there is this artificial number that gets thrown out. what is the context? the context is it s 100 days. you have four years in your first term and eight years for two terms. you think about what he started, he ll move forward on tax return, healthcare, immigration and trade, it s been a hugely successful first 100 days. with me, mark mckinnon, co-creator of showtime and chief media advisor to bush 43 and martha from bloomberg news and author of two books about president obama including the center holds. president obama has been quite quiet in spite of the things that have been said about him by the current president, including in march, president trump tweeted how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election
strong, bold and pointed economic message that appealed to these people. and a message that talked about how rigged the system was in washington. a new article in the new york times suggests president obama may stay in the political arena after leaving office and not withdraw as he had planned. let s talk about this. joining me now, former new york congresswoman nan hayworth and jonathan altar, author of the center holds . i want to quote from this article, where it says that in his remarks to activists, mr. obama urged them to stop moping and to ratchet up their opposition to mr. trump by thanksgiving. there is a deadline there. he promised to join their cause soon after telling them, quote, you re going to see me early next year and we re going to be in a position where we can start cook up all kinds of great stuff to do. are you surprised, jonathan, by this 180 we re seeing from the current president? well, you know, it is a 180
alter. jonathan s also the author of the center holds: obama and his enemies. welcome. glad to have you here. glad to be here, alex. i want to get your reaction to what the mayor just said and to what we ve seen taking place in murrieta. well, i was struck by the compassionate notes that the mayor sounded there. i think he understandably doesn t want his town to be seen as an unwelcome, unfriendly, in that sense un-american kind of place. you know, we are a compassionate people. and even if this, you know, refugee crisis, if you will, is something that we need to get our hands around and as secretary jeh johnson said this morning on meet the press we need to indicate to the rest of the world that our borders are not open. notwithstanding all that, when you do have individuals who are undocumented who come into a town, especially when many of
you asked taxpayers to hang on to seven years of their personal tax information in case they re ever audit and you can t keep six months worth of employee e-mails? i m sorry you know what, congress who is investigating will you let him answer the question? i didn t answer a question. yes, you do. gentleman the gentleman time i control the time the gentleman some heated moments involving congressman ryan during a house hearing on the irs. questioning about how e-mails belonging to former irs official lois learner were lost. joining me now, msnbc political analyst jonathan alter, also author of the center holds. with a good day to you. lots of people. lots of critic of the gop saying how is this possible? the conspiracy theorys are running amok. is it plausible? let s keep in mind, as was
adherents but the sunni who s live in that country say i ll join up with this nihilist terrorist group. david, as we part ways on this, how do you think the president sells this to the public, given that the actors he s deal with there are so imperfect in the ways you describe? it s got to be about counterterrorism. it s got to be about beating an islamic state. the american people know he does not want to get back into iraq but he s going to face, obviously, a bumpy ride just in washington. but that s still all about what are you doing to get the terrorists? nbc s david gregory and chuck todd. thanks to both of you so much. let s take a look at the wider implications any of intervention in the iraq crisis. how do you sell going back in? joining me to discuss, zach, a combat decorated marine infantry officer who served in iraq and jonathan alter, an msnbc political analyst. also author of the center holds.