to win. people ask me often, what surprised me most about the presidency? it is the degree to which the united dates underwrites the international order. it is not always in the obvious ways. but if there is a problem around the world, people do not call callw, they do not beijing. they call washington. even our adversaries expect us to solve problems and expect us to keep things running. when you start getting dysfunction in washington, which is difficult for decisions to get made, and policy making to run in an orderly process. what is one of our greatest assets, which is an extraordinary civil service, right, career staff, s

obama's successor. president-elect donald trump. >> good morning. >> hey hey. >> all right. >> one of the weirdest weeks of the year. thanksgiving week. >> should we start with turkey jokes? the eighth and final year of turkey jokes. >> the eighth and final one. there's a cornucopia of corny jokes. including maybe that one. >> no, no. >> all right. you're crying fowl on that one. i get it. >> you know he always talks every year about generosity. making sure everyone can eat on thanksgiving. except for the turkeys. because they're already stuffed. >> i like it. >> and then, we also want to give a shout out to all of the brave turkeys who met their fate with courage. they're not chicken. >> followed up with they're delicious. >> they're not chicken, they're delicious. this is the last tame i will pardon a turkey. which means the next time i cross paths with a turkey it better run. >> i look how there is an underlying premise that the president just wants to kill turkeys. >> i have an idea for a joke but n

president obama is talking about that right now. he said this really is about civility and character. let's listen to him real quick in gary, indiana. >> it is because of the efforts of folks like you that we abolished slavery. we ended the great depression. and workers won the right to unionize. and women won the right to vote. that's why we had a civil rights movement. and a worker's rights movement. and lgbt movement. because people fought for it. and by the way, every time we gained a victory, we moved the country in a more generous, more progressive direction. usually there is somebody that's pushing back. wanting to preserve the status quo. we get periods of progressive advancement, but conservative retrenchment. in the closing weeks of this election, we have seen repeated attempts to divide us with rhetoric, to try to turn us on one another. it's an old playbook where the powerful and the privileged say whatever it takes to protect their power and their privilege. even if it hurts the country, even when it puts people at risk

obama was a patsy for russia. look at the statement he made where he thought the m irikes w turned off. >> do you feel betrayed by omarosa, sir? >> she's a low life. she's a low i.q. individual. maxine waters. she's somewhere in the mid 60s, i believe. >> so he also tweeted about tallahassee major running for florida governor calling him a thief. what do you think that says about the way he speaks about people of color? >> i feel like i echoed this a lot. andrew gilliem has a great education from the florida university. stacy abrams has been a minority leader and worked across party lines and done everything necessary. that's absurd. but i'm sitting back because, you know, don, one of these issues and we talk about race and we have been loud in this issue of race. for us to make progress, there has to be people on the panel that don't look like you, me or simone to call this out for what it is. >> two things, first of all, the president is an equal opportunity insulter. you're cherry picking african americans he s

but obama's approval rating is 14 points higher. and both of them know immigration is a top issue regardless of party. >> they're telling you it's that bunch of poor refugees a thousand miles away. they're even taking our brave troops away from their families for a political stunt. >> yet democrats want to abolish i.c.e. they want to turn america for a sanctuary for criminals and drug dealers. >> where they're going tells a lot about a races they think are important and winnable. concentration to visits down in florida for the governor and senate race there. obviously georgia as well, with president obama spent today. nothing tells you a race is up for grabs like that many visits from the president and former president. shannon. >> shannon: thank you very much. well, president trump rallying support for republican senate hopeful mike braun in indiana. they're trying to flip it in a state president trump won handily in 2016. hello, mike. >> and hello, shannon. the president is now overnighting in indiana. his tour is in full swing. i

president obama will be in chicago. this should give you a sense of the dynamic between these two leaders. >> i heard president obama speak today. i had to listen. i was in the plane. i had nothing else to do. >> why is it that the folks that won the last election are so mad all the time? >> he had a very small crowd. they don't talk about that. >> right now republicans are all, look, the economy is so good. where do you think that started? >> it's going better than ever before. president obama, we were heading south. >> don't be bamboozled. don't be hoodwinked. he'll be like, look, look, look over there. then they're giving tax cuts to billionaires. >> if the other administration would have continued, our country would have crashed. >> they're just fear mongering to distract from the record. they're telling you the existential threat to america is a bunch of poor refugees a thousand miles away. >> we don't want to go back to the obama days. >> when people can just lie with abandon, democracy can't work. >> gabe, everyt

