she was michelle obama. >> in 2007, michelle obama didn't mince words on the trail, saying this about her husband. >> he still has trouble putting the bread up and puttingis socks actuly in the dirty clothes, and he still don't do a better job than our 5-year-old daughter sasha at making his bed. so you have to forgive me if i'm a little stunned by this whole barack obama thing. >> thank you, i love you. >> when people are acting like her husband is some political messiah, she knew that wasn't true. >> by and large, women totally loved it. because we all talk like that. we all make jokes about our husbands, and it is so familiar and comfortable that she could warm up a crowd easily, by making those kinds of jokes. >> that same year, mrs. obama told "glamour" magazine that their daughters don't want to climb into their parents' bed because their dad is quote, too snory and too stinky. >> i loved hearing her sass and hearing her say in the mornings he wasn't at his very best. it was humanizing. >> still, michelle obama was lampooned and accused of being an angry black woman. she was tar

she was michelle obama. >> in 2007, michelle obama didn't mince words on the trail, saying this about her husband. >> he still has trouble putting the bread up and putting his socks actually in the dirty clothes, and he still doesn't do a better job than our 5-year-old daughter sasha at making his bed. so you have to forgive me if i'm a little stunned by this whole barack obama thing. >> thank you, i love you. >> when people are acting like her husband is some political messiah, she knew that wasn't true. >> by and large, women totally loved it. because we all talk like that. we all make jokes about our husbands, and it is so familiar and comfortable that she could warm up a crowd easily, by making those kinds of jokes. >> that same year, mrs. obama told glamour magazine that the daughters don't want to climb into their parents' bed because their dad is quote, too snory and too stinky. >> i loved hearing her sass and hearing her say in the mornings he wasn't at his very best. it was humanizing. >> still, michelle obama was lampooned and accused of being an angry black woman. she was t

obama got bangs, it blew up. >> first of all, i love michelle obama. and to address the most significant event of this weekend, i love her bangs. she looks good. she always looks good. >> the amount of attention the bangs received, the president even joked that the bangs were the news story. >> her fashion sense emphasized her focus on health and fitness. this time, her. >> see see these big long brown elegant arms that look like they can hold two girls. they can hold this white house. they can hold this man. you can't deny it. seeing her arms was the ability to see that she can be both strong and graceful. michelle's commitment to fitness was pretty powerful. she showed her body. >> how many push ups can you do? i like to do a push up. >> i don't know. i can do some. can you? >> i can do some. i wondered if you could do more than i could do. >> by the time she turned 50 in the white house, she cemented her role as an ultra fit fashion icon, inspiration to women everywhere. >> all of american women were like okay, let me step my game up. this is what i

michelle obama, the michelle obama who lived back in chicago , the sort of pre2008 michelle in was a really -- public, was a really original distinctive figure in a way that i think did not come through 100% during most of her time as first lady. this is what i mean. mrs. obama is a harvard-trained lawyer. she is a social critic. she has a lot of original observations about life. she is warm but she is also really blunt. and when i was doing my kind of early years of obama biography, so is 2007, 2008, i was struck by her quotes because she was so not playing the role of the kind of demure, traditional first lady role. she really came across as -- a lot of people who met michelle obama during those years thought that maybe she would be the run to president, not barack obama who seemed more like a sort of academic type. so what happened in 2008 is that mrs. obama had to edit hergs. she was attacked during the campaign. she misspoke slight sli and those words were further taken out of context to paint her in a really stereo typed way. it was a personal crisis. she felt she had been the

