as he was coming in. >> barack obama is projected to be the next president. >> senator barack obama of illinois... >> narrator: by november, the economic crisis and the growing divisions in washington would soon be barack obama's problem. >> ...will become the president of the united states. >> that night, when he came out, the look on his face to me looked like someone who finally understood the weight of the job that he had just won. >> and you saw this seriousness and this weightiness that had come over him suddenly, as if he knew that this giddy ride that resulted in his election was, in effect, over. and it was as if the burden of the presidency fell upon him in a split second. >> narrator: but that night, obama insisted the unity he had promised was now within sight. >> americans sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. we are, and always will be, the united states of america! >> you have, in obama's case, gone within four years from being an illinois state politician to the most famous

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"

do you think democrats will do the same with barack obama? >> the reagan cult is creepy and dangerous and you had years and years and years in which republicans said what would reagan do? let's find some minor writing that reagan might have said. >> right. >> what was right in 1980 is right forever. that's bad. >> right. >> but they should value obama's presidency. they should see it as a model to emulate and defend. >> jonathan chait, the book is called "audacity," fascinating and provocative. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, chris. >>> that's "all in" this evening. a reminder, at 11:00 p.m., "the obama years with brian williams." "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you, my friend. we know that it didn't end well. what we forget sometimes is that it did not start well. richard nixon was elected in 1968, re-elected in 1972. that meant that his inauguration day for a second term was in january 1973. it was his inauguration date, january 20th, '73. almost spooky to look back at that day now because of the way we know

but barack obama was no peacenik. he had a dramatically different approach to war compared with his predecessor. instead of fighting terrorism with large armies, he would rely on a different technology. it would change the very nature of war. the armed drone. >> never before in american history has an american president had the technology and the legal authority to hunt down any person anywhere on the face of the earth and kill them. >> there was a surreal selection process that became known as the kill list. >> they would have bios and pictures of these people. some came to be called sort of baseball cards of terrorists. and a decision was made to put them on the list or not put them on the list. >> carrying out the campaign of killing was the president's cia director leon panetta. obama gave him plenty of latitude. when panetta wanted to dramatically expand the cia's fleet of drones in pakistan, the president, over the objections of his staff, told panetta the cia gets what it wants. >> it was a u.s. drone that fire

i said barack hussein obama, president of the united states. that doesn't seem like it's going to sell in peoria. but he changed all the rules. >> his first line in the speech is "the plains of peoria." >> he said only in this country is my story possible. only now is my story possible he should have said. >> well, to me -- joy, how do you -- chris's point about this popularity, i think in some ways that's part of the thing that's so hard to get your head around. here's someone who had been a controversial president. he's overseen one of the most polarized eras since the civil war and yet is going out with -- as one of the more popular politicians of the country, one of the more popular exiting politicians in recent memory yet is going to turn this office over to a man who is a repudiation, rejection of him. >> it's incredible. i can recall interviewing people during the campaign who really liked barack obama, who voted for him twice, he wears very well as a president. you have to live with a president over time, he wears well, he's a congenial

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,

hope and pride for our entire nation after the election of barack obama. i don't think similar sentiments will be expressed this evening. >> and gordon reed, what about you? what do you look for? >> i am looking for him to defend his legacy and talk about what he tried to accomplish as president. this is a moment to sum up and i think that that is what farewell addresses do. >> it is a president approaches the lectern, matt schlapp what are you look for? >> i think what is interesting is democrats are still looking for their leader and leadership doesn't come from the hill or congress, then i think baron is talking to a lot of democrats

i moved over to my barack obama twitter account. he said, when we return, we're going to get back to work. i'm hoping that he gets back in there. and i don't think he's going to stand by, actually, and watch the repeal of all the great work that he's done happen. i believe that he'll have a voice in this. michelle will as well. >> it's so easy to undo a legacy. they may think they can erase these things, but the accomplishments of barack obama happened and you can't make them unhappen. joining me now, emily tisch sussman, the campaign director for the center for american progress. emi emily, tell us what you hope comes out of today? >> i think we're already achieving a lot of what come out of today. the election may have not gone the way we wanted. we may be out of power when it comes to law making, but we are in power when it comes to the culture of this country, moving forward, people moving together and this is one of the most heartening events i've ever been to. it is so positive. and it is one of the nicest gathering i've ever

