and their backgrounds. sure i can, and i can tell you it s a real free-for-all now not just with those 21 fliems but probably pressure for other people. you re right, brooke, he in two batches he suggested there were 21 individuals he was looking at e. they were people distinctly from beyond the beltway, for example judge william pryor of alabama, judge thomas lee of utah. people who have respected conservative backgrounds but who are not the sort of leading lights of the conservative movement such as paul clement, the former u.s. solicitor general or brett cavanaugh, george w. bush bush appointee on the d.c. circuit court of appeals and i think for sure there s going to be a lot of individual pressure related to certain ones of those nominees but also to go beyond the list because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. we don t know how many appointments he ll get.
whatever people thought of president obama back then, a majority of americans think highly of him now. his job approval rating is one measure, another reaction he s been getting on the campaign trail, which may be key to shoring up what appears to be lagging early turnout by african-americans. our gary tuchman is traveling with the president. reporter: the lines are long for this hillary clinton rally, except clinton isn t actually here. instead, it s her surrogate in chief, the nation s first african-american president. are you here more to see barack obama or more to show your support for hillary clinton? which one? more for barack obama. reporter: it s not a big surprise many people say that. are you here more to see barack obama or support hillary clinton? to see barack obama. reporter: seeing a president in person is often a once in a lifetime opportunity. but with early voting polling numbers showing african-american votes down in several swing states compared to four y
our gary tuchman is traveling with the president. reporter: the lines are long for this hillary clinton rally, except clinton isn t actually here. instead, it s her surrogate in chief, the nation s first african-american president. are you here more to see barack obama or more to show your support for hillary clinton? which one? more for barack obama. reporter: it s not a big surprise many people say that. are you here more to see barack obama or support hillary clinton? to see barack obama. reporter: seeing a president in person is often a once in a lifetime opportunity. but with early voting polling numbers showing african-american votes down in several swing states compared to four years ago, the clinton team is battling an enthusiasm gap within the african-american community. are you as enthusiastic for hillary clinton as you were for barack obama? when you ran? honestly, i would no, i m going to be honest. reporter: avery miller voted for barack obama twice. are
surrogate-in-chief, nation s first african-american president. are you here more to see barack obama or more to show your support for hillary clinton, which one? more for barack obama. reporter: it s not a big sur price many people say that. are you here more to see barack obama or to support hillary clinton? i say barack obama. reporter: seeing a president in person is often a once in a lifetime opportunity. but with early voting polling numbers showing african-american votes down in several swing states compared to four years ago, the clinton team is battling an enthusiasm gap within the african-american community. are you as enthusiastic for hillary clinton as you were for barack obama, when he ran? honestly, i would no, i m going to be honest. reporter: avery miller voted for barack obama twice. are you voting for her? sglum i m undecided at this point. reporter: whom might you vote for? i really don t know. reporter: donald trump? definitely not. but i just
titanium rod. your colleague, of course, didn t make it he died. that s correct. you know, you were both barracks. if you are not safe at a police barracks, i don t know where you are safe. that s a good question. boy. anyway, tonight though going to the state of the union. excited a little bit? yes, i am. this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. so i m definitely looking forward to it. what do you want to hear the president say? and do you expect him to say anything about law enforcement? i hope that he brings up some issues with the community and different law enforcement agencies such as local state and federal agencies coming together as a community. and using different resources to promote that mutual agreement between law enforcement agencies and the community. it seems to me and i have done a lot of police shooting cases regrettably