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wrapping up his first term in office with a tradition that goes back decades, hosting the previous president for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. on that day, in may of 2012. obama made this statement about the point of these portraits, as an enduring member of the presidents temporary time in office serving the people. >> now the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the t...

things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know ho...

during today's event, the former president echoed the point he made back in 2012, that presidents are renters at the white house, and that their time there is temporary. >> i've always described the presidency as ays relay race, y take the baton from someone, you run your leg as hard and as well as you can, and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle theit runners in thatth race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer toy its highest aspirations. >> now the reason th...

24th. i am sam stein filling in for the one and only ali velshi. one month ago today the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. this immediately and radically reshaped abortion rights around the country. these are the 26 states that were considered certain or likely to ban abortion in the post roe era. more than a dozen of them have already taken action to do so. today, there is not a single provider offering abortion services in the united states. forcing residents to travel across state lines for basic and essential health care. seven other states banned abortion at a much earlier p...

>> that was the moment i decided that i was going to resign. i simply did not want to be associated with the events that were unfolding on the capitol. >> for him to tweet out the message about mike pence, it was him pouring gasoline on the fire. it made it worse much worse. she looked directly at me and not hushed tone shared with me that the president did not want to include any sort of mentions a piece in that tweet. >> on january 7th, president trump still could not say that the election was over. >> this election is now over, if it is, congress has certified the results. i do no...