chemical attack happens in 2013, and obama does nothing. well obama didn't do nothing. well, he didn't do as much as trump did injust two months. what obama did was strike a deal which actually removed 95 or more per cent of the chemical weapons from syria. weapons that could easily have fallen into the hands of isis to be used against europeans, or hezbollah, to be used against israelis. so obama didn't do nothing, now... not to mention the people themselves, the civilians — the syrian civilians in the country. the fact is, at the end of the day, the syrian regime broke that deal, kept some stock of chemical weapons, and the right thing for the united states to do, once broke the deal, was to strike, and which i stood up and said was the right thing to do. well don't. trump is always depicted as someone who makes these intemperate comments and acts in an irrational way, but it actually seems that you are agreeing that he does take advice from professionals, from people in the know? i think he took advice on that narrow decision of the syria strike, which has not been

in looking at this, there's someone in the obama administration now being critical of president obama for not doing something more than the sanctions imposed at the end of december post-election. there's a lot of sort of self-reflection, i don't know if it's 20/20 hindsight, but even within the obama administration, criticism for how president obama handled it. >> it's a legitimate issue. it was a legitimate issue at the time. in fact, adam schiff, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, and dieann feinstein were urging the white house to forcefully speak out in september about this, and they were trying to get a statement clear. so the whistle could have been blown on russia. at that time the white house was not ready to say anything. on october 7th they issued a written statement, but didn't take action. there were some who argued within the administration, this is not enough. the russians are not impressed by words, they're impressed by actions. those actions didn't come until very late, in late december. and also it's worth pointing out, remember, one of the reasons

i think the repeal of obama care is very much an taepltattempt to erase barack obama's principal domestic legacy. the same applies to president trump's decision to walk away from the paris deal on climate change even though this was a nonbinding deal and even though all of its other signatories including china, european union, canada said they would stick to it. i think that what really motivated trump to walk away from it is it was an obama accomplishment and a couple other examples. one is the un-cubacuba policy the partial opening he undertook toward the end of his presidency and trump is beginning to partially close again. then there is the iran deal. the iran deal we have to wait and see. so far it is intact but trump has made it very plain during his campaign that he doesn't like the deem and his -- deal and his trip to saudi arabia last month he broadcast that very strongly. i do think that there's an attempt simply to erase obama yes. host: we will go to bill san diego republican line. caller: good morning. i was brought up with the definition of a democrat being butter and the de

obama since he left office. what impact has that had on you? david: even during the presidency, i was deeply puzzled by his -- the extent of his social interaction with hollywood celebrities. ou don't see anything in through 2004 raise aspiring to hangout with musicians and movie stars, nor is there any evidence of him seeking great personal wealth. has "the new york times" criticized him pretty outspokenly for going this route of $400,000 per appearance speeches. i find this very hard to square with who he was up through 2004. brian: would you turn it down if someone offered you $400,000 to speak? david: yes i would. never signedefully up with commercial lecture agencies as most prominent historical authors do because to me, that is a contradiction of who i believe i am, given my teachings of the martin luther king jr. brian: so you like martin luther king? is the formative influence in my life, and i am deeply grateful for mymmersion in hiseachings and thought, and i try to have that informed the way i lead my

the reality is obama care is dead. this is not a choice between obama care and american healthcare act this is a choice on whether or not we realize what's really happening. obama care is not a functioning option anymore. kelly: be sure to check out the full interview on watters world tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here after the fox report. >>> more than 100 dead and dozens still trapped under a huge landslide. what caused the side of a mountain to collapse burying a small village? a deadly crime wave has engulfed parts of mexico the worst in decades. what's fuelling the violence? it is probably not a big surprise as the trump administration uses the stats to renew calls for the border wall. sarah is a fifth-grade teacher. when it comes to molding young minds, nobody does it better. she also builds her own fighting robots. destroy. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for sarah, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so she can understand the details and be sure she's g