we're so honored to hair lady michelle obama with us tonight. and now because these are her final days in the white house, we wanted to do something special for her. we wanted to show her how much we appreciate all she's done for the country. so we decided to ask a bunch of regular americans to come to our studio and give their thanks to the first lady on camera. now they thought that they were just recording a video for the first lady. what they didn't realize is that the real first lady was standing behind a curtain right in front of them. [ audience aws ] the reactions are pretty great. take a look at this. [ applause ] >> and here's the mark right here. and if you want to just turn and face this camera. >> right here? >> and i'm gonna ask -- so what is your name? >> alicia. >> alicia, okay. whenever you're ready, go ahead, turn around, and tell the first lady what she means to you. >> okay. good evening, first lady. because of you, i know that my race does not define who i am or what i can accomplish. for years you have shown our nation coun

improving the lives of families all over t country. >> michelle obama! >> reporter: a signature cause, fighting childhood obesity with her "let's move" campaign. spurring the country to get up and dance. pushing healthy eating on young audiences. on shows like "sesame street." >> i better get some breakfast right away. that's some healthy breakfast right there. >> that's my breakfast, wait, grover -- >> reporter: a champion for higher education, pushing the disadvantaged to dream big and working globally to give more kids to access quality education. her passion rooted in her own uniquely american story, growing up on the south side of chicago. >> her father's family from georgetown, south carolina, not far removed from slavery. making the migration to chicago as so many african-americans did. understanding that the way for his children to have a better life was a good education. and for her to be able to embody that was very, very important. >> reporter: a world apart from her initiation into american royalty. ♪ >> reporter: but as the very first afri

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michelle obama. [applause] first lady michelle obama: thank you all so much. rest yourselves. we are almost at the end. hello everyone. may i say for the last time officially, to the white house. [applause] michelle obama: we are beyond hereled to have you all celebrating the national school counselor of the year as well as all of our state counselors of the year. these are the fine women and a few good men. [applause] who are on the stage and rep. dent: schools from across the country. i would to start by thanking terry for that wonderful -- introduction. and her right on the spot remarks. i will say a lot more about terry in a few minutes. how into a nose a few people who are here. first, our outstanding secretary -- john king. [applause] as well as our former education secretary arne duncan. [applause] i will to take this time to thank you both publicly for your dedication and leadership and friendship. we could do this without the support of the department of education under both of your leadership. i'm grateful to both of you personally and proud of all you have done for

and for the first lady michelle obama, there's been a lot of changes since obama moved in. >> michelle obama's first steps on to that enormous, exhilarating, terrifying national political stage were reluctant, cautious. >> barack is home at least once a week and we're really doing family stuff. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, young malia and sasha talk about the weirdness of seeing their warns in magazines. >> it's pretty good, because people like angelina jolie. >> really important people. >> mommy is important. >> reporter: and the beginning is not so important, moving into the white house, where the bullet prove windows can't be opened, but secret service was always there. she recently described that first day. >> i will never forget that winter morning as i watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old pile into those black suvs with all those big men with guns and i saw their little faces pressed up against the window and the only thing i could think is what have we done? >> reporter: and she did face criticism even before the election. >> for the first time in my adult lifetime,

michelle obama can be bothered with you. both the president and the first lady are still present said jason ran. so generous. for the ground breaking of the african and american museum i played a song, then after we went to the white house. the obama's came out to meet people and it was a big crap. someone from the staff took me by the arm and said, you need to go to the front. michelle said, elizabeth alexander just told us about you and we really love you. then brock comes right behind her and he said, yes, i really like that song. he said michelle really does the listening to music so i'm going to find that song. and i'm thinking, he's bs about that song. brock said, you think online. i'm not lying to you. he reached into his pocket and took out a little piece of paper. it was just a little white car and written on a per smallest, jason moran, i like the sunrise. he showed it to me and he said, i'm looking for that song. it's very hard to be genuine all of the time, but somehow they shine in the personal interactions. whi