>> so, i think that folks that thought it was going to change with barack obama, president obama ignored the fact we have yet to have a real conversation about race in this country. one of the things donald trump has done is forced us to have that conversation. i do not remember in my short 28 years on this world, i have seen people sit on cable news and discuss white terrorism, domestic terrorism, white supremacy, white supremacist ideology. that is a conversation we have to have. it is unfortunate donald trump, who started his political career with the racist birther theory, i.e. trafficking in white supremacist ideology, but it is unfortunate that other folks are not being held accountable for supporting and holding up what the president is currently doing. it's not just donald trump we have to call out. republicans who sit on capitol hill, operatives that carry the president's message -- not you, scott -- [ laughter ] >> not me. >> not you. >> and charlie retired. don't push your luck. >> not i. but that is real. when the president is stoking the fears of folks that have this, i thin

barack obama. it was great, under barack obama. hope and inspiration, that was the political style of both barack obama and ronald reagan. the most sold hope and inspiration. they are going to be rare. not much evidence as long as donald trump is president. final word, what will say this, but can save the country, unfortunately, with this happen repeatedly, we need a crisis. our country is designed for the ungovernable, the title of my book, but we do work very well when there is a crisis. work, 9/11, when there's a crisis, americans come together. the divisions are for a moment, cast aside. when there's a huge urgency in public opinion, to solve a problem, the country can function. the government can function admirably. 9/11 worked for one year. democrats still believe it but for one year, majority of democrats favored and supported president bush. a charismatic leader. that was supposed to be obama. our constitutional system of weak government provides an answer. to saving america from this bitter division. it was designed in the

rob: obama's first midterm was a slot, he lost 60 seats in the house, maybe more. today there's a reasonable chance the republicans lose the house but there still could be success. what you think, 30 seats would be considered a success and still lose the house? >> especially when you consider only 4 times has the party holding the white house gained seats in the senate during the president's first midterm, we are going to gain seats, donald trump is made history should we gain seats in the senate. you are right to say should we lose the house narrowly a few seats is a victory. the average loss is 32 seats when you go to 1832. if we lose marginally and game in the senate that is history and that is donald trump. jillian: thank you very much for being here. 18 minutes after the hour, just under an hour polls will open across the country in a battle that could change the course of our nation. rob: we breakdown the top races to watch in this fight to the finish. jillian: good morning. ♪ liberty mutual accident forgiveness means they won't hike your rates over one mis

well, obama had eight years, obama had eight years, obama had eight years. what the hell are they listening to? he had two years. 2010 came in, they took over the senate and the congress, they made the promise just like that woman said that he would block -- they would block everything he put up. they blocked the rail system where i live. they blocked medicare where i live. they block everything in the world. somebody has done the research and i am sure you know about it. the first four years of obama's administration, there were more filibusters announced than the total from george w. bush to george washington. including the years of the 1960's when we were in the worst turmoil this country has ever seen. how can you have more filibusters in four years against one president and then stand up and say well, they don't want to work with us, they are hypocritical, they are doing this and that, and obama had eight years. doesn't this man know the facts? he can have his own opinion, but you can't have your own fax. the facts are the republicans were doing nothing

one of the responses i got was from president obama. he wrote me the nicest letter about the story which is really moving but apropos here i wanted to let you know what he chose to highlight in his note to me. it made the presidency possible and the essential spirit of democracy. the essential spirit of american democracy. listening to individual voices. that's what it was about. it was the heart of american democracy. he was thinking me or anyone the else for pointing out. and i was glad to do that i want to read a couple paragraphs from the book to get a sense of the flavor for it. this is about lacy who is one of the folks that worked on the team portfolio. one thing everyone learned quickly is that they needed one another. they needed to talk this stuff out. the content of the letters, the emotions jumping and bouncing off the page. it was impossible to describe what it was like to sit on the intensity of the material and that is why so many staffers who live with one another, roommates, eating dinner together, watching netflix toge

and barack obama is saying no, no, no, this is shared country. this is country where we all can have a piece of it, where we all can share in its benefits, we all have to take responsibility for its history together. they are such different presidents it's hard to imagine they were both presidents of the same country. and i think it is a challenge because donald trump isn't just making that argument to white extremists. he's hoping to migrate that argument to main stream white america. much as richard spencer has said, you know, i can migrate this extremist argument to the middle, to get the little discomfort that the ordinary sort of middle of the road white person might feel that sense of discomfort, that there's something wrong with those people. donald trump wants to exploit that. he's made it very clear this is sort of soft civil war he's attempting to launch just for political advantage. and it's kind of gross, but now we also get some confirmation that it isn't just tactics. it's him. it's what he really thinks. >> and the campaigning he's