he may have seen some value to what president obama had done. i do not want to overvalue the significance of restricting american travel. that will have a day-to-day .mpact to cubans on the island i think president trump has decided to continue much of what president obama had done. host: we have a tweet from rick -- details of cancellation of obama policy is just for show. a sickly nothing changed. the people liked what obama did. we have rene calling from troy, michigan. to be: i happened listening to british broadcasting, the radio portion, and i understand there is a fabulous shopping center that was actually designed for foreign travelers. marble floors, crystal chandeliers, all the very high and exclusive shops -- hi end exclusive shops. they were preparing for travelers no matter where they came from, and then a couple of small hotels. i do not know what the capacity is but i know we have some in town, 100 people, 120. they are not allowing a trump hotel there. i think that is one of the rubs too. i bet if cuba said, come on, let's build

obama his new ones. and there is no public clamor for either of them in the, well, public mind space. and now joe biden can no longer stand it, apparently missing all that attention he drew as vice president. looking at obama and clinton and saying to himself, no more. crazy joe's now ready to grab his share of the left-wing mind share, launching his own pac. knowing joe as we all do, there's no doubt that he'll get that attention but likely not for reasons helpful to the dems or to biden. and obama has receded now mostly from public view just as we were getting used to his reentry as investigates of his administration's spying pick up more energy. and as long as hillary keeps up her excuses tour, tired and desperate dems will simply shake their heads but not their loser labels. so be it. >>> now the quotation of the evening, this one from george washington carver who said 99% of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. we've noticed that. we're coming right back. >>> president

repeal of obama care to eraseuch an taepattempt barack obama's principal legacy.c the same applies to president trump's decision to walk away climate paris deal on change even though this was a nonbinding deal and even though its other signatories including china, european union, said they would stick to it. i think that what really away ted trump to walk from it is it was an obama accomplishment and a couple other examples. policy the ucuba partial opening he undertook toward the end of his presidency trump is beginning to partially close again. deal.here is the iran the iran deal we have to wait and see. but trump s intact has made it very plain during doesn't ign that he like the deem and his -- deal and his trip to saudi arabia month he broadcast that very strongly. there's an hat attempt simply to erase obama, yes. san we will go to bill diego republican line. caller: good morning. i was brought up with the definition of a democrat being and the definition of republicans being guns. remember it.if you but now i understand that the a democrat is someone who is anti-american and of

right now 51% of those polled have a favorable view of obama care. that's the highest number that the kaiser family foundation has seen. meantime, you can see the gop health care plan is just 30%. obamacare is pop ought lars right now, senator. >> if you're a plummer or a pest control guy and you're trying to buy insurance, in 50% of the country there's only one insurer. we now have many counties where there's no insurers, so i think without question obamacare is a failure. it's getting worse. premiums have gone up 105% since we got obamacare. the insurance companies are pulling out, jacking up their premiums, so really the most important poll is, can you get insurance? for 50% they're stuck with a monopoly, and it's spreading to where, in many parts of the country there won't be many insurance options. obama care is failing in the visible market, but the best way to fix it is freedom. we should legalize inexpensive insurance. that means insurance without any rig laze, insurance that you can buy what you want at the price you want to pay. right now w

it is taken a year or a year and a half for an obama or clinton to reach those. >> i forgotten that obama could get the 3% job approval rating from republicans. i did not realize that obama gotten to 30 among republicans. >> that's the beginning of his administration. we live in two worlds. do you live in a district that's run by republicans or democrats. if you are in a republican direction, this review shows that you -- you disapprove of the president by 40 points. that's a 42 points difference. when you say how come republicans are not losing republicans open seats, they have been drawn to stay republicans. this split is all over. did the russians interference in the 2016 election. this is simply of the russians interfering. a majority believe that they did. look at the party splits. 65% of the republicans saying no. 78%. again, we can keep ongoing down the line here. it is not a belief system anymore. we now disagree on facts. and so for example, we got 24 and a lot of people in the country say i believe that hillary clinton would be president were not for the russians and that's the

