between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former president barack obama, mr. regimen that yahoo! wasted no time welcoming our company's 45th president. >> we congratulate u.s. president trump on the beginning of his term. i appreciate the deep friendship for israel as well as his statement to fight the radical islamic terror with full force. i wish to clarify, contrary to reports i've read that stopping the everyman threat in first and foremost the threat from the bad nuclear deal that was signed with iran continues to be israel's top priority. >> mr. net yahoo! added he thought as mr. trump's friendship and the islamic terrorism as we reported that it is our president trump and prime minister were to talk on the phone about a number of issues. if we get a readout which sometimes happens pretty quickly. we will that you know. elizabeth: benjamin netanyahu is the deal that world leader.

and barack obama. george bush and barack obama and fox news contributor. good to see you here, jillian. what did you take of the president-elect's plan there, on syria? >> i took a lot of heart, i think he's right twochlt-fold. it looks like he is willing to hold russia accountable for the atrosities they've committed there. number two, he's talking about a safe zone or no-fly zone, maybe both together. he's right to point out it's something that could have been implemented a few years ago to much greater effect. i'm glad to see he's looking at. that sounds like it's still an option that might be on the table moving forward. it's one of the better ideas putting forward to deal with the civil war that wages on. >> he criticizes russia for its role, he wants to see russia's arsenal reduced. this is the most specific we've seen the president-elect get. >> well, it's the most specific and also a little bit of a reversal. which i personally welcome. his language so far has been quite complimentary of the putin regime for good reason, he wants to try and repair

>> i think there's every reason to be skeptical of what barack obama says on this points. he and his administration have politicized intelligence over the course of the last eight years in so many ways that has really undercut the credibility of our own intelligence agencies and, remember, this claim about the russian hacking emerged first in early october, that is to say, a month before the election with statements about what the russians were doing and i had questions about it then, whether it might be another foreign intelligence service at work, a false flag and also as people have said repeatedly since then, after eight years of russian hacking and chinese hacking and iranian hacking and north korean hacking, finally the president gets upset about something. so i don't -- look, there's less than two weeks to go of barack obama administration, thank goodness. when the trump people get in, honestly, i'm concerned about anything that discloses sources and methods, i think the water has been so polluted here by these conflicting claims and charges that we are going to hav

leland: president barack obama's hawaiian vacation has given the outgoing leader a little time to reflect on his eight years in office. now he's taking a page out of donald trump's playbook and tweeting about it. this morning mr. obama tweeted out: it's been the privilege of my life to serve as your president. i look forward to standing with you as a citizen. happy new year, everybody. here to weigh in on the president's legacy and what lies ahead for the president-elect, our fair and balanced political panel, antwan wright, ceo of blueprint strategies, ron meyer, politics. gentlemen, happy new year. nice to have you. >> happy new year, leland. >> happy new year. leland: the president tweeted out new year's greetings and went pretty specific on a couple of different issues. we'll start with obamacare. this from the president's twitter account: after decades of rising health care costs, has access to the financial security of affordable health care, and he included a graph to make his point. antwan, how much of this is trying to secure his legacy, how much of this is trying to then make a

now, as the president leaves office, how will barack obama's legacy be remembered? we'll talk about it. in less than a week, president-elect donald trump will be trying to bring a divided nation together. we'll take a look how past presidents used their inaugural address to reassure the nation in times of trouble. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. with not food, become food? thankfully at panera, 100% of our food is 100% clean. no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors. panera. food as it should be. what are you doing? getting your quarter back. fountains don't earn interest, david. you know i work at ally. i was being romantic. you know what i find romantic? a robust annual percentage yield that's what i find romantic. this is literally throwing your money away. i think it's over there. that way? yeah, a little furth

she lost in urban areas it did not turn out for her in the way they turned out for barack obama. many posters predicted it. there is no hard evidence. what caused him to lose the election. >> let me take you to another aspect of this. senator ben says who stated this. john lewis and his people had change the world. tell me what it does to this entire conversation as we see donald trump days away from being sworn in as the president of the united states. what does it mean? change the world? the world of politics or the world as we know? what is he mean by this? >> lewis is an incredible leader. democrats had a protest. he is someone everyone looks to get every time he delivers the speech Ãwe are riveted by how he delivers it.he still a politician. a 30 year lawmaker. they know how to play politics. in many ways it's better. >> change the world? does that mean change the world and capitol hill and how democrats relate to donald trump. see the comedian coming out to say we have to do something to bridge the divide. it's at a time where we should be saying generosity and curiosity o

