hould be protected president barack obama's record clear. al for his entire political life, he's strongly supported the full legalization of abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, for any , including o reason sex selection throughout all pregnancy and forcing american taxpayers to pay for t, whether the taxpayers liked it or not. under barack obama, nearly nine million innocent, defenseless little american babies were ever saw thee they first smile of their mother. president obama was in the unique position perhaps among all other presidents in this country ng together to protect these helpless little children. most powerful human being in the world, mr. obama most o become the powerful enemy of the most in the human beings world. and nothing will stain his legacy or his claims of looking the little guy with more shame than going down in history the abortion president. mr. speaker, it gives me no out this record. i truly and sincerely hoped for god's best for barack obama when office. thatte him a letter hoping he would be remembe

that's not the approach of barack obama. i generally think barack obama will be seen as a good and great president from the perspective of history, not only that he b bush, a country of deep recession where unemployment was growing with people losing the helms at a very quick pace, and today, america is in growth again. we have a very low unemploloymet rate. of course, this is not true for every region in the united states, so i i understand if the , butotest and opposition apart from that, the health care reform, the reform of the financial system. he nominated two female supreme court justices, the first latina. he changed how the country thinks about homosexual love, gays, lesbians, and so on. he had a huge missile contract with russia to delete 1/3 of strategic missiles that i could go on and on. peter: there is a darker side to all this, though. you said at the beginning of the show, or at least i quoted you as saying that trump is obama's legacy. explain. all, if youfirst of say you are delivering change we can believe

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

first, barack obama, never had a chance. he probably could have been one of the best presidents in the united states of america forever. because of the hard-core onset power that the republicans played against him he never really had a chance. the one thing about barack obama is he was humble, he was kind, he was charming, he was accepting, he was gracious, he was fit and caring and all of those things are reflective of a man of grace and of great concern for the world. one of the things that is so imperative and i don't think this country is aware of, our nation is aware of, we are now a global world because of the ability of the internet and instan tainuous news around the world and when our president in our country is elected, basically the status quo, they say, he is the world leader. now we have a world president-elect coming onboard who lacks in grace and charm and any sort of humbleness at all. host: elizabeth, we'll leave it there and let our guest respond. guest: well, barack obama was the jackie robinson of u.s. pr

barack obama. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] neil: all right. barack obama addressing many in this crowd, by the way, we're told are some of the same ones who were with him about eight years ago, some ten years ago when he first announced he was interested in running for the presidency of the united states. of course, his wife and daughters are there, the vice president, joe biden, his wife there. they chose this venue because he wanted to get outside of washington and make a statement about the small town guy who made it big even though chicago's hardly a small town. in the case of barack obama, it launched a career that changed american history. many critics will say they don't like the kind of changes, but he was a consequential figure and will go down as such. we'll watch barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> it's good to be home! [cheers and applause] thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] thank you! thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you! thank you so much. than

. >> her husband barack obama was senator barack obama and had his sights set on the white house. >> michelle gave up a big career. there is nothing compete with this historic opportunity for those who sense that they can be a part of history. >> she is the love of my life. the rock of our household. >> when you strip away prince and h ton and harvard, deep down inside i am a girl who grew up on the southside of chicago. >> qualities instilled in her by her parents went a long way with voters. >> every time in my life when i tried to do something, there were people around telling me why i couldn't. >> mrs. obama was a bridge to african-american women in ways like no one else who came before her. >> my question to you all is can we do this? >> early in her husband's political career, her style nicknamed her the closer. >> can we do this? >> yes we can! >> she is the closer. she will stand up there and get right down to the tax of what's happening in the country and what we need to do and let's get on with it. >> her brother expected big things from her. just not this. >> astronaut may

we know that part of why they ofted barack obama -- part why barack obama decided to run, y his wifef wha supported him, they wanted america to see an intact black family to counter all of the negative stereotypes. i think that also put them under a tremendous amount of personal pressure. being a role model under that kind of glare when everybody is waiting for you to do something wrong, it's really hard. part of what my book is about is how they coped with that in private. even the obama's are really the history of presidential children for not having the misstep on the stage. those kids have been in the spotlight for a really long time , and the fact that we haven't seen an embarrassing moment or slipup from them -- for anyone that has kids, kids behave in unpredictable ways, and the --the obama girls have really done that. steve: [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2016] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> tonig

