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♪♪ hi there, everyone. its 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them fro...

Having been a communications person, i love new words. get ready. were going hear this one a few times tonight. the phrase "finish the job." we understand from a white house official that president joe biden plans on making that phrase "finish the job" a central theme of his state of the union address tonight. specifically, he wants to finish the job he started when he launched his 2020 campaign. big transformational things, stuff like elevating the middle class, restoring the soul of the nation...

But i think in the 21st century, we had a first president, george w. bush, who is largely transactional in the campaign, became transformational after 9/11. >> because after 9/11, he wanted to do big things. >> he was going to change the middle east, democratize it, and much like president obama, he was much more transformational in his first year, but given the realities of the world, he turned out to be more prudent and managerial. he turned out to be more like bush 41 than bush 43. >> which i...

One might have thought that he was going to be a big transformational president. why? >> well, he certainly talked big transformations in the campaign and his first speeches, cairo, prague, so forth, hes been found to be a transactional president. on the one side you have people like woodrow wilson or ronald reagan who make great announcements, want to change the world. transactional presidents like eisenhower or george h.w. bush, are more prudent, keep the train from derailing. those are the tw...

What is more important in an american president? that he has a great transformative vision or that he be good at getting things done? or she, by the way. my next guest has given this topic a lot of thought. joseph nye is a political scientist at harvard university and he has a new book "presidential leadership and the creation of an american era." we had a great conversation about it, listen in. joseph, thank you for joining me. >> nice to be with you. >> when looking at this book, you focused o...

Became transformational after 9/11. >> because after 9/11, he wanted to do big things. >> he was going to change the middle east, democratize it, and much like president obama, he was much more transformational in his first year, but given the realities of the world, he turned out to be more prudent and managerial. he turned out to be more like bus bush 41 than bush 43. >> what wind of president -- >> some genetic in the future may be able to combine that managerial skill, with a transfotrang tr...