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

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 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,

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

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

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: thank you very much for being with us. we appreciate it. ms. kantor: thank you for having me at. coming up, the book is called "the great equalizer." we are going to talk about what we can expect from the start of the trump presidency c. first, we sit down

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,

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

barack obama came here and made very specific promises to the american people about obamacare. he came here and said if you like what you have, you can keep it. how did that work out? today, millions of americans lost the good health care plans that they liked and expected to keep and are not able to today because of the broken promises of his law. barack obama came here to this capitol and said that if his bill passes health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families. instead, what have we seen? the reverse. dramatic increases in health care costs. in my state of louisiana, over 25% increases that families are paying in higher costs for health care because of those broken promises of his law. i hope he comes here to apologize for those broken promises, but i don't think that's what's going to be the case. i think he's going to be here more concerned about preserving his legacy than about fulfilling those promises. the good news is we're here to fulfill those promises to the american people. we told the american people that if you give us this great opportunity that we

a discussion of campaign promises made by then candidate barack obama with angie holan of polar the fact here at she is their editor. -- of politifact. guest: we publish fact checker reports about whether politics is true or not, and we also do campaign promise tracking. for the past eight years, we have been tracking roughly 500 of president barack obama's campaign promises from 2008 and 2012. host: you say 257 promises fall ofo the kept category, areas copper mise, 147, and promises broke, 129 promises. guest: it is interesting. progressde complete are some progress on about three quarters. so we saw a lot of things done that he said he would get done, and about one-quarter were broken. some of the broken promises would be to close guantÁnamo. he said he would do it but do not move quickly enough when he had a democratic congress. when the republicans took control, they put up a roadblock. we rate of the promises based on outcomes, so if he does not get it done, it is a promise broken. another promise broken was end the war in afghanistan by 2014, a 2012 promise. the conflict in afgha

barack obama. in that vote, the affordable care act one and the republicans talk about repealing obamacare and the president-elect talked about defeating obamacare. the majority of americans by almost 3 million more votes than who voted for trump voted for the candidate who said she was going to keep and improve the affordable care act. from that standpoint, i think democrats can be confident we are representing the majority view as expressed in the 2012 election and the 2016 election for president. that does not mean i'm questioning trump's election, just as al gore experienced, the electoral college controls who is elected president. but the american people by a significant majority voted for the candidate who is going to continue the affordable care act. reporter: i would follow up by asking if you reject the idea that republicans have a mandate to repeal the affordable care act? mr. hoyer: absolutely. they don't have any mandate to just repeal it as paul ryan said yesterday and president-elect

honoring barack obama, the 44th president of the united states. arrival ofd for the the official party. taking their positions are ashton carter, secretary of defense. ed by the joints chief of staff, joint general dunford. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ♪ >>> the troops representing america's armed forces and participating untoday's revue from left to right are the united states army old guard fife and drum corps. the army's third united states infantry regiment, the old guard, the united states marine honor guard if marine barracks eighth and i, washington, d.c., the colors have always been one of the most important elements of a military unit. at the center of our formation is an armed forces colored guard bearing the national colors and the service flags of the army, marine corps, navy, air force and coast guard. the following is an element from the united states navy honor guard from navy yard washing

president barack obama distinguished himselfs the commander-in-chief of the finest fighting force the world has ever known from january 20, 2009 to january 20, 2017. president obama kept our nation safe, led a strategic transition in our defense strategy, strengthened our alliances and pursued new partnerships and laid the foundation for a force of the future that will continue to win our nation's wars. president obama countered decisively the immediate threat to our national security, terrorism. he directed the operation to kill osama bin laden, decimated al-quida's terrorist network on a path to lasting defeat and developed counter terrorism platforms from south asia to north africa. he did so relentlessly, effectively with increased transparencies and in strict accord wednesday our values. president obama achieved verifiable nuclear with iran and with proliferation abroad, he directed recantization. as he successfully neutralized immediate threats to our security, president obama also directed a transition in our defense strategy. he implemented a rigorous intellectual policy and l

barack obama came here and made very specific promises to the american people about obamacare . he came here and said if you like what you have, with you can keep it. how did that work out? today today, millions of americans lost the good health care plans that they liked and expected to keep and are not able to today because of the broken promise of his law and president obama came to the capitol and said if his bill passes health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families. instead, what have we seen? the reverse. dramatic increases in health care costs. in my state of louisiana over 25% increases that families are paying in higher costs for health care because of those broken promises of his law. i hope he comes here to apologize for those broken promises but i don't think that's going to be the case. i i think he's going to be here more concerned about preserving his legacy than about fulfill -- fulfilling those promises. the good news is we are here to fulfill those promises to the american people. we told the american people that if you give us this great opportuni

