but no one has done with barack obama plans to do tonight. chicago, mccormick place, thousands crammed in to say good-bye to their hero. they greeted him in 2008 to hear him say i want to be president of the united states. now it is barack obama's chance to say good-bye and to put a final signature on his 8 years in office. we are told he's going to focus more on the future than dwell on the past. but he won't pass up an opportunity to say how far he we have come as a country. jeff flock in mccormick place on what we can expect from this estimated 30-minute address. >> erupting in applause as the bidens enter. this place is packed. if you said 20,000, everything from the journalists that covere >> reporter: the cabinet secretaries, elected officials. this place is just packed to the rafters with people who would suggest that these past eight years have been an unqualified success. a reduction in unemployment, fewer troops on foreign soil engaged in conflict, a higher graduation rate among high schoolers. they see this as a great success, and

i mean, to barack obama if you believe in traditional marriage, you're a homophobe. if you believe in men shouldn't go into women's bathrooms and showers, you're a bigot. if you believe that the unborn have a right to life, you must hate women. the good news is thevillety case of conservative christians by the president of the united states is coming to an end to this friday with the inauguration of donald j. trump. lou: you're expecting big things for the reversal of secularization in this country as a result, and is that correct? >> well, i believe that what we're going to see is a lack of demonization of conservative christians by the president. look, i've known donald trump now for two years. i consider him a friend. i'm not under any illusion that he believes like i do on every issue. but at least he respects the views of conservative christians and doesn't demonize them and feel like they have an important place in society, and most of all, he believes they have the right to the free exercise of our religious beliefs. lou: i don't think there's any doubt in man

that was supposed to be his breakout moment, like when ted kennedy gave barack obama the chance to speak at the convention. i'm going to be the future, i'm going to be the future of the democratic party, ingenuity, or anything at this point. he pulled a chuck schumer. he is looking down and sort of reading and trying to create this supercharged energy and passion. very dramatic. nevertheless, not a passing grade. i'm so sorry, lou. >> lou: and booker, bend the arc. it sounded like bend the law a little bit. >> a little bit like the go-ahead and try and politicize it like we saw with the department of justice and everything else. i don't think so. >> lou: of the democrats are putting on more lucid moments on television in these hearings than i ever imagined possible. the sooner they can get out of the way of this confirmation process, the better for the democratic party. great to see you kimberly. >> i concur. >> lou: i appreciate that. we are in concurrence. kimberly guilfoyle, thank you so much. >> general james mad dog mattis breezing through the process. >> we have to stay focused on

lou: this never happened with barack obama, it did not happen with any other president that i can recall. i would think we would agree on this. there seems to be amongst elite whether in academia or politics or intelligence, a sort of a self-permission to treat donald trump in way they have never treated any president-elect before in history, it is his position against the establishment, the elites, if you will, the comfortable order of things in washington. the swath that makes him so dangerous they fear him so much they descend to these depth. what do you think? well, yes. i don't dispute it, but it is unfortunate, there are so many people. >> these intelligence agents that serve this nation so well. i am familiar with some of them, and i am encouraged by the way, with appointments that the president-elect is making, and certainly the performance that congressmen pompeo turned in to as nominee are in central intelligence agency, and i am incurraged by senator dan coats takeover clappers position, that leadership will move in a different direction, i am hoping that these agents are cons

eight years ago the senate confirmed seven cabinet level nominees that day in which barack obama was inaugurated. george w. bush and some of his cabinet picks confirmed on his inauguration day and also when bill clinton was sworn into office every single member of his cabinet but one was confirmed why the senate within two days. we are in a different place. joining me to discuss democratic obstructionism, the road ahead by the republican party that controls both the senate and the house will be talking about how they will implement the trump agenda. the chairman of the freedom congress congressman mark meadows and congressman it's great at you with us. this looks like a very serious impasse in which we find ourselves. schumer looks like he is running a foreign power, not the democratic conference in the senate. >> well it's taking away from the real substance of the nominees which are outstanding. you mentioned dr. tom price and i can tell you there is not a finer man that understands health care better than really anyone on capitol hill. not only be position by policymakers so it's

byron complete your puppet i apologize. >> seven barack obama got on this first day. i do think it was a significant day as far as tillerson nomination is concerned. as you noted a razor thin margin. if just one republican had gone the other way it would have gotten negative recommendations from the committee and mitch mcconnell could have used parliament terry devices to get it out of the committee and to the floor. but he didn't have to so now we have marco rubio coming out saying people support this. earlier we had john mccain and lindsey graham say they would vote for tillerson. lou: baird venture was byron why would they even start with the business of we don't like this idea. what was the mccain said, he supported barely. this is an odd that if content first theater on the part of the graham mccain do well. >> probably a shot across the bow. they clearly have concerns about donald trump and russia. they are very very hard line on that. they want to make sure he doesn't essentially cross them. i think they ought her question was what was going on with rubio. he q