and michelle obama and the legacy. i'm very thankful that this happened when it did. >> so, thank you. i totally agree. i'm glad we didn't have a tippinged moment. today is actually her birthday, m-obama's birthday. we're going to take questions from the audience but i want to ask each of you if you had to define or put in one word or two or three words what you feel that you got from her being in the white house, what would it be? i know you talked about the -- holly hunter moment. >> yeah. the holly hunter moment is -- remember that movie brought news where she used to cry all the time. that would be me. but when i saw her for the first time on the national stage in "the new york times" and it was clear that she was going to become the first lady, i literallyburt out in tears from my gut and it was the fir time i had ever seen someone on a national stage who was like me. really like me. foibled and all, like me. and i think in reverence to your question, taking away -- it's an affirmation, simple. it's the mirror. it

the first lady, michelle obama, gave her final speech today. tell us about. >> another reason so many people were watching this is, you know, how do you even say good-bye as first ra first lady? what do you put into this kind of address? it wasn't just a farewell speech, this was an event for school counselors. and it's almost easier for a president to do this than a first lady who doesn't speak publicly, in such a way, all the time. but as soon as she started to broach the subject, you could hear that emotion in her voice. it seemed like it was really hard to contain. and she wasn't smiling much throughout, her face was very serious. and she included several pointed references to the rhetoric we heard during the campaign. >> as i end my time in the white house, i can think of no better message to send to our young people. something that has carried us through every moment in this white house and every moment in our lives, and that is the power of hope. the belief that something better is always possible if you're willing to work for it and wil

michelle obama. michelle obama. michelle obama. >> reporter: her days of dancing across our screens are numbered. >> how cool is the first lady? >> reporter: cool enough to run a potato sack race in the white house with jimmy fallon. and now she's reached the finish line, it's the first lady of late night. >> it is nuts, i feel like crying right now and i didn't think that. >> reporter: her last talk show appearance featured her surprising people as they delivered farewell messages. >> so continue to go high, even when the challenges of life make us feel low, thank you so much. >> reporter: she was even sna sarenaded by stevie wonder who changed the words. without further adieu, we present the greatest hits of the comedy stylings of michelle obama. of course there was the evolution of mom dancing alongside jimmy fallon in drag. followed by the evolution of mom dancing two with classics like getting a bag from your collection of plastic bags under the sink. she did car pool karaoke. went shopping at c

obama did i see that asa that michelle obama did i see that as a good sign. what i will say is that michelle obama is 1—of—a—kind and a class act and she will be hard to follow. thank you very much for your time. an orca that killed a trainer at seaworld orlando in 2010 and helped sway public option against keeping killer whales in captivity has died. tilikum was profiled in a documentary called blackfish, which argued that killer whales, when in captivity, become more aggressive toward humans and each other. it was made after seaworld trainer dawn brancheau was killed by tilikum during a show in 2010. last year seaworld announced it would end its orca breeding programme and theatrical shows involving the whales. plenty more of course on our website. hello there. compared with some other parts of europe our part is very quiet indeed. we had some rain and drizzle pushing southwards during the day yesterday. some breaks in the cloud later, perhaps in scotland, so here it could be a little bit chilly to start the weekend but on the whole, it will be milder

>> i think you can't extract how michelle obama looks from where she was perceived. she's statuesque. she's deep, gorgeous chocolate brown. she isn't a size 2. there are many things that kept her outside the lens of appearing as a docile and kept woman. she looked like hard-working, sophisticated, clear-minded plaq black women that you see on the bus, let alone anywhere. >> and she was the professional in the family and the bread winner and i hate to say that, really smart. two ivy league degrees. so kate, michelle obama's going to leave the white house with incredibly high approval ratings, even higher than her husband's, so what do we know about what she's going to be doing going forward? >> i think she's relieved partially to have a bit of freedom. but still shocked over the election results and what's going to happen over the next few years. i think we're going to see her continuing some of the "let's move" campaign, looking at food deserts. i'm sure we'll see her write a book that will be probably more successful than the president's book, because she might be s

