The president was asked that very question by his former senior adviser, David Axelrod. Late today mr. Trump responded. His tweet in a minute. First, what mr. Obama had to say. The president telling David Axelrod that a majority of Americans Still believe in his vision for the country and would have voted for it for a third time. Im confident that if i if i had run again and articulated it, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the American People to rally behind it. I know that in conversations that ive had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say the vision, the direction, that you point toward is the right one. Again, we will have direct reaction from president elect donald trump shortly. Joining our conversation now, the man who did that interview, David Axelrod. David, really a fascinating, very personal interview. You, of course, had a very personal relationship with the president. But that comment standing out saying that he,
This is a welcome development for miners with black lung disease and their families who rely on the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for a small monthly living stipend and health insurance. On Jan. 1, 2022, the excise tax rate was cut by more than half after Congress failed to pass a four-year extension in the Build Back Better Act, and the trust fund is now losing.
program. it may all be gone. don t matter how many years you got. reporter: three sentences in the affordable care act made it easier for victims of black lung to get monthly federal benefits if they worked 15 years or more in the mines. if they died, the benefits automatically extended to their widows. i will be drawing $643.42. reporter: once a month. once a month. reporter: patty amburgey just got her first payment. her husband, crawford, after 32 years in the mines, died in 2007. to say somebody you live with 45 years, to go from a vibrant man to a child is very hard. reporter: getting the payment can also be difficult. even with the law, it took her three years. now her black lung widow benefit along with social security and a