obama had for years. the second term of obama was about europe, and he did not push enough. he was too much of someone who was aloof from the process, and this has cost him friends in europe and friends in the united states. it's the opposite of what franklin roosevelt did, who went out and found allies or what he wanted to do and told people about it. this is the problem of this aloofness of barack obama. christoph: i'm concerned about something else entirely. about donald not trump. he has a clear plan. there are no dividing lines. he will not get the money for a huge infrastructure program or to give subsidies to american firms to create jobs in the united states and abroad. that's not going to happen. what i'm really concerned about --this in predictability edictability, and we just saw it in the press conference. could you imagine we talk about a memo about president meeting with prostitutes -- peter: i want to ask my producer, could we put up pictures of that press conference that took place wednesday in new w york? the first conference president-elect trump had given

>> obama: abs... well, you know, the-the-the truth though is is that we've been... >> kroft: have you been spending your own... when was the last time you... >> obama: i-i-i... >> kroft: ...spent your own money? >> obama: well, i-i will say this. you know, i-i mentioned how i've got a pretty thick skin in this job. you've got to have it. one thing that did kind of get under my craw sometimes was people talking as if when we went on vacation or... >> kroft: right, right, right, right. >> obama: you know, that people'd be like, "oh, spending taxpayer money." it's like, "no, no, i actually... i'm paying for all of this. the only thing i don't pay for is secret service and-and-and an airplane." >> kroft: and communications. >> obama: and communications, because i don't have any choice. but, you know, we buy our own toilet paper even here in the white house. >> kroft: really? >> obama: you know, we... it- it's not free. i'm... i've-i've got a grocery bill at the end of... at the end of every month. you kno

named it obama care. hey. they were the ones who named it obama care because what they wanted to do was personalize antipathy d on toward me in their party as an organizing tool. it's politics. but i don't have a pride of authorship on this thing. if they can come up with something better, i'm for it. but you have to show, and i would advise every democrat to be for it, but you have to show that it's better. that's not too much to ask. and that's the challenge. and the question right now for paul ryan and mitch mcconnell is, why is it that you feel obliged to repeal it before you show what it is that's going to replace it? because the majority of americans have been very clear they think that's a bad idea. you now have republican governors, some republican senators who have said, we don't think that's a good idea. and there's been no real explanation why you would actually try to do this before the new president is even inaugurated. what exactly is this rush? particularly if you're going to delay the actu

obama and mrs. biden's commitment of joining forces has made a lasting impact, significantly expanded job placement in educational and also benefitted military working spouses, making careers more transportable for spouses who move every few years. the entire obama family has served and it would be impossible to sum up hall their contributions this afternoon. in closing i'll simply say, sasha and malia, thanks for sharing your mom and dad with us and the nation. mrs. obama thanks for improving the lives of our families and veterans and thanks for representing the nation with such class. mr. president, thank you for being a commander-in-chief that we have been proud to follow. thanks for your confidence in me and in all of the senior leaders who have had te privilege to serve on your watch. and now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my privilege to introduce another individual whose made a lasting impact on our joint force and someone we've been proud to follow, our secretary of defense, the honorable ashto

questioning obama -- obama looks like a boy scout compared to this man. host: we want to focus on the past eight years, and particularly all the speeches that president obama has given over those eight years. is there one phrase, one values, andsentence, one speechs out for you, that you will remember when you look back at the 44th president? rick in florida, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. add to the sentiment from the lady for pennsylvania. i really don't give a darn what speeches or what mr. obama has said. our president has served with dignity and has served well as our president. i can't say that for our incoming president. some of the things that he has that have already been proven to be lies, and i don't think that he's going to be able to get to heaven as easily as president obama is. thank you very much. host: president obama, the 44th thatdent, began in 2009 at speech at his inauguration. what president obama had to say that january day. >> today, i say to you that the challenges we face are real. they are serious and they

