michelle obama. [applause] president barack obama. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please theome to the podium director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. [applause] >> good morning. and it is mym, pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. is the s person itter who may be curious to see how his or her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. in a spirit of building allcipation, i did a warm come to the 44th president of the united states, barack obama, and his wife, former first lady, michelle obama, who be honored today. [applause] the second person as the artists, who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true to his or her own artistic style and still transmit a sense of the internal spirit to external audiences. in many ways, it is as much a reflection of themselves as insight into their subjects. remaintrait artist must unique, and to quote baudelaire, realize a character. in the spirit of that braver

michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. >> good morning. mu name is kim sajet and it is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. the first person is the sitter, a person with a larger-than-life persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. in a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, former first lady, michelle obama, who we honor today. [applause] the second person is the artist who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true to his or her own artistic style and still transmit a sense of the internal spirit to internal audiences. in many ways, as much a reflection of themselves as an insight into their subject, the portrait artist must remain unique and, to quote a

president obama, mrs. obama, vice president biden, amy, k kim, the provost, regions, commissioners, and distinguished guests, it is an honor and privilege to share this morning with you. as you probably know, we have to publications to celebrate today. first, president and mrs. obama will unveil their official portraits. and second, today is abraham lincoln's birthday. what you may not know is that president lincoln once credited a portrait with getting him elected. a photograph by the great matthew brady taken before lincoln's famous speech at the cooper union in february 1860. in 1860, thiscans was the only lincoln they knew. the brady image appeared on the ," in of "harper's weekly newspapers across the country, and on buttons and leaflets throughout the campaign. today that photograph is on display here at the national portrait gallery. lincoln may have given brady too much credit. there were probably a few other reasons he won the presidency. for example, i hear he was a pretty good speaker. but his c

great job, president obama. lecturing president trump to stop whining about election modeling, why didn't you do something? by the way the president, president trump, now slamming obama for his tepid response to russia's bizarre behavior, tweeting... the president is right, the obama administration sucked up to the putin regime, giving them a pass including this cringeworthy moment featuring "the russian reset" that never worked. take a look.k. >> i wanted to present you with a little gift which representsou what president obama and vice president biden and i have been saying, that we want to reset our relationship. so we will do it together. [laughs] >> thank you very much. >> you are very welcome. we worked hard to get to the right russian word, did we get it? >> you got it wrong. this says that we share. >> sean: a lot of good that it, so we will give you 20% of our uranium and hope you like us. you mind your member that president obama promised to be flexible with the kremlin following the reelection he said

obama didn't seem to care. two weeks before the election, he's lecturing trump, "stop whining, it could never happen here." obama didn't do more to combat russia. he thought hillary was a shoe in. why interrupt this? was even more disturbing is that there were even earlier warning signs from russia. we have been telling you on this program how vladimir putin had russian operatives inside america right here on our soil and how they were involved in a sophisticated plot that started in 2009. it had a main objective to get a foothold in americas uranium market. we actually had an fbi informant and now know his name, douglas campbell. we've been telling you about this guy. this guy has testified for three congressional committees and literally was uncovering at the time in 2009 and 2010 that putin and his operatives were involved in bribery and kickbacks and money laundering and racketeering and extortion, all while corrupt uranium one deal was all being approved 18 months later. he couldn't understand why it didn'

there's michelle obama, barack obama. a lot of mixed reactions. what do you all think? >> i'll go first because i know angela has a lot more to say about it than i do. so, i don't love the michelle obama one. i don't think it looks like her. i think it looks like kerry washington a little bit. i'm not an art expert. my initial reaction was, i didn't love it as much. the president obama one, the likeness is much better. and i was back and forth about the flowers thing going on there. the memes have been funny. i did appreciate the artist to explain how he incorporated the flowers of kenya, hawaii and illinois in that. beauty is in the eye of the beholder. it's artistic. presidents get to pick their artists. they knew what they were getting. >> i love the colors. if i didn't know who they were, i would hang them on my wall. >> i think it looks like the first lady. >> if for no other reason, those biceps. >> what do you think, angela? >> i love these. i love the fact they commissioned two black artists and they were unveiled during black history month. it gives us another

