but what has barack obama done for eight years. just months after russia have invaded georgia he have them push it. in the middle of his reelection campaign in 2012 he told the russian president he would have more flexibility after the election. when mitt romney characterized russia as our her number one adversary barack obama mocked &4ms8w:j9d wanted their foreign policy back. they have finally realized the threat that they pose to the united states and our interest. shannon: russian president has responded here is a bit what he have to say as perceived from international practice they had reasons to respond in kind although we have the right to retaliate well not response to that. what will plan our further steps . he went on to invite all diplomatic children who are in russia to the new year's and christmas parties at the kremlin. what is his response say to you? >> i would recommend that they not take their ipads to the kremlin. what they need is a sense of new boundaries. he's have a free reign over the last eight years he nee

a couple of republicans that wanted to do that with barack obama. the more we have like that, the more we can get stuff done. not to everyone's liking, but more to the public's liking, i would think. >> sure. that's what politics is, the art of compromise. everybody leaves dissatisfied but at least we have an agenda that is moving forward. >> neil: yeah, but i want what i want. don't care about anything else. thanks, guys. you didn't hear this from me, but donald trump will be inaugurated friday. look at the reaction we're getting. these people just found out that they in fact get fox business network and they get me as well on fox news. and they could not be more excited. we'll be running away with it thursday live from washington at noon first on fox business network and then i switch over here at 4:00 p.m. on fox news. on friday, special coverage all day on the fox business network. apparently i start at 11:00 a.m. and they say whenever. we're back on fnc on saturday at 10:00 a.m. again at 4:00 p.m. i might point out here that some of you said, n

barack obama said he has become a fictional character. here is a quote from his interview, i believe with "rolling stone" in 2008. he says i was never subjected to the villification of fox news and the media ecosystem. he blames that on bringing down his approval ratings. >> he won'tlet it go. bottom line, he should have come on fox news and reached across the aisle more. he passed through without any republican help. he didn't want it, he never got it. howie: he seems to leave out other parts of the equation. >> the mainstream media has backed president obama and will have been outspoke others who have definitely been on the attack. there is no question about that. he's right. there have been talk shows and conservatives who have gone after him. but he's the president. you can expect he's also a super liberal president. when you have a president acting in a liberal way you will have the press going after him. >> the obama administration often leaked everything they needed to the "new york times." so it's no surprise the "new york times"

barack obama is a leader in this country and will remain such. all right? even after he leaves. >> he's only 55. >> bill: he's a leader. he dodged a question that he should not have dodged. winston churchill could not have dodged that question. >> i'm not so sure about that. i have seen winston churchill -- >> he had to make a decision. >> bill: that's another example of poor leadership. there is controversy around president obama staying in washington, some people said he might set a shadow government up and undermined donald trump. he was asked about it today, will he speak out about issues? >> efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are american kids, and send them someplace else, when they love this country, the notion that we would just arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids, when they didn't do anything wrong themselves. i think would be something that would merit me speaking out. >> bill: nobody thinks that it's going to happen, no one think there is going to be around about the so-called dreamers.

he flipped 209 counties that had twice voted for barack obama. >> i spent my entire life and business looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world. that is now what i want to do for our country. reporter: after a recount and a campaign, the postelection period would be dominated from his by chief that the kremlin had interfered with the election to swing it for mr. trump. >> they hacked into some democratic party e-mails that contained pretty routine stuff. some of it embarrassing or uncomfortable. the president-elect agreed. >> as far as the election. [inaudible] reporter: finally the fateful hour arrived. >> so help me god. congratulations mr. president. [applause] reporter: his inaugural address would be the shortest in four decades and the sharpest indictment of his immediate predecessors from both parties seated behind him that any new party has delivered. >> the establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. reporter: he proclaimed america first and promised to turn around the carnage of our cities, secure our borders and er

barack obama has been missing in action. only in the american ghetto, sean, could this go on with the no sense of emergency. if that many people died in a hurricane in the southeast, there's no way that everybody would stand by twiddlingpl their thumbs. there's no sense of urgency. but here's the bottom line. here is what is wrong in chicago. it's not the chicago police department, it's the fact that mayor emmanuel has allowed "black lives matter" and the aclu to run the chicago police department. they are setting policy rprocedure. >> sean: should they not follow the new york experience? when mayor giuliani started stop and frisk, they got the number downay to about 300 or 400. a majority of those lives saved were black lives. so now implement something like that? would the federal government be able to come in and do that? >> the thing is, the promising thing about this is if there is any, they don't have to reinvent the wheel here. they don't have to come up with something that's never been tried before. the order mainten