obama. she's more than the first rican-american first lady, today she's a global icon and a political powerhouse. i'm randi kaye and this is a cnn special report. "history made: the legacy of michelle obama." ♪ january 17, 1964, on the south side of chicago, a future first lady is born. michelle lavaughn robinson grew up in a one bedroom apartment in a working class neighborhood, the south shore. her older brother craig remembers it well. >> we didn't know how poor we were. so it was terrific. >> her mother, marian robinson volunteered at school so she could keep a close eye on her children. her father, fraser robinson, worked for the city's water department. in his early 30s, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> we watched a man who was disabled get up and go to work every day. >> he was our provider. he was our champion, our hero. but, as he got sicker, it got harder for him to walk. took him longer to get dressed in the morning. you know, but if he was in pain, he never let on.

obama: thank you, everybody! [applause] pres. obama: thank you. [applause] pres. obama: thank you. [applause] pres. obama: thank you so much, thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] pres. obama: it's good to be home. thank you. [applause] pres. obama: we're on live tv here, i've got to move. [applause] cheering] [applause] pres. obama: you can tell that i'm a lame duck, because nobody is following instructions. [laughter] pres. obama: everybody have a seat. my fellow americans, michelle and i have been so touched by all the well-wishes that we've received over the past few weeks. but tonight it's my turn to say thanks. whether we have seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people -- in living rooms and in schools -- at farms and on factory floors -- at diners and on distant military outposts -- those conversations are what have kept me honest, and kept me inspired, and kept me going. and every day, i have learned from you. you made me a better president, and you made me a better man. so i first came to chicago when i was in my early twe

obama is a nice man. i do have anything against him personally, but i think trump will be the best president history. host: how do you deal with the tax cut and the president saying he wants to spend billions in infrastructure and bring down a $20 trillion debt? caller: yes. that is a very valid point. when reagan cut taxes, that brings in tremendous revenue. unfortunately, when reagan cut taxes, the congress continued to spend too much money. in my opinion when they cut these taxes, that will bring in a lot more money, a lot more revenue, and you will be able to cut the work on cutting the deficit as well as during the kind of spending i think the tax reagan, weke under had a super economy. the stock market was 800. now it is nearly 20,000. i think cutting taxes and we need to work on the deficit. there is so much waste in government. to nowhere in alaska, that needs to be cut off. cutting the taxes and looking that istting spending totally unnecessary, that will lead to the best economy in american hist

. >> obama: i... but that... >> kroft: you think that that was... >> obama: well... >> kroft: would you take it back? if you had... >> obama: well... >> kroft: ...the opportunity to take it back? >> obama: the reason i'm hesitating is not to be defensive. it-it's simply, steve, that i would have i think made a bigger mistake if i had said, "eh, chemical weapons. that doesn't really change my calculus." i-i think it was important for me as president of the united states to send a message that, in fact, there is something different about chemical weapons. and regardless of how it ended up playing, i think in the beltway, what is true is assad got rid of his chemical weapons. and the reason he got rid of 'em is... >> kroft: for a while. >> obama: ...because, well, look, if 90% or 95% of those chemical stockpiles were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical weapons that are not right now in the h o or nusra or, for that matter, the regime. >> kroft: israel. >> obama: yeah. >> kroft: a few weeks ago you allow

. >> i do think barack obama is arrogant. >> but now obama had to go it alone. and he was facing a new crisis. >> more troubles for gm and its workers. ♪ traveling east >> america's iconic car company, general motors, was in a death spiral. >> general motors right now, i think we're all afraid. >> they were talking about two weeks and bust. it was not two years. it was not we have a problem here. we think we can keep it alive for two weeks. >> honk your horn. >> chrysler was collapsing as well. >> everybody is here for one common cause. we want to keep our jobs. >> there were layoffs. plant closings. >> it's time to get pissed off! >> yeah! >> we cannot and must not and we will not let our auto industry simply vanish. >> polls showed almost two-thirds of the american people opposed bailing out the car companie mitt romney, whose father ran a car company, wrote an op-ed, let them go bankrupt. but barack obama decided to go all in. >> our government will be making a significant additional investment of about $30 billion in gm. >> the massive loan effectively mad