trump has been tougher on moscow than president obama. this hour, the false claims versus the facts. >>> downward spiral. after a stunning holiday weekend rant on twitter, the president is add it again, taking on the russia probe, his predecessor and a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. what's driving his latest outbursts online? >>> and rallying cry, students who survived the florida school shooting are confronting lawmakers, demanding action to prevent another massacre. the president just signalled his support for one potential gun control measure, but will he follow through? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking tonight, a new guilty plea in the russia investigation by a lawyer linked to former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and his deputy rick gates and to a wealthy russian power couple. special counsel robert mueller cutting another deal, racking up more charges and possibly signali

that's four times more that obama raised in his first two years. you understand this is a permanent campaign. he gets a kick out of running. he loves the rallies. after the november 16 election, he was holding rallies. he had his first campaign rally for 2020 a month after he was inaugurated. >> greg: you are telling me president obama wasn't in love with campaigning. he was an amazing campaigner and a terrible leader. >> juan: i don't think he was a terrible leader. >> jesse: one of the knocks on president obama was he couldn't manage the government very well. when he wasn't on the ballot, his party suffered. he was a great oratory. he loved these speeches. the timing of the announcement. >> juan: if i was to draw out the bottom line, i would say he loves campaigning. he loves the rallies. he is not a governing guy. the second thing is hope hicks was before the house intelligence committee. are we talking about what's going on with hope hicks talking to investigators? no, we are talking about the distraction. >> jesse: taking of investigations, da

michelle obama's didn't really look like her but other people liked it. sorry, but i don't like either one, too much -- she said first lady looks like a deconstructed portrait saying i would rather have a more traditional portrait of each one but margaret is beautiful beautiful beautiful in every way the word can be defined. heather: controversy regarding the artist that did president obama's portrait, the artwork he has produced in the past. >> big stories there. a news station accidentally runs pf chang. >> a local news station in chicago apologizing for accidentally doing that. the restaurant is not hosting the olympics. the graphic was created for different satirical piece, for the serious news story saturday by weekend anchor mark rivera, pf chang saw this, contrary to this broadcast we are not hosting the game. another person said this, the same guy who pushed the missile alarm in hawaii. this is an easy mistake, not to get too in the weeds but really small when producers look at them but if you drop a graphic in accidentally i can see this. >> good

obama was president, knew of the threat and did nothing. thank you adam! the president also added this tweet. one of several before 10 am this morning. i never said russia did not meddle in the election. i said it may be russia or china or another country or group or it may be a 400 pound genius sitting on a bed playing with his computer. the russian hoax he says was the trump campaign colluding with russia, it never did. meanwhile the president is here in the state of florida is imagine, not far from here, not far from where we are. he is over at his estate in mar-a-lago. this of the state of the troubleshooting last week. we are about 40 miles away from parkland where the devastating massacre happened. 17 high school students killed by a former student. there has been strong reaction i should also tell you that the fbi, news of the fbi was apparently warned of the gunman before he killed those students. the fbi is naturally looking for answers to the question of, why or how did the old adage if you see something, say something, failed to stop the killer

the obama administration was tough on russia. vladimir putin despised hillary clinton as secretary of state because she was pushing the economic embargoes. putin's had a honeymoon with donald trump. but i think what really happens is anytime trump's backed into a corner he has two bogeymen to strike at. the fake news, the mainstream media, and barack obama. how much of this is racial, it's hard to divide the quota. but it's the idea of taking the first african-american president and constantly saying you failed, you didn't do anything. unfortunately, yesterday was presidents day. new polls come out and show barack obama is up by ten points where president trump is lying at the bottom of the heap with james buchanan. >> douglas brinkley, thanks very much. appreciate it. >>> the president tweets about background checks for guns and also makes a statement about bump stocks. we'll have the latest on that. i? of course, big brother. but you have to hurry. ♪ show off! experience luxury performance that takes the crown. presenting the