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howie: donald trump and barack obama have startling different views of the media. corey lewandowski will be here. howie: the presidential handoff took place, and at barack obama's last press conference, he spoke of the press. you are not supposed to be sycophants, or be complimentary, but you are suppose to cast a critical eye on those who hold power. >> what about twitter? are you going to continue to tweet? >> yes. i don't like tweeting. i have other things i could be doing. but i get very dishonest media, very dishonest press. howie: what do you make of the contrast between the obama sendoff and all those specials on tv, the "new york times" writing about what books he likes, and the trump transition, i would say he received no honeymoon. >> two completely different approaches by the media towards these two distinctly different people. the way they handle themselves in public. and the media responded accordingly. weak investigation and eavesdropping. >> they were spying on reporters. james rosen here at fox news. that's what's interesting about this. he called t

speak to mike >> you go back to that moment yesterday where president barack obama refused to comment on the 68 democrats, the number that has been growing, not going to the inaugural festivities. did he miss an opportunity to urge fellow democrats to attend? >> howard: he clearly missed an opportunity, and the following is not a partisan observation. this just sucks, i mean seriously. it is part of the endless blood feud in washington. do you think the next time a democratic president is inaugurated there will be dozens of republican members of congress who discover they have to clean up their sock drawers clutch market is for democrats -- >> let me jump in, because here is the plane making its arrival in washington, the president-elect is on board that plane, he took off a short time ago from new york city and it is wheels down momentarily for president-elect donald trump. and there you have it. >> howard: just to pick up the point is we follow the plane landing in d.c., it's one thing for democrats to dig in and fight president trump on his policies. this is disrespectful to a core

i want to give trump credit but i would like to hearsay nice things about barack obama. dagen: the market really took off after election day in anticipation trump is going to do and is doing in a week. >> first of like, i would like to say usa today doesn't sound like that verbally? [laughter] >> i want to say, look, the stock market is a good indication of the economic policies proposed or the president and probably the pretty good one but you have to say the markets think they are going to work and you also have to say that the obama policies were pretty good which was one of the best returns for a president. that all said, as far as who is getting more optimistic for average consumers, every person who was negative in the last eight years, there's a lot of them, they voted one way, there's a million of other people who were positive and now negative during the streets protest. that's a wash, zero sum gain. investors and business owners were worried that when rates were up, there was not going to be anything to pick up the slack, they are comfortable with rates going u

barack obama instead of covering him. frankly, the coverture wasn't soft. now, they want to change their tune. it should have been like this all along. >> martha: they are waking up. chris, in some cases, they are energized. they need to hold every politician, every presidency to the fire, and to do good reporting, good journalistic work. that is novel, apparently. >> what we of course always want is an adversarial press. we want a press that is skeptical of people who are in power. that is what we want all the time. but, as you guys were discussion, having it be situational and having ups and downs as may be not so good. i also think that what you are seeing here if you have a morality play going on, where the reporters cast themselves in the role of the good guys, trump is the bad guy, they feel vindicated and doing what they want, and that may allow them to do things that they wouldn't under normal circumstances. >> martha: is it going to exploit this, ari, when you look up the conversation that is being had, you look

but -- and i've got one word for barack obama. i don't know if he's listening today -- >> neil: he does. it's ridiculous. he does. >> then if he's listening, there's someone out there, mike milken. the person that is doing more for education, for taking technology, innovation and supporting science. mike milken, if there's anyone that deserves a pardon, it's not these people that sold out america, it's not the criminals, it's a gentleman that has spent his entire life promoting cures for cancer, promoting quality education, supporting of science. mike milken has done for more people like you and me and keeping us healthy than any other individual in america. if barack obama cares about this country, he will find a way to pardon him over the next 24 hours. that is someone that deserves it. >> neil: you're talking about the financier -- >> yes. it's putting aside politics and partisanship and recognizing someone that is a genuine american hero. he deserves a pardon and i hope the president is listening right now. >> neil: for the ot

