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,

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

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. 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 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. >

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

obama had 500 filibusters. come on. they never gave them a chance. we will give donald trump a chance? come on. we need to wake up, man. america is a dream shattered. is it really a dream or a nightmare? host: congressman. guest: there is a lot there. i think it is hard to identify what the cultural aspects are of a "redneck" and how to apply that to a national leader. is as tough and determined and sometimes as aggressive as any leader in the world, but is careful. he would not tweet. he would not break with policy just on his own. and ais a bureaucracy dedication to professionalism in moscow that is kind of a standard part of foreign policy. trump is outside the box. someone call and spontaneity. others would call it a lack of professionalism. i think that is all i have to say about his comments. host: last week, the house voted to pass a resolution announcing 's fromma administration the un security council vote that condemned you as israeli settlements. 342-80. did you join republicans and many democrats in

and when guys like you and i were like what do people see in barack obama guy? that's what they were saying at the time, right? that's what they were saying to us. change.d a isn't that what they were saying to us? >> we got it. is, i ou know, the thing don't understand a few things. he was elected, the democrats that it's t the fact over. they lost, and they didn't get expected.n that they number one. number two, i can't understand protested the e day after, he's not our president. president.s the steve: i think the reason why you don't understand it, kevin, that's a great question and i try to answer it the best i can, thanks for the call, he reason that you don't understand it is because you're looking at it through the lens f your own world view and your own world view will be very result oriented. solution orientedt. going to say what's the point. we aren't changing the election. to happen cts that but you have to see your opposition through the lens of their world view. not yours. things we say on this show is we believe in thinking.ensional first dimensio

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

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

an associate editor of the washington post, author of over barack obama, the story. watch live noon to three p.m. eastern today on c-span two. >> tonight. >> people were starving and van buren had the spurs at the white house. here was this rich man in washington. he had thousands of acres in the state and he was very wealthy as event -- a very wealthy man but portrayed as a champion of the poor. it was veryeaches shocking. they were criticized by the democrats. >> how the campaign changed presidential elections forever. tonight on c-span's q&a. >> now, former president george w. bush on north korea. his remarks are followed by a on theiscussion foreign-policy priorities of the trump administration in the 115th congress. this is just over an hour. >> good morning. i am the director of global initiatives here at the bush institute. thank you for taking time to join us for this forum on freedom in north korea, and welcome to the bush institute, where we focus on developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today's most pressing challenges. behind me

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

coming coming up, candidate rocco bouma -- candidate or barack obama made promises on his way to the white house. did he keep them? we will discuss that when "washington journal" continues. travels toan bus local schools, colleges, and universities and communities across the country and recently, our bus stopped in hampton, virginia, visiting students at hampton high school. here is a video students made about our visit. >> it is pretty hard to miss the c-span bus outside of hampton high school today. students are receiving an .nformational meeting the bus speaks to high school students, colleges, universities, and political gatherings. let's take an inside look. >> it is really important, and the way they laid it out was awesome. >> we reached out to students through email and through their 11th and 12th grade social studies classes. they applied and rotate one paragraph statement about what this would mean to them, and many responded in terms of career interests, others in terms of an interest in media, and others just about the recent campaign of 2016 and how c-span was part of th

officials familiar with the classified intelligence reports that was presented to president barack obama in a -- obama. donald trump has responded to this assertion that julian assange and wikileaks are connected directly. he tweeted, "julian assange said a 14-year-old could have hacked podesta -- why was the dnc so careless? also said the russians did not give him the info!" said, "thetweet he dishonest media likes saying i'm an agreement with julian assange -- wrong, i simply state what he states. it is for the people to make up the truth. the media lies to make it look like i'm against intelligence, when i'm a big fan!" eric is calling on her independent line. caller: good morning. how are you doing? host: i'm well. what you think about u.s. intelligence? caller: yes, i trust it to the best of the ability that they are doing. this is the thing. intelligence,n but the intelligence community. you really don't understand what the job is like unless you are in it. they are doing the best they can. they are doing the absolute best they can. throughout human history, there have been all kin

