office? i may run again. i ve always said that it s not about the tie goal comments about the work. so it two-time loser, might be a three-time loser should said it, but you know he s going to run. [laughter] he s running out of things to run for. that s the problem. waterworks is the category. sometimes, you need a good cry, i always say. which retired politician let the tears flow this week when talking about nancy pelosi during her portrait unveiling? was it john boehner or barack hussein obama? was she cheating? did you just confessed? john boehner. get her. [laughter] let s see what the answer going on there. i have to say, my girls told me classic john boehner. [laughter] the speaker, how much we admire her [laughter] cannot get the next question,
happened with your dad. and it was wonderful to see paul pelosi back up on his feet with his dapper hat on at the portrait unveiling. that was a really there he is, that was a really tough moment for her. you really saw the emotion when she talked about him, and it was great to see them together. talk about that relationship. well, there aren t many men that would sign up for this kind of a life. he s been mr. pelosi now for 35 years. 35 years ago when she went to congress, i don t think he knew what he was getting himself into, but he s been there. if you see throughout the film, he s always there. this, you know, loyal by her side kind of a man, and in the end, he s the one who paid the ultimate price because he ended up in the icu for all the threats against her. it s really sort of tragic that he s the one who paid the
when they don t get their way, when the voters reject their ideas or their candidates, that exercising violence against their political opponents is the way to do it. i was just at yesterday the official portrait unveiling of the late elijah cummings. it was held in the cannon caucus room where the january 6th committee actually do their hearings. and i think about all the times that elijah would sit there at the oversight committee where i used to work and say things like, we re better than this. he would be heartbroken that january 6th even happened. and even more heartbroken that so many of his former colleagues have tried to dismiss what happened that day, have tried to call it just another tourist day, have tried to exonerate donald trump and keep him from being held accountable. it goes to show the lengths to which these people will go to justify their venom and we have said this so many times on this show. january 6th was just the beginning for these people, and
deeper understanding that if we could make it here, maybe they can, too. reporter: the former first lady also nodding to history. a girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to jacqueline kennedy and dolly madison. sh was never supposed to live in this house. and she definitely wasn t supposed to serve as first lady. reporter: presidents usually host their predecessors for their portrait unveiling. but former president donald trump did not. tonight, michelle obama insisting traditions like this matter. you see the people, they make their voices heard with their vote. we hold an inauguration to ensure a peaceful transition of power. and once our time is up, we move on. and all that remains in this hallowed place are our good efforts and these portraits. reporter: david, as the nation s first and only black president and first lady, the
is. the question is, will we still see that in the future? who better to help answer that and talk about all of this is then presidential historian jon mea meacham, the author of then there was light abraham lincoln and the american struggle. thank you for joining us. good evening to you, sir. this felt like a lot bigger than a portrait unveiling to me and to most americans, michelle obama stressing the peaceful transfer of power. she said once our time is up, we move on. it s hard not to think about that in the context of the former president 45, his attack on our democracy. it s impossible not to think of it. she uses the word tradition to hand on sand one of the strengts of the american public has changed in scope but it has been