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september 11, 2001. the world changed. the fight came to our shores. if we can get back to having a government that understands this constitutionally mandated responsibility, we can set it straight as far as our fiscal situation. but if we have the government continue to create agencies and bureaucracies that never meet their intended purposes -- there was only one reason we created the department of energy in the late 1970's -- to make the united states of america energy independent. no one has yet to be able to explain to me why we have a department of labour. -- labor. what do the...

maryland senator ben cardin to questions from the community center. we will have that later. but -- >> he is a partisan guy who wants to unite people. why we could not elect him, it is the same reason we eventually went to war. they could not be resolved. >> he had the misfortune of running against the great military hero dwight eisenhower, so i do not really think there is any way that adlai stevenson could have won. >> he lost overwhelmingly to herbert hoover, but paved the way for franklin roosevelt. there are 14 people in this series, many of whom i guarantee viewers may not have...

it means there cannot be a deal unless the leaders sign-on. >> what about the role the white house? >> the white house does not have a direct role. they are an influence in terms of setting the tone. perhaps to senator sanders' dismay, they have set the tone that they're willing to compromise. republicans on the other hand, come to the table and say i'm willing to give you tax increases and democrats say no. i think they're there to set the tone and i'm sure there will be white house aides in the room there to be whispering into the years that democrats about where the lines can be. ...

>> i found myself behind a car with an obama 2008 a bumper sticker on it. my initial reaction was, thank goodness there is someone that keeps a car as long as i do. then i looked closely. i realized that the bumper sticker was worn, abused by the elements. it was still quite legible. it was very red, white, and blue. not to be too silly, i wondered if that was some kind of metaphor for what this president is now going through. how successful is he? how bruised is he? how is he doing? i want to start out by saying that if i were president obama, i'm not sure i would want to be here th...

consumed with all the things coming at him, more than any human could possibly deal with, that he began to lose its hold on the public from the first day. quite the that the clarification that -- >> could i get a clarification? when you say high-minded, deeming that as a criticism? >> no. when you have someone who can write a speech accepting the nobel peace prize that invokes and write a speech about race that invokes james baldwin. it is a merkel we have a president like this. it is not the only thing he needs. there to kind of politicians, one who practices the ethical response ab...