president obama for example, james comey of the fbi. you can argue, the cia, they know this was happening as far as 2014? and if so, what did they do about what they knew was actually happening? you talked about the president, he is continuing to make the argument that when rod rosenstein came out and announce those indictments, 13 russians. basically what he's done is underscore the president's argument that it wasn't the trump campaign and this was happening to america's political

now he's putting the blame at president obama. so that could be a very tricky situation for the president. remember he wanted a joint cyber commission. how crazy is that? >> i was talking to an attorney today who was very knowledgeable about this. look, in the end, maybe the russian will flip on president trump. because mueller has charged conspiracy in last friday, for example, assets are frozen. and maybe if the russians get upset enough, if, for example, the sanctions are implemented, maybe in the end it will be the russians who say, wait a minute. we don't want to deal with this anymore. >> i remember, we reported when president obama met with putin, he told him, cut it out. when president trump met with putin, he said, i thought putin was sincere in issuing those denials. >> remember last summer vladimir putin himself said, maybe some patriotic hackers did this. so he acknowledged more than president trump did. >> everybody, stick around. we've got a lot more. if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers may fe

>> martha: today was the day new portraits of president obama and former first lady michelle obama generating mixed reviews. folks on social media specifically taking aim at michelle obama's modern depiction by amy. some saying it doesn't look that much like the former first lady. here now dana loesch and nationally syndicated radio hosts a you know. dana, thanks for being here tonight. >> good to be with you, martha. >> martha: this is something we watch whenever a president leaves office after a year or so they unveil the portraits and everybody critiques them as we do in america. there is president bush in his. which i think is actually a very nice portrait. and there is laura bush. laura bush's portrait also beautiful. then we have the clintons on the left and right there. can you see their moment when it was unveiled. no doubt when they do this, dana, you know, the person who is -- nobody likes the portrait of themselves completely i would imagine. you feel like it doesn't look like you. and michelle obama looking at hers. what do you think? >> these are your forever portraits and this g

president obama did take a tough line on russia. president trump was adding fuel to the fire. >> he did famously criticize his own predecessor but not quite like this. obviously i don't have president obama on speed dial like you do maybe, sir. do you think there is a time where he will just say enough is enough and speak out? >> look, i can't speak for former president obama. i think, as you know, he and certainly mrs. obama have said repeatedly when they go low, we go high. and i think he very much respects the general principle that presidents try -- former presidents try not to engage in politics or speak ill of their successor successors. >> do you think he keeps sitting on his fingers? >> knowing president obama, i suspect the answer is yes. on the other hand he's being impugned on a regular basis with outright lies. this is nothing new. president trump is the one who led the birther conspiracy about president obama for years. >> right. tony blinken, thank you so much for your time. i appreciate you and just a reminder, we're

that changed under the obama administration. we have to walk the fbi back from being a political arm of the president of the united states and donald trump is not going to allow that to happen again. trish: thank you so much, dr. sebastian gorka. >>> we're coming back with a whole lot more. stay with us. >>> the house intelligence committee chair launching phase 2 of his nfltion as president trump slams the obama administration for not doing enough to stop russian interference. we take up the anti-trump web of corruption with ed rollins. >>> and the battle for midterms heating up. republicans making gains. we'll have all of those details and more next. stay with us. today, innovation in the finger lakes is helping build the new new york. once home to the world's image center, new york state is now a leader in optics, photonics and imaging. fueled by strong university partnerships, providing the world's best talent. and supported with workforce development to create even more opportunities. all across new york state, we're buildi