my point in question here is that is one of the big criticisms that they head about barack obama which was that he ran through obama care with just democratic votes and here we are a few years later and it's falling apart. how do you come up with a replacement that is more durable and it seems to me that might be finding a way to bring along at least the democrats. how do you bring along at least some democrats it appears that donald trump has some consensus here. >> any replacement should be done in pieces. i believe there will be pieces of art reform agenda that some democrats could support. i would not want to replace obama care in one fell swoop. it be too easy for democrats to oppose it. maybe we should try to do this in pieces and put out aspects of this law and changes that the democrats would find hard to vote against. >> rather than a behemoth do this in pieces and maybe make it stronger. i want to get to another point. you come from a c in pennsylvania where they all said no chance donald trump could win. a big reason why he is the 45th president of the united states. on his

barack obama, his top eight cabinet picks only had five years, collectively, in the chief executive position or chief operating officer position, any of the positions in the private sector. this group of cabinet nominees, and just the top eight positions, has over 80 years. the private secretary for is fully represented here, as is the experience here in washington. so, i think senator schumer is offbase. these people know how to get results. that's why the people of america elected donald trump, to get america working again. >> martha: let's put up that screen if we could of the cabinet picks. there's been a lot of criticism out there, oh, it's just big bunch of white guys, basically. and you know when you look at it, compared with president obama's cabinet, the makeup is not all that different. there are no hispanics in the cabinet picks and there was one, i believe, in trump's picks. should that matter to the american people? >> well, you want any group of people like this to represent america. it should be diverse and it is diverse. what this is, is more of a distraction away from the jo

and the president has the power of the pen for president barack obama's legacy. they look to rebuild their party, running for dnc chair and he's in houston for the dnc future forum. thank you for joining us. first and foremost, we played for our viewers at home, there are some people in miami really reacting there to the miami mayor's decision. i want to get your take on not only the sanctuary city executive order we see, but the extreme vetting of people into the u.s. >> thank you for having me. donald trump's executive orders have been disturbing, they go against fundamentally everything we believe in this country. we're a nation of immigrants. we as a country were formed because people were-- >> when you talk about disturbing, are you referring to the vetting of the refugees or the sanctuary city? or talking about both? >> i'm talking about both. you know, the country was founded because people were being persecuted because of their religion, so when you sign an executive order banning someone because of their religion, that's problematic. even dick cheney cam

the barack obama administration expelled 35 russian diplomats. so what's next in our u.s.-russian relations. the writer of the book "warrior diplomat" is with us. you heard donald trump say no computer is safe. why would he not believe that russians hacked our computers? >> you know, i'm happy to see president-elect trump taking the issue of our computer system vulnerability seriously. everything from our critical infrastructure to the thermostats in our home are online, and it's incredibly vulnerable. there are two types of computer systems. those that know they have been hacked and those that don't know they have been hacked. i'm thrilled to see him going out and talking to our intelligence professionals, most of whom are military members and dedicated civil servants to get into the details of what happened. gregg: the dnc was warned that your system was awful and there are all sorts of ways your security can be breached. when 17 intelligence agencies including the f.b.i. all conclude the same thing, the russians hacked it, we have seen the evidence, why the reluctance o

arthel: five days away from the transfer of power from barack obama to his successor, donald trump. it will happen and they serious questions about relations with russia and the president-elect's relationship with vladimir putin. in an exclusive interview, the outgoing cia director recent rank advice for mr. trump on handling russia as well as leader. chris and fisheries here. she recaps the conversation with john brennan live from our d.c. bureau. what kind of invited mr. brennan have? >> the crest of the message was think before you talk and tweet appeared mr. trump is to recognize his words matter. they can significantly impact our diplomatic relations with nations all over the world. >> mr. trump has to wonder and that this is more than being about 10. it is about the united states and national security. he has to make sure that now that is going to have the opportunity to do something for national security as opposed to talking and we team, he is going to have tremendous responsibility that u.s. national security are protected and advanced. >> as for russia, brennan says he bel

