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 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 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

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,

guy back to barack obama or george bush or bill clinton or bush 41. there were awful things said about him. you have to rise above. my hope and prayer for the sake of the country that after tomorrow he will do that. >> neil: all right. we'll watch closely. thanks for taking your time. you've had a crazy day yourself. the president-elect is set to arrive. he will say a few words there and let it be known that he's very appreciative of the crowds there. even hollywood types and entertainment types that criticized the talent that was showing up to his events. he said this is for folks, average folks. i'm more interested in helping them and seeing them than celebrities. so the fact of the matter is, he has a good number of here. but charles payne, much is being made of that. charles, if you're with me, much is made of who shows up, not so much what is done, but what do you make of that? >> it's been disheartening to say the least. just the notion that the disrespect shown to the office of the presidency. forget who is being inaugurated. but elected offici

they said then, senator george biden did it to bush, so they were going to do it to barack obama. i thought it was stupid them and i said so. you don't like this nominee? vote him down. >> it's not that simple. joe biden made it clear when he talked 1 1/2 years ago before the election that they shouldn't be putting people up during an election. >> neil: why? >> it's a toxic environment. it's demeans the court -- >> neil: it's all the politici e politicized. if they don't like him, don't vote for him. >> people say that something new is occurring. >> neil: i'm not. i see the dot on bought party's part. but maybe this is an opportunity for republicans saying we know what the democrats do. in the past we've done it. we're just going to stop this nonsense. you can send a powerful signal by saying, you know what? we're going to hold the hearings. we don't like him. we'll vote him done. we're not going to play these games. wouldn't it be a great opportunity to say let the process go forward? we don't like garland, we don't approve garland. end of story. >> i don't blame the president fo

opec at barack obama and hillary clinton, last week barack obama saying ridiculous things like if he had run in a third term, he would have beaten donald trump in fact, he campaigned for hillary said it was his legacy that was on the line, if he got o hillary clinton saying i won particular vote my wife was a you ballroom dancer counts for "dancing with the stars", it does not count for the presidency of the united states, so we will give her mirabal trophy they can't get over it pointing to russian stipulate the hack by the russians when others have said there itself no proof would have changed election donald trump sure poking back at sore losers. >> it was entertaining, what is not entertaining to the media is that he hasn't held a news conference since july. keeps promising to hold one, but he hasn't done it, promised other things he hasn't done it he promised to hold a news briefing about avoiding conflicts of interest with businesses then, of course, canceled it, why not face the media for something longer than just you know two or three minutes sound bytes? >> well, let's face

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

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 has done that, commenting that his heartened by the protests going on. a spokesperson saying with regard to comparison to president obama's decisions, we heard the president fundamentally disagrees discriminating against individuals of faith or religion. there's nothing in the trump ban that cites religion. just the reaches from the world that we have had particular violence. i might adhere, that if this was going to be an anti muslim type of ban, you might as well thrown in 40 other countries. be that as it may, it's unusual for a former president to speak out so quickly. maybe the situation warranted it or a great opportunity for the former president to seize on it. it's got to break aed modern day record, doug. ten days. >> boy, it's pretty amazing. i think you have to go back 84 years, three generations to herbert hoover to find anything like this, this uncivil. >> neil: you're talking about herbert hoover going into f.d.r. the two didn't talk to each other for a while. that's the closest example you can see. >> yes. hoover tried to actually get f.d.

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

barack obama said that himself. let me finish. and everyone said that if the emails were hacked by russia, and i don't care if it's russia, jewel yawn assange, hillary's hairdresser or usama bin laden rose from the ocean and hacked him. i don't care. nobody said they were not accurate emails. >> they weren't accurate. they were selectively. judge jeanine: what wasn't accurate? >> they were selectively edited and disclosed by wikileaks. there was fake news and trolling by paid operatives from the russian government. and we know comey and the f.b.i. inextended to install -- intended to install trump. judge jeanine: what's the fake news? >> city was lies spread about hillary clinton. let's put this aside. i want to talk about what you said about limousine liberals and how awful we are. judge jeanine: before you get to that. what's the fake news? >> there were all kinds of fake news sites. a man that b. interviewed a bunch of people who troll people on twitter. judge jeanine: comedians. you are not suggesting a comedian has intelligen