was obama some sort of a hawk in. howie: they are saying the president should have come out and addressed the widespread choreographed russian attempt. the press thinks it's the president's rest rick which is fairly friendly to putin. emily: there is a lot of coverage of the rhetoric as there should be. but that doesn't mean there couldn't be coverage of the action. what trump has done substantively and on top of that policywise, we have not discussed enough about the failures of the obama administration. maybe we can move forward and use this movement to learn. howie: the obama administration's, i would say tim itity during the election. i know they -- i would say their timidity during the election. they didn't want to upset the cart. mo: i wish the administration of obama had done more and done it sooner. but it did impose sanctions and expelling russian diplomats and seizing russian compound here in the united states. president trump still won't acknowledge in a real way or at least convincingly and substantively h

of obama it is said was often as much about the previous eight years as it was about what obama might do. they wanted to undo bush's legacy. i'm not sure, maybe you have a different perspective on this that the election of trump was a repudiation of obama, so much as a repudiation of clinton. - well, to some extent, i think that's right. people were not happy with hilary clinton as their candidate. she had a lot of baggage obviously as a candidate. obama's numbers have actually gone up right. they went up in his last months in office. he left office in a pretty good state. - he's certainly more popular now. - certainly more popular now, and part because of the contrast. so you're right, you can make the argument not necessarily a repudiation of obama. and in fact, a number of people voted for trump who had voted for obama. 9% of people vote, can you believe that, 9% of people voted for obama and trump. you would think that wouldn't be. - [evan] couldn't have imagined that. - right, "what are they thinking?" i think those people were thinking we voted for obama as a change agent now we

obama didn't once -- didn't he wants insist he never got involved? >> i do not talk to the attorney general about pending investigations. i cannot talk to fbi directors about pending investigations. we have a strict line and i've always maintained it. >> to buttoned this up. >> i guarantee there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the justice department or the fbi. not just this case but any case. full's. period. >> kimberly: full. dana. >> dana: it could look terrible or it could be he has speaking about the russian involvement and meddling with the election. from these text messages, we don't of that. you could also be briefed and not try to weigh in if you are concerned about russian involvement. the dnc was train we were hacke. the russians did this. i'm sure he wanted to say something. one of the criticisms of president obama from democrats as he didn't do enough talking about russian meddling in the election. if this were really about the mueller probe, that would be one thing to know. we don't know that. if it's about h

president barack obama on the international stage for the first time three years earlier obama had signaled a desire to reset relations with russia. it was a tense meeting it was not warm in any way putin lectured president obama at length about all the misdeeds of the united states over the years going back to the clinton administration in nato enlargement president obama always engaged mr putin a spirit of logic and the logic that we saw in the relationship was not necessarily the same logic that mr putin saw when somebody is trying to assure you listen i come with my tanks i come with my you know military equipment to your big heart but because that is not against you would you believe and then there was also i think a geo political argument that the west should take advantage of this time to move east and to make sure that poland and hungary and a stone are for ever outside russia's sphere of influence free states should be able to say we're in nato our not in nato we're in the e.u. we're not in the e.u. who is russia to tell them how they should behave. the deployment of the missile de

it is, it was passed by executive order by barack obama. he did not have the power, only congress has the power. >> even though it may be a technical decision on part of supreme court, to kick it back it 9th circuit court it gets reversed 80% of the time. kick it back to the supreme court -- what sense does this make? they are leaving in place an order by a president that is unconstitutional. gregg: of course. lou: and no foundation. and no record of being right about much. gregg: you said it beautifully. lou: thank you. gregg: if it ever gets in front of supreme court, they will uphold power of president trump. to do what he wants here in getting rid of an an know unof - unconstitutional executive order. lou: as a lawyer you must smile a lot watching this. gregg: i went to law school a couple blocks away from the 9th circuit, they were bad then, and worse now. lou: now to the i.c.e. raids. and the mayor warning the illegal immigrants that i.c.e. will raid them. gregg: she is violating a felony criminal statute. it is again the law to harbo

>>> new at 11:00, former president obama and first lady michelle obama took the stage today in washington. this time it was not about politics. the couple's official portraits were unveiled. and here's jessica castro with us from abc 7 mornings to take a look. >> here they are. there is actually a bay area connection. former president barack obama's portrait was painted by kahindwiley, who is known for large scale portraits of african-americans. meanwhile, former first lady michelle obama's portrait was done by baltimore artist amy sherald. the first lady has gray skin. it's part of her trademark. she uses color to render skin tone irrelevant. >> i'm humbled, i am honored, i'm proud. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair.