resident barack obama came into office with the economy up and down. let me take this moment to tell you that president barack obama deserves all the credit. i want to thank him for the journey that he carried me on. we hadct the fact that in on a plymouth rate that was 10 something, stock market at seven something. -- theyment at 4% president is the one you can -- presidents bad barack obama, i tip my hat to him. last night, i witnessed a true statesman speaking last night. i was touched the moment he recognized his wife and family and most of all, his country. president barack obama will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents united states of america has ever seen. did in thethe way he white house, a statesman, someone who carried a lot of people on the journey so much that some of us have a tendency this president came into office as a statesman and left as a statesman. thank you for taking my call this morning. god bless america. host: laura on a republican line from washington. you are on. call -- iwanted to don't like terrain on eve

say he is from ethics when his talk is either character assassination of barack obama and george w. bush and then say people are talking out of both sides. it is doublespeak. host: i'm going to jump in. thank you for the call. caller: listen, please. this is by edward markey. it is called outwitted. he drew a circle that shut us out. wit to win.ad the we had a circle. host: thank you for the call. one of our c-span regulars. guest: the news media is very hyperbolic right now about fact checking. the same newspapers that hire a fact checker at the washington post will have a big article in the sunday paper about how he compares to the dictators of literature. the caller suggests new york city was a police state. if we ask a little fact -- politifact to evaluate whether new york city is a police state, they will not do that. fact,u look at political they did not evaluate barack obama once during the entire donald trump transition. that shows you that there fact checking checks who they want to check. statementsyperbolic all the time about donald trump being a dictator and all this stu

we need a president like barack obama who abides by 100% of the rules. and we need a house majority that's willing to uphold the constitutional obligations 100% of the time. moving forward in this congress the pow to check donald trump is in republican hands and depends on republican votes. but they have been too scared, too cowed and too unwilling to do what these tough times demand. if we the members of the great body won't stand up for the norm that was sustained this republic for 230 years, then who will? general mattis is a patriot but now it's time for all of us in this chamber to reiterate a basic truth in a democracy, rules matter. shouldn't be discarded at the first sign of difficulty. they shouldn't be undercutty with bavers -- by waivers. importants predens must be upheld in good times and bad. this is america, not a banana republic where the leader gets to rewrite the rule book. our principles are enduring, our values are timeless. for more than two century, our commitment to the rule of law has been unshakeable. that's why we should reject t

barack obama came to the n set of this bill passes, elf insurance costs will drop dramatically. instead, what have we seen? the reverse. dramatic increases in health care costs. in my state of louisiana, 20% increases in higher costs for health care because of those broken promises of this law. i hope he comes to apologize, but i don't think that's the case. i think there will be more concerned about preserving his legacy than fulfilling those promises. the good news is we are here to fill those promises to the american people. we told the american people if you give us this great opportunity that we will work hard every day not just to repeal obama care but replace it with reforms that puts patients back in charge of their health care decisions and increasing access to health care and bringing doctors back into the practice of medicine who are doing out of the practice because they don't want unelected bureaucrats in washington telling them how to deliver the health care they were trained to provide. it is an exciting time for the country and we are excited about restoring thos

barack obama. to me in my lifetime -- i am 48 thes old, close to 50 -- best president in history is barack obama. if we look at history, do not get me wrong, i know three good republicans in history, the best in history. , david [incoln indiscernible]. host: debbie is waiting in troy, ohio, an independent. caller: good morning. i love donald trump. i am so glad he is our president elect. he is going to stand up, not be pushed around, and he is going to do a fantastic job. those people that he has selected for the cabinet to try to turn our ship around, they are intelligent. and everys a good man one of them that has been up there has so far been good. marco rubio and john mccain and lindsey graham and schumer and and arcsd all of those -- whatever, communists, they want to go to war with russia. it is so funny that john mccain was the one that was given the report, the fake news report. he is dangerous. wasn't he called a songbird in vietnam? it is sickening. host: susan page in today's usa today w

