And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your

host, David Axelrod.

If you followed the 2016 presidential campaign closely, then you surely know the name Corey

Lewandowski, and probably have a strong opinion of him one way or another.

The tempestuous loyal campaign manager of Donald Trump helped lead him to the Republican

nomination, and then was unceremoniously dumped.

He did a little television commentary and CNN after that, but remained a confidant

of Mr. Trump then and now.

It is a measure of the controversy surrounding this president, people around him, that Corey's

president set the Institute of Politics last week engendered some protests, but also

gave students there an opportunity to hear about his experiences in the Trump campaign

and to question him closely about the new president and his policies.

I had a chance to sit down with him as well, and here's that conversation.

Corey Lewandowski, good to see you again.

Welcome.

We've spent a lot of time across desks together at CNN.

Obviously, there's a lot to talk about going on right now, but before we do, I want to

just get a sense of your own journey.

You were sort of shot through a cannon in the last few years and weren't particularly

well known before that.

Here this all start for you.

You know, a lot of people don't know much about me, and that's okay, and I'm okay with

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