people let barack obama down. people let democracy down because of lack of civic engagement, lack of voting, lack of keeping themselves informed. maybe because i am a child of that second world war, my family always understood what happened and i have voted every time i was eligible to vote when i was eligible to vote when i was 21 years old and that was for eisenhower. my father was for him and my father was from that war but let's go to this business of what has happened now in our time. black folk not being engaged. they haven't been engaged because they haven't had the civic education and they don't -- it doesn't need to come from school, they need to understand who they are voting for. >> i want to give david maraniss a chance to respond. thank you for the call for michigan. >> appreciate your comments blues not clear what i said was wrong. she didn't say why. i don't know how to respond to something when i am not sure what the critique is. i will just appreciate her comment and leave it at that. >> give me t

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

it's not justin bieber or barack obama as personality but barack obama who has always seen the hope of what america can be. hope of a more perfect union. >> also a very sobering tone to the speech. think of barack obama who began national political career talking about optimism and hope and change and unity and progress, ended presidency by defending certain things we didn't think a few years ago needed defending, science, basic facts, journalism, the ability of citizens to talk to each other on the most fundamental level. although i heard the optimism you're reflecting, i heard a great level of concern about it. also the shoutout to michelle obama, i've tried to report the story of the obama partnership and how it's affected this presidency. but i believe it's so subtle and deep and fascinating, we have to hand the baton to the historians. michelle obama pushed barack obama to become the politician she wanted him to be. was above it all lofty figure and wanted him to have elevated presidency. and in the way that jackie kennedy was in many ways the architect of the kennedy vision, say

barack obama doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

obama for the time barack obama became president, we heard on the radio, rush limbaugh say i want to see them fail. >> host: but he said he wanted a spouse is failed. >> guest: afterwards. he went back at all. i've got the tape of that. on this wonderful platform of c-span, and we have heard people taken off the air for using the. i am not saying everyone who does not like president obama's polished these were about the affordable care act where policing, not necessarily about that. there is a strong undercurrent in this country and we've seen it before or hate against someone because he is different is very pervasive. i believe race and politics and i believe it's the fact black man is president of the united states. >> host: at eight years ago, barack obama sworn in as the 44th president. here's a portion of his inaugural address. the focus on her website, c-span.org. >> today a cd of the challenges we face are real. they are serious and they are many. they will not be met easily find a short span of time. but know this, america, they will be met. [cheers and applause] on this day,

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

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 doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

how would you sum up the legacy of barack obama in foreign policy? i think the major achievements of obama on foreign policy are primarily the opening of cuba and the iran nuclear deal. less ofa cuba and the iran nuclear deal. less of a headline but more responsible management of american obligations abroad, of rebuilding the public views of the united states, which have slipped towards the end of the bush administration, and most parts of the world recovered, over the course of that administration, generally trying, and obviously there are caveats, exceptions, there have been failures and mistakes, but on the old, trying to be a responsible steward of american foreign policy and america's role in the world. jacob, many thanks. stay with us and bbc news, much more coming up at the top of the hour, but now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the more things change, the more things stay the same. an adage that seems tailor—made for race relations in america. after eight years of a black president, amid a swirl of demogra

i thought, what kind of name is barack obama? >> she was to mentor him at the law firm, but he was late on his first day and hardly made a good impression. still, when barack obama didn't see a ring on her finger, he asked her out. >> first of all, she thought it was inappropriate to have any inner office dating, even though i was only there for the summer. >> michelle robinson eventually agreed to go out with him. >> i said okay. we'll go out on a date, but we won't call it a date, wei'll spd the day with you. >> by that time, i thought i've got something going. >> by the end of that date, it was over. i was sold. >> but she still had another test barack obama needed to pass. >> my sister and i were talking about how you can tell a guy's true character when you take him out on the basketball court. so she asked me to take him to go play. had a fwauntlet for the guy to run through. >> so when the game was over, what did you report back to your sister? >> i told my sister, this guy's terrific. >> barack and michelle obama died in

