bad? bret: mama bears you have got look out for. judge jeanine: the girl bears are bad. i got it. thanks, bret. bret: they are protective. good evening. i m bret baier. we will take you on board an israeli naval ship behind the scenes look at the hamas war from the water. members of the squad, mean time, are begging for help as their anti-israel views inspire primary challenges in their home districts. and our whatever happened to segment deals with the transportation revolution, stuck in neutral. but, first, with a little less than two months until the iowa caucuses, that state is the center of the presidential campaign universe this weekend. several republican candidates democrats are participating in a forum tonight organized by a christian group. former president donald trump is not taking part but he will be in iowa tomorrow for a rally. correspondent mark meredith starts us off tonight live from des moines with the latest. good evening, mark. bret, good even
here s lester holt. and there s a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. ands there s the white house. in a short time, president-elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u.s. capitol where mr. trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. it will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. i am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of presidents since lyndon johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. tom, let me start with you. we have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. but to see the relationship that we ve seen between president obama and president-elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. he s got very g
tonight s presentation, which is for sale right outside gary outside. first lady florence harding. she serves on the board for american communist history and the advisory committee for the united states department of state. she received her phd from the university of california at santa barbara. the commentary has appeared recently in time, the guardian, usa today, the canadian broadcasting 70 and the new york post. here s something you don t hear about historians every day. in 2011, she got to appear as florence harding in a play which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. we are so enthused by her work that we are gladly welcoming her march as primary organizer for a full-day conference we will be having on southern first 80 s. that is for next year. learn about a northern first lady. please join me in welcoming dr. sibley.. [applause] much,bley: thank you so it is a pleasure to be here. tod evening, i am thrilled see so many of you here to learn about florence hardi
controversy. event. an hour-long allow me to introduce our guest tonight. she teaches women s history, history, andomatic african-american history. she s published six books, editing in 2016 a companion to first ladies, a companion to american history. stolenphs include secrets and the dawn of the cold war, the evolution of soviet american relations, and a book on the subject of tonight s presentation which is for sale right outside. behind the tragedy and controversy. she serves on the board for american communist history and the advisory committee for the united states department of state. she received her phd from the university of california at santa barbara. the commentary has appeared recently in time, the guardian, usa today, the canadian broadcasting 70 and the new york post. here s something you don t hear about historians every day. in 2011, she got to appear as florence harding in a play which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. we are so enthused by her w
the passion of the voters and so forth. when you talk about a symbol of state, how important is that? very important to. having the presidency is all from the kingship and it s a two-pronged thing, symbolic president and manager of the government and it has been from the start and some are good administrators and some are battle better symbols and i think it s the characteristic of the office. they have to be both, really. in your book, the leaders we deserve and if you didn t, you write that if great or near great presidents were shaped by numerous experiences with people from all walks of life the unsuccessful spent most of their adult lives in a single pursue politics. that s correct and if you look at some of my failures, james buchanan probably had more jobs than anyone. he waited all of his life to be president and it was a goal from the time he was in the state legislator. he conspired behind his wife s back to run for president. she did not even know he was o