the president of the united states, barack obama, has not been briefed on this. my understanding is he will be briefed later this week. the intelligence committee has not issued a final report. the idea that we are all being asked what our opinion is on something that is not final is irresponsible. -- is frankly irresponsible. >> the president-elect has offered his opinion pretty freely on it even though it is not final. sean: i understand that. he has offered his skepticism. i think that is different than his conclusion. he has asked for the intelligence has to come in and give them where they stand, why they came to the conclusions they did. frankly, i believe that is the logical way you come to the decision. ask people to come in to explain how they came to the conclusion and either agree or disagree, but you have the opportunity to question how they came to those conclusions, what the degree of certainty is that they have. i think the idea that the president-elect or anybody should be judging something before it is final is not a smart idea. >> we're going to

the president of the united states, barack obama, has not been briefed on this. my understanding is he will be briefed later in the week but the intelligence community has not issued a final report. so the idea we are all being asked what our opinion is ago summon that isn't final issue think is frankly irresponsible. >> the president-elect has offered his opinion freely on it, even though it isn't final. >> i understand that but -- >> applause. >> he is offering his skepticism. that's different this the conclusion and he asked the intelligence heads to come in -- three of the 17 -- and give him where they -- i would they came to the conclusions they did. i believe theft that's logical way to come to a conclusion, ask people to come in explain how they came to the conclusion and then either agree or disagree but you have the opportunity to question them how they came to those conclude conclusions, what the degree of certainty they've have. i think that the idea that the president-elect-0 anybody should be judging something before it's final is not a smart idea. >

and as far as barack obama, he great president. but he was not allowed to do things he would have done simply because he was a black man in office. want everybody to know, god does not just judge individuals, he judges nations. says lloyd in tennessee relations have not improved. i'm 60 years old, white ran the first amazed by how people that i interface with during the a whole were plaque had different atmosphere around them. i felt like, to me, my impression, having obama in like they had lt a stake in america. know, they had excel in america, whereas before there were so doors presented to them that, you know, block their path or change the direction of their lives. obama got ly, when second term, just like he had that hot mic event the russian he's saying icers, he said his first term, he'll be able to do more in my term, which means he wanted to do things which would well with americans. host: fleetwood, says relations improved. good morning. caller: good morning. that was th the lady from new york. oung people are going to le

visit ncicap.org] >> per resident barack obama, his 39th and final news conference as president. his 24th here in the white house briefing room. we would like to hear what you think. a 2-748-8920. to republicans, 202-748, 8921. -8922.hers, 202-748 ,e would like to hear from you so you can send as a tweet. he is returning to the nation's capital, where he and mrs. obama ide inside the city. let's hear from anna in california, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to take a minute to thank our president and his family are giving us eight years of his life. i think we have become much better as americans and as citizens, and i just hope that our president-elect will continue to go forth, rather than go backwards. thank you for taking my call. host: now to illinois, our republican line. caller: yes, i want to say the same thing that anna said in california. thank you. that is it. host: comments on twitter. here is one from @cspanwj rebecca. -- here is one from rebecca. @cspanwj is how you treat. this is talking about the commutation of chelsea manning's sente

ladies and gentlemen -- [applause] >> the president of the united states, president barack obama. [applause] president obama: thank you so much. thank you. thank you. please, be seated. good afternoon. it's easier when you're talking about somebody else. in moments like this, i think of all the times that i have stood before our men and women in commissioning our newest officers, presiding over promotions, presenting the commander in chief's trophy to the best football team in the military, i will let you argue over that one. i have never taken sides. carter, i could not be more grateful for your gracious words, but more importantly, for your outstanding leadership. across, as you noted, more than three decades, and nearly all of my presidency. you have always given me your best strategic counsel, you have made sure we were investing in innovation for the long-term, and a strong force for the future. is one ofcist, ash the few people who understand how our defense systems work, and i know that our troops and their families are immensely grateful for the compassion you and stephani

. >> president barack obama and his family boarded air force one for their last trip yesterday. you travel to chicago for his farewell address. this is one hour, 20 minutes. ♪

they want to put all the blame on barack obama. but really, look at what part did they play in this. and also, they want to say that i keep hearing people say the same talking points that i hear on the conservative radio programs. c-span, i think your moderator suck and i think you need to stop and look at what part you all play in this past election. i think people are always talking about dividing america. he didn't divide america. you forget about the tea party. the right wing talk shows that spew hatred. foreign policy, what do you think specifically? caller: i think he has done more than any other president ever. and the legal up there, they need to stop and think. do the math. look at the relationships he has had with all of the other countries and all of the people around the world. host: what was the chief accomplishment? caller: sitting up to israel. making sure that they are neighbors to others in the middle east. especially iran. so many people over there are trying to do the best they can with what they have. and so man

