. >>> the legacy of barack obama coming up next. >>> barack obama's america was born with hope, people were crying in the streets. and with crisis. >> fragile financial system. >> it's likely to get worse before it gets better. >> health care hysteria. >> why don't they take the health care being forced down our throat. >> twowars mas shtings. >> a gunman opens fire. >> blocked by the mass killing. >> racial violence. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> this guy is a racist. >> barack obama made some big bets that paid off. >> welcome home. >> troops came home. gays got married. enemies were vanquished. >> justice has been done. 6789 millions got health care. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> and sometimes tragedy gave way to hope. >> your moment of liberation is at hand. >> what will remain? >> the president just smiled and said, i'm a black guy named barack hussein obama, i feel lucky every day. >> what is the legacy of barack obama? he may be the most improblemible president in american history. in 2003 he was a state senator from illinois. >> the intent of this

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

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

. >> 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

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

>> 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

. >> 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,

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

you brought up the point if barack obama would have done this or that. the night before barack obama got inaugurated and sworn in, he was at a din ker honoring john mccain. you had people like mitch mcconnell who said we're going to make sure this was a one-term president. republicans met under cover of darkness making sure his agenda did not exist. that being said, i recall very often people said barack obama was something he even said which he has taken back, being the first post racial president. to hear donald trump is the first post partisan president echoes. >> i'm not talking about going to dinner with john mccain. to me that's not being post partisan. i'm talking how congressional republicans said this is the first president who didn't try to call me and work together on issues. he did not extends and reach across the aisle the way we've seen in the gingrich days. >> 15 seconds. >> but the republicans under barack obama literally said their job was to make sure he was unsuccessful. it's hard to pick up the phone for somebody. for donald trump, he

barack obama was not. but the dignity in which you carry yourself in the office. ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, none of them perfect but there's a dignity they carried with themselves in office. and the difference between now and 2009, think we're waxing poetic about barack obama on the way out. 2009 night before inauguration attended a bipartisan dinner for john mccain and called him american hero and patriot. don't see that happening tonight with the president-elect. >> you have to remember there were a lot of ups and downs with president obama and we're focusing on a lot of the positives i think because he's leaving and the contrast with trump and approval started going up a lot in the election because people looking even at hillary clinton and options they have, hang on, maybe not so bad with barack obama. but he also has a fundamentally good temperament, a calm person. been criticized for it but bore fruit in this situation. way he thought it through, realized when it happened and behaved in a way, lot of us wondered could i be so gracious to someone who tr

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

brought up if barack obama had done this, night before barack obama got inaugurated and sworn in, what was he doing? at dinner honoring john mccain, people like mitch mcconnell talking about one term president and republicans meeting under the cover of darkness so his agenda wouldn't exist. but that said, often people said that barack obama, something he also said and taken back, being the first post racial president, now to hear that donald trump is the post partisan president. >> not talking about going to dinner with john mccain. congressional republicans said this is the first president that didn't pick up phone to -- didn't extend and reach across the aisle like the gingrich days. >> republicans under barack obama literally said their job was to make sure he's unsuccessful. donald trump needs to reach out. yet to see any olive branchs to anybody. >> and i remember democrats and african-americans criticizing him saying stop trying to work with them. not going to work with you. tried too much. >> donald trump has yet to try a little bit. just give me something. >> listen donald trum

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

>> 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

i feel lucky every day. >> what is the legacy of barack obama? he may be the most improbable president in american history. in 2003 he was a state senator from illinois. >> the intent of this bill -- >> an unknown african-american politician named barack hussein obama. he made a big bet he could be elected to the white house. five years later he was. >> deserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> he entered on a wave of hope and promise. he leaves the office in a small club. by the end of his presidency, the country was consumed by a wave of protests so strong, it dashed the prospects of his predecessor hillary rodham clinton. and elected his polar opposite. a man who promised to erase the obama presidency. how did it happen. >> to understand that, we have to ask what is the legacy of barack obama. the late publisher of the washington post once said, the journalism is the first rough draft of history. that's what we've tried to put together here. love him or hate him, there's little doubt obama has been one of the most c