it was barack obama who told then russian president and it was president obama who chose to do nothing when he was confronted with intelligence last year of russian interference. all of that is true, but donald trump is the one with the russia problem? okay, listen the one who needs to be investigated is president obama and his top intelligence national security team. >> there's a 99% certainly, erica, five foreign intelligencg services got hold of hillary's e-mail server in the mom and pop bathroom closet and they had all of this intelligence. now, that's because she mishandled intelligence. i just went through six particular things we ought to be investigating. do you have any doubt that the standard of mishandling classified of information and destroying classified information, top secret, classified, special access program information that hillary clinted felonies? i have zero doubt. >> you can't take a classified document, go across the street, leave it on a bar, and accidently walk out and leave it there and not be endited for a felony. you've committed a crime. >> i was drinking

this is not new for president obama. in 2012 he taps somebody of any and say, just went to the selection is over, i will have a lot more flexibility in dealing with you. he never confronted russia and syria despite russian bombing you and convoys with the regime and bombing hospitals. he never confronted russia in ukraine. he never gave ukraine weapons to defend themselves. and i can probably russia is nothing new. >> gregg: the russian interference collusion probe has reportedly now morphed into abstraction investigation. do you share president trumps concern that the special counsel, robert mueller cannot be fair because of his close personal and professional relationship with james comey? how can mueller be impartial in deciding whether to believe his close friend versus the president who fired his close friend? >> i don't share the president sentiment on this. of what i know of robert mueller, i don't know him personally, but he is a very honorable person. it's not uncommon for people to make friendships, especially

as far as not using your office to make money, barack obama made $85000. year prior to being elected in between getting elected and when he left office he made over $20 million. i'd say if mr. trump's network goes up by the same factor that president obama said, we've got something to worry about. if not, let the man do his job. >> the question is on the substitute amendment offered by mr. byrne. those in favor say i. those opposed say no. the i's have it. you asked for a recorded vote, is that true? >> yes. >> okay we need to take it in real-time. the cl

obama, before i ask you a question, i want to show you a video from april 24 this year with barack obama talking about books about him. [begin video clip] pres. obama: i must have had at this point, six or seven biographies about me. more coming out probably. and generally speaking, one of the frustrations is, my life was not that exciting up until i guess i was president. so i did not have these amazing experiences, i did not really accomplish all that much when i was in high school or in college and so folks go around and they are looking for stuff. then they try to dramatize things that are kind of routine, you know. and, uh, there is a part of you that kind of says, well -- why would you care about this? it's not that interesting. [end video clip] brian: how right is he? david: once you choose to run for president and succeed, your early life is a major part of american history and barack obama actually had a much more interesting, much more richly varied earlier life than we have really to a large extent known up until now. people are aware he grew up in hawaii, lived a bit of it in

this time president obama. the real story president trump said is that president obama did nothing. after being informed in august about russian meddling. with four months looking at russia, under a magnifying glass they have zero tapes of trump people colludes. there is no collusion and no obstruction, i should be given an apology, the president is not over stating the case, he deserves far more than an apology, this has been an attempt on the part of the left to subvert his very presidency, and mr. obama decides last september note to take any formal retaliation against russia before the election according to reports of work was war washington post. even. >> i think that administration need to call out russia earlier, and needed to act to deter and punish russia earlier, that was a serious mistake. lou: now, fusion gps, the firm chose cofounder of a clinton donor, responsible for creating false russia dossier on president trump. senate intelligence committee wants to know more about a new set of connection, the russian connection to the democratic party, fbi refuting to confirm wh