the iranians do not fear barack obama. in international matters, it's clear, president obama believes global warming is more important than stabilizing and protecting the world. in the face of a global. now, global warming is real. climate change is happening. but mr. obama's vision of hurting certain economic sectors in america in order to lessen fossil fuel intrusion cannot possibly work unless countries like india and china do the same thing. as everyone knows, they are not. so, mr. obama imposed regulations that hurts the american economy, knowing full well that climate change wouldn't improve for a while. does that make any sense? at this point in history, two-thirds of the american people think america is on the wrong track. but they still like barack obama. his approval ratings are about 50%. that is up to the president's credit. he has put forth in emmett java responsibility. but as the nation's leader, mr. obama has not improved the economy to any significant extent, has not diminished poverty and poor education,

barack obama and donald trump gets to inherit a better economy. there is no doubt donald trump is inheriting a much better economy than barack obama did in 2009 but we also see a lot of support in the "wall street journal" poll out a couple of days ago asking what americans think is the most important thing that congress and the new president should do right now? not a year from now, but right now. one was -- number one was keeping american jobs in the united states. that was basically the platform of the donald trump campaign and i think trump comes into office with a lot of popular support for his main campaign agenda. >> bill: thank you, byron. we'll talk to you again real soon as the images continue to flow across your screen here in washington, d.c. >> shannon: we will have special live coverage all day long of the inauguration. bret baier and martha maccallum will cover the main event at 10:45 eastern. there is a lot going on today. so much tradition, pomp and circumstance. the visit every inaugural morning to st. john's church and thinking

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if you took down barack obama's civil rights page. one would argue if you saw the alfred sterling case. this guy was shot point blank, and some called that police brutality. >> if you have a third of the house democrats not participating in a civic event. the transition of power in a constitutional republic, that's a problem whether you are white or black and you guys need to own up to it. >> that's the same problem we saw six years ago. jesse: i'm glad you are here. jesse: watters and kennedy go wild at the ball. we have the pictures to prove it up next. jesse: it wasn't all work and no play on president trump's first day in office. >> should i keep the twitter feed going? i think so. jesse: i was able to joint fun with the lovely and talented kennedy. which ball were you at? kennedy: i was at the liberty dinner at the library of congress. jesse: what did you eat? >> i had the beef. jesse: what did you eat for dinner? i took his up with cory. they made me pay for drinks at the freedom ball. jesse: also, there is me there, doing my th

even if bernie sanders would've set it. >> barack obama in 2008, we are the change with them waiting for. it's not a very unique or original thought. what's wrong with it. >> what i think was wrong with his speech, look, i give him a lot of credit for a couple of reasons. one it was very consistent. this was the message that got him here and it was targeted to the same people who voted for him. that wasn't a majority of the country. i'm not saying he was an elected president he was elected president of the united states. the majority of the american people did not vote for him, and i heard very little in that speech that would actually appeal to those people. this was a very good, very trump speech for a narrow, narrow is not the right word, but for a specific audience, his supporters. will he begin to appeal and bring more people in? he is entering office with the lowest approval rating of any president in the history of polling. that should be a concern for him rather than just play to his supporters which i think he did very well. >> you agree with that. >> here's the thing. the m

i don't remember barack obama being treated that way. they were a little rougher i think on george bush than obama but not this bad. >> i will give you a direct answer to that. but george bush never sought to reset with russia. a strong ally of ours after september 11th, until they essentially became a giant gas tank and putin got wealthy and greedy. bush dealt with him as such. but in terms of the news conference, you nailed it. i just never saw the press treat barack obama with such roughness. nobody treated george bush like that. just face it. the press is hostile to donald trump, they always will be. and he is happy to return the favor. he actually has the upper hand in that relationship. >> sean: i thought it was a knock out and very entertaining. i thought it was fun. which of donald trump to going forward? should he push them out of the white house? should he bypass them, laura? >> when the press is doing its job, it should be a cheerleader for the administration. it should be an honest broker. and be a check on power. that's what