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

"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,

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

>> i think should use barack obama as model for successful presidency. embrace the way the republicans did to reagan, not to the cult-like extremes they sometimes took it but say this is a president who got it right, changed country for the better. listen to his voice and defend his achievements. >> why do you think president obama in unique position once he leaves office? >> haven't had a president like this, young, popular, hasn't had a scandal, doesn't have a successor protecting his legacy, isn't dead. he's young, he's there. and person who is succeeding him is trying to get rid of his achievements but he's much more popular than the person coming after him. not had anyone like him. even bill clinton, still popular but disgraced by scandal and everyone wanted him to go away. ronald reagan was old and others not that popular. barack obama has unique chance to speak out on important issues. >> jonathan, appreciated it. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> still ahead, president obama's stunning decision commuting sentence of chelsea manning, convicted o

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

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

barack obama's move in the final hours of his presidency. we'll hear from him tomorrow but meanwhile, inaugural celebrations begin for the next president. tonight donald trump talking up his new administration. >> i'm very proud of everybody, the cabinet members. we have put together a team i think the likes of which has never been assembled before. >>> cnn justice correspondent perez. president obama decided to commute chelsea manning's sentence. she was the army private who gave sensitive military document said to wikileaks. >> this announcement came as a shock to the intelligence and national security apparatus off the united states. there was a lot of consternation about this simply because of the recent history with wikileaks. the leak of 750,000 documents really launched wikileaks into what we know that it is. and given in the 2016 election, the obama administration made a big deal that they served as an arm of the russian intelligence services which stole documents and released them through wikileaks to harm the campaign of hill hill.

bush for barack obama. they're all of a theme about, it's a tough job, but the american people are a wonderful and resilient people. honor them, honor this office. and i suspect president obama wrote something similar. they tend to be very nice and inspiring notes. >> we don't know what he said in private to donald trump in that note. but we do know what he said in his final tweets under the @potus handle. he said it's been the honor of my life to serve you. >> there we see the president walking in the oval office. >> looks like he'll leave that notoriety there on the desk. >> on the resolute desk. >> that's remarkable. >> you see the ladder to the right to the door here, the next five hours, once they leave for this inaugural, the staff has to turn that building around in the course of four or five hours. that's also part of the remarkable nature -- >> this is amazing to be able to get a peek in the window of the white house as he's spending his final moments there. >> so much action going on in that build

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 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

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

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

will start putting in motion an agenda to scrap president barack obama greatest legacy. it's going to be a long battle will. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly a dozen years republicans will control all of washington and their plotting a vicious agenda on capitol hill. a sweeping rewrite of the tax code, new infrastructure projects, a ninth supreme court justice and their top goal, a repeal of president barack obama signature legacy item, obamacare. >> obamacare repeal, resolution will be the first item up in the new year. >> but republican leaders privately acknowledge it won't be easy especially repealing the healthcare law without a clear plan to replace it and in the aftermath of surging enrollment numbers for obamacare. >> what happens to those 20 million people that have health insurance? are you going to just kick them off and suddenly they don't have health insurance? >> the republicans will immediately try to pass a budget that will allow them to repeal much of obamacare including subsidies all on a period of time line vote in the senate. >> but some key

(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

it's a sore loser in barack obama. it is something that is beneath the president of the united states. but we're seeing this, and i think this is all political, on the case of barack obama trying to de legitimatize the election of donald trump who is our president-elect who won fair and square, 306 electoral college votes. this wasn't even close. it has to be factored in. >> congressman, let me point out a month before the election -- a month before the election, the administration, the director of national intelligence, the secretary home land security, did issue a strong statement saying, and i'll read you a couple sentences. the u.s. intelligence community is confident that the russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from u.s. persons and institutions including from u.s. political organizations. and then it went on to say, we believe based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts that only russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities. that was a month before the el

than what obama was thinking. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly wear. >> they were counter posing and it was an awkward moment. >> i will execute the. >> faithfully the office of the president of the united states. >> immediately people called it a botched oath and questioned is president obama a real president. >> the next morning an official named david barron called the counsel and said, you know, we might want to think about doing this again. that's what set in motion the redo later that day. >> i would describe the atmosphere in the white house as sheepish. everyone was embarrassed to do this again. four years later, he took it two more times. in 2013, january 20th landed on a sunday. when that happen, the president-elect takes the oath privately in the white house and publicly the next day. >> i did it. >> good job. can i call you dad? >> obama has taken the oath four times. the only other president to take it that many times is fdr because he was elected president four times. a little different. of course obama is not the only one whose ceremony has been a little bit weird.