obama gave year after year. we are no longer in an age when one country can dominate another, and so forth. this is a philosophy that led the administration to reach out to enemies and distance itself from friends. we saw that in the iran deal. president obama's attitude for the middle east is that it was an arena populated by friends and potential friends. he went to a great extent to win over the potential friends like he ran at the expense of our -- friends, like iran, at the expense of israel. to do this, he had to deceive the israelis and the american public in a number of areas. if i had come to you in this forum in 2013, and told you that the consequence of president obama's policies would be the rise of the russian-iranian alliance across the middle east, the development of an iranian territorial corridor, the displacement of 10 million people in syria, the ejection -- injection into europe of millions of refugees, or over one million refugees. if i told you that iran would emerge from the deal with the

but it's inaccurate to say president obama did nothing. this is another attempt by the president, by this white house to shift the story on the russia investigation to say that it's president obama's fault, is just another example of this white house trying to escape accountability on a very important question. anderson? >> jim acosta, keeping them honest. thank you very much. now we're keeping them honest on one other point that spicer made in today's briefing. he said this about an article in "the washington post." he said if you believe the story that is written, that means from august to november 8, two things. one, that if you believe then they did know about this and there are some serious questions about what they did or did not do in terms of acting. and the second is clear, they knew all along, talking about the obama white house, that there was no collusion, and this is very helpful to the president. now, we read "the washington post" article and did not get that at all from "the washington post" article in question. so we though

that's the rack obama of 1985. three years later after the three years in chicago on the far south side living th sheila, day one when barack arrives at harvard law school in 1988 every classmate who meets him without exception thinks that this is someone who will be a public star. so to my mind, the humungous contrast between what people who knew barack before chicago thought of him and what people at harvard see in 1988, that is what really documents the self-transformation he experienced between 1985 and 1988. now, the barack from the community years, barack was a student and then editor of the law view at harvard, a young lawyer, a law teacher, a state legislator in illinois across the 19s, think he is a wonderful, comllg, impressive political figure. one of my favorite moments comes on the floor of the illinois state senate where everythg was transcribed word for word, transcripts are on the web. it takes some work to go through them, but anybody can find everything. and barack is recounting how at their condo

president obama obviously couldn't run again for office. do you thinkjoe biden might, or hillary clinton? i don't think hillary clinton will. as for vice president biden, you would have to obviously ask him. what i would say is that he has just set up a pac to be able to support candidates in 2018. i think he's going to be devoting all his energy in the next two years, not to thinking about 2020, but to thinking about, how do we take the house of representatives back in 2018? what's your guess? do you think he might run for president, joe biden? i have got completely out of the business of speculating or predicting on politics at all. so i really couldn't say. the mayor of chicago, the senior democrat rahm emanuel, when asked about this kind of thing on cnn said, hillary clinton has got lots of energy. but you're saying categorically she would not run in 2020? it's not my place to say anything categorically. have you talked to her about it, for instance? i haven't talked to her about 2020 because it's not even in the realm of contemplation.

a report that president obama struggled with dealing with russian meddling. president obama didussia, if yo i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: so why is he now blaming his predecessor? >> how can he accuse president obama of obstructing when he was egging russia on? >> he was joking at the time. >> reporter: he was joking? he said that in a press conference over and offer again. -- over again. >> and you had hillary clinton with a secret server and the lack of security they had. >> reporter: we also learned russia's ambassador to the u.s. is returning to russia. it's a long planned move that predates his highly scrutinized conversations. >> spacking from the o oval office, trump called modi a great prime minister. prime minister modi went in for the hug during and after their jou joint statements in the rose garden. >> i'm proud to announce to the media that to the american peopd to the indian people that prime minister modi and i are world leaders in social media. we're believers. giving the citizens of our countries