>> by now, her husband barack obama was senator barack obama, and he had his sights set on the white house. >> michelle gave up a big career, but there is nothing to compete with this historic opportunity for those who sense that they can be a part of of history. >> she is the love of my life, the rock of our household. >> when you strip away princeton and harvard and all those wonderful degrees and accomplishments, deep down, i'm just a girl who grew up in the south side of chicago. >> candid and confident, qualities instilled in her by her parents went a long way have -- with voters on the campaign trail. >> because every time in my life, when i tried to do something, there were people around telling me why i couldn't. >> and mrs. obama was a bridge to african american women, in ways like no one else who came before her. >> my question to you all is, can we do this? >> even early in her husband's political career, her style earned her the nickname, "the closer." >> can we do this? [ crowd chants yes we can ] >> she's a closer. she's going to stand up there and get right down to the

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

>> by now, her husband barack obama was senator barack obama, and he had his sights set on the white house. >> michelle gave up a big career, but there is nothing to compete with this historic opportunity for those who sense that they can be a part of of history. >> she is the love of my life, the rock of our household. >> when you strip away princeton and harvard and all those wonderful degrees and accomplishments, deep down, i'm just a girl who grew up in the south side of chicago. >> candid and confident, qualities instilled in her by her parents went a long way with voters on the campaign trail. >> because every time in my life, when i tried to do something, there were people around telling me why i couldn't. >> and mrs. obama was a bridge to african-american women, in ways like no one else who came before her. >> my question to you all is, can we do this? >> even early in her husband's political career, her style earned her the nickname, "the closer." >> can we do this? [ crowd chants yes we can ] >> she's a closer. she's going to stand up there and get right down to the brass t

barack obama ba rack obama has just barack obama has just finished his last press conference as president. there was plenty to discuss within it. we'll work through the main points with the help of katty kay. here is the president talking about russia. in my first term we negotiated the start two treaty which has substantially reduced our nuclear stockpiles, both russia and the united states. i was prepared to go further, i told president putin i was prepared to go further. they have been unwilling to negotiate. if president—elect trump is able to restart those talks in a serious way, there remains a lot of room for oui’ way, there remains a lot of room for our countries to reduce our stockpiles. part of the reason we've been successful on our nonproliferation agenda and nuclear security agenda is because we were leading by example. i hope that continues. let's bring in katty kay from washington. a few years ago there was lots of talk about resetting the relationship with russia. hasn't really worked out as planned, has it? no. relations are not good at the moment. obama administratio

there is no question barack obama wanted to withdraw from iraq. if you read the stories from the new yorker and elsewhere on the record, it is clear he wanted to withdraw all troops from iraq. he had no interest in getting a status of forces agreement. the prime minister at that time new it. barack obama ran on a commitment to get us out of iraq. he did. the cost for having done that was extraordinary. he inherited a country that was relatively speaking in good shape. don't take my word for it. take the word of joe biden and barack obama who talking about how peaceful -- talked about how peaceful iraq was in 2010. when we withdrew those troops, iraq descended into chaos. eventually isis came in and took over parts of syria and iraq and established what was essentially a caliphate state that did not have to happen. i feel like it was ideology that drove president obama to do what he did. i do think he was driven largely by ideology. he fancied himself as trains olitical who transp came through with reasonable judgment. i don't think the record alig

that was barack obama, and to some degree, to barack obama, and michelle, since he has been in office, a thousand democrats, governors, state representatives have lost because his enormous popularity which we saw tonight, at one point somebody yelled out. i love you. it was like a justin bieber concert, i say that respectfully. it was respectful. i won't retract it. what i will say, the love was for a personality, not for a platform or policy. >> you can't argue the democratic party is in some level of confusion at this stage, you might even say disarray. >> yeah, so is the republican party, all of our parties, that has to do with where we are in our country right now, which is people rejecting labels and boxes, all of that. that is a global phenomenon. i think it's really important to take a step back and think about what the president said tonight. he talked about things that are a threat to our democracy. he put on not only his state of the union hat, his constitutional law professor hat, his founding fathers hat and said we have a threat with economic opportunity, an issue with ra

going to miss barack obama. you may disagree with him politically but he's good man at his core. >> speaking about the first lady. >> past 25 years not only been my wife and mother of my children but my best friend. [ cheers and applause ] you took on a role you didn't ask for, and you made it your own. with grace and with grit and with style. and good humor. [ cheers and applause ] you made the white house a place that belongs to everybody. and a new generation sets its sights higher because it has you as a role model. so you have made me proud and you have made the country proud. >> so joe, besides -- it takes a real man to cry when he's talking about his wife and kids. i loved seeing that. characterize that moment and first lady, michelle obama as the first lady. >> i must say, i sat at home and cried because you are looking at man who on martin luther king's birthday will have been married to a woman who is similar for 40 years. and i think what i appreciate most about it is the fact that he accentuated the