obama did. when you don't do consensus, when you don't get approval from the house and the senate and pass a bill. when you use executive order. remember he says i have a magic pen. and all the fools clapped. and you implement laws that the country doesn't want and you don't get the proper votes and make it, all of that is going to be unraveled. for the first time in american histrirks average american citizens were forced to purchase a product they didn't want. that is socialism aka done deal. and all of these -- i remember when he was talking about race. the great unifier. it's not a black america, it's not a white america. it's the united states of america. i wished that would have happened. but i remember the first time there was an opportunity with the professor up in i believe boston where he came out before the information and said, the police acted stupidly. and he used trayvon martin and the guy brown and all this. he was the biggest divider of race. and i've got to say for a president

[applause] president obama: to joe biden -- [cheers] president obama: you were the first decision i've made as a nominee, and it was the best. [applause] president obama: not just because you have been a great vice president, but because in the bargain, i gained a brother. we love you and jill like a family. your friendship has been one of the great joys. to my remarkable staff, for eight years, and for some of you, a whole lot more, i have drawn from your energy, and every day i tried to reflect back what you display -- heart, character, idealism. i have watched you grow up, get married, have kids, start incredible new journeys of your own. even when times got tough, and frustrating, you never let washington get the better of you. you guarded against cynicism. the only thing that makes me prouder than all that we have done is the thought of all the amazing things you will achieve from here. [applause] president obama: to all of you out there, every organizer who moved to an unfamiliar town, every kind family that welcomed them in, every volunteer that knocked on doors, every young per

today marks president obama's last full day in office. on friday at noon supreme court , chief justice john roberts will swear in donald trump as the country's 45th president. on wednesday, obama gave his last press conference as president, during which he warned trump he will not stay silent if he sees what he called the nation's core values at risk. obama also thanked the press and spoke about the role they've played during his presidency. pres. obama: having you in this placeng has made this work better. it keeps us honest. it makes us work harder. howhave made us think about we're doing what we do, and whether or not we're able to deliver on what has been requested by our constituents. amy: the incoming trump administration had proposed moving the press corps out of the white house and instead relocating them nearby to the old executive office building. trump had to back away from the proposal wednesday, after outrage among members of the press and those concerned about press freedoms. during president obama's final news conference we

obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed, soaring gas prices and read energy scams. the dodd-frank had fake. the fast and furious debacle and cover it. the president's attack on cap, congress and the constitution. standing by is iranian side abandoning israel, howling out of the american military, reset and the b

(crowd chanting) >> obama! obama! obama! >> this is where john mccain will appear with his running mate, but we still don't know who it is. >> narrator: but first, his opponent, republican senator john mccain, would have a surprise for the country. >> rumors are swirling that senator john mccain is about to choose his running mate for vice president. >> who will john mccain pick as his running mate? >> narrator: mccain had become a fixture of the republican establishment over his 25 years in washington. he was struggling in the polls as voters seemed to want change. he needed a newcomer to neutralize obama's change candidacy. >> he needed to find someone. an african-american running, you got to find a woman. but you have to find a woman who meets some of the litmus tests in your own party. >> i am very privileged to introduce to you the next vice president of the united states, governor sarah palin of the great state of alaska. >> narrator: at the time, few realized that the decision was a turning point for the republican pa

the degree to which people that racial animosity, drove their politics much more under obama when obama appeared on the scene and they had before hindered objected to interracial marriage, people who were suspicious of african-americans can any measure want to take of racism. racist feelings became much more tightly mapped onto partisan politics when obama came on the scene than they were afterward. so obama had to deal in the world in which racism, racial feelings, racial feelings became almost impossible to pull away from other kinds of conservati conservatism. this confounded in at the beginning of his presidency but over time he found a way to deal with it in a way that was to his advantage and i would argue to america's advantage as well. >> host: do you think this time will be looked at at a time of racial healing under the obama presidency, or was it really ripped apart, do you think? >> guest: i think there are clearly elements of both. i think white america became more aware of racism, and you can look at polls about police abuse. that's a clear issue where i think most white a