he says the obama era policy on cuba did not make sense. you continue watching what he is saying on the bloomberg. much more in a moment on bloomberg markets. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm david gura. it has been a busy week in washington as investigations into his campaign continue. continue to speak in miami on cuba policy. megan murphy is the editor of bloomberg businessweek. sahil kapur is also with us as well as chris strohm. presidenthave the speaking in miami. such a seismic change when ben rose went down to cuba in a many group, unbeknownst to members of the administration affecting the changes he did. what effect does that have on the relationship between the two countries and business generally? >> cuba was always going to be a long haul, a lack of infrastructure, how you set of businesses, the lack of digitalization of the country. it was stuck decades in the past. a move go in there and do heavy investment we have only seen since obama change the policy. what is interesting about this, you have seen american compan

obama put in a tax on investments. cutting those taxes are very important to stimulate investments and job creation. sometimes these people don't seem to understand how capitalism works. when you incentivize investment, people deploy capital, create jobs, build companies, and put more people to work so they can afford all these things handle not have to be on medicaid. >> we're talking about tax cuts of $7 million for the 400 wealthiest families. i want to ask you about the other thing people are itching to talk about if i can, and that is, is it possible -- and i know a lot of republicans are waiting for this day, that anthony kennedy might retire, we don't know if it will happen. there have been rumblings. you had dinner with him recently. did he seem someone on the verge of retirement to you, congressman? >> you know, yeah, my wife and i had dinner with the kennedys at an event last week and sat next to them. i have to tell you u i hope i have half the mental agility and physical agility and perspicacity that the ju

let me ask you about president obama. it seems to me like nefs a damned if he does damned if he doesn't situation how do you assess the judgments he made. >> hindsight is 2020. >> of course. >> i'm sure that he was confident and we thought that everything was online for hillary clinton to win the presidency. and we would deal with the russian problem. unfortunately, the scenario didn't take place. we have this guy now who is president, donald trump is president, hillary is not there. . but wove got to fix the problem. the problem is what russia did, when they did it, how did he did it and how do we prevent them from doing anything else in the future. it is clear from the report that the former president put things in place for the current president to take advantage of it if he should choose. and. >> do you have any confidence. >> he will not -- he has not done it thus far. we have seen him joking and giving intelligence information in the white house to the very same russians. >> to russians. but let me ask you quickly.

would obama have done it, do you think? well, obama never took the moab, as it's called, the mother of all bombs, off the table. if an opportunity had presented itself, a target that made sense to use that bomb, a bomb that obama had in his arsenal during his time, he would have used it. the target presented itself for president trump, and so he used it, but i don't see that as a departure from american doctrine. what about, obama seemed pretty desperate to get out of afghanistan. five years ago there were 100,000 american troops in afghanistan. now it's below 10,000. and we have seen a rise in security incidents in afghanistan, far more than since 2007, in the last year and a quarter or so. it's very true that president obama drew down from a height of 100,000 to under 10,000, but before he left office, he fixed a number. he said, actually i'm not going to drive down any further. we are going to keep several thousand american troops there, not to take and hold territory, but to train, advise and assist the afghan national

stop blaming president obama. you said about president obama came. stop using bush. host: you made your point. guest: unfortunately in politics we have to look back and see what's been done and what needs to be done. i personally am going to keep blaming the obama administration for the things that i think they did wrong and supporting him for the things i think they did right. i think they did a lot more things wrong. i think your caller has the opposite view. what we need to do is to be respectful of president obama. he was president and he tried to lead the country in the direction he thought was right. i disagree with that. i don't try to trash him or denigrate him. host: we'll hear next from the independent line lexington kentucky, this is christian. caller: from the paris accord is the most short sighted decision that trump could have done. here in kentucky, we have the most lung cancer deaths. we have the most wood river in the united states. after california, we're tops for worst polluted air. we have the most life long minors which by the way big coal thrive

