Ep. 293 — Rahm Emanuel (TV)

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2018

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, joins David for a televised edition of the Axe Files to discuss how Democrats should take on the Trump administration, the biggest challenges of leading the Windy City, the Emanuel family dynamics that impelled him to the highest levels of U.S. government, and more. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:14.5	I've known Rahm Emanuel for more than 35 years.
0:18.6	I met him when he was a young operative for the Illinois Public Action Council involved
0:24.0	in campaigns in the early 80s when I was a reporter at the Chicago Tribune.
0:28.2	I worked with him on many campaigns after, and I worked for him in the Obama White House
0:33.9	when he was the president's chief of staff.
0:36.6	For the past eight years, he's been mayor of the city of Chicago a job that he'll leave
0:40.8	in April.
0:41.8	A larger than life figure, he has many fans and some detractors.
0:46.0	But whether you love him or hate him, he's hard to ignore.
0:50.6	Mayor Rahm Emanuel, my old friend, good to be with you here in the world's greatest city.
0:57.3	You've led for the last eight years.
0:59.5	We're a lot to talk about there, but first I got to ask you to put on your other hats as
1:06.2	the guy, first of all, who was...
1:08.2	Devin Yamakas for the original.
1:10.0	Exactly, nice.
1:11.0	Happy Hanukkah.
1:13.0	The midterm elections.
1:14.8	You were the last guy who was an architect of a Democratic takeover in 2006.
1:21.6	U-130 seats.
1:23.9	Democrats won 40 seats this year with a very difficult map and a good economy.
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