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,

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 can remind them what do they own. a radio showst is host out a concord, new hampshire wnhn. mitch kokai -- arnie arnesen. what is your topic? guest: we'll talk to more about protecting scientist and climate change and more about businesses addressing climate change is. the other thing is what does it mean would you do not have access to bring quality health care? the sad thing is we have an aging demographic. rise in opioid addiction especially in new hampshire. more than ever when you need health care without having to think about, just to get it, this unstable, insecure situation where they do not know what they are going to offer us pretty i think they are terrified. they know what a day sold and they know they cannot deliver. we will talk a lot about that and connecting the dots. we will celebrate instead of going into santa demaio. the more donald trump wants to say does not exist, i will say really. -- we will sober instead of saying it does not exist. with the donald trump figured out is anger is contagious and

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

at this point, barack obama eight years ago was at twice that number. the american people are fearful. i am fearful. i just did not have the appetite to go to the inauguration and sit there for five hours in the elements to participate in that event. what i will do is go to the state of the union message. that is a serious and solemn occasion or the president comes before the congress about his goents on where he looks to in his policies. i look forward to that. i will listen very carefully. forsitting at inauguration five hours in 25 degree weather, i am not fearing it -- feeling it. host: your colleagues said yesterday that the reason they are not going stems from donald trump's twitter feud with civil rights icon john lewis. that is something that began after congressman john lewis said he did not believe donald trump was a legitimate president. my question to you -- do you believe donald trump is a legitimate president? myler: first of all, i had feelings before i heard the john lewis recording. donald trump reacted to john lewis in the manner that

there would not have been a intoent that has continued the election of president barack obama and has reformed in some areas, had we not had a ,icrophone, whether it was gina trayvon martin, barack obama for insident, police reform staten island or ferguson, we had a microphone that was paid for by the sweat and blood of this woman. [applause] rev. sharpton: so we don't depend on others to tell our story. we can turn on the mic she has given us and speak for ourselves to ourselves. and even have the television network that even knows that you cast on the debris of time, unsung and tell their story. on tv one. it is with great pride that we award the woman who has taken us from silence and made the world hear us on adulterated and unmolested. queen if you medication, the mogul media businesswoman, our , still fineodmother and still telling me that is enough, get off the stage, kathy hughes. [applause] kathy: first and foremost, i give praise and thanks to god, from whom all blessings flow. we give our great creator a round of applause. reverend al, thank you. i will take you on the roa

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

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,

obama was in ,ffice, the republican party they sat on their hands and did not do anything. they did not help them to do anything. you have big businesses hiring illegal immigrants. they like it because they don't have to pay them a whole lot. and they are the one benefits. building the ball is senseless. you are wasting money. billions of dollars on building a fence that is not going to stop any immigrants. what you need to do is you just need to be getting these businesses that are hiring these people. if they're not being hired, they will not come over here. that is all i have to say. host: thank you. here are some tweets respond to it president trump said. this is from martha who said, donald trump, you are an embarrassment to our founding fathers and constitution. tom says, he is certainly consistent, i will give you that. most presidents do at least a couple of things are. megan said that i am encouraged with his patients and leadership. leadershipngible quality concerning obama. some folks responding, i could name many, but his policies are frivolous. let's go to new

if barack obama will let a , that isut of prison our own president jeopardizing the security of the unite states. that doesn't make any sense. host: i want to talk about your timeline a little bit. in 2001, bradley manning would have been a teenager -- these startdid not stil happening until he started serving in iraq in november of 2009. the releases we started seeing started happening in 2010. joni in austin, texas. supports what the president did. good morning. caller: i wish some of the people calling it would what compassion means and how important compassion is and how our culture is leadership in the world in that. and many others are making difficult decisions in their lives, wrestling with issues the american public are now wrestling with. we need to consider the fact what is classified as we are hearing more and more now that one office will send --ssified almost anything you can limit what anybody else gets to know. pages and documents get passed to another office within our government with whole pages blacked out. how can we be a democracy if we don't know what's going on? if