that was a quote by an unnamed obama adviser. it's hard to put the failure of this on trump or republicans. we choked isn't they choked and let us choke. it's we choked. >> we are out of time. matt, greg, hugh, great to see all of you. thank you so much. >>> the white house press briefing scheduled to start off camera with sean spicer behind that blue door and if you look behind what you're looking at now, the facade of the white house, we're going to have that for you any moment now. and protesters gathering at the office of republican senator marco rubio. the highest number of obamacare enroll lees are there in florida. we're going to go there next. whoooo. finding the best hotel price is now a safe bet. because tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites - so you save up to 30% on the hotel you want. lock it in. tripadvisor. hi..and i know that we have phonaccident forgiveness.gent, so the incredibly minor accident that i had tonight- four weeks without the car. okay, yup. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't

she claimed she lost because obama served two terms as president p. mr. obama and mrs. clinton are battling with attention. they have their own brewing scandal. mrs. clinton has her old ones and mr. obama has had his new ones and there is no public clamor in the public mind space and now joe biden can't stand it. missing that attention he drew as vice-president. looking at obama and clinton and saying to himself, no more. crazy joe is now ready to grab his wing of the left wing mind share and launching his own pack. and knowing joe as we all do, he will get attention but likely not helpful to dems or biden. obama rey seeded mostly from public view assy we got used to his entry as his investigation and spying. and as long as clinton keeps up her tour they will democrats that shake their heads. president trump is withdrawing for the paris accord. >> it is time to exit the pars accord and pursue a new deal that protects the environment and country and citizens and companies. >> lou: kelli ann conway, counsellor to the president, my special guess here next. >> how did this

topics included president's tweets on obama. senate health care bill an supreme court ruling but got heated there, when spicer was asked why the cameras were off. blake burman was there. hey, blake. reporter: hi, there, trish, it was setting another packed briefing room, just a little while ago, sean spicer talking to reporters probably about 20, 25 minutes or so. trend we're seeing a the white house, off-camara for audio used at later point. not being on cam camera. asked a couple different times, reporters, basically ask why can't these things be on camera. what is the reason for all of us here with the cameras and lights on but not focused and pointed at you? there was a pretty heated exchange back and forth with cnn's jim acosta, trying to get that answer out of sean spicer, the white house press secretary sean spicer. here was the exchange inside the james brady press briefing room just a little while ago here at the white house. >> tell us why you turned the cameras off? why are they off, sean. >> that is legitimate questi

given what president obama knew and when he knew it, according to a former senior obama administration official, did that administration quote-on-quote choke when it came to responding to the russian interference? i'm going to ask general michael hayden, formally the head of the nsa and cia what the white house could and should have done. and green party candidate jill stein back in the news this week with a round of finger pointing over hillary clinton's loss. she's here to respond. plus, in wisconsin, the partisan voting map let the gop win 48% of the votes, but they got 60% of the seats. will this be the supreme court case that finally ends gerrymandering? bill cosby's case ended in mistrial, and the prosecutor immediately declared he'd retry it, but isn't he forgoting all the costs? financial, human, and otherwise? >>> but, first, did we all misread a critical tweet about taping from president trump? let's review. tuesday, may 9, president trump fired fbi director james comey, and then, three days later, friday, the 12th, the president tweeted this, james comey better hope there's

obama atelieve that the time could do any more. were holding his hands the entire time he was trying to do stuff to stop it. the only thing he could have done was make sure the people were warned from state to state to state. and what they can do to help in their state. i don't think he couldn't have done anymore. i agree it could have been much worse. if he would have stepped in and tried to do whatever it is he done. as far as i'm concerned she has the word and nobody house. i think if the republicans were holding his hand as much as they were i believe he could have been 10 times more and whatnot. i believe it would have been fair. in one other thing, i believe that donald trump new debt they was doing the hacking. i looked at one of his speeches when he was doing the campaign and the first thing he said was i believe in wikileaks. i love it. that's what he said in his campaign. the whole all this world is laughing at this country. the whole world is laughing at the u.s.. eric is calling in from the independent line. president t

