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"As tragic as these past few weeks have been, as difficult, scary and uncertain as they've been, they have also been an incredible opportunity for people to be awakened," the former president said.
Every former living president has now issued a statement on the death of George Floyd. New charges against the officers involved in the incident which led to his death were also filed Wednesday. CBS News' Natalie Brand, CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett and Washington Post political reporter Eugene Scott join CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss.
Former President Barack Obama spoke in a virtual town hall Wednesday about the recent protests over the police killing of George Floyd. He says young people have the power and talent to make change. Watch his remarks here.
The former president said the nation needs "a government as good as its people."
The former president wrote that the protests "represent a genuine and legitimate frustration," and hailed those who are marching peacefully.
Former President Barack Obama broke his silence on Monday, calling for change following a week of mass protests over the death of George Floyd and other African Americans at the hands of police officers. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Yahoo national politics reporter Brittany Shepherd join "Red and Blue"'s Elaine Quijano with more.
Protests have erupted in Minneapolis after the death of an unarmed black man in police custody.
Obama has said he'll go all in for Biden.
The Justice Department filed its motion to dismiss the case against Flynn on May 7, but the federal judge presiding over the case has not yet acted on the request.
Canadians will head to the polls Monday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeks a second term in office. However, he faces stiff competition from Andrew Scheer and Jagmeet Singh. Global News chief political correspondent David Akin joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" from Toronto for a closer look.
Former President Obama praised longtime Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings as an honorable man, as he spoke at his funeral Friday. Watch Mr. Obama's full eulogy.
A who's-who of Washington leaders turned out to pay their respects at the funeral of longtime Congressman Elijah Cummings in Baltimore. Speakers included former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. CBSN has some highlights.
Former President Barack Obama spoke about political division at the annual summit for the Obama Foundation, the couple's nonprofit organization. He said supporters of "woke" culture need to understand, "The world is messy. There are ambiguities."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the Trump administration is reversing the Obama administration's approach toward Israeli settlements. "The establishment of Israeli civilian settlement in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law," said Pompeo. He added that the "ultimate status" of the West Bank is a "complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians."
A new poll from the Boston Globe and Suffolk University shows the top four Democratic candidates in a close race in New Hampshire. James Pindell, a political reporter for the Boston Globe, joins CBSN with more on the early contest state.
Michael Bloomberg filed for the Democratic primary in Arizona today. Ken Thomas, a reporter covering the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign for the Wall Street Journal, joins CBSN with the latest on the 2020 race.
Attorney General William Barr said Monday an ongoing internal Justice Department review into the origins of the FBI's probe into President Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign is not expected to lead to a criminal investigation into former President Barack Obama or Vice President Joe Biden. "This cannot be and it will not be a tit-for-tat exercise. We are not going to lower the standards just to achieve a result," Barr said Monday. Watch his remarks.
It started out as a normal "Mondays with Michelle" episode – then the former president popped in.
President Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine and zinc as preventative measures against COVID-19, even though the FDA has warned against it. He also criticized a government whistleblower and defended the firing of the State Department inspector general. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe, and CBS News political director Caitlin Conant join CBSN with the latest.
President Trump and his allies have accused former President Obama and other administration officials of committing crimes in a scandal he has dubbed "Obamagate."
President Trump is firing back at former President Barack Obama after Mr. Obama criticized the response to the coronavirus over the weekend. In a pair of virtual graduation speeches, Mr. Obama said the pandemic has exposed a lack of leadership in the U.S. Ed O'Keefe reports.
A war of words between President Trump and former President Barack Obama is escalating over how U.S. leadership has prepared for and responded to the COVID-19 outbreak. Nikole Killion has the latest.
Former President Barack Obama delivered a virtual message congratulating the 2020 graduates of historically black colleges and universities. Mr. Obama also appeared to have some veiled criticism for the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
"More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," he said during a HBCU commencement speech earlier Saturday.
Representative Matt Gaetz, a vocal supporter of President Trump, aggressively questioned three of the witnesses in the House Judiciary Committee's Wednesday impeachment hearing over their previous campaign donations and writings. Constitutional law scholar Michael Gerhardt confirmed that his family donated to President Obama, while Pamela Karlan said she contributed to Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Gaetz, a Florida Republican, also presented writings from Feldman in which he questioned impeaching Mr. Trump, to which Feldman replied the July 25 call changed his perspective "for good reason."