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

barack obama has failed america. (cheers and applause) >> narrator: he was a successful businessman and an experienced politician, a former governor. >> i believe in america, and i'm running for president of the united states. >> narrator: but many in the republican base-- especially in the tea party-- could barely stand him. >> verges on hysterical. mitt romney has never done a single thing to favor the conservative cause. >> i swear every time mitt romney opens his mouth, i have no... i think he's running against me. >> i don't think that romney was somebody who understood the angst of the american people. he didn't understand what... what especially the republicans throughout the united states were feeling, how-how disaffected they felt. >> mitt romney just further exacerbates the frustration among the republican base and the tea party wing of the party. how could it be that they end up with mitt romney as their nominee when there's so much anti-washington, anti-establishment energy out there? >> what does mitt ro

barack obama did it in charleston and other places after the shootings. and that emotional connection which has to do with familiy an a larger commonality of the american experience is something that's very important for every president and it's not at all clear that donald trump has that capacity. >> i have to tell you i feel like i remember watching trump on election night, and i feel like i saw a little piece of it. would you agree? people were waiting to pounce, frankly, and then he -- people were waiting to pounce. >> there's very little in his life that shows it. i don't think you'll see that between he and his wife. she might not even come to washington. and his children, he gets praised for raising his children. we'll see how thatlaysut in terms of his businesses and their involvement in the presidency. there are just a lot of questions there and you can only hope for the best. >> two different men here. i should end with the book, an easy question for you maybe, maybe not, what's your biggest takeaway? you mentioned the fact his try will look bac

imagine what people would be willing to pay barack obama. he is sort of the top of the haep right now for public speaking. >> this former president has a hefty to-do list. >> my fellow americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. i won't stop. >> randy kay, cnn, washington. >> much more ahead on this special saturday edition of 360. huge turnouts of women's marches across the country to protest the new agent and his agenda. more on that ahead. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some p

barack obama and michelle obama are going to meet with the trumps. their families are going to meet. they're going to go to a church service together. they'll ride to the capitol together. these two men who couldn't be more different and couldn't have more different views on some major issues. and yet this is our rite of passage in our democracy and it's a distinguishing feature of our democracy. >> also comforting because this campaign has been so unusual and it's been unprecedented and people who -- conservative people who value tradition and sort of a burkian political philosophy have all these changes thrown at them. it is nice we very this ceremony where there is tradition civility and people coming together. >> i think your word comforting is so right. it's serene, orderly, it's respectful. and it's so admirable the way this transition -- >> the twitter is about to tell you -- is going to blowup. >> there's a suggestion maybe donald trump hasn't fully kind of appreciated the enormity of what he is, but you can't help i assume being him today yo

. >>> barack obama is the first president since hubert who never had a year of economic growth is 3% or more. after the last great per session -- the enomyrew 4.5% in a year think of where we'll be and think of where all the blue collar workers would be. >> let's talk about the next four years. donald trump did something that i really liked. >> i do watch the show, you know, i point out his greatness occasionally here. >> lets talk about infrastructure and the airports and the shabbiness and laguardia airport and the railroad system we have in this country compares to the railroad systems and airports all over the world and south africa and all over the world, it is all better than ours >> republicans are trusting to spend but they don't twoont wan it for fiscal reasons. we are not going to waiste your money but we'll spend some money to get capitol investment. do you think paul ryan will go along with that with trump doing some spending or not? >> i do. >> first of all, we have to understand that there are a lot of hugely important infrastructure projects that can be privately finan

i don't think that's the way barack obama feels. he's going to be in washington. his daughter has got to finish high school. and i just think, you know, he's not done in some way, shape, or form. >> just watching that event today, it just brought into full life and view the conflicts, the mixed signals, paradox, call it what you will. he leaves office with a 60% approval rating. the election was ten weeks ago. the anti-obama is taking office. the guy who ran against different. different in personal style, how they communicate, different in the policies. he's leaving with a 60% approval rating. if he's so popular, why did the american people do what they did? harry truman put health care on the table. it took 50 years. he's the democrat who got it, but it now is at risk. the first democrat since fdr to win two terms with 50-plus percent of the vote. and he leaves office, he can be proud of that fact in history. his party is decimated. the republicans control the senate and the house and most of governorships and i think most importantly the democrats lost a thousan

