he was criticized and derided for that. in our interview with president obama we talked about the cold war when president eisenhower was trying to reassure americans the soviet union is scary but we have the advantage here, keep your chin up, and he was derided for a failure in leadership and for being out of touch. so what s happening to the president now has happened to past presidents and it s because it s a very complicated message. he is essentially saying be afraid but don t be too afraid. i like how you frame that historically. very prudent. another issue that does have historical similarity, and that is donald trump s rise and essentially using the fear of a portion of the electorate and the popularity of populism in this day and age. president obama had some very interesting perspectives to give on that. i want to play what he said. particularly blue collar men have had a lot of trouble in
we are watching him process his grief. let s watch this moment from last night. a couple months before he died, i was at his house. he said dad, sit down. i want to talk to you. his wife, an incredible kid. dad, i know how much you love me. you have to promise me something. promise me you will be all right. no matter what happens, i m going to be all right. this is a kid who, i don t know what it was about him, he that has enormous sense of empathy and i m not making this up. i know i sound like a father. anyway, it s real. sounds like you loved him, sir. i m welling up. it s hard. everybody can relate to that moment. that s right. i think it s that matter of suffering profoundly in public and keeping your chin up that is such a, it is a transcend ent
meant the difference for that bullet between life and death. photojournalist adam ward touched so many lives. i was able to speak with one of his closest friends last hour, andy may. adam and i interned together in the sports department. it was just that smile and booming voice. we were both sort of wide-eyed and didn t really know what we were getting ourselves into. we both love sports and we wanted to be part of it and just from meeting him, you could just tell that he loved what he was doing. he loved sports. he loved virginia tech. he just wanted to enjoy his job and be able to do that. what drove him? what did he love most? i would say virginia tech, virginia tech, virginia tech and virginia tech. he was such a big hokie fan. we went to the media day as interns and both of us are just amazed, we re meeting the head coaches and at one point we had to look over and tell adam you might want to pick your chin up off the floor there because he s just staring at all of them just
of him? adam and i interned together in the sports department. it was just that smile and booming voice. we were both sort of wide-eyed and didn t really know what we were getting ourselves into. we both loved sports and wanted to be part of it and just from meeting him, you could just tell that he loved what he was doing. he loved sports. he loved virginia tech. he just wanted to enjoy his job and be able to do that. what drove him? what did he love most? i would say virginia tech, virginia tech, virginia tech and virginia tech. he was such a big hokie fan. we went to the media day as interns and both of us are just amazed, we re meeting the head coaches and at one point we had to look over and tell adam, you might want to pick your chin up off the floor there because he was just staring at all of them just in amazement. you know, when i, there are pictures of him that started coming out obviously on wednesday. in every single one, what struck me so much is this magnetic
elections to be settled. that s what i want. every one of them just bare knuckle wrestling. i don t want anyone to get hurt but i want it to be really really challenging. ironman means xfl meets wnba. all of that stuff. some of these guys would like that. you remember george w. bush when he was returning against al gore they said something and they said oh what about challenging him to i forget what it was. a race or something like that and bush was like, i ll do it. he got serious. he was like, yeah, i ll do it. unfortunately perry misunderstood the phrase chin up butter cup. that works. why does he call them chin ups? i cul them pull ups. a chin up is the forward grip and the pull up is a reverse grip. and i say that as a man who is 93% body fat. take my physical assessment of