lady said in a clip that was released early. randi kaye reports. what do you give your kids if you can t give them hope? reporter: michelle obama keeping it real as she likes to say, telling oprah winfrey that she sees a lack of hope in this country. we feel the difference now. yeah. see, now we re feeling what not having hope feels like. reporter: without ever mentioning donald trump by name, mrs. obama told oprah her husband did bring the hope he promised but since election day that hope has disappeared. barack didn t just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. reporter: donald trump responded to the first lady s comments during his rally in alabama. i assumed she was talking about the past, not the future, because i m telling you, we have tremendous hope. reporter: instead of going on the attack, trump let the first lady off the hook. i actually think she made that statement not meaning it the way it came out. i really do, be
whatnot having hope feels like. you know? hope is necessary. it s a necessary concept. and barack didn t just talk about hope because he was thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. i mean, he and i and so many believe that if you what else do you have if you don t have hope? hmm. so that interview does not air until tonight. the news leaked on friday. prompting mr. trump to address the remarks in a weekend rally. here s that. michelle obama said yesterday that there s no hope. but i assume she was talking about the past, not the future. because, i m telling you, we have tremendous hope and we have tremendous promise and tremendous potential. joining me now, sean spicer,
whatnot having hope feels like. you know? hope is necessary. it s a necessary concept. and barack didn t just talk about hope because he was thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. i mean, he and i and so many believe that if you what else do you have if you don t have hope? hmm. so that interview does not air until tonight. the news leaked on friday. prompting mr. trump to address the remarks in a weekend rally. here s that. michelle obama said yesterday that there s no hope. but i assume she was talking about the past, not the future. because, i m telling you, we have tremendous hope and we have tremendous promise and tremendous potential. joining me now, sean spicer,
me like a ronald reagan moment when he came in. of course, the iranian hostage crisis, that we ve got some serious crises that are going to meet donald trump on day one. harris: absolutely. serious foreign policy crises that must be addressed on day one. meag maag but i think our enemies are going to learn the years of cut it out are they re going to have to learn. and some will test us like china. ebony: donald trump pushing back on claims that the country is lacking a sense of hope following his november election victory. first lady michelle obama making the controversial comments during her final white house interview with oprah winfrey. she s taking an indirect swipe against the president-elect by pitting him against her husband s former campaign slogan. now we re feeling what not having hope feels like, you know? [laughter] hope is necessary. it s a necessary concept. and barack didn t just talk
is sick. whatever our political differences, no president-elect would ever want something like that on the american soil ever again. meanwhile, michelle obama, we played a clip of her the other day talking to oprah. if you missed it, she talked about what it looks like for hope in the country. oprah said do you think we ve achieved hope and change and do you think we ve lost hope. your husband s administration, everything, the election, all about hope. do you think that this administration achieved that? yes. i do. because we feel the difference now. now we re feeling what not having hope feels like, you know. hope is necessary. it s a necessary concept. and barack didn t just talk about hope because he thought it was a nice slogan to get votes.