. >> barack obama held his last news conference as president yesterday. that's next on c-span. on this morning's "washington journal" we'll look at the presidential transition process d president obama's economic legacy. "washington journal" is live each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> our bus traveled to communities across the country. recently our bus stopped in virginia visiting students at hampton high school. here's a video students made about our visit. >> it's pretty hard to miss the c-span bus outside today. inside, students are receiving an informational session about c-span's mission. c-span's bus goes around our nation speaking to high school students, colleges, universities, and political gatherings. let's take an inside look. >> tables, satellites. >> awesome. >> it was really important. the way they made it was awesome. we reached out to students through email correspondents and also through heir social studies classes. they replied and wrote a one-paragraph statement about what this experience would mean to them. many responded in terms of their career interests

i think barack obama did get a lot of stuff done, it just wasn't good stuff. in his first four years you drove a lot through as he polarized the country. he did not get as much done then. but as he said, he did quite a bit. that is what donald trump has been cleaning up in his first -- undoing on doing because the president did not go through congress. having said that, i believe there were times when barack obama exceeded the true limits of what he can do by executive order, because he couldn't work with congress like he did on some of the immigration issues. president by this the force of his personality and his persuasion to move congress with him and work with them. i did not, and i don't think any conservatives want to see this president crossed the line of the constitutional authorities establishte house to conservative things. we think he has the type of personality and stick to it -- sticktoitiveness to stay in the boundaries. caller: good morning. tony: good morning. caller: i am a democrat. i did not vote for president trump, but he is our president

economy in his first 48 hours in office than barack obama did in eight years in office. orders, theive keystone pipeline, these are very positive things for the u.s. economy. they will bring jobs. more importantly, one thing i discovered a number campaign trail, you go to places like silicon valley and -- here in washington, d c, wall street, people are doing really well. you go to places like york, pennsylvania, michigan, those people have not seen a recovery. six cents can be a for president and reelected for he has to bring prosperity to these places. host: if you have questions, the phone lines are open. -- host: you can start dialing in. going back to the hills report the trend -- the $10 trillion it over the next 10 years, is based largely on the heritage foundation budget plan that has been released. you obviously work at the heritage foundation there. will be theexpect key things cut by the trump administration if they go forth with the plan? that people, especially a lot of your friends in the media do not completely get about donald trump, he is a negotiator. h

obama as president. hat is an amazing thing for a nation with the journey and story. merica is the story of us, of all of us together. we the paoeeople in a democrati the power.ve america is a republic and when eople say it is a democracy i get upset because those terms are different and although we of democracy our form of government is republican form of government and that means the power ople have and so my call to americas is all do op trying to kumbaya and p.c. and that is not do. we we have freedom of speech and right to keep and bear arms and freedom of religion. agree to disagree. we always have. but when it counts we come together. the union strong in fact. -- women's march the day after he is sworn in is good. they are sawing we are concerned. the new president should take hat seriously and meet with to those ladies. hat is what makes our republicrepublic strong. host: the conversation between president-elect and john lewis what was the take away? donald trump continues to miss opportunities o

fallout from donald trump's travel ban continued on monday barack obama injecting himself into the debate and the acting attorney general refusing to defend the order in court. thep and a day 11 by firing obama administration holdover, serving as the department of justice chief, and installing a new acting attorney general. on theknow your thoughts latest twist over the president's executive order on extreme the thing. democrats call-in at (202) 748-8000. republicans call in at (202) 748-8001. independent colors call-in at (202) 748-8002. and a special line this morning for recent immigrants -- (202) 748-8003. you can always catch up with us on social media on twitter and on facebook. good tuesday morning to you. the country waking up to a new head of the department of justice today. dana been taken appointed by donald trump as the acting attorney general after sally gates ordered her staff to refuse to enforce the president's temporary ban on entry to the united states for citizens of the seven muslim majority countries. the washington post story said that the white house said that " yat

in his book "audacity: how barack obama defied his critics and created a legacy that will prevail." he is interviewed by jim costa from cnn. >> this is about embracing this in a model and defending it going forward the way we do with lincoln and roosevelt. while not on that scale, is the closest thing we've got in american history to the kind of successful president, and should be defended by americans from the center to the left. a from townhall seattle, radio host on the role that religion has played in american history in his latest book "the american miracle: divine providence in the rise of the republic." go to book tv.org for the complete we can schedule. ♪ [applause] inaugurationential of donald is friday, january 20th. coverage ofhave all the ceremonies. watch on c-span and c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> for the next 40 minutes, in american history tv exclusive. our cities tour visits scottsdale, arizona to learn more about its unique history. for five years, we have traveled across cities in the u.s. to explore their literary and historic

