obama: we can do that. look, i always believed in that kind of politics. >> [chanting "yes we can"] mr. obama: yes we can. because that is american democracy at its best. that is the politics i have always believed in. that is what ralph believes in, justin and mark believes in. when everyone gets engaged, when everyone pushes in the same direction, that is when good things happen. >> [cheering] mr. obama: we are at our best not when we are trying to put people down, but when we are trying to lift everybody up. >> [cheering] mr. obama: we are at our best not when we try to find what is wrong with somebody else, but when we find the decency and good will and common effort that so often we see in our neighborhoods and in our congregations, and that we try to impart onto our children. that is what we believe. and we have to be honest, that kind of politics doesn't always carry the day. we live in a time when all sorts of forces conspire to turn good people off from politics. the way we get our news, the way mo

obama: but think about that. even as a young man, people already recognized that this is somebody whose character made him trustworthy. somebody with a code of honor, and integrity. they trusted him to hold himself and all of them to a high standard. they trusted him to do the right thing, even when no one is looking. [cheering] pres. obama: and isn't that what we want in our leaders? isn't that who we want making tough decisions on our behalf? honesty, integrity, a willingness to put others before yourself. that is the way that ralph has always lived his life. [cheering] pres. obama: in the army, he served at walter reed. and i can tell you, as somebody who visited walter reed consistently throughout my eight years, what it meant to have a medical staff that would literally help to rebuild people's lives after they had served our country in such a profound way. in germany, treating our wounded warriors from the first iraq war. when he left active duty, he and his wonderful wife pam, an educator, decided to settl

they don't like obama care? st. paul said he would lose as a landslide. the polls are fraudulent. they oversample democrats to get the answer. if you say to people are you for obama care, does it hurt you? they said it's hurting me and it against it. but if they say to help poor people or throw them on the street. it's however you phrase the question to get the answer. >> been in las vegas for a couple of days i've seen a commercial attacking your senator senate several times on healthcare issue. >> it's a leftist attack, and i month of bright saying don't you dare vote against repeal. no change my argument it doesn't matter because guys like you ruined the appeal. even if you vote for it sucks. i didn't say trump would be elected because he was slightly cut taxes are slightly repeal obama care. i said he was gonna kill it that's who he voted for. this is all fraud based on rich corporation pay enough everyone in the united states congress. i left the republican party and then i found out obama was 50 times wors

obama: hello richmond >> [cheering] mr. obama: oh, it's good to be back. >> [cheering] mr. obama: how is everybody doing today? >> [cheering] mr. obama: are you fired up? you ready to go? >> [cheering] mr. obama: well, it is good to be back in richmond. say, it is good to be back in virginia, but i am in virginia pretty much every day. it is just a little further north. i remember coming here in the race-- days of my last >> [cheering] mr. obama: five years ago, i remember -- >> [yelling] [cheering] enthusiasm, the generosity, the warmth of the people of virginia. i remember that when i first announced my candidacy as theident back in 2007, first major elected official outside illinois was a certain gentleman named tim kaine. kaine is right there. id, whatme here and sa the heck are y'all doing? nobody can pronounce my name yet. they believed in me even before michelle did. ondill always have warm, f memories of richmond, virginia. >> [cheering] mr. obama: part of the reason i've got one of memories is because i've got friends here. governor,des your terry mcauliffe. that i

then bring us tonight, mister david litt's new book "thanks obama". more than any other president, barack obama's eight years in the white house were defined by young people. in 2011, david litt became one of the youngest speechwriters in history until leaving the white house in 2016, he wrote on topics of healthcare, climate change to criminal justice reform and took the lead as president obama's go to comedy writer. now in this refreshingly honest memoir, mister litt brings us inside obama's world , full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice,"thanks obama" is an exciting debut about what it means personally, professionally and politically to grow up . keegan michael t called this book terrific, part firsthand story about being inspired by a cultural icon, part how-to manual for getting involved in politics and taking change. "thanks obama" is a hysterical, heartfelt trip down memory lane and boy, do we need. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming david litt and adam davidson. [applause] >> thank you very much, i'm adam

