Didnt find his way until his late teens. He writes about that as well as how he balanced governing with being a husband and a dad in his recently published book a Promised Land. We dropped in on the former president in chicago, in a High School where he was visiting with a group of young men who have been part of my Brothers Keeper to talk about their lives and the challenges they face. Are you going back to Community Organizing . Well, you know, probably im a little too grayhaired and old to be going door to door like i used to be, and plus Secret Service still follows me around so im pretty disruptive. But i am going back to what inspired me to get into public life. One of the things that inspires former President Barack Obama these days are meetings like this one. Hey, people hey, hey. Its called a b. A. M. Circle. B. A. M. Stands for becoming a man. Its a program that started in chicago in 2001 to Mentor And Support boys and young men. Hows everybody doing . The idea is to create a
A little too grayhaired and old to be going door to door like i used to be, and plus Secret Service still follows me around so im pretty disruptive. But i am going back to what inspired me to get into public life. One of the things that inspires former President Barack Obama these days are meetings like this one. Hey, people hey, hey. Its called a b. A. M. Circle. B. A. M. Stands for becoming a man. Its a program that started in chicago in 2001 to Mentor And Support boys and young men. Hows everybody doing . The idea is to create a place for them to safely and honestly share their struggles and successes. Issues at home, in school or on The Streets. President obama first joined a b. A. M. Circle back in 2013. Thats when he met High School students james adams, lazarus daniels, and christian champagne. Today in the same classroom they sat in eight years ago at the Hyde Park Academy High School on the South Side of chicago, mr. Obama is catching up with them again. James and lazarus are
Senator Joe Manchin, the Intelligence Unit was aware of the potential for violence but did not share critical information with officers. The report did not use the word insurrection. Crimes surging all across america, amid calling Police Reform and defunding police departments. I am going to talk to commissioner bill bradon. And former republican congressman, good evening, i appreciate you joining. Jim, President Biden talks on infrastructure just collapsed and the White House pinning its hopes on a different bipartisan group. Schumer indicating hes prepared to go alone. Whats the Reality Check here . Well, the Reality Check is theyre going to have to move forward and get a nonpartisan bill, bill of just democrats moving and continue to negotiate with republicans. I went through this in 2009 when i was white House Department Chief of staff trying to negotiate obamacare. In the end, you can only negotiate so long. You can spend months after m months with these talks and you do exactly w
Its no secret that going along with a process because you think the process is right is the clinical definition of insanity. I think theres probably a good Faith Element to bidens concerns and his beliefs about the senate, but a mans got to meet the moment. Where you are right now. They just proved to you again today they will not do a deal with you because they win if you do nothing. Right. And there is no upside to them to having more people vote in this country. And thats what it is. Yeah. How do you convince him . What i dont like is that the democrats only talk about Joe Manchin and that, like, you know, its him. If he doesnt want to do it, i guess well have to go find 60 votes. I think they need to have more desperation, i think they need to have more tools in the box and i know there are all of these talks going behind the scenes. But he met with the naacp today. I dont know what can be going on behind the scenes that can make him change, unless you convince him, you dont have t
Thank you for the opportunity, it is now time for the big show, don Lemon Tonight, with its star, d. Lemon. You got that right, sir. How are you . Im doing well. And you . Im doing very well. What do you think of this whole bipartisanship . I heard a goofy man once say that bipartisanship for the sake of itself is meaningless. Bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship is empty is what the goofy man said, which is me. I know youre talking about me. No, i wasnt. Continue. Do you think i was right . First of all, its like if you said Two Plus two equals four, do i think youre right . Yes, i think youre right. Its no secret that going along with a process because you think the process is right no matter what it yields is almost the clinical definition of insanity. I think theres probably a good Faith Element to bidens concerns and his beliefs about the senate, but a mans got to meet the moment. Where you are right now. They just proved to you again today they will not do a deal with yo