they complained and moaned about barack obama's executive orders. two or three every day since the nine days he has written office and has caused nothing but confusion with this -filled, hate statements, is sitting there looking like he is a big important man.he is an important, but he has to realize is constitutional or unconstitutional. they cannot do what he wants to do. he is not a dictator. he asks no one. he goes from his gut. before he is through, this country will be in turmoil. afraid because the republicans let him do this. they can do whatever he wants to do. they say nothing. we all should be afraid. host: thanks for the call. us ar as a send tweet. the president yesterday from the "washington post" in the oval office conferring with world leaders, including german chancellor angela merkel and russian president barrier puti r putin. york post." details available online at ny post.com. richard next from new york also on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i think mr. trump made a tactical error in not issuing an execu

there have been plenty of times where she has shouted out during press conferences to get barack obama to answer a question. interviewer: carol, if you weren't recognized, would you shout out? what do you think of this as a colleague and president of the white house correspondents association question mark -- association? >> i think it is perfectly in bounds to shout at a question when they are not being called on. in a news conference. it is interesting to watch this president versus president obama. he would have a list of names, there would be a line, there were a few names he could choose to go to those people and it was very methodical and calculated. this president is a little different. even if you look at the briefings by sean spicer versus briefings, it is different. they are going here and there, it is rapid and moves. it creates an atmosphere in which it is -- its not only appropriate, that it is encouraged to be more aggressive and ask without being called on. interviewer: how to george w. bush do it? how did you do it when you were choreographing all of this question mark

barack obama, 11.3 million. george w. bush, 2.1. bill clinton almost 23 million. ronald reagan, 16 million. guest: a couple of things, it is tough to make too much sense over presidential records, how it fits with economic growth. they inherit different phases of the business cycle. obama record looks good in part because lots of the recession was over by the time he was in, so he gets a lot of the recovery. labor force growth is slower than in previous decades. more than half of that is because we are older as a country, not because we have done anything wrong with policy. a faster recovery would have brought in more people into the labor market. that is mostly because we are an older economy where people are getting into retirement age and no longer working. issue with stimulus, look at the trend. federal spending in this recovery relative to every other postwar recovery is abnormally low over this recovery relative to the 80's, 2000, nonmilitary, lower than the 1990's. the idea that this has been a spending binge that has been the only thing supporting the reco

president barack obama was the first president to be on twitter , but he used it as much more of a extension of his existing medication strategy, ruling out policy platforms and seeing carefully constructed tweets that you get the sense have been picked over by many people and thought through the consequences. with trump, you get the sense that he is the only one behind the keys, and that he is really speaking from his gut. that is what is scaring business is a little bit, it is scaring people who are interested in foreign relations, because he could just as easily pick up a phone and tweet something about ford or toyota as he could about china and nuclear armaments. these are sensitive issues that we have entire branches of government devoted to negotiating. and he wants isn't really twitter's strong suit and it really hasn't necessarily been the president-elect's. this is what's concerning people , the unmanageability release tweets and also the sheer power they have. we saw just a few months ago, president elect trump tweeted about the price of air force one. criticizing boeing and that t

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

his personal handle@barack obama and tweeted, hi, everybody, back to the original handle. is this thing still on? michelle and i are off on a quick vacation and then we'll get back to work. cristina is calling from edinburgh, texas. hi, cristina. caller: good morning. it's actually from kempner, texas. host: sorry about that. do you think the president can bring the nation together? caller: no, i don't believe the 45th president will be able to bring the nation together. and in his original inauguration speech, he almost sounded as if he was calling for vigilante type justice to step in to take control of situations that the police are andling. you don't know how anyone can feel that's a uniting kind of statement. plus, anyone asking a foreign entity that is an enemy of the united states to look into things that are involving his opponent to try to help booster his win, i don't see how -- and not apologizing for that or never apologizing to president for saying he's not a legitimate president and then whining because people are questioning his presidency. no. my answer wou

sunday, "in depth" will talk about the presidency of barack obama. we are your questions during the program. our panelists include april ryan. princeton university glaude and davidclou marinus. eastern onfrom 3:00 c-span two. next, three federal judges discuss the history of the bill of rights and its impact on modern-day issues that involve technology, freedom of speech and same-sex marriage. from the national archives in washington, d.c., this is 1.5 hours. >> welcome to the theater at the national archives. i'm the archivist of the united states and it is a pleasure to welcome you. whether you are joining us for oror watching us on youtube with our friends on c-span2, welcome. since franklin roosevelt first proclaimed it, this day has served as a reminder to not take for granted this document. our partner for today's program is a constitutional sources project. before we being -- "i want to wo upcoming events. january 17th, we will talk about eisenhower's farewell address and then on the 18th and 19th, we will focus on historical inaugural events.

