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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

president barack obama was in office for eight years. , but heso much abuse was able to turn the economy around. he was able to do a whole lot. what makes donald trump think he can make america great again? >> thanks for calling, felix. margo next from indianapolis on the line for independents. >> it's funny. i have never called him before, and my grandson was playing with theremote and found channel. i don't know that i have listened to it much before, but i happened to look up, so i watched and saw what was going on the last maybe five minutes or so. is what iy strikes me heard over the last two callers. there was no specification. there was nothing that they could show what donald trump said he would make america great .gain, but he never said how just some nonspecific things. we are going to end up having a wall. here is just so many inconsistencies. they don't make sense. what about that bit about draining the swamp? and that he has all of these ceo's that have nebulous ties -- maybe this, maybe that -- with russia and how people can forgive that. you know what scares me? i was born

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

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,

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

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

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,

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. >

forhe end of this term barack obama, it is $20 trillion. about $44 trillion in debt. people through their hands up and said it must not matter. >> a couple of points. intestate, die unbeknownst to me. people check whether people like what you're saying or not. here is something what i learned, people don't like when you talk about actuarial balance. this alliance plummeting and they said no. no. no. evaluate theou health of the trust funds that are part of social security. to me, that is really important, that really matters. it is how you talk about it in a way that if you fix it and things become actuarially balanced, social security will be able to pay all of the benefits that we promised to pay. language matters. me to hear that even c-span viewers get bored of the budget. a dry andonly complicated topic, it is a topic when the numbers are so huge that they are not accessible to people. there is a big dilemma because you want to talk about these things in ways that are accurate. the accurate way to talk about this issue is, what is the debts held by the public for

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

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

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

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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

economy in his first 48 hours in office than barack obama did in eight years in office. these executive orders -- you were just talking about some of them -- the keystone pipeline, these are very positive things for the u.s. economy. they will bring jobs. more importantly, one thing i discovered being on the campaign trail, if you go to places like silicon valley or here in washington, d.c. or wall street, people are doing really well. but you go to places like york, pennsylvania, rockford, illinois, flint, michigan, those places have not seen a recovery. i think trump can be successful as a president and be reelected if he brings. . prosperity. to all these places, not just silicon valley and wall street. john: steve moore with us for the next half hour or so. numbers are on your screen to call. going back to the hills report -- the $10 trillion cut over the next 10 years, it is based largely on the heritage foundation budget plan that has been released. obviously, you work at the heritage foundation, a visiting fellow there. what do you expect will be the key things cu

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

obama, who said his goodbyes yesterday. the new york times talks about the ceremony, the president gathering on friday with about 2000 political appointees at joint base injuries where the truest -- andrews, where the truest -- proved difficult. for all of you, he said, who have been amazing work, most of it without fanfare and without any word of thanks, he could not be prouder of you, he said before leaving. for a family vacation in palm springs. the tears flowed as the former president's aides waived and cheered almost as if doing so might prolong the moment in the nation's capital. few of them wanted to make the for mr.ck for the -- trumps washington anytime soon. president think the can unite people, especially folks like those of that were mentioned in the new york times piece that are concerned about the new administration? caller: no. kimberly: why not, jeff? caller: i am a reagan seniorcan, i supported and i amfirst-term, someone -- [indiscernible] jeff, what are your concerns about president trump? manipulates the

barack obama is the president they know. to learn history. essentially, bernie sanders new dealer, old-style new dealer. if the democratic party was in europe, progresses would be social democrats. even on the right side of social democracy. don't do communism. better?o something there is enough about putin and russia that is ridiculous and our discussion. i believe it is not pro-trump, tin, it is to-pu seek a working relationship with russia to deal with nuclear which is dangerous to try to resolve the syrian crisis and the refugee crisis. to try to deal with combating terrorism. a whole slew of things. is a new kind of baiting and we do not need yours sir. john: did you have a question? caller: i am wondering why she won't admit she is a socialist communist? guest: give me a break. come on. that is so ridiculous. i am an editor of the nation. i am a progressive, i am a liberal. sorry.w, i am it is very early in the morning. maybe not for you. i guess people who dream about communist get up early and have a lot of energy. john: bob, go ahead

guest: i actually think barack obama did get a lot of stuff done. it just wasn't good stuff. especially in his first four years, he drove a lot through. as he polarized the country more politically. he didn't get as much done, although he used, as he said, the pen and the phone to do quite a bit. that's what donald trump has been cleaning up in these first few days, is undoing a lot of those executive orders 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 could do by executive order, because he couldn't work with congress. like he did on some of the immigration issues. i want to see this president, by the force of his personality and his persuasion, to move congress with him and work with them. i do not, and i don't think any conservatives want to see this ofsident crossed the line the constitutional authorities of the white house to accomplish conservative things. we believe he has the type of personality, the stick to it of miss that will drive these things forward. we want