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

i am old enough to remember 2008, barack obama was writing hide. it was a kumbaya moment. these companies are going around now, because they're not sure what the new president is going to do. nothing is p going to last forever.to they are going to do what's best for their bottom line. at the end of the day, what's going to end up happening they make business decisions partially on the regulatory environment, partially on the tax environment. >> he's not going to do that. >> you don't think he's going to put the tariffs -- >> whether it's mexico, other countries, china, -- since 1945, we made state department and treasury, a conservative effort. it flows freely in the united states. >> megyn: that is a fact. >> we did that to create economic dependence. all trump is saying his timeout, let's have the -- act's for the young people out there. sats. >> what are you looking at me for? >> megyn:[laughs] your point is she is like enough is enough? let's even the playing field? >> the last best hope for globalism is donald j. trump.t' 26% of the gdt in the world. >> megyn: it's si

howie: donald trump and barack obama have startling different views of the media. corey lewandowski will be here. . this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? (laughter) come home with me! trade up to the silverado all star edition and get an average total value of eight thousand one hundred fifty dollars when you find your tag. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. like finding new ways to be taken care of. home, car, life insurance obviously, ohhh... but with added touches you can't get everywhere else, like claim free rewards... or safe driving bonus checks. oh yes.... even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee! in means protection plus unique extras only from an expert allstate agent. it's good to be in, good hands. 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 supp

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

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.

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

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.

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

i think barack obama's presence provoked a kind of nastiness and viciousness. for instance, you can have legitimate disagreements with barack obama and not to be accused of being a racist. but there is no denying that a lot of the sentiment against obama was racially driven. for instance, if if you are debating him about health care, why put a voodoo doctor up? when police department's are caught on tape, speaking about barack obama and disparaging terms, why he tell mike as he referred to as a white simian? in other words, the racial stereotypes that were so deeply profound, have gutted any sense of having honest differences of opinion, politically or ideologically. as a result of that, barack obama became a lightning rod for that. >> martha: respond, if you would come in to the argument that we just saw on that tape. the use of the phrase, "mediocre negroes." what is wrong with that? >> steve harvey, as was said, he has a remarkable man, a successful man. there is no problem with that. the problem is donald trump, not steve harvey. look, if you want to have a

pete, let me ask you, barack obama has made clear he wants to get rid of these last detainees. or at least 19 of them. the white house was asked today, are you going to take into account president-elect trumps request that he not transfer it anymore and that a the new administration is coming in and donald trump had an issue on the campaign trail. the white house said we will not be taking that into account. your thoughts? >> i think that is exactly righ right. obama is going to fulfill one of his first promises when he came into office. he's going to be unable to do it and at the end result with these 19 people that he most likely will transfer by january 20th, these will be the people that donald trump will have to go back and capture. we are in a hot war. the greatest time since 9/11, isis is taking credit for about 1100 suicide attacks in 2016. you've got the attacks going on in turkey, germany, france, and those types of things. you've got failed states and syria, iraq and libya. we are in a worse situation than we were in 2009 when this president came into office. >> megy

i am going to grade your loyalty for barack hussein obama. you are the most loyal soldier, i love loyalty. i admire loyalty. you are probably his greatest defender, you are the best at it and i give you an a+. >> that is kind of you. >> sean: you defended the impossible, but i give you an a+.he >> i am only loyal to the facts, sean. >> sean: god bless austan goolsbee, and i meant what ict said in that article. up next, tonight on "hannity"... >> we are going to use every tool at our disposal, through regulation, legislation, so that we can save people from this mess. >> sean: speaker paul ryan saying republicans plan to repeal and replace obamacare concurrently. finally, that is the way to do it, so how are they going to do it? up next. liberty mutual stood with me when i was too busy with the kids to get a repair estimate. liberty did what? yeah, with liberty mutual all i needed to do to get an estimate was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! (sigh) i wish my insurance company had that... wait! hold it... hold it boys... there's sup