. ♪ >>> michelle obama ends her eight year tenure as nation's first lady when president obama leaves office next week. senior vice president of content and brands at interactive one and author of "first women." watching all the farewells including on cnn, "the legacy of michelle obama" was controversial in the beginning, hard to remember that. >> it is. >> why was that? >> i think very real. interesting the way that black audiences received michelle obama from day one, this person the most familiar person i've seen on the political landscape maybe ever. every auntie, every kind of sophisticated mom but who keep it's funky when it needs to be kept real. michelle was grounded in a way we had not seen on political landscape and we loved it. took the rest of the nation a bit longer to get comfortable with the fact that michelle was so self-possessed. >> didn't the campaign have to rejigger, say maybe you shouldn't be so real, kate i heard you reacting when saying different audiences perceive michelle obama differently. >> i think every first lady comes under a lot of scrutiny but especia

and michelle obama on the steps of the white house, and melania trump offering michelle obama a nicely wrapped gift, it looked suspiciously like tiffany box to me! a nice gesture, the crowds are gathering and there were tears of invitation to inauguration cheap seats and the less cheap seats! these are people who have come from all over the country, who have long been supporters of donald trump, handing him victory and who believed in him early on. they are here in washington, dc, and are here ready for the inauguration services. i am joined here up on the podium on our perch over capitol hill... carlos watson is founder of ozy media. anneke green, former speech writer for president george w bush. carlos cuellar you predicted that donald trump would become the president of the united states. you can see him now on inauguration day, is he now president trump? we have been surprised by president—elect trump and president trump regularly but in the transition of the last 60 days, the transition of the last 60 days, the candidate you saw for the last 15 months is likely to be the preside

obama has meant to us. >> you had 16 writers weigh in on what michelle obama meant to them, including one portion from alicia hall more ran, an opera singer. she makes sure that while the world is looking at her, that she extends her gaze to the children and to the elders, to the craftsmen and artists, to a whole range of people who had never been seen in that way before. she reversed the gaze. what do you think she meant for this country? >> i think that one of of the things that she does is that she's such a powerful bridge between our past and our future. here's this daughter of the civil rights movement who becomes the first iconic first lady of the 21st century. in that way, she's really brought forward the promise, the hope, the dream of not only black people but of women and of americans. so i think is there two words i would use, it would be possibility and authenticity. and it's such a gift. >> that piece, that moment that randi kaye began her piece with, that was the moment that michelle obama appeared on stage during hillary clinton's campaign in the waning days and spoke o

many are hoping it's just an her final appearance as a guest. >> michelle obama. >> michelle obama. >> michelle obama. >> reporter: her days of dancing across our screens are numbered. >> how cool is the first lady? >> reporter: cool enough to run a potato sack race in the white house with jimmy fallon. and now she's reached the finish line as the first lady of late night. >> it is nuts. i feel like crying right now and i didn't think that -- >> reporter: her last talk show appearance featured her surprising people. as they delivered farewell messages. >> continue to go high even when the challenges of life make us feel low. thank you so much. oh! >>. >> reporter: she was serenaded by stevie wonder who adjusted his lyrics -- ♪ my michelle amour it won't be easy to follow in her dance steps. without further ado, we present the greatest hits of the comedy stylings of michelle obama. of course there was the evolution of mom dancing alongside jimmy fallon in drag. followed by the evolution of mom dancing two with classics like getting a bag from your collection of plastic bags under the

go like a pro. >>> one week br the obamas move out of the white house and for michelle obama there have been so many changes since she moved in. michelle kosinski is out front. >> reporter: michelle obama's first steps onto that enormous, exhilarating, terrifying national political stage were reluctant, cautious. remember the family back then? >> barack is home at least once a week and we're really doing family stuff. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, young malia and sasha talk about the weirdness of seeing their people in magazines. >> pretty cool because you see people like angelina jolie. >> real important people. >> real important. no offense. >> mommy is important. >> and the beginning was not so easy, moving into the white house where the bulletproof windows can't be opened, the secret service always there. she recently described that fist day. >> i will never forget that winter morning watching our girls, 7 and 10, pile too into those black suvs with all those big men with guns. and i saw their little faces pressed up against the window. and the only thing i could think was, wh

