during my eight years as my position as chief official white house photographer, during the obama administration, i documented all of the important moments of his presidency. the emotion. the tough decisions. the stressful times. the fun times. but also showing what he was like as a dad. as a husband. just as a human being. to me, that shows how the job of the president should be done. i got high hopes i think it s my right as an american citizen to speak out when i see wrong. i really come at this from a unique perspective. not just as a former photo journalist, but also having worked for both the obama and reagan administrations. and seeing what it s like on the inside of a presidency. whether you agree or disagree with the president s policies, how that president should behave. high hopes i got high hopes i m going to throw some shade tonight, if that s okay. but i want to tell you first how i how i got there. dmi so, if we go back to january
covid-19, it was in place. it was handed to him. three vaccines had been developed by donald trump and his administration, and it had been distributed in record time. now, they were already in use. by the time joe took over, over 1 million shots a day were going into the arms of the most vulnerable american citizens. in fact, biden himself was already vaccinated before he ever entered office. therapeutics like regeneron and ivermectin, as well as other proactive treatments and practices were already helping covid-19 patients all across the country. our southern border was pretty much completely closed, 30-year low in terms of illegal immigration, slowing the spread of covid variance from all around the globe. that lowest rate of illegal immigration in decades, that was president trump, that was the state in mexico policy, that was a huge success. he built a nearly 500 miles of new border wall, that was a success. the insane policy of catch and release, that ended under presid
it was handed to him. three vaccines had been developed by donald trump and his administration, and it had been distributed in record time. now, they were already in use. by the time joe took over, over 1 million shots a day were going into the arms of the most vulnerable american citizens. in fact, biden himself was already vaccinated before he ever entered office. therapeutics like regeneron and ivermectin, as well as other proactive treatments and practices were already helping covid-19 patients all across the country. our southern border was pretty much completely closed, 30-year low in terms of illegal immigration, slowing the spread of covid variants from all around the globe.eg that lowest rate of illegal immigration in decades, that was president trump, that was the state in mexico policy, that was a huge success. he built a nearly 500 miles of new border wall, that was a success. the insane policy of catch and release, that ended under president trump. the message wa
do their part to these people to get them out of afghanistan and get them to safety. we obviously do. it s such an important interview, ali. and it s the kind of commitment that no one would have doubted when america first invaded afghanistan. and to think we could 20 years later be wondering what the obligation is or trying to calculate what the obligation is, it s such a strange situation. yeah. it is a little it does take your breath away a little bit. lawrence, you have a great show my friend. thank you, ali. well, we ll be joined later in the hour by the chair of the new york state democratic party, jay jacobs, who s now saying that the democratic governor of new york should resign. this is an unprecedented political situation in new york. we ll get to that later. we begin tonight with the delta variant of covid-19, which is bad enough. and now there is a new variant called delta plus. and there will be new variants after that until and unless the vaccine gets
them to safety. i think it s what we owe them after the work they have done for us. we do. it s an important interview, ali. it is the kind of commitment that no one would have doubted one america first invaded afghanistan, and to think we could, 20 years later, be wondering what s the obligation is or trying to calculate what the obligation is it such a strange situation. yeah. it is a little weird, it takes your breath away. lawrence, you have a great show tonight. thank you, my friend. thank you, ali. appreciate it. we will be joined later in the hour by the chair of the new york state democratic party, jay jacobs. he is now saying that the democratic governor of new york should resign. this is an unprecedented situation in new york and we will get to it later. we will begin tonight with the delta variant of covid-19 which is bad enough and now there is a new variant called delta plus and there will be new variants after that until, and unless the vaccine gets depend