that is where they are go, everyone knows we have obama judges. obama appointed left-wing hacks to act as judges. >> people would say president bush and donald trump picked people who line up with their judicial philosophies but you wouldn't pick someone was going to go against the way you view the constitution, statutory interpretation and that kind of thing. >> it is a simplistic view of how judges operate. i mitigate before judges all the time, bush judges, clinton judges and obama judges are now trump judges and by and large, with a small fraction of the cases the judges are not what you think of in terms of they are just doing their politicians bidding. they apply the law as they sought, doesn't of the way the original president who appointed the may have seen it but that is how they do their job, that is how they see the law being applied. and to characterize them as obama judges are trump judges is not the reality of litigation. shannon: judges think not to serve any particular interest, we've seen them rule against the president who appoin

that's how as obama mentioned they have voted in the past. yeah, i understand that there is an election in four days. they will say anything that they can in order to win votes. but i think people have got to look at their history and their record. >> we are out of time. i do want to ask you. there is a really strong jobs report that came out today. does the president deserve credit for this economy? >> all over the world what we have seen a significant rebound from the 2008 crash. you are seeing that in germany, in japan, the united states. that's the good news, the fact that unemployment is low in america is great. but on the other hand, on the other hand, you got millions of people today who are working for 8 or 9 or $10 bucks an hour, they can't afford to put food on the table. you got the trump administration saying, no, we're not going to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, maybe we'll even abolish the concept of the minimum wage. you got a trump administration trying to throw 32 million people off of the health care that they have.

definitely like barack obama said last week. we do have former president barack obama in illinois last night earlier in dna and ingary, and fairfax virginia. here is part of what he had to say. president obama: when i was running, i did not say if i can. i said yes, we can. because the antidote to government by the powerful few is government by the organized, energized many syria that is what this moment is about. one election will not fix everything. sometimes young people talk about, i am not voting because nothing is changing, there is not much difference in the parties. look, let me say if somebody is listening who is cynical about voting, let me just say this. you are right that one election does not change everything. one election is not going to eliminate all the racism or sexism in the world. one election will not suddenly eliminate poverty or end all gun violence. one election is not going to bring back every job that has been lost. and election will not transform every school that is not doing enough to make sure our k

guy: total obama judge. in a rare move, roberts weighing in, we do not have obama judges, or bush judges, clinton judges or trump judges. that independent judiciary is something we should be thankful for. a few hours later president fired back tweeting, sorry chief justice john roberts, but you do have obama judges, they have a much different point of view than people charged with safety of the nation. it would be great in 9th circuit was a independent judiciary, why are so many opposing view on border and safety cases filed there and why are a vast number of those overturned, study numbers they are shocking we need protect and security, thied these rulings mr country unsafe, druz and wise. ball is back in justice robert's court. i cannot imagine him taking this further. >> i do not think he will, i can't believe he did it to begin with, it shows how angry they must be. you need independent branches, we want people making decision on future of lives and children to come, you want them to be fair and independ

obama. barack obama. i watched him speak today. he had a very small crowd. they don't talk about that and they never talk about how big our crowds are. >> president obama's middle name is hussein. what's the purpose of emphasizing the "h" in president obama's name. >> well, that is his name. the president just said his name. you can say j. donald trump if you want to incite him maybe in some way. the boos weren't there because of the h, it was because they don't like president obama's record in office and want it changed. >> what's the purpose of the h? >> it is his name. it is his name. >> that response suggests that you do not take any of the context of the last 11 years of when hussein was a big deal in the 2007 campaign. >> i don't think that that crowd was was incited by the use of that initial. it was going to get the same response. barack obama is a known entity with the audience. look, we are days away from a campaign. the fact that the president is drawing dividing lines between a well known democrat that really gets republicans fired up is not at a

he pivoted quickly to attack barack obama. do you think that he views michelle obama as, i don't know, off limits or something? >> oh, yes. michelle obama is off limits from the way i understand it. and from what i've been told for many, many months, maybe even over a year, that michelle obama is the one that's off limits. but at the same time, i want to go back a little bit to when barack obama was president, towards the end, towards the very end, the day after the election or a couple days after the election when president-elect donald trump came to the white house and barack obama hosted him. they talked. it was very surprising. i remember being in the oval office, i was a pool that day, when donald trump was in the oval office with barack obama, and it was very cordial. donald trump was very thankful -- i mean, they stayed -- they overstayed the visit and everything was fine, even michelle obama and melania trump were together for longer periods of time. there was a congeniality. there was a friendship, we thought, that wa