president obama was always making a very clear argument. i think he was a writer before he was a politician. also a lawyer before he was a politician and he wanted to tell one story, he wanted to make an argue; a., leading to b., leading to c. i think with trump, the one thing i will a ask the reason i don't feel my opinion of america has fundmentally changed issue think we have to look back and remember that donald trump wasn't elected by a majority of voters most americans rejected him. >> and continue to. >> and continue to. so what it reminds us is that our political system is really broken but that americans are better than our politics, and i think that thesis is one that president obama was saying for years before that; that when you look at the value that americans have they're not reflected in washington and they should be. >> i guess -- you already said that point, the clarity of obama's speaking was a reflection of the clarity of his understanding and so if someone, for example, was not very clear in speaking -- >> i think you se

why hasn't obama fixed this? it was an intense fascination with one person that is inexable other than to be what we think it is, which is obsessive and that the only thing he can think to do and accomplish -- he doesn't have a legislative that's got through, and he also didn't have a legislative agenda. even that was rolled back. >> hold on. i don't think it's inexplicable. have you met people that study you -- you cannot buy, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy class. president obama whatever you think of his politics, he's a very classy man. he's a smart man. he's one of the kindest people you want to meet, he and his wife are. i'm not talking about politics. having met them and knowing them. you can't teach that. i think that's something the president is jealous about. you can't teach those qualities. >> i think there is something to him, that obama was instantly granted a kind of cultural cashe that trump has been denied his entire life. even when he was at his most successful, moving into manha

david, you know barack obama, president obama better than anyone else. how hard must it be for him to remain on the side lines and watch this happen? >> you know, i get this question a lot, and i get the question about the dismantlement of the obama legacy, and i think his reaction is the same as mine, which is it's not about the dismantlement of his legacy. i'm confident that barack obama will go down in history in very positive terms. he left as a popular president. he led the country through an epic economic crisis, and did some very important things. but i think what disturbs him, and what should disturb many is the impact of these decisions. i believe the president thinks that this is chum in the water, fulfilling his campaign promises for his base. i also believe that he is motivated by trying to oblateraobla obliterate the obama legacy, which is also chum in the water for his base. but there's also this other thing at play that i don't have the qualifications to analyze that clearly motivates him. because anytime he talks about anything that presi

president obama signed it. you know, no fanfare -- i don't think most americans knew about it, i didn't know about it. why is why did it fall through so many cracks if it had this big of an impact sh. >> a lot of people were not paying attention. look at the title of the bill, reassuring patient access and effective drug enforcement act. who would be against that. i just think a lot of members were not paying attention and relied on the word of tom marino and a handful of other allies of the drug industry who said this was going to increase access to legitimate patients and was going to enhance law enforcement when it did neither. and so i think a lot of the members of congress, you know, in senator manchin's words were basically hoodwinked and they didn't -- there was no recorded vote, there was no debate. this was passed through a parliamentary procedure known as unanimous consent. and so it just sailed through congress without any debate or vote. >> so you could make the case it's their job not to be hoodwin

i will fight the obama administration. i'm scott pruitt. i ask for your vote. >> the congressmen aren't going to do anything about it. they're not holding the agencies at the federal level accountable. by gosh, we will. >> number one, i'm going to establish an office of federalism internal to the ag's office. it will... it will be an office or a division where i will retain attorneys that will wake up each day and go bed each night with one thought in mind: how do we make your constitutional liberties and freedoms real against washington's encroachment? >> i mean, it... it was a unique idea at the time. >> narrator: the election was a landslide. >> we know it's a big night. oklahomans have sent a very clear message that they want an advocate in the attorney general's office to make sure that we get means to the constitution, that as washington, dc, has passed items like obamacare, the epa's overreach, they want an advocate in the courts to make sure that we protect their freedoms. and i'm looking forward to being that advocate. >> well, rep

it was rolling out and obama air of regulation -- obama-era regulation. the obama administration some people not signing up. they wanted the short term plans offering fewer benefits. if you are too old to have children, you do not have to sign up for maternity care. if you do not have juvenile, children,have forget signing up for pediatric plans. they are bare-bones plans. they are much more affordable. they are attracted to young people who are starting out and have car payments or mortgage payments. plead thee started to obamacare exchanges, the obama administration slammed the door on the exit ramp. saying, no, we will not let you that the cheaper plans. we insist you by the obamacare compliance plans. president trump on thursday rolled back the obama era regulation. you can have the choices, the more affordable choices. that was what there's a was about. host: 20 of criticism from democrats on -- plenty of criticism from democrats. senator chris murphy of connecticut is a member of the health education, labor come and pensions committee. here is what

