where their two daughters were born. as chicago mayor rahm emanuel said today, it s their home. he walked these streets, knocked on these doors and believed in the audacity of hope. his journey began on the south side and now we know that it will come full circle with the library coming home to the south side of chicago. joining me now is alison samuels, contributing writer for vanity fair and author of what would michelle do? thanks for being here tonight. thank you. how special is the library in chicago for the obamas alison? oh, it s incredibly special. to think of this community that has shared you know had so much violence so many things happen with the children not getting the proper education, with so many deaths with so much violence to have this kind of resource now, you know
that you ll really see the kind of man that he is. allison samuels, thank you for your time tonight. thank you. still ahead, the first lady gets personal and some on the right get ugly. stay with us. the citi double cash card. it earns you cash back now and cash back later. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn on purchases, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided.
i mean he clearly, allison, loves chicago. do you think that s where the obamas will be headed in 2017? well the great part is they are going to stay in washington until sasha graduates from high school which is credible given that it s such a pivotal age for her and i m really happy that they decided it s important for her to be there until after high school. after that i see them going between new york and chicago, going back and forth. they are going to be like rock stars. they are going to be so popular once his administration is over once they are out of office that they will probably be i don t know if they will have a permanent home. they will be moving and traveling so much, but, again, what i love is that they understand that sasha s last year of high school is the most important thing be and they want her to feel you know confident as she begins to sort of empty the nest and go on to college. recently the president had talked more openly about his plans for life after
if we show a little backbone if we show a little gumption that we can rebuild america s once invincible middle class, and i believe this is the fight worth having. the progressive agenda comes down to a very simple concept. we need to reward work again. yes. we need to reward work not wealth. the agenda announced today includes raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour passing comprehensive immigration reform national paid sick leave and making pre-k after-school programs and child care universal. plus nine other goals. it s a concrete specific plan and it sets a standard for presidential candidates including hillary clinton who is under pressure from leading progressives, and it s a sharp contrast to the right wing contenders exposing their trickle-down policies. the fight for fairness is too central to american politics. it s right now american politics, and today at a separate event president obama talked about the heightened focus. i think that we are at a moment,