as far as the democrats, my opinion is simply this, 2009, barack obama told eric kanter elections have consequences, and he won. and then and the democratic party proceeded to show their agenda down the throat of everybody in america that didn't like them. they didn't care. well, turnabout's fair play, and the republicans should do exactly the same thing, and maybe the democrats will lesson a learn, and in the future that kind of stuff won't happen again. thanks. host: thanks for the call. we'll get to more commonets our facebook page. but first, lisa is next from louisville, kentucky, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. happy new year. host: you too. caller: my comment is for the democrats as an opposition party. i don't think a lot of people that are on medicare realize that when they did pass obamacare, it also gave us provisions, too. it gave us the right to have a free mammogram. we also have the right to have school coppy and other services that we normally had to pay for. so i really would like to say, i hope the senior citizens of this coun

obama's deputies. and madam speaker, for those in the mainstream media, i think it's important to repeat that line. president trump's executive rder that didn't ban muslims but that ordered a temporary pause on people from certain countries from whom we had no information or inadequate information to vet the people that are coming in, it was based on security reviews conducted by president barack obama's deputies. white house counselor kellyanne conaway pointed out, the seven countries named in president trump's executive order are drawn from the terrorist prevention act of 2015. the 2015, quote, visa waiver program improvement and terrorist travel prevention act of 2015 named iraq, iran, sudan, syria. while its 2016 update added lib are a, somalia and -- libya, somalia and yemen. quote, these are countries that have a history of training, harboring, exporting terrorists. we can't keep pretending and looking the other way, said conway. moratorium is largely temporary. citizens of the seven countries --

he denied our president barack obama for eight years as a legitimate president. as ae are denying him black american president. no justice. no justice. no justice. no justice. amen, thank you. >> some people are coming to washington next week, because they believe they can make america great again. you, youuggest to can't make america great again if you didn't make her great the first time. it was our grandmothers and grandfathers who prayed us through slavery. they made america great. it was africans that crossed the atlantic. we made america great the first time. they make america great. you can't make america great again if you didn't make her great again the first -- make her great the first time. to let y'all know that we have not forgotten what price we pay to get here. are not going to let you take the blood of our anddparents and ancestors cheap in it and flush it down the drain. america.o reclaim this is a nation built on our labor. we are going to make america great again. we come by the thousands to say to those that want to shrink america's profits, t

same reason with barack obama and howard dean. again, it is talking to our donors spirit we are basically venture capitalists. here is our initiative, here is our project. i believe if people saw the plan and the vision, they will come and they will invest. the second thing that you said, one of the things that i talked about earlier. south carolina democrats care. going into the communities on a grassroots level, helping people tackle the issues that they face on a day to day basis. we have to get back to that. we have to at the same time demonstrate. what is going to discourage folks, is when they saw that the senate did not have black folks or latinos or native americans or anybody. that just kills us as a party. we have to tackle things like that. rep. ellison: when it comes to attracting young people to identify as democrats, i think of something my dad always said. he said, if you want a friend, one. when you see young people, fight for 15, occupied wall street or all of these movements that are out there, but it could acces

obama who is our president. thank you for c-span. host: from florida, and, good morning. caller: yes. host: what is on your mind? can you turned on your tv? caller: i talked to before about if they repeal the affordable care act, they will reduce the funding for medicare? host: go ahead. caller: yes. host: new to her tv and listen to the phone. let us know what you think about medicare. can you boot -- can you meet your tv? ok, having some difficulty. hector is calling in on the independent line. hi, hector. caller: my phone is kind of messed up. calling to chuck about obamacare. i had brain surgery and if it wasn't for that i would be dead. so i wanted to say thank god for that. and if they're thinking about taking that away, i think it is wrong. so this is people. host: glenda is calling in. what is on your mind? taking myink you are call. i'm excited i finally got through. two things. first of all, the affordable affect my family and i as our rates skyrocketed. and the other pointer wanted to , are we still g