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be the first time, why do you former president obama stayed silent on russian meddling, obama likely figured any russian intervention in the election would be in hillary's favor and designed to keep democrats in favor. gene writing worst president ever, more lies and corruption than any other, all designed to help hillary take his place. dennis on facebook says obama thought hillary would win and they would be able to keep the lid on the corruption in his administration. 53 minutes after the hour. the dream of carrying people from dc, and one step closer to becoming a reality. ♪ ♪ take me home ♪ to the place i belong ♪ rob: i never heard of that song. we are all learning here on fox news this morning. a driverless taxi, google launching ride and share service later this year, texting going on to take control but google will start charging folks and vehicles will be completely driverless. they plan to extend the service to other cities. we are step closer to traveling from washington dc to new york city and minutes. according to the washington post, dc has given approval to el

voters said he voted for obama -- this voters that he voted for obama in 2008 because he was the new guidance is amazing, and when 2015 can around the hot hand was in trump. hillary was just kind of boring. you knew what you were going to get. with him you just see a rock star. he was the person who was entertaining to watch. that is where we have gotten to. andre on "the apprentice" reality tv show society. you are going to have to be popular. it is not just policies anymore. nia-malika: you have to understand tv, right? donald trump understands tv. the first television president was probably jfk, who understood that as a new medium, and i think donald trump probably understands tv and comes through the screen in a way hillary clinton didn't, and that obama obviously understood, and the power of pop culture and away we had not seen before. and he understands the media in general. "the new york times" every day even though he called them the failing "your times," but that is what his primary sources. it is a paper he used to read when he was in new york city developing his real estat

two former obama administration officials facing scrutiny over their role in pushing the russia fake collusion scandal. nunes is planning to rest -- investigate weather john brennan played a role, and two republican senators demand former own national security adviser susan rice explain a bizarre e-mail she sent to herself moments before president trump was inaugurated. documents prob probe pro presids guidance to the fbi, republicans' to know why? and president trump vowing to fix nation' nation -- crumbling infrastructure. >> we have spend 7 trillion dollars in the middle east, 7 trillion. when a mistake. and -- what a mistake, and we're trying too build roads and bridges. we have a hard time getting the money, its crazy. >> president promised america first, he delivers, we take it up here, our top story, fight over declassifying the democratic intel memo rebuttingal tbaig that obama administration justice department and fbi abusedh power. if that is done, a white house official said that president trump will release the memo. fox news chief intelligence report cat ridge harris --

obama is did you realize this evidence was so thin? that he know what they were doing going to the judge and the fisa court with this politically generated material? >> laura: i think it is wild to think in the middle of a heated presidential election cycle, the justice department, the fbi ready to spy on an american, not to go to the president. i think that would be weird not to say we are about to do this. we thought we should give you a heads up. and go to the president and say this is what we are putting together. we think you should be apprised of this. do you think this is okay? >> your previous segment, that they hired steele to produce the dossier and they also told him what to put in it. did they tell him to put in at? >> laura: who paid for the dossier probably not. >> one time i would love to come on this show and it debated the g.o.p. about facts, not conjecture. not guessing. we don't even know whether barack obama asked for that information you're relying on the texts. >> laura: you're a as i am, contemporaneous recording

there is none of the obama hope and change. if we call it leonard nimoy in propose. >> laura: i don't care about politics in this, it's a goofy painting. it doesn't matter if you love obama or don't like it, he is a handsome man. i think that makes him look like the little shop of horrors what it's like feed me. that guy sitting in the signs all come over him, -- presidential paintings. >> it's all relative. >> laura: you don't like it! >> that faces out of proportion. >> laura: do you think michelle obama look happy about it? >> she's clapping and tried to be happy. barack obama looked at it as if he is looking at something from another planet. her hands are too large, their dresses like a mountain. >> laura: she is really pretty and it makes her look not happy. they are both handsome -- i don't think either of them look like -- >> whatever you think of each of them tomorrow, the same way you did yesterday. this is a fun distraction. >> historical markers are remembered. >> laura: leon panetta the former secretary of defense,

