Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170119:05:29:00
The campaign with the existing administration. it was that serious. >> the first few months in the white house were scary. we were just as scared as anybody else. my sister, two thirds of her company was laid off. the service members were on the ground in afghanistan. >> you didn't have a lot of time. things were so compressed. it took a lot of optimism from everybody to believe there was a path forward. >> the president was the with the cool head who told us to read some fdr and see what he told people when it was bleak and unemployment was 25%. we did and it was helpful. we didn't come in fu...