i mean, the story is not simply about what did president obama, former president obama, do wrong or not do wrong. it's about this intervention into our democratic system which was directly connected to putin. and so at this point, when those efforts are continuing, according to everything we know for future elections, i think president trump can't simply ignore this and has to come back to the same kinds of questions that president obama was facing at the end of his term. >> and salena, it's very interesting, perhaps the most important person in all of this, especially how we move forward, is kind of murky as to whether or not russia actually interfered in the election. the president on twitter just two days ago writes, "why did the democratic national committee turn down the dhs offer to protect against hacks long prior to the election!" it's all a big democratic hoax. he also tweeted it's all a big democratic scam and an excuse for losing the election. does consistency matter at all here? he's just sending mixed messages on this. do you think he has to come out and clarify his belief

worrisome to the obama team was that prospect. so part of the reason they didn't throw everything they had at the russians, which appears to be a considerable amount of stuff they could have thrown, part of the reason they didn't do anything to russia about this before the election was because of how it would play politically here in the united states. this question, an important question on whether americans would have confidence that our election was not being rigged by the outgoing administration in order to install someone who had been secretary of state in that administration as the next president. there was that domestic concern. but the other part of their reticence to do anything was driven by the fact that they believed that russia could blow up the election if they wanted to. that beyond the bots and the propaganda and the stealing the documents from the democratic party and releasing them in a way designed to cause damage, despite -- beyond all of that stuff, which we all know about now, apparently the obama administrat

absolutely. ♪ >> president obama: all right. you're going to have to -- >> anthony: i will walk you through. >> president obama: you're gonna have to walk me through this. >> anthony: we're about to eat bún cha. and it is about as typical and uniquely a hanoi dish as there is. these beautiful little pork patties, grilled pork belly. bun cha is served in a broth of vinegar, sugar, and the ubiquitous nuoc cham, or vietnamese fermented fish sauce. chilies to taste. i mean, if you have an important state function after, you might not want to go too heavy on the garlic. >> president obama: you know what, i'm going with this thing. you know? we're gonna do what's appropriate. >> anthony: a little vinegar. >> president obama: all right. >> anthony: and then you just hack off noodles, you just drop them in your bowl. >> president obama: yeah, that's not too elegant, but i managed it. >> anthony: and dip and stir and get ready for the awesomeness. >> president obama: i'm ready. now, is it appropriate to just pop one of these whole sucke

i also think the per on pressure on obama and expectations on obama was ridiculously high. he was going to compensate for this entire black experience inside eight years. i read a piece in the "new york times" yesterday, i believe where cited a failing of obama his inability to eliminate income inequality. my heaven, you expect president of the united states to eliminate income inequality. who's been able to do that anywhere? why would obama be able to do it in united states as two term. it's just example ridiculously high expectations that a lot of people had including lot of black americans for what obama will be able to accomplish in office. my point is that, not only was he not able to live up to those expectations, we should not have expected him or any politician to be able to close the racial gaps that are persisted for so many decades. host: wilmington delaware. caller: i think that you're probably making -- you're comparing two different things. there's nothing wrong with trying to gain political power and also trying to gain economic power. i shouldn't say because

obama didn't do anything. he made several private warnings to vladimir putin to stop doing this and ultimately saying it happened and in december he should -- he put in place tough sanctions, could have been stronger but did sanction russia, the same sanctions donald trump wants to roll back. >> let's go to president obama, you are trying to tell our viewers wait a second, president obama did do something, he told vladimir putin on the sidelines of a summit cut it out, and he didn't cut it out and you expect us to believe that was good enough? >> it was not good enough. it absolutely was not good enough. there was a debate in the white house, people close to president obama who wanted him to do more, the secretary of state and others who were reluctant to do this during the campaign, afraid it would impact the campaign and in my view, being too careful. >> it is being investigated, did the trump campaign do anything wrong? has donald trump done anything wrong in office? on this is being investigated but why ha

