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Can come to shape a presidency, the nbc news presidential historian, and author of presidents of war. michael thanks so much for coming on the show this evening. i wish it were happier. same here. and biden s come to the white house from camp david, to give the blunt, frank remarks that joe biden is become known for. the withdraw itself is popular for the public. but did he do enough for the bully pulpit today, to justify his decision in the face of mounting criticism, from members of the media, and for members of the republican party. not to mention ordinary afghans. i think in terms of defending his decision, joe biden did the right thing, and defended it really bluntly today. oftentimes presidents as you know, don t tell you what s really on their mind. but he said what is the absolute proof, and i would say as a historian, and joe biden has his history to. you look at presidents, who get ....
Attacks, both in pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs. the very first thing the media did was blame the president and make him responsible for these ridiculous acts. reporter: but attacking the media is how the president chose to use his bully pulpit today, not by calling out the anti-semitic actions of the gunman. but in a tirade against the press. and i would have a much different tone, frankly, if the press was even-handed. if the press was fair. i would have a much different tone all of the time. but i m fighting the media. reporter: after 72 hours of unspeakable violence in america, two african-americans slain outside a kentucky grocery store, a florida man charged with as sending pipe bombs to trump critics, the president officially denouncing the crime at a rally. the violent hate crime of anti-semitism must be confronted anywhere and everywhere it ....
You know, epidemics that just go i don t know a family, a neighborhood, a community, not touched by this and you are right, donald trump encountered this time and again on the campaign trail and talked about it all the time when he was in new hampshire. his voters at rallieses. he noted were experiencing this. you are right it hits the communities that supported him as it does every community and that gets to mark s point about now will be the test to see if that is the reality, can something like that bust through the partisan log jam that exists and you heard today also, going into this event with the president, the big question that hangs out there is sort of this is the message and this is the photo op, i don t say that pe jor ratively, the president using the bully pulpit today, what comes next after that is do you back that message up with money and medicine. let s talk taxes. ....
bipartisan support and house republicans rejected earlier this week. that opened up a divide between house hard-liners and the gop establishment. leading republican voices were openly calling on john baner to back down to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the bran. tonight, looking pretty grim. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. and while everyone asks for a full-year extension of these programs, a lot of people wrn willing to put the effort in as the holidays were aetch proing to get it done.ç our members were. so i m proud of the efforts they put into this. dane a bash will join us shortly to explain the specifics. president obama was quick to praise the outcome, the staple reading this, this is real money that will make a real difference in people s lives. i want to thank everyone american who raised their voice to remind folks in this town what this debate was all about. to give you an idea of the intense ....
between house hard liners and the gop establishment. by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i m proud of the efforts that they put into this. dana is going to join us to explain the mechanics of the deal, the spaks. president obama was quick to praise the outcome. the statement read thg is the real money that will make a real difference in people s lives and i want to thank every american who raised your voice to remind folks in this town what this debate was all about. and to give you an idea of some of the pressure, intense pressure lawmakers we ....