they love reminding us that they got seven barack obama nominees readyconfirmed and getting a lf hearings in places part of that strategy for senate republicans. democrats are urging a slowdown of the process, but republicans are not listening to the democrats because this is their goal. they believe donald trump wants his team in place as soon as week is and this coming really the big week to get as much of that done as possible. >> what has been the senate democrats response question mark do they have any power in terms of the scheduling or what they can do with these confirmations? >> they really don't have any power. depending on committees -- especially the chairman and ranking member if they have a good relationship with one another. the chairman would generally sign off -- or the blessing of the democratic ranking member. but they don't actually need their permission to schedule a hearing, so you have them going , goingith jeff sessions ahead with rex tillerson for secretary of state on january 11, the next day. senatechumer, the new minority told mitch mcconnell, the senate majori

david marinus, author of "barack obama." watch on c-span two. >> tomorrow night, the annual banquet of the muslim public affairs council. speakers include hobby or bear bacera. javier plusommentator van jones, george takei. heard that first trial alloon a few weeks ago from surrogate from the trunk transition team, i knew exactly what was going to be coming down. he talked about a muslim registry which was a chilling echo for me. back in the

the what barack obama has done for america, he took it on the chin. he took all of the words and the praises, but he created a miracle for us. i love him to death. he did a wonderful job. keep the faith, america. host: you are saying the improvement in relations comes but just the fact that president obama it -- being elected twice as president? caller: yes. this is the first step. we don't need to have another president for 40 or 50 years. the marquis has made in this country, there were good times and bad, there were times when the way people -- there were white people that fought him at every turn. just his being there, just his presence, just his awareness, just his coulter in the way he lived and he conducted himself, he was tremendous for us. he is going to be a beacon of hope for us for years and years. thank you. host: do you think he addressed the issues of race in after his eight years as president? we've seen instances after shootings, he talks about these issues. do you think he did enough as far as talking and discussing them? did.r: yes,

bush as commander-in-chief as opposed to the last eight years of barack obama. we did talk a lot about that. he is from midland, texas, which is actually the neighboring community and neighboring district with my district. he actually ran for this seat. the only time he was beat in a political race was for this seat in 1978. there is some interesting history there. he is a guy who, especially as governor, that was very results-oriented. he brought people together. a lot of folks don't remember this, but when he was governor, the speaker of the house was from west texas, was a democrat, and the lieutenant governor was a democrats. they met every week, they laid out a plan for how they were going to move texas forward, solve problems, deliver results, and they did it. so when i, as a young, impressionable guy who wanted to change the world and politics, i watched a guy work with people of all ideological persuasions and certainly across the aisle, to actually do good by the people. i don't think he was as successful, and i think that was a regret of his when he ca

bush, now barack obama. what do you remember? >> correct. well, i've had a lot of experiences with particularly george w. bush and president obama both and have some good relationships with both of those presidents. president clinton came here occasionally. his church was really the methodist church on 16th street but he would he would come here on occasion. my friendly relations are with president bush more so and with president obama so far. >> this book, kept in storage is pretty remarkable. what does this represent and who has signed it? >> this is called the president's pew. the tradition started in the 1960's and then they worked backwards to gather signatures of former presidents so it's signed by ales roosevelt. the first president to sign that they were able that they get was her better however, even though he was already out of office. ell nowhere roosevelt sign for the franklin roosevelt. they took the book to harry truman. they were trying to gather as many signatures of presidents that were alive in the early 1960's. since then

hillary clinton and barack obama tried to start off on the right for it, and i think it is right when they want to start that way. they brought that red reset button over to the foreign minister in russia, and they pressed it, which was translated incorrectly into russian, and she had her chance to reset the relations. let's look at donald trump and when he said the other day and i think it is true. if vladimir putin turns out to be about partner, you will be very tough on him. i think you will be very tough on anybody who steps on american interests, but i know you are a skeptic and we will all have to watch and see what happens. pence,ou mentioned mike and when it comes to court legislative agenda items in the trump administration, what key role quality plan capitol hill? guest: he is one of the few people in the innerworkings of the trump white house with significant congressional experience. anddeputy chief of staff has spent 17 years working in the white house, there are a few others, but not that many who have a lot of experience in the .hite house and in congress mike pence, al