they brought forth president obama with them. senate judiciary committee is now looking at a russian bribery case and

bush, barack obama, kept this very private. and there's something that is so solemn about this particular part of being president that it felt a little incongruous the way president trump talked about it today. obviously he's set off a fury among the obama aides who watched the president, that president go through this. but he also seemed to be talking a little bit about his feelings rather than the feelings of thor be bereved. >> thanks to two journalbing ab witnessed tone and perhaps tomorrow. >>> tonight a warning from, the republican party on the importance of america's role in the world. and what it could mean if this nation doesn't rise to the challenge. >> we have a moral obligation to continue in our just cause and we would bring more than shame on ourselves in we don't. we will not thrive? a world where our leadership and ideals are absent. we wouldn't deserve to. >> forceful, emotional speech tonight. that was john mccain in philadelphia. coming up, though, more on the war of words between washington and pyongyang. wh

it's obama that was the one that was executive overreach. >> liz: the facts are that president obama's track record before the supreme court was worse than bill clinton in terms of losses and worse than george w. bush, right? >> absolutely. he had more supreme court losses than any other modern president by far and i want to emphasize this again, liz. what president trump is doing here is he's saying a law is not working. he's saying people are not getting healthcare and being promised healthcare but they're getting forced to buy in insurance at a penalty of about $500 a year and that kind of force i'm going to use an executive order to prevent the people from being hurt. i don't think that's anything near as unconstitutional as what we saw before. i think it's a proper use of executive power. >> liz: dr. mark siegel, good to see you. we have an awkward bbc interview with hillary clinton coming up basically having difficulty answering a bbc reporter's question about her husband. you'll see that next. ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick i

barack obama wasn't just a black politics. it wasn't just a matter of them looking at him as black person, it was who he represented and who they represented. >> rose: did you grow over the these eight years. >> yeah, a lot. >> rose: how tod you change? i didn't believe in reparations when we started. >> rose: you learned that from the civil war reading? >> the civil war reading was a gateway. >> rose: the 1200 books you read on the civil war. >> here's the thing. in terms of an ambassador, barack obama was, like, the best we had. >> rose: ambassador from whom to whom? >> from black america to the rest of the country. >> rose: right. by the standards which america tends to hold middle class values, et cetera, he was, like, a character out of the brady bunch or something. ivy league lawyer, wife is ivy league lawyer, beautiful children, dog named bo, just a miraculous representative. >> rose: what hollywood would have done if they made the movie. >> exactly, and half the political party -- donald trump actually forced the guy t

the construction, the obama presidency, and your writing career. can you connect those stats force. >> can you hear me? [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] what a way to start the tour. sorry bill. i really appreciate it because it shows that you read the book. i think the assumption maybe a bear some responsibility for this is when people see the we from eight years of power they mean black people as a come collective group. and that's incorrect. to the introduction i talk about with the title comes from. congressman thomas miller, in south carolina he found himself along with several african-american free folks and african-american folks that were free before suddenly thrust into the ruling coalition south carolina is black people were all across the south. it was a momentous change. south carolina was a state that before the civil war the majority of people were enslaved, and for the first time in that states history you had the possibility of a real democracy. in 1895 miller attended the south carolina constitutional convention. really a coalit

itts new book, "thanks, obama," my hopey, changey white house areas. barack obama's eight years in the white house were defined by young people. in 2011, david litt became one of youngest white house speech writers in history. until leaving the white house in 2016 he wrote on topics from health care to climbed change to criminal justice reform and took the lead as president obama's go-to comedy writer. now in this refreshingly honest memoir, mr. litt brings us inside obama world, full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, thanks obama is an exciting debut about what it means personally, professionally, and politically, to grow up. michael key caught the book terrific. part first-hand story about being inspired bay cultural icon, part how to manual for getting involved in politics and making change.