obama. barack obama. >> what do you hear there? >> well, i hear a lot of things. i think there's a little dog whistle politics in there, too, but i think that is just an effort to rouse up the president's base, all the anti-immigration, all of this stuff resonates with those folks. it's for that crowd. it doesn't resonate with the majority of the people in the state of indiana. i think we have moved beyond that. and i hate the dog whistle politics that the president keeps using. the fact is that he has that base that he will play to, to try to rev them up. joe donnelly has his base, too. he's very strong. i was up there a few weeks ago. his base is out there and they know joe is for them and will be there for them and will continue to be there for them. >> let me ask you two alabama based issues, if i can. we haven't cover ed so much violent issues because there's so much else to cover. >> a messaging measure that republican-controlled legislature tried to pass to gin things up. if you read the language in that measure it doesn't do anything because it basically s

but i think both president obama and mrs. obama said if they thought that the core values of our country were at stake, then it would be important to speak out. and i think what's important about her book, she speaks out about everything, in a very open way. and so if it pertains to current events, then so be it. but her point is that we have to be willing to tell our whole stories, our truths. and through that, we grow. >> that moment on stage that we just played, was that really a surprise moment? did she expect president obama to come out with flowers? >> she didn't expect the flowers. we both knew that he was coming out. and it was certainly a shock to the audience. he had been there for the entire show, but nobody saw him. so when she started talking about him i thought, well, what a perfect time to say, speaking of your husband, here he is. >> well played. so back to the -- >> it was good. >> they look very happy and she seems very pleased to have gotten the flowers. back to all the top he cans that she is going to talk

there is only so much that i think obama can do without starting to rally republicans. >> obama also is that he's never had coat tails and never helped lift up younger people in the party. if you look at stacey abrams in florida, those are younger leaders in the democratic party if they can win state-wide in big battle ground states if they talk about them in different ways. there is no question that president obama would love to be helpful in that regard. i think as gloria says, he can help or hurt. he will drive a lot of republicans away. >> how much of these races are really about president trump? >> in the state? everything. if ever there were a mid-term election that was a reverent um on a president, this is it. donald trump wants it to be about donald trump. but he made a choice and his choice is he is going for the senate and not going for the house. you can't do the same thing to win the senate, which is to give the red meat to a republican. you need to be more moderate to win in the suburban districts in the house. his play right now is for the senate because he thinks he do

ok.know, [chants of obama] mr. obama: we are ok. we're ok. this is what i look forward to, having a few hecklers to get me back into the mood. [cheers and applause] mr. obama: i enjoy that. you always got to have a few to know you are on the campaign trail. these are all the reasons i've come down to miami. but the real reason i came down to miami is because this tuesday might be the most important election of our lifetimes. politicians will always say that, but this time it's actually true. the stakes really are that high. the consequences of us staying home really are more dangerous. because america is at a crossroads. the health care of millions -- hold on a second. hold on a second. sir. sir. crowd chanting "bring it home"] mr. obama: hold on a second. listen. here's the deal. here's the deal. here's the deal. if you support the other candidates, then you should go support the other candidates. [cheers and applause] mr. obama: don't be here. i never -- one of the things i never understood was why if you are supporting the other guy you co

michelle obama's autobiography becoming is finally on sale time for her fans to celebrate in her once favorite bookstore. becoming the former first lady tells the story of her life and many in her old neighborhood are prolife what she achieved. she is the go like greatest of all time and she is a secada old woman just like me grew up a chicago girl sounds so for me she'd. she's like whoa personified she is someone definitely to look up to for little girls for young women my age makes you feel like you can do anything and office is a real person with a real real human being so i just been excited to get this book and for the first time you shell obama opened up about details of her life that she kept secret for years her marriage and her time in the white house but she also writes about the obstacles she had to overcome as an african american she was accused of being unpatriotic when i think idea what a lot of black folks were doing we were afraid to hope because it's hard to believe that the country that oppressed you could one day be led by. and they didn't think the country was read

oprah has become obama and obama has become oprah. but they are really undeterred by trump's -- they are embodying michelle obama's when they go low, we go high. the difference is they want that to translate to big victories. >> oprah yesterday just really blew my mind in how she was so inspirational. and she was urging everyone to be part of something that's bigger than themselves and it's bigger than their day-to-day sacrifice that's about our ancestors' sacrifice, about their ancestors' sacrifice. and that's something you just never see in donald trump's rhetoric. it's not ever about serving your country. >> it's not about anybody but him. >> it's always about him. so that's why it's refreshing to hear a message that's about what you can do for other people. what you can do for your country and make yourself better in the process, too. >> the other thing that's remarkable about obama. seeing sort of each party's best surrogates on the stump is, if you've won twice, like obama has, you are really good at this. and you are made bette

