protection and civil liberties that our forebearers fought and bled for. regardless of the push and pull of daily politics, it's up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we saw them. you've heard the letter. what stance out to you? >> it's interesting, almost as if president obama gave president trump a list of things to follow to be a good president, and president trump has used it as a checklist of things not to do. it was a very specific set of recommendations from taking care of people and having policies that think of the lack of fortune that many americans face, to respecting democratic traditions and institutions. and you read it now in retrospect, and president trump has really gone against many of those ideas. >> interestingly, as our cnn piece notes, it's something that