. >> what did barack obama do at the memorial service? he actually scorned the police officer and blamed the police officer and talked about racial profiling. >> can we get a transcript. thewho's killing each other in chicago. blacks are killing each other to the tune of 800 homicides. donald trump said he's going to stop the carnage in the inner cities. when did barack obama ever talkd about that or knowledge that. >> i hate this reference to black on black crimes. are 80% of of the crimes from white people come from white people. before we are getting off topic topic -- >> will get back to the point. barack obama took down donald trump's civil-rights page and said he wants to combat this policing environment which if you saw the sterling case who was shot point-blank and had a gun in a gun permit, some would call that police brutality. >> if you have a third not participating at a political rep event in a constitutional republic, that is a problem whether you're white or black. i think you need to own up to it. >> but that's the same pr

barack obama tried to delegitimize fox. that didn't work put. donald trump is going to try to delegitimize the whole media. the media has helped him. there's a reason why the country doesn't trust them. >> this is the problem with how we handled ourselves throughout the last year. so many of us were so extreme and overt from in our partisanship that people don't necessarily feel that donald trump needs to be dif rent to the media. it's automobiles important to have that media investigate and hold someone accountable. >> it's like the boy who cried wolf. >> nothing but the boy who cried wolf. >> they were apoplectic over everything he did. no one is listening to him anymore. >> taeb breakup of the media where donald trump with go by the gate keepers and communicate with people directly true twitter decreases the public outcry for transparency and press conferences. and i think it's hard are for the public to see how important it is to have those when you're directly asking questions and having the chance for interviews when he's constantly talkin

why in eight years did barack obama not call for that? >> barack obama called for so many fixes to obamacare. you understand what republicans did when that man was first inaugurated. they set on day one they were going to obstruct and they successfully did in many ways. she and the administration were very clear, there were lots of things he still needed to fix with health care. there were lots of problems. if you don't have anybody in congress, anyone on the other side the knees to put the american people first instead of trying to destroy government because they didn't like barack obama -- >> tucker: this is silly. you are above this. i don't want to relitigate it, but if you're going to generalizations that are not true, democrats held all three branches of government when obama came into office. >> it that is false. the obstruction that the republicans -- >> tucker: i know, the republicans are bad -- >> tucker: if you deny it, that's on you. >> tucker: i am not denying that republicans didn't try to stop obama's agenda. sometimes it w

barack obama was 80%. donald trump is at 40% and does not seem to be doing a lot to try to expand that. i think the olive branch has to come from him as anybody else. he has work to do. republicans up for reelection in less than two years watching those numbers wondering whether it will be liability to be the trump or not. the bridge building has to be both ways. >> shannon: there is room for improvement is what you're saying? >> i think so. >> shannon: we have more than 42 democrats who say they aren't coming to the inauguration. we know where representative lewis stands on this and years ago for president george w. bush the "washington post" said boycotting that inauguration because he didn't think he was the true elected president of the united states. it seems like there are some democrats out there saying listen, the guy has been elected, let's move on. when you have someone with the stature of representative lewis saying this, now you've got 40 more democrats on board. it seems like it gives a lot mo

as her democratic voters, voted twice for barack obama, their lesson is, we didn't hear you. the message to those voters should be, we heard you. >> our messages, we are going to stand up -- dan donald trump campaigned on draining the swamp. democrats are saying, during the swamp and put forward nominees that are going to change washington. not foreclosed on people or be a billionaire -- >> martha: that is exactly what these people are going to do. bring in people from the private sector will understand how businesses are run. they will drain the swamp in washington. >> what is odd about it, he is very low approval ratings for these people. that is what we are saying it. you have rhetoric in this campaign, let's hold you accountable. >> there has been a rally of the american people around donald trump. people who are not huge fans of donald trump, with the safety pins, things like that -- >> martha: good to have you here. thank you very much. while we wait for some comments this evening for mr. trump, we are looking into why one of the nation's largest teacher's groups was re

barack obama put together -- barack obama put together a task force of fbi agents and u.s. attorneys in south texas to both investigate and prosecute voter fraud in texas. and they prosecuted people and put them in jail. so voter fraud is real. it must be stopped. we need every tool to go after it. but that said, i want to make clear i have no information or data about what happened in the most recent presidential election. steve: absolutely. and i don't know that donald trump has any hard information. he just has seen studies and stuff like that according to sean spicer. and an investigation is coming. meanwhile, one of the things that donald trump signed yesterday, i believe, was an executive order regarding sanctuary cities, essentially getting rid of those. but there is a sheriff there in travis county, texas, which is the county seat is austin where you're sitting right there. what is she trying to do? >> she really is trying to create a sanctuary city here in the state of texas. i have to tell you, steve, this is completely outrageous because what she is doing under h

