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0 weeks, folks have said the white house needs to have stronger contact and connections with their party on the hill. i know a few days ago on this channel you said you hadn't really talked to the president. do you feel like the outreach from 1600 pennsylvania avenue has gotten better or basically stayed the same in the last few days. >> you know, it is what it is. dennis mcdonough reached out. we talked to him. he's straightforward. i trust him. he's good to work with. everybody has their own style. everyone is making so much of this thing. we have a system that we've got to fix. it's not wor...

0 let me go through this. are you surprised at this number came out overnight coming out of the congress which is based upon apparently individual polling and public statements has more than a majority against this proposition of bombing iran -- bombing syria? >> well, first of all, i think we should note, and you did i think 100 or so say they're leaning that way, which means they haven't made a final decision. but look, chris, this is a tough, tough issue. this is a country that is weary of war. i helped barack obama in 2008 become president. and one of the reasons he was elected was because...

0 youth and sort of the liberal left youth of europe here from humboldt university probably. >> as we remain remain vigilant about the threat of terrorism, we must move beyond the mind-set of perpetual war. and in america, that means redoubling our efforts to close the prison at guantanamo. it means -- >> this, gene, is what's so different than our parents. our parents age in germany would not have spoken english like these guys. i was in germany recently. you've been in berlin probably recently. you go to a bruce willis mean like i tend to go to, everybody in the room speaks english. there's ...

0 successful leadership. in fact, you were pointing out we're trying to make her more of a leader than she is already taking on more leadership. >> i think that was a big part of what the president's speech was about. he was speaking not only to the world but to her. he was saying you are the leader. germany needs to be the leader. economically it has to be even more of the engine in europe which is having trouble coming out of recession. germany needs to play a big role in security. they were under the brandenburg gate, the symbol of german imperialism that the germans rejected after 1,000 ye...

0 germany needs to play a big role in security. they were under the brandenburg gate, the symbol of german imperialism that the germans rejected after 1,000 years of triumph and pain. >> how do we get the good aspect of germany? >> that's what the president was saying. he said, look to the good side of history. i think he used that phrase or a phrase like that. look to the good side of history. don't be afraid of what history calls on you to do now. i think he was saying that to her, to the german people and telling all of europe and the world that was the case. >> eshlly after that all of mee...