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Course. it was wide-ranging and the president clearly trying to make the point early on that, as he put it, he's going to spend every minute of every day of his presidency, trying to get things done, he's going to leave it all on the field, as he said. trying to accentuate the positives and accomplishments. a list, the economy buzzing along, unemployment down to 5%, the cuba opening, the iran deal, the supreme court supporting same-sex marriage, the education bill that congress passed, the infrastructure deal. i think the president was trying to reassure the country yet again, since san bernar...

Tested what i can do with congress. every once in a while, they'll surprise you. >> and there's so much talk about terrorism in the last few weeks and that links to quant y guantanamo, of course. do you think in 2016, we'll still be talking mostly about terrorism? >> it depends. the economy is the main factor in an election, particularly a re-election. this is a jump-ball election, which is a different dynamic. but on the issue of guantanamo, the other big theme of the obama presidency in its two terms, is the president versus congress. when the president came in, despite having democratic maj...

San bernardino. it has to do with the return of american fears about terrorism. i mean, you have an economy that while not working brilliantly for everyone, on a macro economic level, the economy is really good, extremely low unemployment. a wall street, dow index that's record highs, as a matter of fact. the macro picture for the economy is good and generally gives presidents a decent approval rating in the high 40s and seen a turn down for him as the focus has become on terrorism. because this president, quite frankly, came in opposing the iraq war and consistent in refusing, stubbornly refu...

Where the heart leads mind can follow. it was amnesty's humanitarian intervention on a microlevel for me that led to my journey now i'm somebody who whereas before i was fighting democracy i'm now standing for parliament in the u.k. for the 2015 general elections. if we can replicate that experience that happened to me on a microlevel, on a macro level say for example in syria, we can go sway to stemming the flow of fighters that are joining jabat. >> you go out and talk to people who held the same ideals that you held and tried to kind of hold it up to logic. >> when i left the group, i basic...

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