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[applause] speak live to the east room of the white house where michelle obama as a final speech as first lady. she speaking at this years school counselor of the year award ceremony, a white house tradition started by mrs. obama two years ago. school counselors from across the country will be attending. this years winner of the lord is terri tchorzynski from a technical school in battle creek, michigan. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> sound check for council of the year events. 123, 123. are you guys okay? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible convers

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and — tears and cheers as michelle obama gives her final speech as first lady. being your first lady has been the greatest honour of my life and i hope i've made you proud. hello. police in the us state of florida are holding a suspected gunman in custody after five people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at fort lauderdale airport. the attack happened in a baggage claim area. the motive isn't yet known. the suspect has been named as esta ban santiago. he's said to have taken a gun out of a bag in the baggage area, after flying in from alaska. gary o'donoghue reports from fort lauderdale airport. it's a familiar scene at airports the world over but the baggage claim hall at the fort lauderdale airport turned into a place of death and mayhem as our lone turned into a place of death and mayhem as oui’ lone gunmen turned into a place of death and mayhem as our lone gunmen opened fire on those waiting to collect their luggage. —— gunman. passengers ducked for cover, hitting the ground and reports say the assailant had time to reload before opening f

obama and barack obama. have coffee with michelle obama and ba rack obama. they have coffee with michelle obama and barack obama. they will accompany them to capitol hill for the inauguration services. mr trump, who has already put out his slogan for his re—election campaign. he has not yet been inaugurated, but the slogan for his 2020 campaign will be "keep america great again". his family has been inside the church. ivanka trump will no longer be part of the family business, but will support her father. and her husband, jared kushner, is also there with the president today. they are jewish. ivanka trump converted tojudaism when marrying jared kushner, who is an orthodox jewish person. when marrying jared kushner, who is an orthodoxjewish person. his sons, eric and don, are with him as well. lani for the president's speech, we understand donald trump wrote several drafts himself. he sent out a photograph of himself sitting at a desk of what he called the winter white house. it is his hotel complex and resort in palm beach, florida. that speech, we will li

this is also a big moment for michelle obama. what do we expect to hear from her? >> expect passion. we saw it on the speeches she did on behalf of hillary clinton, particularly one where she answered some of the things that had been said by president-elect donald trump. she minced no words. remember, politics is not her first love, far from it. she is somebody who in fact has always loved working in a different kind of process, in community leadership and education is a big deal for her. so we shouldn't be surprised that the last event that she does in a public forum le this is honoring school counselors, is going to honor the counselor of the year. and we're also listening very closely for some clues about her post-white house plans. she's talked very little about them, but i do know from talking to people close to her, she will focus heavily on women and girls. it's been a passion for her, even from the time that she was very young, and for her it's very personal as someone who grew up on the south side of chicago in a one-bedroom house, within a stone's throw o

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yesterday particularly from michelle obama. i want to bring in april ryan. she is the white house correspondent for the american urban radio network and author of these two books right here. "a mama's knee" and "presidency in black and white." good to see you, april. >> good to see you, fredrica. >> to see her so emotional and people around her emotional, you saw a lot of people wiping tears behind her and then she would say, i hope i've made you proud. how did this role of first lady reshape michelle obama or perhaps is it the other way around? >> i think michelle obama reshaped the role. i think you're right. it's a double-sided variable. mrs. obama shaped the role. she came in as a real woman who helped with real issues and issues really that people and then looking at our children and in that white house, she understood what it meant to be the wife of the president of the united states and her unique role as the first african-american first lady. and then the role actually shaped her as well. she came into this as a stellar