and one more time barack obama will stick it to the state of israel. it devise 50 years of bipartisan american foreign policy, which is -- lou: what should we do? let's take the worst case. let's say that's exactly what transpires that that is the result. what should donald trump do when he sets into the white house on january 20th? >> well, if it's as bad as we think, and you combine that with resolution 2334, which effectively tried to set israel's ban two days before christmas, i think donald trump could do a lot worse than using the words of daniel patrick when the general assembly passed a resolution equating with racism and saying the united states will never accept these resolutions. hear that, united nations. and you had a clip on earlier of lindsey graham and ted cruz introducing legislation. cut off u.s. funding to the un because of that first resolution. here we see the un bringing old adversaries together. it's an amazing way that works. i think the only thing they respect is our money. and i think donald trump should seriously consider sup

concernsly, the senate with barack obama approving 7. >> on inauguration day. lou: only two won't come to pass as we were told by chuck schumer. >> those are by voice vote which means republicans did not object. democrats have objected to everything and saying we might let general mattis and general kelly through tomorrow. lou: this is a different situation all together. we are looking at a quite different set of elements and chemistry here. we are watching a party that has destroyed itself over the last 8 years. this president preside over the loss of 1,000 seats nationwide at the state and federal level. this has been decimation. without new york and california you have a party in real trouble. >> it's been a bloodbath. the senate can only delay the confirmation of his nomination. so it's a childish tactic. they will eventually confirm these nominees. there was an election and the people should have the benefit of the full team in the cabinet. it's despicable to think they won't immediately confirm mattis, kelly, pompeo, the national security team. because we

but there won't be any yearning for barack obama. i think he is -- >> that's what the country has been waiting for for some time. >> hallelujah, ambassador, thanks so much. be sure to vote in tonight's poll. the question is who do you believe on the russian hacking allegations? the only answers are president obama or julian assange. cast wow vote on twitter @loudobbs. please roll the video. a tourist going to great lengths for a selfie. watch him as he climbs a wobbly tower crane on the island of malta. he makes his way down the long arm of the crane. that's less down than it is out. but there it is. my gosh. not a good idea. but what a selfie. i think selfies are overrated. it was a spontaneous idea, said the tourist. spontaneous. somehow i'm quom comforted by the idea he wasn't thinking about this much before he did it. now the 115th congress has its opportunity to repeal and replace obamacare. when a cold calls... achoo! ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answe

because donald trump is following the same thing barack obama did with iraq and the refugees. >> he would do it regardless baits' the right thing to do. this is a man of valor who took the job. he felt he had to run and had to win. he's following up on all his campaign promises. how refreshing. lou: thank you. kip werely, tony, appreciate it. you are an optimist. donald trump has such impact in mysterious ways. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. do you believe democrats are only hurting themselves and the country by pursuing their scorched earth policy? cast your vote on twitter at lou docks. fog me on facebook and "lou dobbs tonight." the cases of the seasonal flu have reached epidemic levels. 8 pediatric deaths unfortunately nationwide. this is an epidemic as they say. wall street, stocks closing. the nasdaq up 6. why bother. closing at a new record high. vol on the big board. and for the week. dow, the s & p. economic growth, the economy expanding at a disappointing 1.9% rate. consumer confidence the highest in 13 years. president trump looking after the interests of all americans. >

obama. >> nearly almost former. lou: that you know, he wants to see evidence, he wants to see more than congestionture -- congestionture, he's to see intelligence in every sense of the worried, from our intelligence community, it has been in short supply from our leadership of those agents. >> absolutely, one reason it is so shocking to people here, if you think about partisa partisanship, that is never asking questions of people on your team, never asking questions. here is a guy who could care less about party, he is going in whether you are a republican or democrat, he is going to ask questions, i think that is a refreshing change. it is the way that founders intended for this to operate. and you say, intelligence community or you know, whatever it is, any branch of the government, whether military or intelligence, president has -- civilian in charge has to ask tough questions. and as you say, we have not had that or had someone that just dismisses them and does not listen to anything they say. lou: house over 60

look at barack obama's campaign. stanford university, harvard university, ucla, obvious that higher education is a big source of money and foot soldiers who are likely to lean left at that phase in life, so it makes perfect sense. the question is who is left holding the bag. student debt up to 76% since 76 percent since 2,009. when i was writing the book it was just a trillion. students are stuck with that that they cannot pay default or nearly and defaults. >> a lot of problems with students just not earning that much. figures were recently released. $25,000 per year. almost half of college graduates are not making more than that. john: college should be free. it works in europe, but it is hard to get into college. maybe that is not a bad strategy for the united states to follow, but it is not what bernie sanders is suggesting. john: a bubble that is about to pop. when i started writing about the higher education bubble and people thought it was crazy but now you have from the la times a new york times, they will be

with barack obama on the wrong side of that history. it's now clear trump's relationship with congress will be very different than obama's. trump is clearly a man of action. he will act. he's sure of himself and his objectives and values are clear and they are the nation's values. we'll revel in the debate and the brawls whether republicans or democrats, establishment politicians or political outsiders, my fast it group. and in my opinion the country whether hollywood, or the left wing elites would have you believe, is eagerly awaiting trump's presidency. he will be in charge rest of the world so we have high hopes. high expectations, and can't wait. the quotation of the evening. hard work pot lights the character of people. some turn up their sleeve. some turn up their noses. some don't turn up at all. look who's turning up at the white house. our vice president-elect reminding everyone on capitol hill that donald trump means to deliver on every one of his campaign promises, starting with obamacare. >> the american people sent a decisi