"the new york times," the protest media loves barack obama right now. if 60% of the american people have an approval rating of barack obama, the press seems to have an 80% approval rating of him right now. >> and just adding the mainstream media here at cnn, wherever they may be, barack obama and michelle obama often times went around the mainstream media. they would go to celebrity-type shows to deliver their message. and also their administration started at a time when twitter and instant feedback came into full force. they were able to put out their own message and news briefing every week on youtube. so they understand how to manipulate the media. >> they did not have a big scandal in eight years. very rare. >> very classy family. and speaking of the obamas, michelle obama, the first lady spoke so movingly about the importance of electing hillary clinton, but also defeating donald trump. today the president was asked about his daughter's reaction to the election. he spoke at length and ended on a somewhat subdued note. here is what he said. >> man,

barack obama called slavery the original sin of america. his presidency once held promise of redemption. that has not happened. is this country enters the trump era, the divisions between black and white america are felt, perhaps, more starkly than they have been in a generation. if there is anyone out there who still doubts that america is a place where all things are possible, tonight is your answer. that was the era of yes, we can. when black america seemed poised to claim a confident power apparently long denied. # i'm so reckless when i rocklike von she dressed # i'm so possess if # my daddy alabama, my mummy louisiana... to me it is a race war. you have black against white, white against black. from the swa m ps of white, white against black. from the swamps of washington to do by you of the south. beneath the surface of the south. beneath the surface of the post— racial society, fear. anger. and the deep roots of a history still unresolved. the final week of the obama presidency began with the annual commemoration for a man who gav

barack obama doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

i think she envious of barack obama. he feels once he became president he would enjoy the great reverence that people would essentially bow down to the donald, and he is enraged. >> joy, do it. >> i will say it on tv she an obsessive tv watcher. all he does watch tv and tweeter and he doesn't care about voter fraud, two of his kids, he has multiple people in his personal circle registered in more than one state. this is about personal senses of inferiority. it is bizarre. >> you know, let me say -- after teresa may. >> i have heard the theory of the inferiority. that is what drives you to run for president. some sense of need. normal people are like -- >> but driven by a sense of need. why do people spend years writing books, to prove something. psycho babble doesn't get anywhere with me. >> hamilton said vein is the highest ambition of the noblest minds. >> no no. >> they immediately tried to put people at ease. he went to diner with katherine cram and others. he said i may be to your right, but i'm not crazy. >> and ch

. >> he wrote the great selma speech for barack obama. we have to treat him as peggy noonan time. >> favreau. >> the loftier speeches but these are great. >> back in the beginning in 2006 when barack obama won went to valerie jarrett's office, with the reverse scene of her packing up to go to the white house and pictures here. it's been eight years. been with him for eight years. lot long time. doesn't usually happen. >> i remember in 2009 on the mall. >> 300 degrees below 0. >> incredibly cold and different feeling back then when he was about to take office. certainly different from the feeling everybody at this table is probably experiencing with donald trump. >> do you think feel more like inauguration as the week progresses? i remember being here last two times, more people here, more festive attitude. i don't know why it's different this time. maybe people are waiting until the end of the week to come. we have a very different kind of president-elect this time. and obviously with president obama, even people that didn't vote for him,

we are covering barack obama's departure. you see his helicopter landing a outsidee andrew's washington, d.c., switching from a helicopter to an airplane. trump, president, donald has begun to tweet as president, reflecting an echoing the themes he talked about on the economy and the government in control -- being controlled by the people. the president elect is expected to sign some debts the president is expected to sign some orders. we don't know if he can sign orders and tweet at the same time. we should learn of some executive orders he is expected to do. they have been tightlipped about what kind of orders he will sign on his first day. he will save some signing on monday and then will attend a luncheon in statuary hall. some members of congress are milling about, waiting for the president and the vice president. they are taking the obama's out to andrews where they will fly west to california where the president plans to spend time and palm springs playing golf. >> we are coming to the end of our coverage. i president