should barack obama pardon snowden? >> no. he won't pardon snowden. it's night and day between snowden and manning. snowden stole communications intelligence, which is the keys to the kingdom of intelligence, the sources and methods by which we intercept conversations, internet communications, te telemetry, warfare, everything comes down to the sources and methods of the nsa. snowden purposefully took a job to steal these documents and he did. and person who knows this better than any journalist is president obama. because he has all the secret intelligence, same intelligence you're embracing over the russian leaks. same intelligence community has said that snowden has continuous contacts with russian intelligence. there's no comparison in my mind between chelsea manning and sedward snowden. >> can i add one thing. >> i'll let you weigh in after the break. >>> donald trump is still three days away from taking office and new world order taking place, china among others not happy about that. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into

is there an antidote that best describes president barack obama? >> i think for me, personally, there was really no greater moment than the moment when the president had to make the decision as to whether or not we do the operation to go after bin laden. we had over a period of time presented him with the intelligence that we had on the compound. on the various elements that indicated that bin laden might be located there. but we never had 100% identity that bin laden was there. and even intelligence people had different, you know, different gradings about whether we should or should not conduct that operation. when we finally decided it was important to conduct the operation and we went to the nsc, you know, the president listened to admiral mccraven and what the operation would look like if we did this commando raid on this compound. he listened very carefully. and raised questions. but then he kind of looked around the room and the nsc and said, what do each of you think? and it went around that room. and i'd have to say that probably a majority

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. >>> president barack obama making a rare trip to capitol hill tomorrow, trying to save obamacare. this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon, donald trump promise s to repeal and replace the affordable care act but how much of the rest of the obama legacy will survive? but first what is wrong with this picture? who is that? joseph cinque, known by colorful name joey "no socks," a convicted felon linked with john gotti, what is he doing sharing the stage with president-elect. get to michelle kosinski with the latest on the long-awaited news conference. president-elect hasn't held one since late july. it's changing. what can you tell us? >> tweet comesous announcing this, will be having a general news conference in big letters january 11th in nyc. thank you. long anticipated by reporters. campaigned constantly criticizing hillary clinton for how long it had been since she had spoken to the press in that format. for him it's gone on about as long. expected to address business dealings, how he's going to handle business interests, expected to add clarity to that but general news conference

answer is you're going to do everything without barack obama, that's the point. don't just pack up and move because someone else wins. something that will endure. that's something you can take away. ♪ won't you call on the cavalry for i'm gone ♪ ♪ call on the cavalry for i'm gone ♪ >> i think the best part in chicago will be watching people along for this journey, part or all of it, watching the boss do it for the last time, that will be something special. ♪ call on the calvary for i'm gone ♪ i'll have that goat cheese garden salad. that gentleman got the last one. sir, you give me that salad and i will pay for your movie and one snack box. can i keep the walnuts? sold. but i get to pick your movie. can i pick the genre? yes, but it has to be a comedy. a little cash back on the side. with the blue cash everyday card from american express, you get cash back on purchases with no annual fee. throw. it's more than cash back. it's backed by the service and security of american express. mom,on my car insurance of money by switching to geico. i should take a

we had eight years of barack obama who did not understand how to defeat radical islam. the only way you're going to win this war is praartner with peop in the faith. you need muslims on your side. your order was too broad. you didn't vet it and take the time and attention you need to execute something i agree with. i am not trying to start a war. i am trying to win the war we are in. you don't win the war by lumping everybody into a big pot. >> this is the first really big test for a lot of republicans on how they'll react to the new white house. >> we've gotten used to lindsey graham and john mccain speaking out against donald trump. but the striking thing about this was you heard from bob corker and lamar alexander from tennessee. you heard from tim scott. you heard from tom cotton specifically about the special immigrants visas which bring iraqi translators who have helped u.s. troops here. lawmakers don't like surprises and particularly don't like surprises that affect them and their constituents and people they care about. this is something he is going to have to f

you never got that sense with joe biden and barack obama. they were definitely an enviable pair, and we would be lucky to have a vice president and president who have a similar closeness in the white house in the coming four to eight years. >> well said. well said. david, of course you know the elephant in the room, what many people were wondering watching, what would have, what could have been if joe biden had been up to the emotional and physical job of running for, you know, the white house after losing his son beau to cancer. >> yeah, don, i am one of those who thinks that both vice president biden and/or senator elizabeth warren would have given president-elect trump a better run for their money than secretary clinton. but just to talk about biden for a minute and that nice moment, take it back to 2007. biden was the guy who said about obama, you know, when they were running against each other in the presidential primary, he was the first african-american bright, clean articulate guy. you know, he got in trouble for it. not only did oba