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

i can't stand barack obama! they are are on obamacare! >> here is the question if you were donald trump and looking for running in reelection in 2020. would you find it acceptable for the congress to vote to repeal obamacare and come up with a replacement. >> no. >> three years later? we will cover replacement in, let's say, 2019? when you're about to run for reelection. >> not on your life. the democrats would have every right politically to kill it. they will drag their feet and kill it every step of the way just like republicans tried to do with obamacare. so unless you have the replacement right there waiting when you repeal it, it is a loser for donald trump and i would predict that it would kill any republican running in michigan, ohio, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. >> the way you can kick the can down the road and lots of ways to do it is phase out the repeal and promise you're going to keep the popular parts of the plan and start to pass things that republicans like more on health care to create a more robust market but they have t

barack obama had dignity. as you watched over eight years, he did what a man does, taking care of his family, his wife and children. he didn't talk about it but he modeled it, represented it in his actions. this, in an increasingly less parented country was invaluable. you can strongly oppose someone politically, really think you're seeing bad things there but have a responsibility to see and note what good there is. he said that he's touched a rising generation. to some significant degree i have a feeling that will probably prove true." well, that's peggy noonan, a conservative columnist, writing about the obama presidency. and a progressive columnist speaking yesterday on cbs "morning news," i believe it's powerful, a powerful thing. i have three kids who have grown up and they have never known anything but a black president." when i read the words of these two figures i respect, i refuse as an american not to be an optimism about our country. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in"

imagine what people would be willing to pay barack obama. he is sort of the top of the heap on the planet now for public speaking. >> he may no longer be in the oval office, but this former president ha a hefty to do list. >> my fellow americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. i won't stop. >> randi kaye, cnn, washington. >> much more ahead on this special saturday edition of "360." first full day of the trump white house, saw hugeouts in women's marches across the country and the world. more on that ahead. just like the people every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be with customer contracts, agreements to lease a space or protecting your work. legalzoom's network of attorneys can help you, every step of the way. so you can focus on what you do and we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. legalzoom. legal help is here. tame frizz-prone hair with whole blends by garnier. smoothing haircare. enriched with coconut oil & cocoa butter e

barack obama leaves this white house scandal free. even more importantly, there are a ton of people who are going to recognize tomorrow when barack obama leaves in his marine one, i believe called executive one, leaves with a 60% approval rating. donald trump tomorrow has the lowest approval rating of any president-elect in modern history. his task is to begin to unite the country, something he hasn't been able to do throughout the campaign, but we can't deny that he comes in here with the backing of very few people in this country. >> so let me ask you, jodie, because this is a poignant moment. if you've been on the streets or walked in front of the white house the past few days as most of us have, you see tourists coming in. so many people are here watching this. for the obamas, you see michelle obama's video she put out. how emotional is this for them? this last night? >> well, so, president obama has a really unusual writing assignment. he is going to write a letter to put in the oval office for donald trump to find. think about w

. >> barack obama has stepped up. he has said he is legitimate and dennis mcdonough was on tv this weekend saying that donald trump is a legitimate president. despite the fact that donald trump, you know, back in 2011 started saying barack obama wasn't legitimate. >> i know. >> you can say what you want about this back and forth. >> very good point. >> say what you want about this back and forth. and i think both men have a right, if they want to go back and forth they can go back and forth all you want but you can't drag barack obama in this fight because barack obama has bent over backwards doing what any president should do to a person that is replacing him despite the fact he may disagree with the vast majority of his agenda. >> these 20 democratic lawmaker in the house say they too won't attend the inauguration. the democratic party is fund-raising on lewis' comments. i ask you, as someone who puts his opinions on pen and paper every day, i guess, first of all, would you agree with congressman lewis' statements?