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

i am going to grade your loyalty for barack hussein obama. you are the most loyal soldier, i love loyalty. i admire loyalty.de you are probably his greatest defender, you are the best at it and i give you an a+. >> that is kind of you. >> sean: you defended the impossible but i give you an a+. >> i am only loyal to the facts, sean. >> sean: god bless austan goolsbee, and i meant what i said in that article. i up next, tonight on "hannity"... >> we are going to use every u tool at our disposal, through regulation, legislation, so that we can save people from this mess. >> sean: speaker paul ryan saying republicans plan to repeal and replace obamacare concurrently. finally, that is the way to do it, so how are they going to do it? up next. do n your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften, unblocking your system naturally. miralax. hey, how's it going? um... who are you? i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. see? we're putting away

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what barack obama said is, he told putin to knock it off. and prudent suddenly knocked it off. except, he didn't knock it off. they have not taken cyber security seriously enough and that is why this country has been expose the way it has been exposed. >> sean: we need to fix it. good to see you, my friend. >> sean hannity in 2020. >> sean: when i come back, we go one-on-one with obama's former economic advisor came home. or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. every subaru is built to earn your trust. because we know what you're trusting us with. subaru. kelley blue book's most trusted brand. and best overall brand. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. do you know how your you might be surprised. stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften, unblocking your system naturally. miralax. tech: don't let a cracked windshtrust safelite.plans. with safelite's exclusive "on my way text"... you'll know exactly when we'll be there. gi

back in 2009, barack obama through the democrats proposed an 800 billion-dollar stimulus plan, he said it would take over the past couple of years it would take unemployment down, certain levels. targets were never reached. >> unemployment levels did come down dramatically. >> i don't think you can correlate the two. we had zero percent interest rates. >> one of the two things did happen. neil: he's pointing about what you're not pointing out and you're pointing what he's not pointing out. [laughter] charles: this week president trump talked about the environmental studies, the regulations, things that -- no, no, to take -- >> that's not infrastructure. >> charles: to make it effective let's cut out the two-year environmental study that cost $10 million. ken cep let's go past -- neil: all right, we are going come back and make a larger point here. i'm promising you, remember ronnie and maggie, i want you to get ready for the sequel, donald and theresa ♪ if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for

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

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. >> bill: that reminds me of as man named barack obama. >> no, barack obama won big, as did ronald reagan. >> bill: my way or the highway. >> they did kind of do that. >> bill: i try to persuade you, doctor. it is futile but i try to persuade you. persuasion is good. we appreciate it. plenty more as "the factor" moves along this evening. brit hume has some thoughts on the first press conference today. it was a heated exchange. we'll show you that. watters talking to the folks about the inauguration.s >> what would you have liked to see president trump say? >> what does he actually want to do? like, in a clear way.s >> i think he made that pretty clear. >> bill: i hope you stay tuned for those reports. to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients

. >> jon: so you're saying that barack obama is old news? >> i'm saying unfortunately, and remember i voted for the guy, he is old news. and what president-elect trump is doing, and all the people that he is aborting and putting in his cabinet, that is today's news. and news is news, that's what happens, it is a daily event. >> jon: kevin corke pointed out in covering this letter on special report last night, that the president was begging about job creation and so forth. but didn't point out that workforce participation is at the lowest in what, 40 or 50 years in this country? >> that is a very important fact when you talk about jobs numbers. but i must say, you put your finger on what i thought was the most interesting and should be controversial line of the entire letter. that is that through our diplomacy we have shut down, those are the words, iran's nuclear program. i'm not sure the administration has claimed that, have they? i thought that was remarkable claim. and if that is true, there ought to be celebration in the streets. there o

