amid intense criticism over her medicare for all comments. after months on the sidelines a new report claims former president obama has strong opinions about the 2020 democrats especially his former vp. todd pyro is live in studio with why he fears biden may not be able to win 2020. reporter: the political report cites a close advisor to the former president recounting one of the many meetings obama has been having with democratic nominees. one quote raising eyebrows. during his own 2008 campaign he had an intimate bond with the electorate especially in iowa that he no longer has. then he added you know who really doesn t have it?
referendum on the incumbent and let s have that discussion not some silly woke debate. dana: it s hard to do when you are in a primary with 20 odd candidates they re going to have to go after each other a little bit but your front runners the former vice president joe biden who was on 60 minutes over the weekend talking about obama and his endorsement. some of asked why isn t president obama endorsed you? you guys serve to get afraid years. i want to earn this on my own. did he offer to endorse you? no we didn t get there i asked her not to any set okay. i think he s thinks it s better for me. i have no ide doubt when i m the nominee he will be in the campaign trail for me. and i have my own idea why president obama hasn t made an endorsement is one chance to be a kingmaker and doesn t want to get involved in it. there are people who are skeptical say that president obama wants him or that he can t win what is your thinking on that? president obama to it came through th
governor s mansion over the next few years. that s something he has to decide. if we do start to see resignations and maybe other people in the democratic party, president obama hasn t spoken out yet, his lieutenant-governor so far hasn t called for his resignation, but if we do start to see more democrats call for his resignation, this could become a situation where he has no choice but to resign. for now it seems like he s trying to dig in and zbliet that s interesting to, president obama did do a high profile rally for ralph northam in virginia during the campaign. it will be interesting to see if and when he weighs in. that s a good point. thank you, gentlemen, very much. european leaders uniting to back venezuelan opposition leader as president trump weighs in on whether he would meet with nicolas maduro. the latest on the crisis in venezuela is ahead. you still stressed about buying our first house, sweetie?
39% only support shut be down the government again, fist 7% oppose another shutdown. how did that action of a national emergency that donald trump has telegraphed maybe announcing the state of the union? two-thirds of americans say he should not declare a national emergency, only 31% says he should. here s the trick. this is the box he s in. you saw them oppose another shutdown, but majority of republicans support them. that s the box donald trump s in. and now he s going to be facing a new reality in washington when he takes to the house chamber tomorrow night you ll see nancy pelosi above his shoulder. 51% of americans say that the dem in congress should take the country in the direction, only 40% say that about trump. and here usee speaker pelosi s favor ability rating is on the rise. she was at 34% before the shutdown, she s now at 42% favor ability. she hasn t had a number like that in cnn polling since 2007.
i applaud him saying that. the problem is the policies that his administration put forward didn t fall into line with in this debate over net neutrality is a belief that the government should be involved in traffic copping all of this stuff. mike: move, for the record we are glad to have you. i m glad to be here. mike: president obama has also come out and defended his signature healthcare law. obamacare, let s take a listen to that. when i see people trying to undo that hard fought battle for the 50th or 60th times with bills that raise cost or roll back protections for older americans or people with preexisting conditions it frustrates. and it certainly frustrating to have to mobilize every couple of months to keep our leaders from inflicting real human suffering on our constituents. mike: so, jason, any surprise that the 44th president has been out there? that was not from today, obviously. but defending his signature