did president obama know about this? was it in president obama's daily presidential briefings? apparently, that might have been toldd to the lawyer of the fbi informantno. what did hillary clinton know and when did she know? did she know her husband, bill clinton, was being paid double his speaking fees for a speech in moscow?w? did she f know bill asked for permission while in moscow to meet with russian nuclear officials? did she know eventually bill met with putin during the trip and advocated? he advocated that the uranium one deal be done and also was paid by a bank that had a financial interest in uraniumea one. how could both of them, obama and clinton, ever think-- ever -- it's a good idea to give 20% of america's uranium to vladimir putin? by the way, that's a foundational material for nuclear weapons. we need to hear from keyia obama administration officials. for example, eric holder. what did he know and when did he know it? he was in charge of the doj. they are in charge of the fbi. did he know about the evidence of putin's network right here inside the united state

the obama side, the obama office is not talking about this on the record. and general kelly has not ke klined this as well. in 2011, general kelly and his wife attended a gold star family breakfast at the white house ask sat at michelle obama's table to honor the families of the fallen here. this is something that is a bit of an awkward situation all the way around here. general kelly does not want to talk about it. the president wants to draw the distinction as we saw him do yesterday. we should point out in 2010, almost 500 american fighters were killed in african began this this year about six. >> very different situation indeed. a sensitive that president trump's nominee for drug czar has with drawn his name from consideration. we are talking about tom marino's decision that comes on the heels major report by 60 minutes and "the washington post." tell the viewers what the report reveal and what the white house is saying about congressman marino's decision. >> this is something the president announced on the radio and on social media that he was withdraw

i don't know what obama's policy was. >> if he doesn't know what obama's policy was, one could say then why on earth would he say something like that? especially something as sensitive as this? but do you know if obama called general kelly? >> i just heard from a white house official within the last five minutes who just told me that in 2010 when general john kelly's son was killed in afghanistan, president obama never called general kelly or his family. again, that's according to an official here at the white house. we've reached out to president obama's office to see whether they have any comment about this. obviously this is a sensitive topic. not one that anybody wants to politicize although of course the president, president trump did bring this issue up. >> yeah. that's not true. absolutely somebody wants to politicize it. the president. he's the one who did it. >> to be clear, nobody else wants to politicize this right now. president obama's office, president bush's office, i spoke to both of them last night making it clear that in the past they would always either call or send a

also, obama never attacked a gold star family. the white house responded with a staple of its own saying the president wasn't criticizing predecessors by stating a fact. presidents pay their respects. sometimes they call. sometimes they send a letter. other times they have the opportunity to meet family members in person. this president, like his predecessors, has done each of these. individuals claiming former presidents such as their bosses called each family of the fallen are mistaken. that's where this debate stands. and with us tonight paul rye cough founder and ceo of iava. he happens to be an army first lut napt and platoon leader in iraq formerly. jeremy bash is also with us. paul, i look up these figures. pentagon tonight total dead afghanistan, 2,388. total wounded, just over 20,000. total dead in iraq, 4,530. total wounded in action, over 32,000. these are all your brothers and sisters in uniform. you have them serving all over the planet tonight. how did you react to what the president said today? >> i was surprised. i

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obama and clinton, holder, they all deserve jail. such a disgrace to our country to be led by such a corrupt administration. jillian: come to mind. rob: unbelievable the amount of trouble h can get into. jillian: one thing the dnc and hillary clinton and the msn defenders depend upon how there is no law against lying to reporters or the american public. rob: first the good, the adorable 3-year-old boy who saluted a funeral procession for a fallen officer for two hours getting a big surprise his very own police car. well deserved. the sheriff's office in georgia gifting cohen with a personalized electric toy a great kid. jillian: remember jeremy meeks. now a california gang member is being dubbed the new hot felon after her mugshot goes viral. this woman was arrested on two felony charges after police say she was traveling with a stolen pink hand gun with a child in the backseat. rob: she ain't that hot. come on. and the ugly. more than 30 people dining inside this restaurant in maryland when that car right there plowed right through

obama. you could ask other people. i don't know what obama's policy was. >> keeping him honest, president obama didn't call the kaelz. he did, however, stwriet them to a breakfast at the white house for gold star families. not clear if they actually attended. general kelly himself only rarely mentioned the loss of his son publicly and never settle ed the beef with the press. joining us is josh greene, author of devil's bar"barng" -- bargain. general kelly went out of his way to publicly not talk about his son, even giving a speech in front of a semper fi organization in st. louis when he asked the marine not to mention his son. >> there's a striking piece in "the washington post" that sort of ticks through his history of really making an effort not to personalize it by bringing his son's death into the public debate, but i think it's so jarring to see trump go to a radio talk show and using it assist a rationale to criticize president obama. >> do you think it's appropriate? >> actually, and