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 th

donald trump takes the oath of office to succeed barack obama friday, one small but symbolic similarity will be on display. donald trump will place his hand used forble lincoln his inauguration. by presidente used obama. angela in georgia. you are excited and you are on the air. good morning. caller: good morning. that trump iskful elected. i think god for it. ank god for it. i hope you can hear me. i have an allergy problem. there are so many things i have worried about and i am so glad that now we will find out what will happen. speaking,at was just he needs to think about other people that have doubts about the russians and how the hillary thing, this, that and the other. him not watching just because of that -- he should watch it for himself. you have people that complain about everything -- i think they are just looking for something to complain about. sometimes. -- i've been up since 2:00 watching c-span. of republicans and democrats like each other. they seem to. i like that. host: kevin in jackson, mississippi. concern. caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for c-span.

barack obama's legitimacy. nobody's hands are clean here but we're at a point where maybe you at least got the first 100 days of a honeymoon. this man has not had one day. he has not even been sworn in yet and legitimacy questions are out there. somebody who has a way forward maybe, marco rubio, he was in miami at a breakfast with john lewis that had been prescheduled before august. i find it ironic, john lewis said at this breakfast, we need love, not hate. he is right that he is contradicting himself. i heard him say on the depressed was not love. i do not know if it was hate, it is certainly was not a message of love. when you think about the i have a dream speech, where you and i started this conversation, i reread it this weekend and martin luther king did not just talk about resistance and standing up and being strong. absolutely you needed that, but he also talked about brotherhood and people coming together. go back and actually read the speech. folks seem to have forgotten what he said. in a speech he

jeffries: we have a president-elect who for five years perpetrated the racist lie that barack obama was not born in the united states of america. ran one of the most device i campaigns in the nation's history and then promised he was going to bring all of us together. and then you've got his colleagues on the other side of the aisle who have said, well, democrats and people in the civil rights community, african-americans, we should give the new president a chance. this is the same group of people with declared war on barack obama on day one of his presidency and governed themselves under the following approach. obstruction today, obstruction tomorrow, obstruction forever. that should sound familiar to folks from alabama and the deep south. but now they want us to give them a chance. you can't lecture us on presidential etiquette. you have no credibility in that area. we'll decide how we want to engage. and as it relates to your pick to head the department of justice, it is totally unacceptable, unreasonable, unjust, and unconscionable. not because of anything that he may have said 30 y

obama making linkages on capitol hill on the fate of the affordable care act. this mike pence expected to arrive on capitol hill around 9:00. president obama will arrive around 9:30 a.m. today. mike pence made some comments thet his visit yesterday at trump transition headquarters in new york, said we are focused on repealing and replacing obamacare, we look over to legislation that will give us the tools to roll back the avalanche of red tape and regulation that have been stifling american jobs. the white house also commenting yesterday about this rib visit by the president to capitol hill. by therare visit president to capitol hill. tellinguld be out there the stories of their constituents who are benefiting from this law. morning, we will keep you updated on the latest from reporters covering this doing capitol hill visit. that dueling capitol hill visit. tweets -- president obama will meet with house democrats and senate democrats together this morning to argue for the fight against the obamacare repeal and replacement. on the republican side, mike pence wi

that barack obama was president for more than two years and that many previous presidents did visit this country in their duty. why on earth has teresa got in here with trump? order. the honorable gentleman will have a response to what he said but my immediate reaction is that the matter is one of taste rather than of order. -- don't needid any help from the honorable gentleman who has in the foggiest idea of where to start. guidance, may i say that i do find it distasteful, distasteful to make comparisons between the elected leader of a democracy, ande, 1930's tyrants. i think it is inappropriate. protocol -- as for the exact protocol of when the visit should take place, that is something the honorable gentleman cares very deeply about. i can't give guidance about that. that is a protocol matter. can i offer the foreign --retary my configuration commiseration on being back out on a sticky wicket. would he tell the house that inn he intervened washington, was it through the state department or the president's son-in-law? >> i am grateful for that ingenious question. i'm sure the house wi