obama's inauguration. the secret service is that fair game in terms of pushing the perimeter out. >> thank you for showing us that. we appreciate it. reporter: you back. elizabeth: for nintendo to deny duration, tune into fox news channel where we will have coverage all day. coming up, republican senator rand paul says he is a replacement for obama karen plans to reveal at this meet. will have a fair and balanced political panel to break it all down. plus the greatest show on earth makes the announcement shutting down the institution not your nearly a century and a half. a man's best friend is a helping hand after being stuck in a slippery situation. >> we have some fire trucks here. >> i can't see. they've been doing it quite a bit lately because dogs and they fall through. 100% of our food is 100% clean. no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors. panera. food as it should be. so if ydead battery,t tire, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is th

we've had persistence from the previous president, like we're seeing in barack obama, it is petulent but happened. herbert hoover resented fdc. didn't show up to show him around the white house. they let somebody else do that. they subsequently had three meetings together. hoover tried to muscle fdr to cosigning the document where two of them would agree this would be the new policy to address the great depression. fdr had none of it. hey, buddy, i got elected president, not you. i will make that decision myself. uma: he made that very clear. as far as speeches go in history, we know forge washington delivered the shortest speech, just 135 words, compared to william henry harrison whose speech was more than 8,000 words and took him 2 1/2 hours to deliver. in today's era of electronic messages and short attention, should there be a time limit on a speech to be effective, in your view? >> i don't think we have a problem with donald trump, uma. he is the twitter president. he is going to be just fine. for all the concerns people have about trump, the east wing, they have got that made.

you put these together and i think you get a picture of who barack obama is. >> leslie, last word to you, all of this happening in literally the final days of his presidency. >> i'm not surprised. i mean, quite frankly. not because it's president obama doing this, it's common for himself to commute, sometimes not at the end, george w. bush commuted sentences and almost 200 pardons, i think 172 total. >> the number that president obama has done far exceeds any president who has come before him. >> and terrorists and traitors and cop killers. no question, no question. >> we have to leave it there, guys. we are waiting the president's final news conference, thanks for being here, good to see you. meanwhile, a live look, there's the white house briefing room. there it is. the podium that the president will be stepping up to shortly. we are just moments away from the start of president obama's final news conference. and foreign policy is expected to be a big topic including the state of play in war-torn syria. and our fight against isis. consider it will be here to weigh in. did you make

persecuting the war on trou in a way that -- war on terror that barack obama never did. it's exciting to be a republican, you see why so many of them are e lated that paul ryan is returning as speaker. >> simon on the flip side, he said we're not going to just steamroll you minority. he said i'm here to uphold the rights of the majority. he said that he will give democrats respect. what do you think about that, do you believe him? >> well, not really how the house traditionally works. the majority -- >> anything is possible. >> anything is possible. the house, unlike the senate, majority party has an awful lot of power, much more power than it does in the senate, for example. look, obviously big day for the republicans a choppy day. i mean, i think one of the things that reminded all of us, this new trump era is not going to be a smooth ride. i think it's going to be a bumpy, muscular rowdy ride in the next few months. i think alex is right f you're a republican now, this is the best day you have had in a long time. what's most important for them, to focus on making the

barack obama slowed down the proper the process. thought one month where iraqi refugees weren't settled in the country. >> we wanted to get response from both sides of the aisle, thank you for reacting. back with the panel on the president's flurry of executive actions. they're going to stay right there. see you in a minute. achoo! (snap) achoo! achoo! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45%. shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam. >> back with our political panel now. jessica and mercedes, thanks to both of you for sticking around. you both had a chance to listen to the white house press briefing that just ended moments ago. what was the biggest surprise? jessica, you shared with us, you were not surprised with sean spicer and the white house's defense of the travel ban. a lot of other news made in that briefing. including an announcement that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be visiting the u.s. on february 15. >