obama: everybody have a seat. [cheers] pres. obama: my fellow americans -- [cheers] pres. obama: michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that we have received over the past few weeks, but tonight it is my turn to say thanks. eyeher we have seen eye to or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people, in living rooms and schools, on farms, on , andry floors and diners on distant military outposts -- those conversations i what have kept me honest and kept me inspired and kept me going. and every day i have learned from you. you made me a better president, and you made me a better man. chicago whenme to i was in my early 20's, and i was still time to figure out who i was, still searching for a purpose in my life. and it was the neighborhood not far from here where i began working with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. it was on these streets where i witnessed the power of faith and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss. >> four more years, four more years. pres. obama: i can do that. ca

whether they voted for president obama or not. the president feels an obligation to talk about what he learned over the last eight year, what he's learned about the country what he's learned about governing the country and offer up his advice to the american people about the most effective way to confront the challenges that we see ahead. so that's the -- that's the goal and the president certainly could give a long speech, reciting the many accomplishments of his administration but that's now -- not how he's choosing to spend his time tomorrow night. >> how long is the speech? it's almost sounding like a state of the union, you have drafts and rewrites is that something like that, would you equate it to that? mr. earnest: i would not, it will be shorter and much different. >> like half an hour less? mr. earnest: we'll try to give you some guidance on that. i'm serious too, the speech isn't finished yet. >> is this more heart or more policy? mr. earnest: i think what you can expect from the president is a heart felt expression of

did when he implemented obama care. huge upheaval. it really creates a huge problem. >> i think they will need that. we will see you next sunday. we want to thank you for watching each week throughout the very busy news here. we look ahead to 2017 we want to see these names all of the people that work so hard every week to put the show on the air. chris will be back next week. we will see you next fox news sunday. up next. i'll see you at 12 eastern. happy new year. reporter: happy new year. i hope you enjoy this first edition of "mediabuzz" in the new year. confidence in the press plummeted. we'll look at how the media might repair their tattered credibility with molly hemingway. barack obama takes the stable insisting he could have won a third term.

brock obama consigned the last piece of cold war legacy to history. -- barack obama consigned the last piece of cold war legacy to history. an extraordinary transformation. he leaves admired and largely popular, not the least were his role in the global climate change agreement. he tried to carve out a foreign policy that he saw as right for the times. as the commander-in-chief was given a traditional sendoff, in his own way he was as destructive to american power and influence as george w. bush. what with the nobel committee make of him eight years on? -- would the nobel committee make of him eight years on? jane: i spoke with the former u.s. defense secretary and bbc global affairs analyst, william cowan. n. william cohe how would you sum up the tone of president obama's presidency? william: the familiar ring is no drama obama. his foreign policy reflects that . he is highly intelligent and well spoken. very calm and cool. a lot of people would like to see more passion at times, and less professorship. think that that reflects the way that he has conducted his foreign policy, very co

under president obama. your credit card company is no longer allowed to raise your interest rates without notifying you. under president obama, if you work for a fedal contractor, that company that you work for can no longer fire you just because you're gay or trans. under president obama, our country's dependence on foreign oil plummeted. today, on the last day of the obama administration, the cia published the final update to its online document file that it calls "bin laden's bookshelf," images and translations they took out of his bookshelf in pakistan. navy seals took them out. we have access to the contents in bin laden's bookshelf because president obama in 2011 ordered the navy seals into pakistan on that mission that killed bin laden. under president obama, we got our nation's first chief technology officer. under a deal engineered by president obama, syria got rid of its chemical weapons. for everything else wrong in syria, bashar al assad had a huge chemical weapons arsenal. under barack obama it