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

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

the president of the united states of america, barack obama, did decide to use force. and he announced his decision publicly and said we're going to act, we're going to do what we need to do to respond to this blatant violation of international law and of warnings and of the red line he had chosen. now, we were marching towards that time when, lo and behold, on a thursday of a week before the friday decision, prime minister david cameron went to parliament -- or he went on wednesday. i forget which. somewhere in the early part of the week, he went to the parliament and he sought a vote of approval for him to join in the action that we were going to engage in. and guess what? the parliament voted no. they shot him down. so as we were briefing congress, and i was on one of those briefing calls with maybe a hundred members of congress on the call, many of them were saying, well, you're going to come to us. you're going to go through the constitutional process, get permission from us to do something. and the president had already decided to use force, but then the question

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, o that is my priority. another point i want to make, pedro, i want all these congress insurance.y have go sit in the emergency room when you don't have insurance. people.bout poor try to get rid of obamacare and see what go down. be easy. going to the republicans and callers have getting talking about rid of obamacare. want to know what kind of have.nce you if not, obamacare, people need going on.rt what is insurance has been robbing us for years, that is the insurance companies that go up with premiums, not obamacare. this has been happening when president obama passed the a.c.a., this has been going on for years. the insurance companies will gut you for everything you have. crying ll these people about obamacare, the a.c.a., go to the emergency room when you on't have insurance and you will see, we will see how you feel. block everything that elect like they rump does did with obama because this president did a lot. to -- acknowledge it, but he did. republicans, get ready, i will to congress every chance

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

but going back to this article, it says, as for barack obama, he did indeed ban immigration from iraq for much longer than trump's order bans it from the seven listed nations. and none of the people melting down today uttered a peep of protest. richard granell summed up it -- summed it up perfectly in a tweet. quote, obama took six months to review screening for one country. trump will take three months for seven countries. this article goes on, number five, trump's refugee caps are comparable to obama's pre-2016 practices. david french, who was touted as a spoiler candidate to keep donald trump out of the white house, during the presidential campaign, in other words, not a big trump fan, wrote a lengthy and clear-headed analysis of the executive order for national review. he noted that after the andtorium ends in 120 days, that's one section, it ends in 120 days, the other section is 90 days, another part says they'll have 30 days to produce a report, but it goes on to say, trump caps refugee admissions at 50,000 per year. which is roughly the same as president obama's admissions in

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

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

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

you knew then senator barack obama. talk about your experience with him. >> i worked on his congressional campaign in 1999. that didn't go as planned, but in 2002 when he decided to run for the u.s. senate, he asked me to come aboard and i became his policy director, issues director. the rest is history with him, but that really inspired me. i didn't really know -- i didn't know if someone with my background in heritage and interesting name would be able to fare well to elec torally.it turns out that the people of illinois are very good, decent, open-minded, forward thinking people, and they aren't going to just pigeonhole you or reject you out of hand because of where you came from or how many letters there are in your name. barack obama's campaign really inspired me to think about elective politics. , he himself, inspired me to think about working families in a much more tangible and concrete way, and that informs my attitude today. >> have you been in contact? have you stayed in contact with the president? have you h

when you go back to eight years to then candidate, barack obama. think about what he was promising, raise taxes on the fulfillingrms of lyrical promises, -- political promises, he knocked it out of the park. don'tymore, because we want those things, because it -- words likeh to hope and change help in everyone's mind to fulfill. it is like your interpretation of a book. as you are picturing whatever the author is writing and those scenarios, it is likely something different in everyone's mind. that is why the book is always better than the movie. the idea of hope and change, the political brilliance behind it is it did mean anything. it meant everything. gary: it meant nothing and it meant everything. eric: let's apply that to donald trump eight years later. in a different way, he said many things. he took varying positions. some people defended him. for anyone new to the program, callers were saying, it could've been all of the above. he is willing to change and listen. unknown whicheat is why you have to get back to we will wait and see. politica

fast forward two decades, barack obama comes to the white house wanting to compromise, wanting to create a system that would disrupt the health care system as little as possible and decides to go in this direction. and then suddenly all those on the other side who supported that idea for two decades suddenly decided it was socialism and couldn't possibly be the health care law. the reason they don't have an alternative to obamacare is because this is the market solution. this was the more moderate approach. this actually isn't a big government-run plan. so i am extending a hand to the other side, if they want to come up with a way to improve the affordable care act, there are many on this side who genuinely want to work on that. i already voted on ways we can improve the affordable care act and make some modifications, the same way we made modifications to medicare and medicaid many times since 1965. but, mr. speaker, if the real intent of the other side is just to strip away health insurance to 22 million americans, we will say no and continue to fight it. i yield back. the chair: the g