obama. that will be held with live coverage today. on c-span three. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, thes efforts on the house judiciary committee to move the independent office of congressional ethics. she will also talk about the theing today between congress. join us today for the discussion. the congressional black caucus held a ceremonial swearing-in. richmondative cedric succeeds for chair of the caucus. he wanted 15th caucus has the largest in history. with 49 members. >> halt. halt. present. >> o say, can you see, by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the br

and if this administration tries to end a program that barack obama stood up for that protected young people who came to this country through no fault of their own and to our americans in every way, our dreamers, if he comes after those who have been living in the shadows and it does not provide an opportunity, we will protect those who are the dreamers and want to be aspiring americans. protecting and defending all of us will not be easy, but if we are together, united in our cause, we will be unstoppable. are you ready? are you ready? we will be unstoppable. thank you so much. [applause] >> i need you to know that each one of you is important. you are being here is sending a message to the nation and i want you to know we are celebrating it. rishaad robertson, leader of color change is going to speak to us now. >> how are we doing out in this rain today? i want to thank the reverend out sharpton and the national action network for inviting me here today. to bring a message to black folks and our allies of every race he will stand up and fight back against this administration. it is

i told he and senator booker in the back, taking pictures, of barack obama who spoke the year before he was elected president -- great things come when you come through here. nothing, i'mcting not calling nothing. but, you know, when i was growing up, i'm so glad trouble don't last always, neither will trump last. [applause] as we bring on our next awardee, and lusting knowledge some of our -- i must acknowledge some of our young folks who worked with us, who have shown the courage to stand and speak to power, speak truth to power. i am so glad, from your state, angela rise. stand up. [applause] cnn, but she broke her teeth on politics. we're very proud of her. i'm also proud of our sister, simone sanders. stand up, simone. [applause] coming, we got a crew that is going to change things. -- sent tod as when us when we came to washington for the opening of the smithsonian museum that that this is cultural history. i said that you could shake this woman's hand and it is tantamount to shaking hands with our history of excellence and art and culture and dignity. if there is black culture

obama. therefore, we are confident in this hope that despite any goals of a twitter finger president-elect and his cabinet, you will give these your servant leaders of the congressional black caucus strength to stand, strength to stand in the face of adversity on behalf of the poor, for those who need affordable health care, for those who need criminal justice reform, for those who need access to education and the living wage living wage and quality housing and now, lord, let us go forth and stand up for democracy that unites rather than divides. let us go forth knowing that love, liberty, justice and equality for all is the only order of the day. let us go forth understanding that the universeality of humanity far supersedes democratic or republican partisanship. let us go forth knowing we must toil and stride for a more perfect union where black lives matter. there is orth where a higher power working in the universe that will have righteousness like a mighty stream. let us go forth and si

white barack obama, the house, january 11, 2017. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committees on he judiciary, agriculture, armed services, energy and commerce, education and the work services, cial homeland security, oversight and foreign reform, affairs, natural resources, ansportation and infrastructure, ways and means, veterans affairs, and the committee on ct intelligence and ordered printed. der the speaker's announced the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina, walker, is recognized for 60 the designee of the majority leader. mr. walker: this is a time for bypass outside influences. we are presenting something that is very important, not just a something that is nearly six years ago, right here we stand tonight was passed in an overly bipartisan have burdened american people in what is now obamacare, the affordable care act. this is a piece of legislation has been burdened small businesses and individuals alike. we have been asked to fix replace.eal and to what takes members to be able to have experienc

president obama beating donald trump. obama, 15%barack admire donald trump. hillary clinton the most admired woman, and it is the ninth time president obama has won the most admired man in america, the 21st time for hillary clinton to be the most admired woman. more details online at gallup.com. edithuburn, pennsylvania, is up next. you are pessimistic. caller: let me say, happy new year to everyone. i am not optimistic but pessimistic, because i think the country has lost its way. moneysay that because means everything to everybody. we are large. i cannot see us as being a christian nation because we put too much stock in money. we do not trust in god enough. just because you do not like ,bortion, you do not like gays that does not make you christian. i am concerned because i truly believe that we are putting stock in donald trump. he is not god. we should be putting all that we in leaving in god. host: from the denver post, i want to share with you some photographs on new year's eve from times square to sydney, australia, these are some of the photographs a