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

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

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

isn't he entitled to a honeymoon period as republicans gave barack obama 8 years ago? >> what honeymoon period? here is my thing. i'm going to give him a chance until he does something as president by start criticizing him. i have criticized some of his appointees but only on minor things. i think most democrats are willing to give him a chance. john lewis is a hero of mine and a hero of most americans. i think the president-elect will be wise not to punch at john lewis but try to reach out and say we have our differences. judge jeanine: it's time for republicans to put a stake in the ground and stand there. enough of this nonsense. we won. >> judge, he's the president. >> i think chris has been remarkably restrained for not criticizing donald trump. good for you. the democrats act like cry babies. i think the voters are watching. i'm a partisan republican, but i think it's great that the democratic party still has not realized on the first week of not american people repudiated them. the democrats never lost so much as they have in scene 8-year period of time. since o

what barack obama said is, he told putin to knock it off. and prudent suddenly knocked it off. except, he didn't knock it off. they have not taken cyber security seriously enough and that is why this country has been expose the way it has been exposed. >> sean: we good to see you, my friend. >> sean hannity in 2020. >> sean: when i come back, we go [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette. and her new business: i do, to go. jeanette was excellent at marrying people. but had trouble getting paid. not a good time, jeanette. even worse. now i'm uncomfortable. but here's the good news, jeanette got quickbooks. send that invoice, jeanette. looks like they viewed it. and, ta-da! paid twice as fast. oh, she's an efficient officiant. way to grow, jeanette. get paid twice as fast. visit quickbooks-dot-com. >> sean: welcome back to "hannity," reaction to the farewell address, the old buddy. the person that got us in this economic mess. oh, look at that. you had to be there. or an economic advisor, my buddy, austan goolsbee. i'm not even going to say anything. i'm going to give you a chance. o

judge jeanine: you didn't see republican when barack obama, especially in the second term saying we are worried about our religion and catholic and religion in the middle east. this is something so many people said and i will let you answer it, david, that was soros funded. >> much of the divisive language they said they could never vote for trump because of the waive he says things. you -- because of the way he says thing. you look at what they said today. judge jeanine: i was cursed at. this tough was tough language. >> i certainly didn't see any of that here. judge jeanine: you didn't? you are in boston? maybe boston is just more virginal. >> very peaceful and well organized and well done. judge jeanine: what are we going to see this week? >> i think you will see a flurry of executive orders from donald trump. i think you will see a trade deal, announcing a fact theresa may is coming here and maybe working out a deal with her and maybe a foreign policy surprise down the road. >> i think you will see cabinet no knees get confirmed. and you will continue to see him pushing to tax refor

but, unfortunately, for him, not the six that barack obama had his first day. there are all sorts of reasons for that, whether that would disrupt his momentum going in for what he has to do and the executive orders he had to sign. no. but among those orders was a immediate regulatory freeze across the government and another plan that would reduce the cost of mortgages for homeowners. but the president and a lot of his lawyers were saying the fund behind that didn't appear to be stable, so they wanted to go slow and sort of add it up. waiting now for the rival and there he is. president trump, melania trump. let's watch. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the house of prayer for all people. welcome to this hour of prayer for our nation, its leaders and all those who call this land their home. as we mark this moment of political transition, let us all draw strength and courage from the sacred text and songs and petitions, from the many traditions of our land and may they inspire us always to seek divine assistance, c

i think he will try to show he is not barack obama. barack obama we talk about his history with isis. isis hasn't been on the scene that long. it was three years ago this month that barack obama famously said -- referred to them as a j.v. team. look at everything that has happened since then. dozens of terrorist attacks across the world including numbers that have hit close to americans. orlando, san bernardino. a lot of americans were affected by what happened in brussels and paris. >> what do you think he could have done? there were calls several years ago to bomb the runways in syria, to try to get a cap on all this before it exploded and spread like a cancer from syria to europe to the united states. >> i think if you talk to some critics and some republicans they say let's go all the way back to 2011 when barack obama didn't negotiate a status of forces agreement to leave troops in iraq. i think especially somebody like john mccain who has criticized barack obama a lot on this saying it left a vacuum for a place like isis to take