eric: julie, back to you, the trillion dollars or 866 billion dollars that barack obama got to spend shall the stimulus program that he spent. how did the unions react to that spending? >> well, the unions were for it because it did put people back to work. eric: they were for it prior to it. in the aftermath, were they happy the way it turned out? >> i think it probably should have been more and it wasn't enough. again, these union leaders went to the white house and said they had an incredible and magnificent meeting with the president of the united states because they're under the impression he's going to put a lot of money behind his words. if he does they'll continue to praise him. if he doesn't, the state union leaders are going to say that donald trump misled us, that he led us to believe he was going to put millions upon trillions, at least billions of dollars behind a public works project that our members could work on and he couldn't do it. and the problem is not what donald trump wants, the problem is with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. eric: there's one more big project y

why did barack obama, then, by 2010, and his party, suffer historic congressional losses? it is because they didn't answer the issue that brought them there. of course, that is a shot across the bow, and a warning to donald trump, he has to heed the issues that gave him the white house. >> tucker: that's right. the estimate go to in his economic promises. it seems like an obvious and correct born, and a lot of smart people in the democratic people, yet, none of them prevailed upon hillary to come up with an economic message. why? why wouldn't they do that? >> it's not the making of a modern democratic politics, appeal to enough norwegian bicycle is, and you will be the president of the united states. the demographics are on your side. the problem is, for all of the hype about political machinations and tv efforts and data on your iphone, that can find a voter, at the bar across the street, the fact is, if you don't have a good message, you don't have an inspiring candidate is, he won't inspire voters. that is fundamentally is what i explain, for example, why african-americ

>> it is classic barack obama. he doesn't talk to congress, he doesn't talk to members of our congress, doesn't ask for any advice, he is coddling up to a dictator, somebody that arrested 10,000 people last year, and he is not thinking about the people that are still being persecuted. we clearly have to work all across the world and come up with a better immigration policy in america, but we've got to take care of those people that are trying to leave the raul castro tierney, all of these people being arrested and beaten up. >> bret: when the administration said something had to be changed, something wasn't working after 50 years, how do you respond? >> first off, nothing changed for them. raul castro is still a dictator. he has not been elected by a democracy. there is no political freedom. he arrested 10,000 people last year. he is doing all of the things -- there is nothing that has changed for the better since barack obama did what he did. now what he is saying, if you are trying to leave that dictatorship, the

i just never saw the press treat barack obama with such roughness. nobody treated george bush like that. just face it. the press is hostile to donald trump, they always will be. and he is happy to return the favor.. he actually has the upper hand in that relationship. >> sean: i thought it was a knock out and very entertaining. i enjoyed every second of it. i thought it was fun. which of donald trump to going forward? should he push them out of the white house? should he bypass them, laura? >> when the press is doing its job, it should be a cheerleader for the administration. it should be an honest broker. and be a check on power. that's what the press does for both parties, equally.y. but that they have to occupy tha white house, i never bought that. the press should -- >> sean: and colluding with hillary -- >> they could be brought in for press conferences if that is necessary, when it's merited. it could be over at an executive office building, or jackson plays are one of the other federal buildings, they did that they have to camp out at the whit

that was the republican's job when barack obama was president. it's the democrat's job when donald trump is president. they're in opposition, that's our system. this action will be discreditable to the legitimate efforts to stand up to trump because much is as in the days afterward, people said what's wrong with these people, why are they out in the street. this will hurt chuck schumer's efforts against trump. >> brett: i want to get your thoughts the protests, some call riot video from 12th and k. we've just been having this charles with charles krauthammer, about it being more populist, i've seen it referred the as maybe ross perot would have said in that kind of delivery of a speech. ross perot the independent who ran against bill clinton and george h.w. bush. your thoughts on where it sits in the than pantheon of politics? >> it is a speech unlike any other inaugural address in american history. of all of the speeches that have ever been given. this was one in a row. nothing else like it. it is the signifier of a new era of politics. you saw