obama donors, dnc donors. nobody likes trump and you look at a guy like andrew weissmann people go to jail for a year. he's the pit bull and i want to know why robert mueller appointed that man and the rest of these dnc donors and trump haters. >> because robert mueller is not look for an objective team. robert mueller is look for people with an agenda against donald trump. robert mueller is a person who should be investigated because he was the head of the fbi when this attempt to find our uranium started in nine. >> sean: we have an informant. >> and he is investigating donald trump? he should be the one being investigated. he knew what was going on, how they were trying to get our uranium and now he's looking to create a problem with donald trump? we should stop talking about russian collusion because it's a bunch of hogwash. they have to put their evidence where their mouth is maybe then we'll talk about it. >> sean: don't miss the judge tomorrow night. tune in with "justice with judge jeanine." when we co

former president barack obama, former first lady michelle obama. this is the official unveiling of their official portraits that will hang in the national gallery. we will see the portrait of michelle obama any second. and then both the former first lady and former president will speak. that unusual in and of itself. we don't hear from them much, particularly not in washington so close to the white house. we will bring you there, the minute that happens. we're going to keep our eye on this throughout the morning. the portraits, by the way, also fascinating from artistic perspective as well. the young artists who have painted these notable and different -- you know what, i think we're about to see the portrait. take a look. [ applause ] we will hear from michelle obama now. >> good morning, everyone. let's just start by saying, wow, again. let me just take a minute. it is amazing. wow. how are you all doing? it is a pleasure and an honor to be here in this beautiful museum with all of you today. let me start, of course, by thanking secretary sporten

obama just dismissed him entirely said i know you're dealing in the one nine hundred eighty s. this is a. two thousands and rush is not a problem all of a sudden it's for a rush is a problem for obama by the democrats for the f.b.i. for the n.s.a. and i'd say a little late when you wait until after the election to say anything. bob as always thanks for your time thank you so much larry thanks for having me now joining these bill press progressive commentator host of the bill press show on the young turks network he joins me from washington bill get us up to date on the white house problem involving security council clearances for the top staff what is the latest on this issue well the latest is that there are still. dozens maybe. certainly dozens that have no security clearance they have an interim security clearance because they haven't been able to get permanent security clearance we know that of course rob porter the guy was accused of domestic violence by two of his ex-wives did not have one he was he was then the job thirteen months with just an interim security clearance

to beat obama's record on that. but this is the way politics is played in the mind of donald trump. everything that's bad that has happened is because of obama, everything that's good that's happening it because of him. even in the same day. >> but ginger, here's the problem. to pinpoint one day a monday in february a year into your term more than a year in to your term and say this day is obama's fault after saying day after day after day this great news is me, i did this but there one day sean hannity says this is all obama. don't they laugh? don't them have tissue rejection? even i'm a right winger, enough. >> it's important to remember this day came after trump's biggest legislative victory he claims was the reason the market had gone up as far as it had in the last month. there's the ability to just sort of wave your hand and say pay attention over here. don't look what's happening over there. he's banking someone who may be saw the news about what the markets did on monday saw him accusing democrats of treason

for president obama. "wall street journal" says it was knot about the email investigation but from earlier comments i saw that you made, you have your doubts about that? >> well, you pick. it's either about the email investigation or russia investigation. either way you see president obama being intensely involved in wanting to know everything about either the clinton email investigation or russia investigation. pick your poison. in terms of presidential involvement in the sensitive democratically investigation. now, i've always wondered why president obama has skated really free from any serious inquiries about his involvement in the russia investigation, his knowledge about the dossier its origins, sea politician too running the dnc in part. did he know about the payment of the dnc and hillary clinton and the dossier's use in the russia investigations and the fisa application? did he know about the dossier's use? i would think to justify unmasking. these are questions that have to be asked of president