january 20, 1201, post obama era. >> you ask this question to president obama. what was your greatest disappointment on race during this administration? >> from my standpoint, one of the big disappointments, he had to undergo a change in who he was, the first time particularly. barack obama in call and response, the preacher in chief, he knows how to rouse a crowd and get people to listen. this is when he was an organizer. when he came in he had the this person who was totally different from who he was in chicago streets was the person he had grown to become when he married michelle obama and had both kids, he became the barack obama who happened to be black. we see the true barack obama. he's not ashamed of talking about issues of race. he wanted to push the bar forward more so when he talked about for everyone. there was an undercurrent that was an effort to lift up the underserved and didn't get a chance to do what he wanted. issues of criminal justice, not sure he was concerned about gun control. that was a big issue, one of the pieces he had. i am sure he's

between obama and trump is one very good way for president obama to go about it. lou: is there any way it makes any sense at all if he wanted to have a good relationship that barack obama would be staying in washington, d.c. rather than moving as is customary back to their hometowns, off to a new way. why in the world doesn't -- why doesn't barack obama buy a ran inch crawford, texas next to george bush he would argue he still has a daughter in school, the same reason donald trump isn't moving baron down to washington, d.c. at this time. he lost policy and loves being in d.c. i think he won't be able to help himself. lou: daniel, will people be helping him now and start thinking about other real estate? >> he made his plan a year ago. he thought hillary was going to be elected. he thought his life would be totally different than it will be. lou: as did so many people going back to 2008. daniel, thanks so much. daniel halper and lee carter. we appreciate as we await the president's farewell address. that's it for us. neil cavuto continues our special coverage of pr

president barack obama. president obama distinguished himself as the commander-in-chief of the finest fighting force the world has ever known.an from january 20, 2009, to january 20, 2017. president obama kept our nation face, let a strategic transition in our defense strategy can strengthen our alliances and pursue new partnerships and laid the foundation or a force of the future that will continue to win our nations wars. president obama countered decisively the most immediate terrorism. he directed the operation ton kill osama bin laden, decimated al-qaeda terrorist network.d cou and develop counterterrorism platforms from south asia to north africa. he did so relentlessly, effectively, with increased transparency and in strict accordance with our values.es. simultaneously president obama achieve verifiable nuclear disarmament of iran, the gravest threat to security in the middle east. and while countering proliferation of broad he directed recapitalization of our vitally important nuclear deterrent here

vimos claramente que eran estados de obama y votantes de obama. la misma gente, perdÓname josÉ que buscaban la esperanza en el 2008, de apostaron su fe en este candidato de nuevo, tratando de encontrar esa esperanza. >>> y yo querÍa helen, perdona que te interrumpa, donald trump entra a la presidencia con beneficios importantes con la que contÓ barack obama que es el 2009 la mayorÍa en la cÁmara de representante y el senado. cuando los 3 senado, cÁmara de representantes y presidente es un partido polÍtico se puede lograr mucho. >>> se puede lograr mucho es una gran responsabilidad pero el presidente electo trump estÁ claro y hay que forzar estas nuevas polÍticas. de manera bipartidista para que sea la mejor polÍtica posible y refleje la realidad nacional. y se ha reunido con republicanos y demÓcratas que estaban a favor de Él. y que no estaban a favor de Él pero para unir el paÍs y es un punto importante. a lo que decÍa freddy, gracias por tus palabras generosas. ciertamente en la campaÑa polÍtica. como veiamos como corrÍa al pr

es donde saldrÁ barack obama y michelle obama. despuÉs de la juramentaciÓn de donald trump se irÁn en helicÓptero del capitolio. y la parte oeste donde se lleva a cabo la juramentaciÓn se lleva a cabo en esa zona desde ronald reagan. a la base andrews van a tomarse vacaciones en palm spring en california. unas vacaciones de verdad. >>> llevan a donald trump y su familia de la iglesia de san juan, que estÁ justo detras del parque lafayette, hacia la casa blanca, donde tendrÁn estos momentos de tÉ y cafe. >>> intimidad. >>> y el presidente electo que va a cambiar todo en horas, aqÍi en washington dc y mÁs o menos 2 horas y media. va a cambiar y donald trump se convertirÁ en presidente de estados unidos. >>> aquÍ el gran reto es la seguridad, cada ceremonia inaugural tiene sus retos, su personalidad por decirlo asÍ en el 2005 george w bush tenÍa el reto que habÍan pasado los ataques del 911. y en el 2011 barack obama enfrentaba amenazas de odio racial. y sabemos que donald trump estÁ enfrentando el reto de muchas amen