bush said he would make room for barack obama, and he essentially did that. based on what we have seen in this transition over the last 1.5 months, what will do think we will see from president obama when he leaves the stage but stays in washington and working with his foundation in chicago and new york? guest: i think he will give the incoming president some deference. advocate for ex presidents going back for a long time is that they do not weigh in on the news of the day. president obama gave an interview on dick black survives podcast and obama addressed the question head-on and he said there is clearly a need and you would like to encourage new voices within the democratic if they arend out talking all the time and it is hard to develop. he also made the point that when he sees foundational principles something to that effect, he threatened they might speak out, so i don't think we will hear a lot from president obama. i think he might speak a little georgee frequently and w. bush has been very off the states, but to say that he has been more active in t

let us not forget that former president barack obama promised that he would bankrupt the coal industry. people are losing their jobs and dignity that comes with work. our communities are also suffering. fewer jobs means less economic investment and less hope. i encourage my colleagues to visit west virginia or appalachia and see firsthand what president obama's policies have done to our communities. it is heart breaking to hear the stoyrrs -- stories and see the faces of struggling families as they try to pay their bills. i stand today with those communities in rolling back the policies that have caused so much harm and pain. these new regulations would be catastrophic to the coal industry and all of the hardworking american families that depend on coal to keep heir energy costs low. and the shame of it all is that it's preventable. we must end this war on coal now. and that process begins today. i made a promise to my constituents of the second district of west virginia that i would fight for the coal industry and bring back jobs to my state. today is the first of many steps this cong

by authors.d words00 eastern on "after ," a look at the presidential record of barack obama and his book, "audacity." he is interviewed by a senior white house correspondent for cnn. >> embracing it as a model and going forward, the way we do with lincoln, the way we do with roosevelt. , on that scale, is the closest thing we have gotten from a u.s. president. >> on sunday, from townhall seattle, a radio host on the role that religion has played in history. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. weekly news briefing, paul ryan talked about options for repealing and replacing

bush said he would make room for barack obama, and he essentially did that. based on what we have seen in this transition over the last 1.5 months, what will do think we will see from president obama when he leaves the stage but stays in washington and working with his foundation in chicago and new york? guest: i think he will give the incoming president some deference. advocate for ex presidents going back for a long time is that they do not weigh in on the news of the day. president obama gave an interview on dick black survives podcast and obama addressed the question head-on and he said there is clearly a need and you would like to encourage new voices within the democratic if they arend out talking all the time and it is hard to develop. he also made the point that when he sees foundational principles something to that effect, he threatened they might speak out, so i don't think we will hear a lot from president obama. i think he might speak a little georgee frequently and w. bush has been very off the states, but to say that he has been more active in t

. >> 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 got a set in barack obama nomination confirmed on the day. getting a lot of hearings in place as part of the shutter jeeps for senate republicans. democrats are urging a slowdown of the progress, but you are not listening to the democrats. they believed donald trump wants his team in place as soon as possible. week is the big week to get as much as that done as possible. >> what has been the senate democrats response? do they really have any power in terms of what they can do? seung: they really do not have any power, depending on committees, especially if the chairman has a good relationship. the chairman would sign off or the blessing of the democratic ranking member. they do not actually need their permission to schedule a hearing. have chuck going ahead with jeff sessions. you have bob corker going ahead with rex tillerson for secretary of state on january 11. chuck schumer, the new senate minority leader has told mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader that he would like to not have simultaneous hearings. that request is clearly goin

they love reminding us that they got seven barack obama nominees confirmed on inauguration day in 2009. obviously, getting a lot of hearings in place as part of that strategy for republicans. democrats are urging a slowdown of the process, but republicans are not listening to democrats because this is their goal. is really thek week to get as much of that done as possible. been the senate democrats response? do they have any power in terms of what they can do? >> they really don't have any power. depending on committees, the chairman and ranking member have a good relationship with one another, the chairman we generally like a sign off for of the ranking member, but they don't actually need their permission to schedule a hearing. you have chuck grassley going ahead with jeff sessions starting junior a tent. bob corker going ahead with rex tillerson for secretary of state jeffnerate 11th -- sessions starting january 10. bob corker going ahead with rex tillerson for her secretary of state on january 11. chuck schumer has said he would not like simultaneous hearings, but that request is c