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Former President Barack Obama told CNN Thursday that meeting with dictators or other anti-democratic leaders is just one of the complex facets of the American presidency.

Former president Barack Obama asserted that “anti-democratic sentiment” is not “unique to one party” during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that…

>> right after we secure the budget for next year, we have to pivot for voting rights. if we care will democracy, we have to pass voting rights legislation in the senate. it has already passed the house. the house has passed hr-1 and hr-4. and now pressure from the outside on every member of the senate as well as at the white house, whether it is organizing rallies, whether sit-ins, phone calls, emails, we have to continue to put pressure on the senate because we wont have a democracy which is a...

The demands they took in. they told the white house folks are frustrated. do you understand why they seem to so calmly be walking into this? they too will not be able -- i dont know inthey get they cannot win re-election if theyre banned from winning re-election. even if they get the numbers, theyll say no, we erase this off the books. do you think they get it? what do you want to see them do differently? >> not only do i think its getting arth black voters. i think theres a larger question here...

Johnson and headed to major networks. you probably know him as a long time host on pbs. hes with me in new york for a special one on one interview. thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure. >> you have been around a little longer than me. you covered water gate and the clinton impeachment. on the eve of another impeachment inquiry hearings this weekend, do you fear for the country? >> for the first time in my long life, and i was born in the depression, lived through world war ii, have been a pa...

Idea if we do something about i it. >> tucker: youre describing religious faith. i dont have to bother to learn any of the details about a very specific agreement that we are all mad about today because there are people whose names i dont know who think its a good idea. my question to you is why one of the average person say im open-minded but why dont you give me some specifics and tell me more, when we overcome i dont force me to participate as a democracy. >> no question as a democracy is an ...

It. >> tucker: youre describing religious faith. i dont have to bother to learn any of the details about a very specific agreement that we are all mad about today because there are people whose names i dont know who think its a good idea. my question to you is why one of the average person say im open-minded but why dont you give me some specifics and tell me more, when we overcome i dont force me to participate as a democracy. >> no question as a democracy is an american democracy and its a wil...

>> this moment of history belongs to you. you broke barriers and overcame obstacles to pursue the dream of democracy. >> it quickly becomes clear the future of a post-mubarak egypt is anything but certain. dreams of prosperity have yet to be realized as the economy worsens. discontent with the pace of reform of the military council leads to renewed protests in tahrir square. >> eyewitnesses show theyre actually breaking the cease fires sometimes that are arranged here and just venting ...

region. >> this moment of history belongs to you. you broke barriers and overcame obstacles to pursue the dream of democracy. >> it quickly becomes clear the future of a post-mubarak egypt is anything but certain. dreams of prosperity have yet to be realized as the economy worsens. discontent with the pace of reform of the military council leads to renewed protests in tahrir square. >> eyewitnesses show theyre actually breaking the cease fires sometimes that are arranged here and just ...