obama. i would never underestimate that sort of genetic inheritance in terms of obama his appeal. his father was an alcoholic. his father was a man who at aspects of success but then failed in the in and died a a young, at a very early age, and i think that barack obama spent that. i'm talking about and then later when he worked -- went to kenya to try to find out more about his father, dealing with what it meant who he was here to his father was part of that. any traditional sense barack obama cannot be called an african-american. he's african and american, so different. he never had, going up in hawaii he didn't have many black friends. it was a very multicultural place, but without many african-americans except on the military base. so he really had to learn that from secondhand from studying about african-american history, and then trying that search to find his father. >> host: april ryan can let me turn to you and talk about the issue of race and what you wrote about in your book, how

barack obama has failed america. (cheers and applause) >> narrator: he was a successful businessman and an experienced politician, a former governor. >> i believe in america, and i'm running for president of the united states. >> narrator: but many in the republican base-- especially in the tea party-- could barely stand him. >> verges on hysterical. mitt romney has never done a single thing to favor the conservative cause. >> i swear every time mitt romney opens his mouth, i have no... i think he's running against me. >> i don't think that romney was somebody who understood the angst of the american people. he didn't understand what... what especially the republicans throughout the united states were feeling, how-how disaffected they felt. >> mitt romney just further exacerbates the frustration among the republican base and the tea party wing of the party. how could it be that they end up with mitt romney as their nominee when there's so much anti-washington, anti-establishment energy out there? >> what does mitt ro

it's worth comparing to what happened in the obama administration when obama was inaugurated, the house had approved seven nominees by that day. another five came through that week. you had senator john mccain and other republicans talking about giving obama the team he needed to get his work done. there was a lot made of republican opposition to obama that people started talking about a few years after obama took office when he pushed obamacare through and whatnot. that's very different than just out of the gate deciding you're going to obstruct. i'm not entirely sure it's the wisest course of action for democrats to take. rather than picking and choosing a few key areas to oppose him, just reflexively hostile approach could give the impression they are being unreasonably difficult for president-elect trumped. president-elect trump would love to send the message he was still fighting washington and that he needs more support from the people. >> there is this push to list these eight, which seems kind of strange. talked to a senior democrat before the holidays who said we can't get apop

obama? >> we assume it was a tiffany box, but we don't know what's in it. >> i may be an autographed picture of donald trump. >> it may be something close to tiffany, with tiffany's so close to trump tower, so hard to get in and out. >> now we have the first ladies, melania trump an michelle obama. both of them fashion icons. >> i was going to say, both of them looking absolutely lovely today. >> do we know who did this dress? >> we know melania trump is ralph lauren. >> we haven't heard about michelle baem's outfit yet. >> john, do you know? >> i was racking my brain for what donald trump is wearing. >> probably a donald trump tie no less. >> but this is -- we should note, this san important moment. >> what's the consensus of the group here, do we think that michelle obama may somehow get into politics? i think it's an open question. >> no. >> i don't even think that's an open question. if i had to vote, and from what i've been hearing, i would say no. this is vice president joe biden, of c