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

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

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(avo) ask about namzaric today. >>> few people know barack obama as well as valerie jarrett. she has been his senior adviser for the past eight years but they have been close friends for over two decades. how did they come together? listen in. when you knew him as a young man what in him do you think has stayed the qualities and has made him a successful president? >> well, it's interesting. the first lady said about him once that being president doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are and the young man that i met 25 years ago i call him an old soul. he was very grounded. he was very clear about a purpose for public service. wasn't sure at that point how it would manifest itself, but was trying to figure out how to do good. and he had this kind of very focused long view. and that has stayed the same. the other thing i'd say that has been constant throughout is his temperament. he is steady, he's calm. his highs are not too high and his lows are not too low. he is able to absorb a lot of anxiety that comes your way when you're in a position of leadership but not let

you reported on barack obama from the very start. what are you expecting the theme to be? >> recount what you just recounted what he viewed his biggest achievement, certainly issue was the aca former care act, obamacare. it is controversial. that's going to figure heavily in how republicans replace obamacare which is a lot tougher than repealing it. same thing with the auto bail-out and other achievement of his career. it's important that he be able to stand there defend himself. he let his achievement speak for themselves. >> i want to play the sound byte from the first speech to congress. it's one of the most iconic movements. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> it's not true. >> you can hear it there congressman joe wilson, shouting out you lie. it became symbolic of this by vision between republican and president obama. how did that leave disdain on his -- over the nine or eight years. >> it could not have been more important, the republicans made it clear from the start they would oppose and obstruct anything th

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it might even outsell barack obama's memoir. they'll each get paid quite a bit of money because they are two popular people. >> she is very popular. she'll do another late night show, her final good-bye. here are some of her best moments. ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ >> oh. >> what can we say? we just dropped the mike. don't tell people about my rash. >> a rash that she has. where is the rash? what area were you telling me about? >> my shoulder. >> lower than that. >> keith, you've known her a long time. is she going to miss that? >> the reality is i've not known her a long time. i met her when she became first lady. i never knew her in law school. she has this relatable personality. when i met her in the white house for the first time she hugged me like she'd known me her entire life. as an african-american, it's been a joy to watch her on this national stage. i'm good friends with her hairstylist and we were just texting a few moments ago about what this means. she's become this icon in not only african-american cult

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

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

the image of those five african-americans that barack obama and michelle and the girl and grandma and filling the role of the first family of the united states as they walk across the south and getting on the helicopter to fly away and as they sit the front row at the state of the union and all of the important moment and seeing that, it is one of the most important legacies of the obama's presidency. it changes what's possible of america and rearranges the furniture inside our head. visual images are powerful, that's going to be with us for -- >> with that, thanks to both chris', the one in new york and the one in chicago. >> coming up after our next break, the busy news day of the best of today's action on capitol hill including testimony from trump's pick for attorney generals as "the 11th hour" continues. >>> my question is very simple is grabbing a woman by her genitel, is that sexual harassment? >> yes. >> he's the first trump nominee to start this vetting process on capitol hill and the work of the senate judiciary. joining me here is our eugene and charlie syke is here with us

no. ( laughter ) walking and talking with barack obama. here it is. >> what are you going to miss most about this place? >> this walk is one of them. well, in a way, h he told us his family life hat thrived living and working under the white house roof but that his wife and daughter didn't feel the same way about life in what harry truman called the finest prison in the world. >> how do they feel? they're ready to go. the girls, obviously, they are now up in age in which the constraints of secret service and bubbles and all that stuff has gotten pretty old. michelle never fully took to the scrutiny. i mean, she thrived as a first lady but it's not her preference. >> he was the hardest sell. she was the hardest sell and she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is. having said that, she would acknowledge and i certainly feel that we just have a lot of memories here. our kids grew up here. some of our best friends have been made here in this place. there have been moments that were highlights

