Rahm Emanuel’s Plan to Save America (No Pressure)
Next Question with Katie Couric
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4.4 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Rahm Emanuel has never been short on opinions—or jobs. He’s been a senior advisor to President Clinton, Chief of Staff to President Obama, a three-term Congressman, and Mayor of Chicago. Most recently, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Now, he’s back stateside and full of ideas. From how to get the Democratic party back on track to protecting American democracy, Rahm joins Katie for a candid conversation—and may be the very first politician ever to honestly answer the question: are you running for president?
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| 1:04.1 | We not only talk, but we communicate in a way that says more about how we feel about ourselves |
| 1:08.7 | and trying to persuade somebody. |
| 1:10.7 | And the first thing you should do is talk and communicate a set of ideas and values of where |
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| 1:28.6 | I've known Rahm Emanuel for a very long time. He worked for Bill Clinton. He worked for Barack Obama, obviously. And in fact, I did a profile of him back in the day when I was on 60 Minutes. I got to know him so well, or at least research him so well, |
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