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

now hopefully, he does not finish second to barack obama because i do not think barack obama made too many promises other than some of these health care plan where he said you can keep the doctor and that type of thing. going against the grassroots and going against the american people, i do not think barack obama tried to hurt us -- well i guess he did on some of heardepa regulations, he the ones on there. but he did not lie about. you know, he did not say am not going to do that then turn around and do it. on president-elect trump to not touch medicare, medicaid, social security. i hope donald trump does exactly what he said he would do and the republicans who are finally in charge now, i think it does time we should americans and showed the world that we are ready to govern and we're going to do what is right for the american people, the middle class, and god bless america. host: please stay on the line for a minute. we sat down with kellyanne conway in new york and we will be airing the full interview later this week, and after the length and tone about the president-elect speech,

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

whatever you think about barack obama he has some nerve. he already hit the economy with hundreds of billions of dollars of regulatory speed bumps that he's going out with a bang. >> he will be the president in more than a generation. in his lame duck term. he's issuing about five regulations a day. and 31 of those cost the u.s. economy more than a hundred million dollars. the cost of the u.s. economy a hundred million dollars do you think that should be approved by congress who controls the nations pocketbooks. he is trying to put up as many roadblocks as he can for president-elect donald trump. the last fiscal year ended in october. 97,000 pages by far shattering -- shattering the record. he has not been bashful about this. will this be enough. this is one of the keys. people want to see these regulations a race. they have nothing to do with helping the environment. this is where being the recordholder not once but six times during his presidency. it's not a good thing. we are own worst enemy. we have long forgot it what most of them are

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

different from barack obama but you're right, barack obama was very affair and his wife very aware, first african-american couple in the white house and they had to be almost perfect. i think that trump operates with a little more entitlement frankly. >> that's my point asking about history. you have to be aware of history as president and i think the obamas were very aware how history would judge them and how it would look. >> and conscious of how they presented themselves as african-american family. look at christmas photos look like norman rockwell painting but fact it's african-american family sends out message, positive message to the entire world. they cultivated that. >> every president, early days define you. then the early days and last days but you have to be careful about the early days. >> i think you're right. >> sets the tone. >> so if you stumble out of the gate and can't get a victory up there, that sets you behind. and frankly that's why donald trump coming in actually has extra burden now because he's not coming in with wind at his back and honeymoon but coming in with a

but barack obama seems to have a pretty good talent for getting under his skin. and it would be a very unusual role for an ex-president to play. they usually kind of just fade off, but given that the democratic party is sort of leaderless at this point, this may be the preview of a buddy moving not. >> but obama did seem to know, right, that if he just called trump and maybe said, bro chill out or whatever he may have said this is what trump had to say about that phone call. >> our staffs are getting along very well and i'm getting along very well with him other than a couple of statements that i responded to. we talked about it. we smiled about it. and nobody is ever going to know because we'll never be going against each other in that way. but it was a great conversation. >> where are things now between these two? >> this is a very delicate thing for president obama try to figure out. knows that he's probably best used if he can get in donald trump's ear. so you know that if your, as karen said nice to him and say something complimentary as the last thing he's

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

(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

today's new york times, the optimism of barack obama. the national review is writing about obama's failed presidency. perspectives on our 44th president as he appears for his final week at the white house. on friday, barack obama will welcome donald trump for a theitional talking marking peaceful transition of power. the inauguration will take place on the u.s. capitol beginning at noon eastern time followed by the congressional luncheon and the inaugural parade on pennsylvania avenue. live coverage throughout the day friday. welcome to "washington journal" for this sunday morning, january 15. we want to begin with your perspective on the last eight years. what is the president's legacy? are you better off today than you were eight years ago? 0, that is our line for democrats. 202-748-8001 hour line for republicans. for independents, 202-748-8002. be sure to join us on twitter. or join usweet online at facebook.com/c-span. good sunday morning to you. thank you for being with us.a busy week in washington, d.c. inaugural coverage throughou

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