everyone knows we have obama judges. obama has appointed left-wing hacks to act as judges. >> shannon: people would say president bush and president trump picked people who lined up with their judicial philosophies but you wouldn't pick someone you thought was going to go against the way you view the constitution, statutory interpretation. >> it's a simplistic view that the president has on how judges operate. i litigate all the time. i've litigated before bush, clinton, obama judges are now trump judges. by and large, small fraction of the cases, the judges are not what you think of in terms of they are just doing their politician's bidding. they apply the law as they saw it. doesn't always go the original -- the way the original president who appointed them may have sought but that's how they do their job. it's the best view of how they see the lobbying applied. to characterize them as obama judges or trump judges is simply not the reality. >> shannon: judges i think take an oath not to be partisan, not to serve any pa

[cheers and applause] president obama: hello, everybody. [chanting] >> obama! obama! president obama: first of all, i am so excited to be campaigning and helping out jennifer, who is part of this wave of remarkable candidates that we are seeing all across the country, that we are seeing a record number of , and lordare running knows we need more women in charge. veterans of iraq and afghanistan running. notre seeing people who did start off saying to themselves "i want to be a politician." but quote "i want to serve as or i believe in something and want to step into the arena. i should also add, as a former state senator, i cannot imagine they have a better training to be an outstanding public service then to be a senator. got itpoint, tim's backwards when he says that i made a bet on virginia. was me, aned in 2008 enoughator, presumptuous to think maybe i might run for announced and tim ,aine, a new governor, decides against all political wisdom and against all odds, to be the first significant elected official outside of my home state of illinois to endorse my candi

also coming up tonight being first lady was never her first choice michelle obama her new memoir becoming is already tipped for the best seller of the year. she is. like greatest of all the time she is someone definitely to look up to for little girls for young women my age makes me i thinking being an office is a real person. or we begin the day with miracles military maneuver today the german chancellor stood before the european parliament and for the first time positioned herself firmly in a future that includes a european army her announcement was not trailblazing instead merkel is following the lead set by french president emmanuel mccrone sources close to mak wrong say that he's been frustrated waiting for america to lend her support or today merkel delivered and made no doubt about her decision now addressing the european parliament stross berg merkel said that europe must take its fate into its own hands on foreign and security policy calling for the creation of a real and true european army she also urged her fellow e.u. leaders to reject nationalism and chauvinism and she called

because michelle obama is visible and accepted and adored and i too. can walk into a and b. and be treated with respect. it's good bomb a story that this community and she coddle believes in. but with the man who succeeded him in the white house many here think they're achieving lands are in danger. or tributes have been pouring in for comics creator stan lee he died on monday at the age of ninety five he was the creative force behind marvel comics geek of giving of superheroes which is spider-man x.-men and the incredible hulk but he also had a talent for foreshadowing the real world of politics in two thousand and seven before a president obama or president romney he delivered a set of drawings in the atlantic that would prove eerily telling about the united states eleven years later now here's the first page and he writes that few things you see right there are as tragic as the death of an idea and he says that the american idea is threatened by divisions over health care global warming and the growing red blue rift between the democrats and the republicans if you look at

obama. especially when the administration was telling people less than 3% g.d.p. growth was the new status quo. they weren't going to bring these jobs back. that regulation was what they were going to continue to do to snuff out jobs in places like west virginia. ed: that was a big mistake for barack obama to say these jobs were never coming back. they are back. katie: they wilthey didn't wantm to come back. pete: no, i don't. i do, i always do. katie: this is pete's white board similar to karl rove. pete: minimal. maybe i will write something big on it friends@foxnews.com. the number of mining jobs in my ear was 55,000 not 65,000. although when i wrote it down on my sheet this morning i swore the bureau of labor statistics said 65,000. katie: we will fact check. ed: positive when the last administration said those jobs will never come back. they are back. katie: exactly. turns now to your headlines, we begin with a fox news alert. a u.s. troop has been killed in insider attack in afghanista

what's changed since obama? number one the rhetoric has changed completely and iran is no longer identified as a potential partner. it's an adversary. number two, the administration has worked closely with allies in the region in the middle east and outside the middle east to begin to rebuild an anti-iran coalition most notably with saudi arabia and israel. as mark noted, that is not just a diplomatic implications but also has military implications as well particularly with the country like israel which has significant military capabilities used in syria against the iranians. the israelis can use that power now with the confidence that the united states will support it diplomatically. and the support which it needs particularly with respect to moscow. the israelis can act with greater impunity and also in the clandestine world we don't know for a fact, mark said we now know that there are covert actions being taken against iran's nuclear program. we don't know who it is but presumably the israelis are in the mix