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

sadly because of the obama administration, you've got barack obama, hillary clinton, eric holder and all these others, because of theirth stupidity and ineptness, vladimir putin succeeded. despite knowing all of this in 2009, when 2010 comes around, while the russians were carrying out this bribery scheme and the fbi knew over a year -- including hillary clinton and many others -- they ended up still approving this corrupt uranium one deal that gave 20% of america's uranium to russia. there's also another massive part of this story involving the clintons. the hill and circuit news have reported the fbicu has evidence, this includes eyewitness accounts that the russia nuclear officials were funneling millions and millions of dollars to the clinton foundation well hillary was actually serving as secretary of state andrs personally signing off on the uranium one deal. according to both explosiveve reports, the obama administration hid the evidence of this russian bribery plot from congress. there is an fbi informant who wanted to tell congress and share with congress today. he wanted to

did you ever hear him talk about president obama that way even once? the response on the part of the president, i thought was restrained in a radio interview. here he is. >> people have to be careful. at some pointin fight back. i am being very, very nice. and some point i fight back and it will not be pretty. >> joining us now. washington times opinion editor, charlie hurd. charlie, the exploitation of senator mccain is extraordinary. that's what the left is doing here? >> it is truly extraordinary and i love the fact that he suggest that this is a guy who has been in congress for 400 years i think? at the founding possibly although he would have voted against the constitution if he was part of the founding. for him to claim that they are not sochling problem. what problems have you solved, john mccain? you haven't sochled anything. mccain fein gold. what was that about? the epitire bill was designed to do one thing. designed to erase his involve nment the keating fief. this guy is a disaster from the beginning. he is a failure. and a failed president

obama to honor gold star families a year after their son's passing. obama staff told cbs news that kelly's were seated alongside the first lady but could not confirm a prior call. >> you have sacrificed nothing. and no one. >> it is not the first time mr. trump withstood controversy over a gold star family. as a candidate he sparred with the parents of kahn killed in iraq in 2004 they had spoken at the democratic national convention. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there, had nothing to say maybe wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> reporter: late today the white house said president trump did speak with all four families of the green berets killed in niger and thanked them for their sacrifice. anthony. >> margaret brennan at the white house. thanks. all of this happens as americans mourn the loss of four service members in niger earlier this month. this evening the body of one of the green betters, sergeant ledavid johnson was flown to miami. sergeant johnson was 25. he leaves a pregnant wife, and two children. >>> our holly willia

i was about 12 years in my career when barack obama became president. there's a temptation when people put accolades on you to take a little too much credit. i know this because i grew up in a community where i didn't feel like i was the smartest person there. and i wasn't raised to think anywaina way people around me wt some things went my way. it made things more possible. i was talking to my friend at "the new york times" she was talking about going into public relations. she has won several awards for and is hailed as a genius in her field people just weren't working for you like that so it has to be understood that some participate. >> there are at least two people in this room that are particularly helpful to you, one of them your father, you want to stand up? [applause] and mother. ' and the other, your wonderful wife. [applause] what was the particular way she was able to encourage you any time that you were considering that you needed to find another occupation. you said you ended up being a writer because there wasn't much else that you could

>> in terms of the obama campaign, in terms of what the money was spent for. in terms of hillary campaign and the dnc, absolutely in the my judgment. there are are two federal campaign election laws that make it specifically a crime to give money to a foreign national in a campaign and hide it by filing false and misleading reports. >> sean: unbelievable. there is so much here. you would be proud of me, like you i read all 31 pages, i did good today. [ laughter ] >> sean: dr. gorka, i don't know what else the bigger scandal? the real propaganda, lies for the campaign, russian lies was paid for, bought and paid for by hillary and the dnc, or that we sold-out our national security for god knows what reason? why would anyone give the russia and putin knowing in 2009 about bribery, extortion, money laundering, racketeering by his spies within our country? they had the evidence, they had an fbi informant, documents, tape regard goes, and nobody stopped them? >> sure. >> sean: and he won, he got the 20% of america's uranium. >> right. right. look about three months