i trust that donald trump will represent the united states better than barack obama. no one respected the united under barack obama and john kerry and hillary clinton's failed policies. clayton: we thank you for waking up early with us. >> thank you very much. lisa: good debate. let's check with steve doocy to see what's happening on fox & friends. steve: kellyanne conway will join us. a lot of stuff to talk about. also mike huckabee. we will talk about the politics occurring right now capitol hill in advance of the inauguration. also tucker carlson starts a big news show tonight. actually same show, moving two hours to 9:00 p.m. eastern. there's a high school band that's going to be performing at donald trump's inaugural parade, but before they do that, they are going to perform for us. it's kind of a thank you to the many people who donated money from all across the country to raise $135,000. three hours kicks off about 13 and a half minutes from now in the channel you all trust for good morning news. lisa: thanks, steve. clayton: go grab some coffee. lisa: coming u

if you took down barack obama's civil rights page. one would argue if you saw the alfred sterling case. this guy was shot point blank, and some called that police brutality. >> if you have a third of the house democrats not participating in a civic event. the transition of power in a constitutional republic, that's a problem whether you are white or black and you guys need to own up to it. >> that's the same problem we saw six years ago. jesse: i'm glad you are here. jesse: watters and kennedy go wild at the ball. we have the pictures to prove it up next. it's the phillips' lady! anyone ever have occasional constipation,diarrhea, gas or bloating? she does. she does. help defend against those digestive issues. take phillips' colon health probiotic caps daily with three types of good bacteria. 400 likes? wow! try phillips' colon health. mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. again! so i can lift even the most demanding weight. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now verified non gmo and g

>> it is classic barack obama. he doesn't talk to congress, he doesn't talk to members of our congress, doesn't ask for any advice, he is coddling up to a dictator, somebody that arrested 10,000 people last year, and he is not thinking about the people that are still being persecuted. we clearly have to work all across the world and come up with a better immigration policy in america, but we've got to take care of those people that are trying to leave the raul castro tierney, all of these people being arrested and beaten up. >> bret: when the administration said something had to be changed, something wasn't working after 50 years, how do you respond? >> first off, nothing changed for them. raul castro is still a dictator. he has not been elected by a democracy. there is no political freedom. he arrested 10,000 people last year. he is doing all of the things -- there is nothing that has changed for the better since barack obama did what he did. now what he is saying, if you are trying to leave that dictatorship, the

maybe they should blame barack obama. i don't think the democrats are being sincere. i think what they are trying to do is score cheap political points. listen to what democratic senator said at today's hearing. >> the notion that the elected leader of this country will put julian assange on a pedestal compared to the men and women of the intelligence community and the military, that is so deeply embedded in the community, i think it should bring about the human cry, whether you are republican or democrat, they are should be howells and mark my words, if the roles were reversed, there would be howls from the republican side. >> sean: of course president-elect trump saw this coming and he tweeted... it is for the people to make up their own minds as to the truth, the media lies to look like it would be against intelligence when in fact i am a big fan. mr. trump has every right to be skeptical about what has been coming out about the election hs hearing proves that donald trump was right to push back against e left's untrue claims. just to remind you viewers of what wik

another man who had big load on all of this, barack obama refused to have any changes to the law at all and when the supreme court stood up the law in 2012, he said this. >> i am as confident as ever that when we look back five years from now, or ten years from now, or 20 years from now,e had the courage to pass this law and keep moving forward. >> ed: julie, why did president obama face the reality? the political reality and policy reality that the law did some good things but was not perfect? instead, every step of the way, he refused to improve it at all and we wasted a few years. >> quite frankly, the president can't do anything without congress putting a bill on his desk. >> ed: he didn't even propose a change. >> the democrats did their part. the past obamacare. >> it wasn't republican care. >> republicans did their part. they didn't like it. they passed what you called obamacare. if her publicans they could've put a bill on the president's desk. he he get assigned it or not signed it. they didn't tell us what they stood for other than repealing the law. >> ed: he pushed it throug

trump, ask barack obama and his policies. >> i'm not a wilting flower. i am, first, a conservative, i'm a mother, i'm a, you know, educated person, i'm an attorney, and, oh, yeah, i'm a woman too. bret: former federal prosecutor tamara neil from southern virginia told us for her at least the reports of trump's mistreatment of women were outweighed by other concerns. >> he has the courage and the fortitude, obviously, to withstand all the blowback from saying what he's saying about muslim immigration and the difficulties that lie there, building a wall and illegal immigration and just one issue after the next after the next after the next. he's willing to say what, frankly, i think most of us were thinking, and he can take the blowback from it. need someone to take a sledgehammer to this [bleep] there is no other way around it. bret: cody knotts is a budget horror films. he told us he considers himself a reagan man but also says donald trump is the only candidate he trusts to take action on the economy. >> up none of them want -- none of them want to chan