bush, president barack obama. we have great confidence in our nominees and with confidence that the senate will allow this president to have his full cabinet in place very soon. the one end of kellyanne, we should take note also that mayor rahm emanuel of chicago, a mayor that has utterly failed to protect his people and come up with a solution to rampant violence and record homicides last year and shootings, and by the way on pace this year to do even worse, has accepted the president's offer of help to eliminate the violence in that great city, and to bring law and order. i think that a lot of people who might be considering those votes right now are watching this prident, aprevail on a very important issue, one that's important to all theple of this country. >> kellyanne: it is. there have been over a thousand shootings in 2016, 760 murders in chicago, and 2017 is already on pace to keep track with our crime rate. this is what donald trump meant in his inaugural address when he said american carnage. the violen

obama. who has been one of the -- if not the most divisive leaders in this country, over the course of the past century. >> yes, and cory booker traditionally has been someone that works hard to try to work with all people. it was a surprise to me he decided this this congress, i am going to switch over and be rank party now, suddenly, it is just a sad ship for him. lou: rank part you got this, and por hart partisan, tillerson, you are impressed with? >> i was impressed with tillerson, good to be able to see him make clear statements on russia. challenge you have for any of these cabinet secretaries, they are not fully up to speed. and clearly they have not met with the president, so, many of people in panel say, take a position on something now, that is not his job, he carries out position of president, and in his new job, for many questions he could say i don't know what the president's position is on this job. he set ash side a tremendous long-term private sector career to be able to set

obama, their agents, politicize beyond reason, and decency, what do you make of it? >> it was the leaks we have seen from intelligence community, they have been designed to hurt donald trump. during the campaign, this one. and i think this is another reason why the intelligence community needs to be overhauled. donald trump is for that. one thing he needs to do, at the top, where james clapper is head of this organization that is above all other intelligence organizations it has become a bureaucratic monster. a lot of stuff it does is duplicative. lou: and pure bsuccesses b bs by the way. >> yes. lou: i have to say, a wall street term, that is used in banking with high confidence that deal is done, but not the same as having the facts, and it is really intresting to me, that there is such an arrogance on part of these agencies that heads say, think they could say my confidence that is same damn thing in their mind or should be, in our mind to say we have evidence, we have the sob's red handed here is what we're doing. this is really, such nonsense being spewed by the

barack obama held it up for 8 years. why? why what you deny america the project we need? there are 20 of those. lou: the issue for president trump now is straightforwardly. he wants to hire american. he wants that money to go not to mexican cement companies and portuguese labor. he wants to focus those projects on companies that will be hiring american, using american materials, and there are limitations to that. but it's part of the change, and i'm con if i didn't he will do it. >> here is where you and i differ. i believe if he does the tax bill helped design, does the deregulation, and promotes american energy, those jobs are coming back. i don't think we need to build walls of trade protectionism. i'm saying the main way to get these jobs back -- lou: you name one free trade agreement in which there is free trade where there are no barriers to trade for the united states. can you name one? there are none. >> i think on balance nafta has worked out pretty well. lou: that's a different statement. but it's not relevant to what i asked. the impediments are significant. >>

obama as president through his first day as president? >> i think that in attacking isis, he made it a cornerstone of his speech which means he kns he has to deliver on that. he intend to. this is clear for him. at the same time i think he will do it a bit better. we dropped 108 bombs, then we had to clean it up with a drone fighter and we only got 100 booed -- bad guys. i don't know how much a bomb costs coming out of a b-2. when donald trump deals with the enemy will be it will probably be done under binlt and ahead of time. but i also look forward to the fact that everything he said in that speech was setting a mark knowing he would have to deliver and the american people appreciated that. people said it was dark or sad. the fact of the matter is it was appreciated because the american people can handle the truth. lou: that's an excellent point, tammy. to that point i want to add, these news organizations that have chosen to interpret anything, anything that our new president said in his inaugural speech as dark are extraordinary peopl

you know who started that rumor, hillary clinton running against barack obama. john: i did not know that. >> that starts on the left. and yeah, there's still a few, but all of the spokesmen were it never came up on fog, no one on fox ever pushed the birth certificate thing. john: how about the drug war hysteria. >> i am perfectly calm in my opposition to the legalization of -- john: antiabortion protesters blowing up clinics. >> very rarely. and i will say on that, we worked through the system on on that. for 20 years, pro-lifers have worked to elect republican presidents who promised to appoint supreme court justices, who would overrule roe v. wade just to allow us to have democracy on that one issue. for 30 years we have not been allowed to vote on abortion, not 40 years. if you're going to suppress democracy in this underhanded way, yeah, you're going to have some people who are going to react. i'm not defending it, i'm just saying, that is not the same as trying to get your way on something that is decided democratically and the way our founders set it up th