change relations with russia. >> barack obama won't have much time to savor victory. >> obama came in and thought, "well, this is another relationship that was probably a victim of, of, you know, the neoconservative foreign policy. so let's take a look at it, and let's repair it." >> each american administration has come to office thinking that it had to, and it could build a constructive relationship with the russians. >> this is, as obama famously said, "pressing the reset button." >> and the obama administration comes in and does that. >> now mr. obama wants to make clinton the face of his foreign policy. >> narrator: obama entrusted the job of building the reset to his secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> ...meeting between hillary clinton and the russian foreign minister, lavrov. >> secretary clinton met with foreign minster sergey lavrov of russia in geneva. and the goal of that meeting was actually to establish this thing called "the reset." >> i wanted to present you with a little gift, which represents what president obama, and vice president biden and i have been saying.

president, where you cannot resist taking a jab at obama? we're talking about four soldiers killed in action. all that was asked is are you going to send some kind of condolences to these families. and as you and josh pointed out, all he had to say is i am. it isn't unreasonable to say i wanted to give them a little time, if that's what he wanted to do. but once he started doing these comparisons that he had no fact basis on, and i applaud nbc's peter alexander for getting in that follow-up question. because it was pretty chaotic at that press conference. >> yeah. >> to trump's credit, he took a lot of questions. and he didn't have it rigged as to who would ask questions. he could just yell it out, which i did, for a question i had. but peter asked the question in a perfect way, where he -- trump ended up saying he kind of knew, he didn't know. maybe someone told him. a general told him. he was disassembling. and i know you have gone through this a lot. and i know there is a lot of things where you talk about fact checks and the president. b

obama: you know? i just think that me as a stranger, coming into lives, i can move people with my words, but if i do not know them and they do not know me, it is sort of like what we heard from renee -- you have to get up close to people, you have to be willing to be close. you cannot ignore the people who are right in your orbit. and think you can affect bigger change. that is why when i came into the white house and i said i was mom and achieve, the statement i help anyg was i cannot other kid until i make sure that minor good. very as first lady my first response ability was to make sure that my girls were sane, because i actually have control over my kids, they are my responsibility. what i feed to them, i have the opportunity to feed this stuff to them every day, i am the role model. so i have to do that right before i can tackle the bigger issue. that is my responsibility to get that right before i go out and try to change things. shonda: and be a role model for anybody else. mrs. obama: if i am

obama urged americans to reject the politics of fear. he warned democrats not to take this year's election for granted. all this without ever mentioning president trump's name. we get nor from cnn's alex marquar marquardt, he is in richmond, virginia with more. >> reporter:. this was former president obama back in campaign mode for the first time since the presidential election last year even trotting out old slogans like yes we can. the stopped in new jersey and down here doing the same in richmond virginia for another candidate. anyone came out hoping he was going to come out swings against president trump naming him by name, would have walked away disappointed. president obama making no reference to president trump's efforts to roll back much of his legacy, whether it comes to health care, the iran nuclear deal, the paris climate change accord. but there was no miss taking that president obama was taking direct aim at president trump's politics, as he called it, of divisiveness that have come about in this country since elected. >> in

now we find out obama. joining us now former deputy assistant to the president sebastian gorka, fox news legal analyst. we will get to his column which is blockbuster in a minute gregg jarrett. all right. sebastian gorka, sara is right, there is real russian collusion, hillary, dnc, obama bought and paid for spread throughout the country to influence the election. all lies. >> yeah. so let's just look at what happened. james comey, who admitted leaking federal documents written on federal hardware admitted to doing so to trigger the creation of the special counsel, who was bob mueller who is his buddy. and what was the mission of the special counsel? to investigate russian undermining of our presidential election in relation to the trump campaign. and what do we find out this morning? paul map for the is charged with not disclosing his foreign bank account. >> sean: 2006 to '14. >> right. 11 years ago. that's how far they have to dig. and not registering adequately as a representative of foreign government.