michelle obama left in what they were calling marine executive, it was no longer marine one because he was in longer the acting president and he went over to joint force andrews to thank supporters there. >> this has been a privilege of my life, and i know i speak for michelle as well, and we look forward to continuing this journal which all of you, and i cannot wait to see what you do next. i promise i will be right there with you. >> reporter: but before that he and michelle owe bam air taking a little vacation out to palm springs, california where they headed off after thanking all of those supporters. the as all this was happening there were protests, some of them violent here in the nation's capitol throughout the day and they have continued, as the hours have gone by. things got violent a few blocks from where the actual inauguration was happening, people used pepper spray stun grenade to restore order and all washington police say 217 people were arrested today, and six officers, suffered minor injuries. and you probably saw this at one point demonstrators set fire to a limousin

cnn's jeanne moos takes a look back. >> michelle obama. >> michelle obama. >> michelle obama. >> reporter: her days of dancing across our screens are numbered. >> how cool is the first lady? >> cool enough to run a potato sack race in the white house with jimmy fallon and now she's reached the finish line as the first lady of late night. >> it is nuts. i feel like crying right now and i didn't think that. >> reporter: the talk show appearance featured her surprising people as they delivered farewell messages. >>. >> continue to go high even when the challenges of life make us feel low. thank you so much. >> reporter: even serenaded by stevie wonder who adjusted his lyrics. it won't be easy to watch without further ado, we prepare the greatest hits of the comedy stylings of michelle obama. of course, there was the evolution of mom dancing alongside jimmy fallon in "drag." followed by evolution of mom dancing two like getting a collection of bag from your bags under the sink. she did car pool karaoke and shopping at cvs with ellen. >> we need help on aisle 2. this looks hard. >> reporter: s

is not just going to be here, but michelle obama will be here. we see her entering the hall, as mr. and mrs. biden, the vice president and his wife, dr. biden, are both here. we also expect to see, but we only will be hearing, obviously, from president obama tonight. i mean, you can't talk about president obama without talking about michelle obama, without talking about his family and the impact his family has had in the white house and on the country at large. >> can i say, no matter what you think of the obamas' politics, you look at that family. and you look at the way they have conducted themselves while in office, and you have to admire it. and you have to say there hasn't been one sort of ethical scandal about the family or anything else. not a thing. and you look at them, and you say, they sort of define role model for american families. and also, in a way, his relationship with his vice president has become a role model for a president's relationship with somebody he works with. >> to the point of the family, i think if you go back eight

and tears and cheers as michelle obama gives her final speech as first lady. being your first lady has been the greatest honour of my life, and i hope i've made you proud. hello. the united states is shocked with another mass shooting incident. at least five people have been killed and eight injured after a gunman opened fire at fort lauderdale international airport, in florida. the man, who is now in custody, is said to have taken the gun out of a bag that he had checked in, and then opened fire in a baggage area. he has been named as 26—year—old esteban santiago, and was said to be carrying a us military identity card. our north america correspondent james cook reports. a mundane task at a busy airport has turned into a scene of horror. passengers, who seconds earlier were collecting their bags, now cower on the ground. some appear stunned, others were dead or dying. survivors say there were desperate attempts to save lives. we heard the noise. we thought it was firecrackers, that wise kids were doing. and then we looked where we came in, and we looked a

michelle obama has given herfinal speech as first lady. she said the role had the been the greatest honour of her life. she called on young people to have hope and fight for their rights. much of northern china has been shrouded in a thick layer of toxic smog for several weeks. pollution is now so high residents are being warned against going out in the snow because of fears it's dangerously contaminated. now on bbc news, derek brockway investigates sepsis, the condition which killed his father last year. he looks at whether lives are being lost needlessly