i think the other way he might be thinking about it, so many republicans said obama obama wasn't strongest didn't show strong american leadership. they were obsessed with the red line else. they thought he really wimped out. so in trump's mind, he may be thinking, i'll doing what obama never did. i'm showing america is tough. i didn't like how obama performed on. this he could get embroiled. whatever the motive is, the objective fact is that it is a distraction from these other stories and happens to be convenient if we have some tension with russia. and he may see vladimir putin at the g-20 summit next week. that could be an awkward meeting. it might be a good story line for him if it is not a friendly sitdown. but they're tough guys who are mad at each other over what's happening in syria. >> if he kills one russia in syria, everything that has happened will be petty compared tom. >>> when we return, let me finish with trump watch tonight. you're watching "hardball." for your heart... your joints... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of yo

of a small book, really, about the russian attack on our presidential election last year and how the obama administration came to recognize that that was happening, what they understood about it, and, importantly, how they reacted to it once they realized what it was. in just a moment, we are going to be joined live by one of the reporters who broke that story, and there's a lot to talk to her about. this story today at the "washington post," it's like 10 front pageworthy scoops all in one big story. among the scoops the "washington post" got for this report is that u.s. intelligence agencies somehow have access or had access to a source of intelligence that was very, very, very close to vladimir putin. and that is intriguing just on surt fas the surface, just for the pure spy novel, lurid thrill of it. we have something close to putin? the post, to its credit, makes clear how extraordinary that is beyond just the wow factor, how unexpected it is to learn that. ultimately, how important it is to u.s. interests. the post today notes that putin is, quote, a former kgb officer who takes extre

number one, obama being smoked. think about that, whether it's obama or donald trump or george w. bush or bill clinton or ronald reagan, they represent the united states of america. that means our entire nation got smoked, and that means that the current president still won't admit in our current election. even though -- >> did you watch last night's show? quan said the same thing and was debunked. >> so it would make -- in six months, that's great for american confidence. when you talk about how you talk about it, jesse, you pick up on the politics that she take the politics out of this. imagine if president obama at the time went to the america people and said that the russians have rigged our election and we've got to stop it, and i'm going to have a full-fledged investigation. folks like yourself would have said that they are tipping the scale for hillary clinton, they are blaming this on donald trump. so the president had to make a calculated decision. do we do everything we can behind the scenes to stop this, including addressing him directly at the g7, or do we go to the am

i didn't run on obama care light. i didn't run on allowing the death spiral of obama care to continue to subsidize it with taxpayer money. we're $500 billion in debt right now. there is no money to expand medicaid unless you want to raise taxes. we're cutting taxes, so you have to be honest with people. we're going to keep a lot of stuff that was in obama care. i think we can do better and i don't want to defeat it, i want to make it better. >> if you lose -- >> i think what will happen and the reason we're coming out now, is that now the discussion begins. but if the people that are in favor of the current bill know there is not 50 votes for it, perhaps the discussion will begin in easternest to make it better. >> are the challenges depicted the way you want. >> this is supposedly a draft. at the meeting this morning, everyone here said they were still open to changes. i think you only get changes if you show you have power to change it. >> i am a favor of reading the bills before i pass them, but i have legislation

what action did president obama take? >> well, the post report said that the administration began taking action right away. you talked about how it was in august the cia delivered this highly classified report in august, it was also in august that then-director john brennan gave intelligence fsb, the following month in china for the g20 summit, the president himself, president obama, spoke with russian president vladimir putin and gave him a warning telling him to knock it off. that's the summary of what the president said but giving vladimir putin a warning to knock it off. the following month in october is when we saw the first statement, initial statement put out by the administration talking about russian activities. and also in october, susan rice, national security advisor, delivered a message to putin through the russian ambassador we've heard so much about, ambassador kislyak, so there were a lot beforehand and former national security advisor tony blanken told kate bolduan on friday that after that conversation i