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
enough tonight either. arriving tonight for friday s g7 summit, he is seeking to repair relationships that were strained by his predecessor, not to mention recommitting to nato and coordinating trans-atlantic policy on fighting covid, facing down china, cooling the planet. oh, and don t forget, confronting vladimir putin, whom he ll meet next week and who is at the center of some ominous moves tonight involving dissident alexei navalny. if that sounds like a lot to you, there is also the small matter, as the president sees it, of saving democracy. i believe we re in an inflexion point in world history. the moment, where it falls to us, to prove that democracies will not just endure, but they will excel. as we rise to seize the enormous opportunities in the new age. we have to discredit those, who believe that the age of democracy is over, as some of our fellow nations believe. so, there s that. and there s everything back home. stalled legislation on infrastructure, pol
next week at the center of news with alexi navalny and the political movement. if that sounds like a lot, there is the small matter as the presidencys it of saving democracy. i believe we re at an inflection point in world history. the moment where it falls to us to prove that democracies will not just endure but they will excel as we rise to seize the enormous opportunities in the new age. we have to discredit those who believe that the age of democracy is over as some of our fellow nations believe. so there is that. and there is everything back home stalled legislation on infrastructure, police reform, voting rights and investigating the insurrection that s let s not forget was barely five months ago. as he s prepping for the g 7 and nato summit, russia summit and the rest, he s left the chief of staff behind in washington to deal with congress and said to be working the phones himself. so plenty to get to tonight on both sides of the atlantic. let s start off with cnn