next up president obama's u.n. ambassador samantha power testifying before the house intelligence committee that someone within the obama administration on her be half in her name made requests to unmask or reveal the names of americans in intelligence reports last year. fox news recently reporting that power made about 260 unmasking requests, a rate of about one per business day in her final year in office, including up through the end of obama's term. here is congressman trey goudy at that hearing. roll tape. >> the intelligence community assigned this number of request to her, her perspective and her testimony is they may be under my name but i did not make those requests, so we've got to get to the bottom of that, if there is someone else making a request on be half of a principal in the intelligence community we need to know that. >> liz: joining me now fox news senior analyst look whose here to straighten it out. so this is scary stuff. i mean this is about politicians spying on each other and now it looks li

. >> i within the to richmond, virginia for barack obama's first campaign appearance. he stopped for more than half an hour. it was striking how many echoes between what obama said about president trump and what george bush said about the problems in our civic culture. after bush was sort of under the radar, out of the fray for nine years, obama out for nine months, this week we saw the last two presidents, the guys who have been in the oval office the past 16 years really coming out and saying publicly about donald trump what they thought privately for a while. and i think that's a big moment. >> you know, we're going to have to come back and figure out whether they meant that at trump directly or everyone. annie, i'm in your newspaper's town this morning, boston. what does "the boston globe" reporter think is the biggest story of the week? >> i'm going to agree with politico, actually. the biggest story of the week is absolutely the budget afghanistan. i can take a st passing. i spent time at the st. regis hotel which costs i would say $2,700 a night to stay there. a

the islamic state prospered under president obama. under president trump they are suffering defeat after defeat. >> we have made more progress against isis in the last nine months than in the last 8 years as you know. lou: we'll discuss the trump policy successes with fred -- wd fleitz. tillerson says the trump administration won't block european trade with iran, and he would like to see the president's views balanced by his own. we take up this unusual secretary of state and more here next. next. stay with ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ well i'm gone i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sle

. >> ta-nehisi coates is here with a book of essays written during the obama era. it examines the issues of race in the first black president say. -- black presidency. his first essay called "the first white president" was featured in this year's "atlantic monthly". he has won many awards including the macarthur genius grant. the new york times calls him the preeminent black journalist of his generation. i am pleased to have him at this table. explain to me the conceit of the book. >> the basic idea of it was to take the essays/articles i had written during the obama years and put them together into one single volume and say, this is what i wrote, i hope you enjoyed it. but as i went and read the old essays and work that i did during those 8 years, i begun to see the possibility of a new book emerging, one like a memoir interlaced between the actual articles i had written. so i picked a few of them and i wrote a story with the linkage being the thought process that went into each piece, where i was in my life. charlie: a great thing to do. they are, regarding good

bush and barack obama mentioning the state of affairs. they didn't mention his name but its clear who they're talking about. will their rebuke change anything? >>> we start with breaking news on that october 4th attack in niger. a senior congressional aide briefed on the four u.s. deaths now tells nbc news that the ambush stemmed in part from a, quote, massive intelligence failure. the news comes as we're expecting defense secretary mattis to meet with senator john mccain on capitol hill any moment now. the face-to-face coming just a day after mccain said he might seek a subpoena to try to get more information on the attack. it also comes after pentagon officials confirm to nbc news that the fbi is now also investigating the attack. let's start with nbc's national security reporter courtney kube, and hanz nichols is standing by. courtney, let's start with you, this new reporting on what the source is calling -- characterizing as a massive intelligence failure. what more do we know? >> so, this is coming from my colleague, ken, who spoke w

sergeant bowe bergdahl of course red from the taliban under president obama, called a traitor by then presidential candidate trump. now faces prison after pleading guilty to desertion. but has he already been punished enough? >> i'm just going to die here from sickness. >> in our abc news exclusive interview. >>> plus, play at home dad, the former baseball mega star alex rodriguez taking us inside his home base. his life in the stands, cheering on new girlfriend jennifer lopez. >> the best show i've ever seen. >> no! really? >> his stories of growing up poor in miami, how his family helped him move on from a major league controversy. >>> and picture perfect, a white house staff photographer getting candid about her years following the first lady michelle obama, and the story behind this famous image. >>> but first here, the "nightline" 5. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, and we begin here tonight with our abc news exclusive interview with sergeant bowe bergdahl. who spent five years as a captive of the taliban in afghanistan and was called a traitor by then candidate drump. now he could go t