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

jarrett, 8 valerie years in the west wing, as top counsel to president barack obama. and she gave me that advice, also yourselfhave to steel and not worry what other people are saying when you are focused on serving the president of the united states and the people of this great country, and i agree with her. host: when did you first meet donald trump? ms. conway: in the late 1990's. i grew up not far from atlantic city. and atlantic city, people forget, if you grew up 40 miles to atlantic city and 20 miles to philadelphia, working-class, blue-collar, high whenol educated area, donald trump and others built the casinos and tried to revitalize atlantic city, it area.t a lot adjusted the my mother worked in a donald trump casino for 21 years. it is how she supported us. it has brought a lot of economic growth and vitality and certainly jobs and benefits to the area. i knew who he was firsthand. i probably met him sometime in the late 1990's, early 2000's. him better once i sat on the condo board of the trump tower 10 or 11 years ago. i showed up at a condo board meeting

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

>> just about 24 hours from now barack and michelle obama will depart this location as private citizens. donald trump and his family, meanwhile, staying at the blair house tonight. just across the street from the white house, a tradition started by jimmy carter the day before he was sworn in as president in 1977. an update on donald trump's cabinet picks. more news from "the hill" here reporting about comments from senator shuck shumer and his briefing earlier today saying the senate will take up at least two of donald trump's -- donald trump's nominees. democrats allowing for a day one vote on retired general james mattis and john kelly. trump picks to head the pentagon and department of homeland security respectively. perhaps others. we'll show you as much as we can of senator schumer's comments as we wait for the hearing to resume. senator schumer: hello, everybody. i want to be right next to my potential cabinet people. [laughter] reporter: well, that implies hey are going to be confirmed. senator schumer:. no. keep your friends close and all that stuff. sorry we're a bit late. now,

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

the american people look at the policy views of barack obama during this past election cycle and they rejected him. they said we are tired of the changes he brought. for the american people. that is what happened in the election cycle. guest: a bipartisan group of senators suggests -- rejected his nomination on that record. what we know today when we look at the present record -- guest: we know that was based on false testimony. host: let's hear what john has to say from chapel hill, north carolina. an independent. caller: good morning to everybody and happy new year. i am going to start off by saying i am 74 years old. grandson.ew i have been fighting this fight for a long time. i have to tell you that one question i would have is what has jeff sessions on in alabama to get rid of voter suppression? mr. smith is sitting there, standing on the shoulders of people like me. i'm a vietnam veteran, a lot of black people on that wall. i have to stand for -- first of everybody who works for was a person who says that raping women is legal? what is sessions position on that? on the his posit

barack obama was the president they know. everyone needs to learn history, but essentially, bernie sanders, new dealer. old-style new dealer. and if the democratic party was in europe, progressives would be social democrats. even on the right side of social democracy. can we do something better? there is enough about putin and russia that is ridiculous at the moment in our discussion. way, that it the is not pro-trump. it is not appropriate in. it is simply sober realism to seek a working relationship with russia in order to deal with nuclear escalation, which is deepening and dangerous, to try to resolve the syrian crisis, the refugee crisis destabilizing europe, to try to deal with combating terrorism. a whole slew of things. but at the moment, there is a new kind of baiting in this country, and we do not need yours. i am sorry. host: do you have a quick question? caller: she will not admit she is a socialist communist. gosh, john. guest: give me a break. i mean, come on. what? this is so ridiculous. ."am an editor of "the

let me begin by expressing my appreciation first and foremost to president barack obama and vice president joe biden. in thisoperation transition would make every american proud. i know the president-elect has expressed his appreciation not just for the hospitality but the of ourration in support team's transition efforts. also to the administrator and her outstanding team here for the work they have done, also grateful for the vice chairs and the executive committee in the transition effort that have put in very long hours. a number of them are with us today. is with us. rudy giuliani, jeff sessions, marsha blackburn, tom reed, represent a part of the vice chair team. we express our appreciation for helpedy hours you assemble the team. we also express our appreciation to members of the committee. hours preparing recommendations to the president elect over the course of this. two more things to mention. number one is to just thank my team. there is an old saying that when you see a box turtle on the fence post, one thing you know for sure is he had help getting there. i can tell you that w

obama's health care law. the ads were to have run in the next two days of the annual open enrollment period which ends tuesday. in the last two years, large numbers of consumers signed up just before the deadline. it goes on to say the federal government has spent more than $60 million promoting the open roman period. -- we have says pulled roughly $5 million in an effort to look for efficiencies where they exist. he is calling from pennsylvania. high, ret. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have comments regarding immigration. i have experience with that. i married a mexican woman who came across the border 20 years ago illegally to work to escape poverty and grinding social conditions in mexico. we went through the immigration process. at that time, we were able to do that independent of lawyers and legal fees. we did pay fees and fines because she was here illegally, but we paid those fees. we got the appointments and went through the process and were successful. ultimately, she became a citizen. we have