with barack and michelle obama. someone who he was all over for years and fought with bitterly, but now, despite all of the attacks back and forth on twitter with chuck schumer and other democrats, hillary clinton and the russians did it and call me did it and john lewis, barack obama and donald trump have kind of forged an interesting if not a friendship. maybe a partnership where they both complement. let's not gloss over that. they have tried very hard to put all the rest of the noise aside and make this a peaceful transition of power, despite all the noise out there. i would want to be a fly on the wall between that cup of tea. of course, they take the limo ride over. 11:00 a.m., they should be at the mall by then. for the 12:00 swearing in. bush 41 is in the hospital and getting better, we all hope and pray. but you are going to have bill and hillary clinton there. watching donald trump be sworn into office and delivering this inaugural address. >> tucker: a rejection of the legacy i think it's fair to say of b

i am not -- i was very happy to attend the inauguration of barack obama. i will be attending without much joy but with a respect for a system even though i know the system is flawed with the electoral college et cetera. >> bill: why do you think of the democrats don't see it that way you do? i do. you may remember, the second inauguration for barack obama, there was no republican boycott, even at that time, they were at each other's throats. republicans showed up. it just makes the democratic party look bad, i think. >> bill: will, it does because, while we get excited about reaching out to a base that includes a lot of people that really do not think donald trump is legitimate, may even loathe him, we have got to remember that we will not be a majority unless we can appeal to those people who either voted for trump or thought of voting for trump. >> bill: the independent americans at the democratic party needs to win back if you want to take power away from donald trump and four years. but see, i don't understand what this boycott accomplishes. i don't ge

perhaps barack obama does deserve a little bit of credit for that. we'll see 20 years from now, children who grew up thinking of a black man as president. >> if it does continue to improve as it has generationally, it will not be because of barack obama. he had an extraordinary opportunity when he came into the white house to really see a the white house to really see a progress -- seal the progress. i'm going to the bank, to discuss a mortgage. ugh, see, you need a loan, you put on a suit, you go crawling to the bank. this is how i dress to get a mortgage. i just go to lendingtree. i calculate how much home i can afford. i get multiple offers to compare side by side. and the best part is... the banks come crawling to me. everything you need to get a better mortgage. clothing optional. lendingtree. when banks compete, you win. okay! ...awkward. >> bret: thanks everybody for letting us into her home tonight. tonight we have the winners and losers with the panel. >> the winner of the week is sam johnson, he fought in two wars, a true hero. picked up a

barack obama takes aim at president trump's immigration order saying he is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities across the country. citizens exercising their constitutional right to assembly, organize and have voices heard by officials is what we expect to see what american values are at stake. ari fleischer my guest here. hello to you. "wall street journal." 11 days are over, laos t. mr. obama couldn't wait until he finished his post inaugural vacation. he is in the caribbean. you represented a guy who kept his mouth shut for years. >> president bush's point of view. not to have one president criticize the successor president's job, don't weigh in. what you have to ask here when president obama was at the peak of his power, an election on the line. hillary clinton running to succeed him he did everything he could and spoke on behalf of hillary and it didn't do enough good. why does he think now when his star is fading when he is out of office and doesn't have power it will do any good now? >> bill: that's the equation involved in this. when you are an ex-

some people are pointing to a natural home of barack obama. chicago has seen share of problems including homicide rate in 2016 which unfortunately has skyrocketed. we had a guest, also murder rate 4031 shootings. steve: trump was tweeting about it. abby: a lifelong democrat switched her vote and voted for mr. trump. she is from chicago. tell me about that. >> you made promise of hope and change with jobs and vocational programs that never came. people sat on life-support literally waiting for a change, waiting for jobs, waiting for education. so what happens with idle hands it is devil's workshop. people instead of going to work and putting on suit and ties an uniforms going to pick up guns to feed their families and sell guns to feed their family. what i think president obama should do he should get behind the president-elect never before. help the president-elect do what he couldn't do, which is help our inner cities. abby: eight years later the president goes home to his city it's a sad, sad situation. >> well it is. it is a great city in a