and earlier today, michelle obama gave her last speech as first lady. julianna goldman looks at her legacy. >> may i say for the last time officially, welcome to the white house. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama fought back tears today as she offered a closing message to america's youth. >> so don't be afraid. you hear me? young people, don't be afraid. be focused. be determined. >> reporter: she touted her program for secondary education, one of the many initiatives she launched as she danced her way through late-night tv to tackle childhood obesity. >> turnip for what. >> reporter: promoted healthy eating on social media. >> you guys count. >> reporter: and used her celebrity to inspire physical fitness. michelle obama didn't want her husband to run for president and had a rude political awakening when she was politicized as angry and unpatriotic for these comments in 2008. >> for the first time in my adult lifetime, i'm really proud of my country. >> reporter: seven years later, she talked openly about that criticism as the first african americ

obama. >> michelle obama. >> i got you baby. >> can i tell you something, i just spoke to someone down to here, all the way down to here >> you are getting pretty deep >> yes. >> where is this again. >> solid core, it is at seventh and chestnut and bryn mawr right by the bryn mawr. >> okay. >> oh , no. >> that is right by my apartment. >> yep, new year, new you. >> nope, new year, same me. >> same you. >> okay. >> you will not get anything different. >> by the way. >> is that the new you. >> this is how much i have been using the jozy marin oil, i think it has really changed. >> lou good. >> and your hair, it has done oners with your hair. >> using the oil in your hair. >> made it grow. >> yes. >> fast. >> well, she's finally break ing her silence, carrie fisher's daughter is finally speaking out and paying tribute to her own hotter and her grandmother, of course, debbie reynolds. lust how carrie's sister jolie fish are is remembering her sister. >>> before we get to wendy williams car's fish are's daughter breaks her silence after the death the of her mother and grandmother, just 24 a

michelle obama, former first lady michelle obama, rather stoic and there were moments when the camera caught her that it seemed like she was really having a tough time understandably perhaps given what she and her husband were able to accomplish and now they're leaving it behind and obviously given the results of the election, a very, very intense day. president obama, michelle obama leaving the white house with very unusually high approval ratings. immense popularity amongst the american people. >> her popularity is even higher than his popularity. he's leaving according to our poll at 60% approval. >> that's his personal approval rating. but let's just look at the objective reality of where this country was eight years ago when he's the one that took that oath. the economy had collapsed. we were in a major financial crisis. the car companies were in trouble. go on down the line. you know, it's not perfect. obviously the voters wanted change. but donald trump is starting out at a better place than barack obama was. i think that is an objective factual truth. >> let's watch this momen

president obama and michelle obama greeted the new tenants at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. president trump, first lady melania trump and the obamas had coffee together as per inauguration tradition. and tonight, barack and michelle obama are on vacation in california. >> with a snag, their plane had to be diverted because of weather to an air reserve base about an hour away and made it out to california. before they left town here in washington, they had one final opportunity to say thank you and shared a message with staff and the country before they took off on executive one. >> proved the power of hope. thank you everybody. yes, we did. yes, we can. god bless america. >> one of the biggest trending topics on twitter today. #thankyouobama and bidens also left town this afternoon. >> but we know they have no plans of slowing down at all. we know that former vice president joe biden and jill biden left washington today. the way he always does from the city on an amtrak train and plans to work with the university of delaware and pennsylvania and on his way back to delaware,

michelle obama was a star from the beginning. the only difference was she fully intended to be a private person for her life yet was married to this person who would become president. >> i was paying you a compliment, stephanie. >> i know. >> that's what you do. you help people do this. >> i know. thank you. but i just wanted to clarify that there is nobody -- i think few people would disagree with this, that knows how to communicate better, is more comfortable in her own skin and understands the position that she's in in terms of a responsibility to ip spire young women across the country and over the world. >> what's next for her? when you say that, that naturalness, that is what she has. that, for example, hillary clinton does not have. michelle obama has the natural charisma and connectivity of a politician. >> but she is not a politician. >> but she doesn't want to be one. >> no, she doesn't. she also has integrity and grals about her. it's been extraordinary.ce about her. it's been extraordinary. she might do something like