[applause] president obama: thank you. sarah kliff: hi. president obama: good morning. it is great to be here, and thank you so much for all the good reporting you guys have been doing on this important issue. ezra klein: well thank you. ,sarah kliff: so we'll get started. there was an expectation that was shared among many of your staff, many congressional congressional democrats that as the affordable care act goes out, it would become more popular. it would be safe for appeal -- from repeal or substantial reform and it appears that isn't quite true. what do you think that theory got wrong? why did the health care law not become more popular? president obama: well let's back , up and say from the start there's a reason why for 100 years, no president could get expansion of health care coverage beyond the work that had been done for medicare and medicaid targeting primarily seniors. and the reason was that this is hard. the health care system is big. it is very personal. families, i think, recognize the need for health insurance, but it's not something that they think

policy where president obama is shifting us. so there are opportunities to work across the aisle on specific issues and committees. >> we'll leave it right there. coming up, the obama administration reportedly rushing in more syrian refugees before trump becomes president. now a former top cop has some advice for vetting these asylum seekers. >>> getting them in before he gets out. a new report says the administration is rushing in more syrian refugees before president obama leaves office. over the past three months there's been a 430% jump in the number of syrian refugees settled into the u.s. compared to last year. now a former police is saying we need new vetting. >> the first prior city of the president of the united states should be the protection of the and security of the american people. the american people don't trust that that literally is the number one priority of the president. you can look at a state like wisconsin, governors like scott walker are asking for amore control over the refugees coming into the states be

we now go to the white house where president obama is expected to pay tribute to vice president joe biden. this is live coverage on the stand to. >>. >> [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] you are looking at a live picture inside the white house, the state dining room where president obama is expected to pay tribute to vice president joe biden. he's expected to sharp start shortly. this is live coverage on c-span2. >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >>. [inaudible conversation] >> you are looking at a live picture of the state dining room inside the white house where president obama is expecte

obama: i can't do that. this is where i learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved and get engaged and they come together to demand it. after eight years as your president, i still believe that. and it is not just my belief, it is the beating heart of our american idea, our bold experiment in self-government. it is a conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. it's the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executed. that we, the people, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union. what a radical idea. a great gift that our founders gave to us. the freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat and toil and imagination and the imperative to strive together as one to achieve a common good, a greater good. for 240 years, our nation's call to citizenship has given work and purpose to each new generation. it is w

historians a decade from now will be talking about the bush-obama. ,as opposed to the obama perio. host: with that thought in mind, the previous president, now we have isis -- talk about meeting those challenges and changes as you describe them. guest: i will pick up on iraq, and i think that's a fair criticism. when president obama came into office, u.s. troops were playing nintendo. iraq was essentially a piece. granted, the president had no way of knowing that arab spring would break out, that there would be a civil war in syria. the one of the consequences of that, because we went through our troops, the war had ended. the united states forces were literally there to reinsurer the iraqi people. because those forces were gone when the civil war broke out, that bubbled over intothe unitee literally there iraq, and that became a major challenge. al qaeda's back. most analysts agree they have a bigger footprint, more capability. they take more selfies than they did when he came to office. isis was a real threat. the president said in his remarks that there hasn't been a terrorist a

obama focused on race relations. let's take a look at that. >> president obama: after my election, there was talk of a post-racial america. and such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. i have lived long enough to know race relations are better than they were ten or 20 or 30 years ago, no matter what some folks say. we are not where we need to be. and all of us have more work to do. if every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hard-working white middle-class and an undeserving minority, then workers of all shades are going to be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private offices. >> sean: old versus young, black versus white, the policies of the democratic party. the president, refusedng to address the tragic epidemic of violence that is devastated mostly african-americans in his hometown. an issue that has only gotten worse since he took office. let's look at the numbers. in just the first ten days of 2017, 81 people have been shot so far. last year,

