Evening with part one of a twopart conversation about the presidency of barack obama and the next four years joined by doris kearns goodwin, jon meacham, bob woodward, bob caro, and Michael Beschloss. I know its the consensus that were barack obama has to do is get along with the republicans. Id like to Say Something about that. President obama is fond of quoting and if he isnt, i am Martin Luther kings statement the moral arc of the universe bends slowly but it bends towards justice. In the first term, president obama did bend that moral arc. He got health insurance, peace of mind for more than 30 Million People. The bill may be floored but its passed. In the second term i see a sort of differently. Everyones attacking the moral arc of Justice Social security medicare, everyones saying we have to cut it back. Thats the great safety net for the American People. I almost see him as a defender. He has to defend Social Security and medicare in a fiscally responsible way. Rose inaugural da
First inauguration. That of course saw a recordsetting crowd, nearly 2 Million People. No one is expecting anything quite like that this time around but still, folks have been finding spaces on the mall tonight since the sun came up. You can see them setting up spots now. We will be covering the entire inaugural ceremony live. And if youre not at your tv you can watch our live stream on our home page at news hour. Pbs. Org or follow us on twitter. This earmarks the 150th anniversary of the manspation proclamation. You can see bill and Hillary Clinton on the podium. There are also people there celebrating the election of the first africanamerican president. President obama is only the 16th sitting chief executive to be returned to office. He is the first president since Dwight Eisenhower to win two consecutive elections with more than 51 of the popular vote. He won for the 372 electoral votes to mitt romneys 206 and spent part of the morning at the white house having coffee with biparti
Rose welcome to the program. It was Inauguration Day in washington a day of parades, celebration, and the president s inaugural speech. For an assessment, were joined by jodi kantor of the New York Times, al hunt of bloomberg, Mark Halperin of time and John Dickerson of slate and cbs news. He talked about seneca falls, he talked about selma, he talked about stonewall. These the historical touchstones far president speaking to a new generation a generation he thinks gratified his vision of the world in this election in whh he did well with minorities and Younger Voters and so to the extent that his second election ratified the new Obama Coalition and the new shape of the electorate he so too hopes his second term will speak to that. Rose we conclude this evening with part one of a twopart conversation about the presidency of barack obama and the next four years joined by doris kearns goodwin, jon meacham, bob woodward, bob caro, and Michael Beschloss. I know its the consensus that were
The right decision in deciding not to run for a higher office. We had some news today that biden is not running. [ cheers ] and i think he did the smart thing because frankly, i dont know that he would have won. He wouldnt have gotten the nomination. I dont think he probably would have and frankly, i really want to run against hillary. Thats the one ive been when youre sort of like if you have a Baseball Team or football team, you get your heart set on something, thats the one we want to go against because you go against that record, you go against that record, youre just going to win. Were going to win. Were going to win big. Reporter now, there is a good reason trump would prefer to run against hillary to joe biden. Thats a much tighter race and biden would have a much easier time beating trump but that matchup will never come to fruition. I understand he went on a long riff or the importance of saying christmas instead of happy holidays, is that correct . Reporter seems completely r
Lead but there is a high expectation he will be the nominee and a belief he has the best shot to win the general election. Well get to that in a moment. First, sara murray is on the campaign trail with trump and joins us now. What has trump been talking about so far . Is it his usual resuscitation of poll numbers and what else is he talking about . Reporter were getting a lot of the usual stuff but the first thing he addressed is joe biden saying the Vice President made the right decision in deciding not to run for a higher office. We had some news today that biden is not running. And i think he did the smart thing because frankly, i dont know that he would have won. He wouldnt have gotten the nomination. I dont think he probably would have and frankly, i really want to run against hillary. Thats the one ive been when youre sort of like if you have a Baseball Team or football team, you get your heart set on something, thats the one we want to go against because you go against that reco