. >> i think i saw michelle obama talking to yoe praoprah saying e didn't allow the kids to complain about being in the white house at their age, because it's such a stroord experience. >> yeah. absolutely. and it's one thing to say that and to have that rule. but neither of you have this experience. i do, i was a teenage girl. and it's hard enough without the cameras on you. we saw amy carter, chelsea clinton and now the obama daughters go through this, those tough years, never mind the transformation, but the way that girls and boys, but particularly girls are so, you know, upset about everything that goes on and to have tspotlight on you i pretty remarkable and to watch the way they have done so well, and we don't know what goes on behind closed doors. >> you think about the social media, which is such a huge difference than my generation. and that they were able to avoid, you know, some sort of social media disaster of, you know, instagram or twitter or whatever. >> that's so true. >> barak and michelle obama are amazing parents. one of the finest things they did was showing amer

president obama is there, the first lady michelle obama, and their two daughters. this at the farewell speech tonight at chicago's mccormick center. it is set to get underway in just over five minutes at 9:00 eastern. we will have it for you here on c-span and follow it live with your calls and comments. we look forward to that in just a few minutes. that,of that, -- ahead of we are looking at our continued coverage of confirmation hearings for president trump's nominees. we heard from jeff sessions today. coming up tomorrow, rex tillerson, the former exxon ceo and selection to be secretary of state. 9:15 eastern tomorrow, live on c-span3 and c-span.org. the senator will not testify tomorrow, but there will be three separate panels, including cory booker speaking against the nomination of jeff sessions. that is it 9:30 eastern. shein elaine chao at 10:15, has been nominated for transportation secretary. all of those hearings streaming live at c-span.org. on the cory booker appearance tomorrow, senator tom kaufman of -- not happy about it. --ator booker saying today

we'll start with michelle obama. she honors the 2017 school counselor or the year. [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much for that. i am sure i speak for everyone here in saying thank you to mrs. obama for hosting this white house event and supporting our work by recognizing school counselors at the national level. [applause] >> yay. >> the profession and the student wed serve will forever be enriched by the initiatives you have established. as a change in thedmad organization cures, raising questions about the direct education will take, i can promise you all school counselors will continue the legacy you have established. >> woo-hoo. >> we will work to help all students retire and achieve their full potential. thanks also for the american school counselor association for the court and professional development that you have-under school counselors. i feel so blessed to be part of an association that values its members, one that is intentional about offering the tools and guide yaps we all need to be successful in our profession. thank you, american school couns

what do you think is the biggest legacy of michelle obama? >> well, number one, that you had a first lady who basically had bigger numbers as far as polling numbers than her husband at some points. the fact that she brought an era of realness into the white house. she was a real mother with real children going to school, needing her mother's help. many of us, particularly many of us in the african-american community, we look to our parents and look to our aunts and whoever to keep our children while we are doing the work of thday. she also taught us about being healthy. i mean we're looking at the labels now, not just the cthes labels but looking at the labels on the back of food. we are moving. she's taught us so much about that and she's also reached out to our military. she's talked about it felt like being a single mother at times and how many of these military families are -- the mothers particularly are by themselves while their husbands or their spouses are out in the field working for this country, for our democracy. so she's brought

the obamas have a pretty difficult choice to make, i would argue. >> in terms of michelle obama, you've written recently about her potentially as a political figure and i think a lot of people are looking at that in terms of whether or not she herself will ever run for office. the president has been absolutely definitive in his statements about that saying that she would never do so. maybe she'll thank her mind about that but it doesn't seem like she's trying to build any support for that now. what do you anticipate? having studied and particularly her prefirst lady life and the way that she has brought her own political opinions and own sort of cultural power to bear on the circumstances she's found herself in, what do you think she's going to do? >> i've said this before, if michelle obama runs for political office, i will eat the book i wrote. that is how little she likes, you know, sort of everything about holding public office. but i covered her for six years and i started covering her in 2007 and there is kind of a pre2008 and a post 2008 michelle obama. it's not that the one that