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you know, president obama and mrs. obama are just handsome, warm people. you know, people are going to come at me on twitter and say i'm too glowing about president obama. but again, i'm not talking about the politics. these people represent some very high ideals in terms of what people aspire to and look up to in this country. >> it's hard for people to separate sometimes the politics from the truth of the partisanship, they can't see it because they're too close to it. do you agree with what he said, kayleigh? >> i do. i think sometimes it's important to put aside your partisan affiliation and just to try to see the good in the other side. and something that i will always admire about the obamas is their marriage. as a person who's a christian in this country and cares about marriage and cares about family units and stability, i look at them and i admire them because to go through eight years of scrutiny, intense media scrutiny, ups and downs of the white house, for that family unit to stick together, it's an example. it's an example that i think we on t

obama, of course. dick cheney was particularly tough on this president and on this add men administration saying, no president in american history has done more to aid our adversaryies, which for someone who is so involved in the launch of the war against iraq, a lot of people were stunned by that judgment and conclusion of him. so it's -- we haven't seen donald rumsfeld, by the way. >> and here is the president and vice president. >> speaker and the democratic leader of the senate. >> and for most of american history, you could never see this thing behind the scenes because there was no television and also for the last decades, television was oftentimes not of this -- >> by the way, nancy pelosi there is wearing a pin, a button, and many democrats today are wearing that same button. i'm told it says #protectourcare. it is their way of just a quiet advocatation of keeping obamacare. >> let's listen for a moment as they're about to be introduced. >> donald trump always wears a red tie. are you noticing

but obama stood his ground. convinced that the american public was as weary of war as he was. >> if one were to look at your statements on syria from the start, the red line, and then your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldn't it be fair for critics to say this shows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence, and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely, because it's hard. with respect to my red line, we in fact positioned our military to be able to strike assad if he did not give up his chemical weapons. the fact is, he got rid of his chemical weapons in an unprecedented way. >> the world will now expect the assad regime to live up to its public commitments. >> assad's allies in the kremlin helped broker a deal that forced him to give up his chemical weapons stockpile. within a year, syria's declared materials were removed without a shot being fired. but the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you

and president obama weighs in as trump tries to compare his travel ban to obama's. the facts out front. and steve bannon, getting more power this evening. what people close to him are telling us about it. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. at this moment, the acting attorney general, sally yates, defying president obama's executive order. yates around obama nominee, notifying the justice department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending the travel ban. this is according to sources familiar with the order. yates in a letter to the lawyer, i'm responsible for ensuring that the position that we take in court remain consistent to stand for what is right. at present i'm not convinced that the executive order is consistent with the responsibilities, nor am i convinced that it's lawful. pam brown begins the coverage "outfront." this is dramatic and stunning. obviously, yates a holdover from the obama administration as they're waiting for the confirmation of jeff sessions, but to defy the president of the united states that is significant. >> it cer

the problem is with obama, it's his policies. obama, by all accounts, is a good man. i think we could and cried and the fact that he was our first african-american president. the problem is, when you turn to the policies, he pursued aggressively from obamacare to the iran deal to climate change, they are unpopular and they are unsuccessful. i find it telling that when obama is on the ballot, he wins. when he isn't, when it's his policies, it's his legacy, the american voters overwhelmingly reject him in the democratic party gets shellacked as the president himself. >> bill: what is it about barack obama? has he mesmerized people? as i said, his approval rating is better than 50%. yet, two-thirds of the american people think the countries had to get the wrong direction. it doesn't really stock. >> he is young, he is charismatic, the first black president. people want him to succeed. he carries himself more often than not with a certain dignity. so, i don't think it is anything personal. the left wants us to believe that the american people are racist and don't like it

and you could tell obama of really the president of the the millennials. because his entire speech seemed like one giant subtweet. >> democracy does roar a basic sense of... when we sit back and blame the leaders we elect, without examining our own role in electing them. it falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy. if something needs fixing, then lace up your shoes and do some organizing. if you're tired of arguing with strangers on the internet, try talking with one of them in real life. ( laughter ). >> trevor: okay, this guy has clearly never been catfished before. look i don't say this often, but i do not agree with the president. do not meet people that you've argued with on the internet. it will end with you bleeding in an alley. don't do it. don't do it. you know, last night's speech felt leslike a farewell address and more like a parent going on vacation tell his kids how to behave while they're away. "american kids, race relations, you'll find those in the fridge. make sure you know the supreme court justice befo