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of the idea that barack obama was not born in the united states. do you see that kind of shock reaction in a way that becomes normalized or tries to match donald trump in the power and success that he had with his tactics? >> it would probably come from the democrats and one of the challenges there is the democratic party is very complex and it is a party of, it is truly a big tent party so it is really unclear exactly how that will happen. right now because the democratic party also seems to be doing a little bit of introspection and, you know, we are still sort of adjudicating what happened in november of 2016 and not in necessarily looking forward to what will happen i think we will see that and some might possibly not just come from the democrats but republicans, donald trump made a lot of promises that will be very difficult to deliver happened the people that he pumped up at all of these rallies during his campaign and now he is just completing his victory tour, people have great expectations and, you know, when you ask people to pick up thei

barack obama was the first. donald trump capitalized on it. >> he is using it to connect to people. >> he used it quite successfully but his job now, i think one of the most important tasks he has is to calm the country. >> yeah. >> calm the country easement i agree. >> that has been a big surprise to me because the guy was whether you like him or don't like him, he was brilliant in getting the nomination. >> completely. >> the last two months, i think to some extent, that brilliance has not been there because, you know, he had this amazing opportunity to take, you know, the base that voted for him and pile on top of that. >> right. >> independents and democrats who were skeptical of him, but were willing to be persuaded. over at least thast tlast two m the combativeness and compulsiveness made people nervous. >> he is tweeting against merle streep and alec baldwin, "snl," john lewis. that's not the way to add. >> and where his approval ratings tanks. >> instead of staying after lockheed and boeing and ford and

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

these are the seven countries barack obama. >> four of them. >> barack obama selected four countries, along with congress in 2015 -- 2015, hold on, and three more were added in 2016. his administration did. yes. let's look at this. you just said -- >> i believe they all talked, which is good. >> you just said he didn't select them alone. my point isn't that donald trump implemented this correctly or it should be implemented, my point is people should keep their mouth shut and not be self-righteous when their policies led taos this stage. >> selection of these countries -- excuse me. >> you're fine. >> thank you. the selection of those countries under the obama administration was not accompanied by such nearly lethal language in an executive order that would lead you to believe, they are just edging around the fact. >> what's the word ari used, the boring word. >> again, i agree that this has been handled. >> intergovernmental review process. >> i agree completely. just barack obama doesn't need to be self-righteous about a policy if you just look at the policy is not that dramatically

he's been a wonderful partner to barack obama. as steve's charts point out the democratic party had failings over the last eight years. i think largely because the president hasn't invested enough political energy for democrats around the country but joe biden has always been there. >> what do you think, gene? >> he's joe biden. he loves the senate, process, he loves the whole thing. he'll have a good time. he'll have choice words, whatever they are, because joe biden always has choice words. >> joe as the vice president is also a guy that really should be involved in helping democrats find themselves again. in joe biden you have a guy, mark halperin, we said before, came to us during democratic convention when everybody was pretty excited and high about democrats chances saying democrats had lost white working class voters like those in scranton, pennsylvania, who voted for him, the backbone of his support and was very concerned several weeks out hillary clinton would lose because of that he'll be a great guy to help democrats pu

barack obama for all those years. you apologize for delegitimizing my presidency but come to my inauguration and let's all get along but that's not going to happen. >> coming up, john mccain will join us. also reporting from hallie jackson. "new york times" reporter. friday live in washington to cover the presidential inauguration. our coverage kicks off 6:00 a.m. blocks from capitol hill. among our many guests on set will be minority leader nancy pelosi and senator rand paul. here now the forecast. >> you might wan to pack the little umbrella. not saying the big umbrella but little one. i'll explain in a second. let me first get to what happened over the weekend and holidays big ice storm across the country. kansas hit hard, oklahoma hit hard and areas around iowa. doesn't look bd but thin coating of ice makes a world of difference. no traction whatsoever. that storm through the ohio valley with mostly rain. plenty warm enough all rain in the great lakes. when it gets to the northeast later today, that's where we get

i think barack obama had that and a sense of poism about human nature. and i think he believes that things could get better by the power of reason that people would be restrained and what i think he never quite internalized is that evil can triumph over good, people have agendas, that they're not willing to compromise on. so unless you push back very hard, bad forces can gain the upper hand. i don't think he appreciated the capacity of evil, of ideology, of people's willingness to use military force. you saw it in the middle east. we saw it in europe. in some ways he was more reasonable than the world he inherited. >> so therefore he could not understand the threats to the world that he saw. >> i think he was also for political reasons extremely wary of large scale american commitments. again he came into office promising to undo the commitment to iraq, undue the commitment to afghanistan. he overlearned the lessons of his predecessor. in some ways george w. bush was argueically-- arguably the president who tried to do too much, to remaining the middle e