that is not what the obama administration was hoping to happen. they have to figure out why did that go down that way? what explains that unusual unprecedented response from putin to what we did? if you're the national security advisor to the president of the united states, the out going president of the united states in this case, you don't have to just wonder. you can actually find out what happened there because you have access to all of these streams of intelligence and it turns out, yeah, the fbi had been listening in when ambassador kislyak was told russia is losing their compounds including the super cute one that he really liked in maryland and having to shut down the mansion they like in san francisco, three dozen russians and their families are being sent home with no warning, get out immediately. the fbi was listening in when he made a call after he came out of the state department meeting. what he did after he got that news on december 29th. he walked out and boop, boop, boop, called mike flynn on vacation with his wife in the dominica

obama was president, knew of the threat and did nothing. thank you adam. somehow i don't think he means thank you, but then again maybe. but i can tell you this. we're not expecting to see the president talk much about that in person and should that have been. maybe that's a genuine thank you. the beautiful sun, enjoy a beautiful d.c. >> is the parkland florida community tries to heal, some residents are speaking out about the suspected shooter. phil keating in parkland with the latest. reporter: for more funerals happening this sunday for the 14 young high school students and three high school staffers shot and killed inside and around the school wednesday afternoon. the roads around here have not opened up on the fourth day since the shooting and many people from the community have been coming by, driving by, staring at the school, placing flowers and balloons and just taking in the still very, very sad in. one of the memorial services this morning, governor rick scott attended joining others to say prayers and give comfort, whatever comfort they can. 17

that changed under the obama administration. we have to walk the fbi back from being a political arm of the president of the united states and donald trump is not going to allow that to happen again. trish: thank you so much, dr. sebastian gorka. >>> we're coming back with a whole lot more. stay with us. >>> the house intelligence committee chair launching phase 2 of his nfltion as president trump slams the obama administration for not doing enough to stop russian interference. we take up the anti-trump web of corruption with ed rollins. >>> and the battle for midterms heating up. republicans making gains. we'll have all of those details an oh, manatees. aka "the sea cow"" oh! there's one. manatees in novelty ts? surprising. what's "come at me bro?" it's something you say to a friend. what's not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i tabut with my back paines, i couldn't sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to com

we haven't heard back from obama's office. and another example of collusion is the clinton bought and paid for dossier filled with russian and russian government lies and propaganda. hillary clinton and the dnc shelled out over $12 million to fund this salacious and unverified dossier that was used to get a fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign. the same dossier that the fbi used to lie in that fisa court to get that warrant to spy on a member of the trump campaign. the fbi, fusion gps, nobody verified what was in the dossier. to this day we have not proven a thing in that dossier and we now know the bulk of the application was a political hit piece document put together by christopher steele using russian government sources and some of hillary's best friends as sources. >>> also breaking this hour as it relates to the case of bruce and nelle orr. we reported on the husband and wife after it was discovered that bruce orr, the justice department official he passed on the anti-trump steele dossier. he gave it to the fbi. it

lady michelle obama. and then 8:30 p.m., slate panel on comparing watergate to today. on book t.v. on c-span2, at noon eastern, the 2018 savannah book robert with authors, lata, scott shap iro. 9:15 -- >> watch today on c-span network. >> c-span's history series, landmark cases, season two, 26, 9 p.m. bruary eastern with look at significant decisions heard in 1819, explore thanksgiving case peterson from immediavirginia. cases live monday february 26th at 9 p.m. eastern c-span, c-span.org or listen app, the free c-span radio order a copy of the companion $8.95 at able for c-span.org/landmarkcases. additional resource, link on our website for national interactive center constitution. "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest of the author is craig shirley, of "reagan rising, years 1976-1980," and craig shirley, good morning. we are talking about influences on presidency, start with ronald way did he shape the presidency we know today? guest: i think he revived the presidency. previous presidents