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president barack obama surprised the vice president with the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. let's watch. >> for the final time as president i am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. [ applause ] [ applause ]

, you know, by default is a hero for freeing -- >> in many ways, and we'll hear from barack obama directly tomorrow when he holds his final news conference. i was surprised and people here are probably surprised. what i find more surprising is some of the contributes, though, of the release of chelsea manning are the same ones who are not coming out and being as forceful about the russians hacking into our systems. it's just a very bizarre situation that we're in right now. democrats the law and order party, political party when it comes to the russians and quite frankly the republicans when it comes to chelsea manning, they're the ones that are law and order. very bizarre.

a lot of bad things happened, too, including the fact that barack obama, if you're a tea partier, got two terms. and i wonder how much of this energy, you know, equal and opposite sort of reaction you know. you take the good with the bad. how much of this energy is going to be good versus how much of it is based on paranoia about donald trump, and the trump derangement since donyndrome -- >> i think if you castigate it as being liberals or democrats, i think what you say today was

barack obama, 19 times. ron, to you, why is it so different now, why are there so many people protesting on the streets? why is this so sdmefrl. >> i think it's -- controversial? >> i think it's the sweeping magnitude and the sent to which both in his own -- the extent to come which both in his own words and executive order, it implies a religious test. his interview with a christian broadcast network over the weekend talking about the -- the president talking about priority to christians from these countries, and look, it is important, what we are seeing on the streets is truly unprecedented. to have the first weekend of the presidency, essentially one in every 100 americans in the streets protesting. following that up a week later over a group that is not inhere inherently, as you noted in the polling, the most sympathetic possible target in american public opinion. a travel -- travelers or immigrants from middle east countries again the backdrop of concern about terror. to have this many people again, it

bush and barack obama, three relatively young men when they took the job and when they leave. what will they do next? david and ben can fill in more. he is not someone who relishes day-to-day political combat and he's indicated he wants to step back and step forward when it's necessary. people in the hall are in a bad mood. they don't like what's about to happen in the inauguration of donald trump. most people want to celebrate the last eight years, not focus on november 8 president. i'm not sure he knows as to when he steps forward. >> david, how do you feel? >> it struck me when i picked up my credential that said farewell address of the president. i have a drawer full of credentials that go back to the 2004 convention when he was the keynote speaker in iowa and new hampshire, two campaigns the years in between on the presidency. and to realize that this is the end of that particular part of the story is very moving to me and i'm sure to a lot of people here. >> it's also sort of a sad picture on the credential. i don't know if you can see this, but it's the obamas from behi

and all the strippers were out front like waving at barack obama. like we love you and they were wearing their stripper gear just like jumping up and down and like you're the best. >> and he was like waving back. >> yeah, i love you, too. >> i will miss motorcades. >> i worked for about four hours this morning but there's only so long you can spend in a hotel room without going stir crazy. i was just making sure that cop wasn't on us. it's cool driving around here because it's just so different. i mean, this is not like my daily commute down 14th street. we're heading to kailua to go hit had the place that the obama family usually goes to because you got to figure it must be good. that's one of the neat things, you get a better sense of what makes him tick who he is at his core after spending a few days here. he's actually coming home. obviously, his story is different than most presidents, you know, born in hawaii. raised by grandparents from kansas who imparted those kind of home spun heartland values into this black kid from hawaii. >> you know,

barack obama comes in with 11.3 million. ronald reagan had strong job growth of 16 million in his eight years in office. but nothing compares to bill clinton. think about what was happening in those clinton years. he had almost 23 million new jobs created. why? because a guy named bill gates invented something that all of us put on our desks now. it really transformed how we work, an explosion of innovation and productivity at that time and job growth exploded along with it. that's sort of how it ranks overall here. let me show you where jobs are being created, health care, huge job creation there. this month, 43,000 net new jobs there. food services, these are lower paid jobs. states have been raising their minimum wages. so these are jobs that are paying more, a dollar more in some cases, an hour. manufacturing was interesting, 17,000 net new jobs created there. that has been a weaker spot more recently. that's of course why you had manufacturing jobs and factory jobs, such a big component of this election. >> that will co