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>> theres a very fair criticism politically. i dont think its fair. now i would take this and use a closing argument at a trial. first lawyer comes up and first lawyer makes the same argument to all the jurors. sometimes it wonders off. but at the end of it everybody knows what that lawyers argument is and then the second lawyer comes up and individually argues with everyone listening to each juror about why they personally stand to benefit from their client and skips two or three of the jurors ...

2004 at his convention speech. how so. >> well, look, this is an incredibly emotional experience for so many of us. ten years ago this week i walked into the obama campaign office to work for him and what was so moving to me in this was the direct connective tissue between what he said in the heavy days of the 08 campaign and then here in the last days. its the same man still filled with hope, optimism and a belief that ordinary people can change their country if they just work at it. >> what do...

We prefer secluded. what is the desert? its absolutely what you need right now. absolutely scottsdale. you were the change. you answer peoples hopes and because of you by almost every measure, america is a better, stronger place than it was when we started. >> barack obama first there in 08 as he prepared to begin his life at the white house and tonight as he prepares to leave. earlier this evening, i spoke with the presidential historians about the two-term democrat who gave his farewell addr...

Hillary didnt really lose, the russians did it. frankly, i think its just stupid. i think its very dangerous for president obama once again to undermine american security by discrediting the intelligence agencies and asking his handpicked political appointees to go out there and say things that they cant possibly backup. these reports are pathetically inadequate. frankly, they are so generally dont matter much. we have a real problem with cyber -- dont misunderstand me. with north korea, the chi...

Frankly, i think its just stupid. i think its very dangerous for president obama once again to undermine american security by discrediting the intelligence agencies and asking his handpicked political appointees to go out there and say things that they cant possibly backup. these reports are pathetically inadequate. frankly, they are so generally dont matter much. we have a real problem with cyber -- dont misunderstand me. with north korea, the chinese, et cetera. there is a real problem that is...

Testify against senator jeff sessions. >> but i think these are extraordinary times and they call for extraordinary measures. >> the first sitting senator ever to testify against a colleague. sessions set to be grilled over his civil rights record 30 years after battling similar charges. >> i am not a racist. i am not intensetive to blacks. >> weve got live coverage at every turn. plus, the final farewell. president obamas last speech as commander in chief tonight, returning to the city of his...

Which to launch a presidential campaign. just ask rick santorum. so those early feelers that he might run for president in 2008, those were soon retracted. he announced in late 2006 that he would not be making a run for president himself. but then very soon there after, february 2007, he came out for barack obama. he came out as an early and very high-profile supporter of this one-term illinois senator. right. and that was a really important endorsement for obama. obama was going to be running a...

Against hillary clinton and well-known democrats trying to win the democratic nomination in 08. to get somebody as well known as tom daschle to come out for him and early? that was a huge deal for obama. and it turns out the ties between these two politicians were more than just skin deep. by an accident of timing, tom daschle was getting unexpectedly turfed out of office at the exact same moment that barack obama was arriving at the united states senate. the young senator obama was able to hire...

The table for michael. >> when youre 17 3/4, theres not a lot of resources out there. and theres probably not a lot of people that want to take a chance on you for that short period of time. >> when you were arrested in february of 08 for burglary and they gave you 90 days, 80 days are stayed and you did a remaining ten days here. and you got released. which means if you get into anymore trouble its really up to your magistrate to decide what theyre going to do with you. if they dont take advant...

To the voters. the enthusiasm is there, the hunger for someone whos going to fight for working class and middle class folks and thats my track record. you know, in my first race i was 36% behind in the opening and won by 700 votes in a much more conservative district than the state as a whole. i wouldnt be in this race if i didnt think i gave democrats the best chance to win. i believe that. i believe we can give our coalition, the obama coalition a reason to show up while still winning independ...