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

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

obama of obamacare. too many americans still trying to pay fo are their prescriptions, cover their deductibles or pay their monthly insurance bills struggle to navigate a complex sometimes bewildering system and remain uninsured. pretty well sums it up. it's an indictment as damning as anything any republican has said. it's something to keep in mind when you hear the predictable attacks from the far left. now we already know their central contention that republicans somehow want to go back to the way things were before obamacare. which everyone of course knows is not true. it's an argument that conveniently leaves out the fact that things are now worse -- worse -- for many than they were before obamacare. that's not all we can expect to hear either. we'll hear repeal will cause insurers to flee the exchanges. which, by the way, news flash, is already happening. obamacare will un--- repeal will plunge obamacare into a death spiral. they might have missed it. it's here already and fast-approaching terminal

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

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

barack obama: this is where i learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved and they get engaged, and they ome together to demand it. after eight years as your president, i still believe that. and it's not just my belief. it's the beating heart f our american idea -- our bold experiment in elf-government. it's the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. it's the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executing; that we, the people, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union. what a radical idea. a great gift that our founders gave to us: the freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat and toil and imagination, and the imperative to strive together, as well, to achieve a common good, a greater good. for 240 years, our nation's call to citizenship has given work and purpose to each new generation. it's what led patriots to choose republic over tyranny, pioneers to trek west, slaves

at the end of this term for barack obama, it is $20 trillion. about $44 trillion in debt. people throw their hands up and say it must not matter. maya: a couple of points. once, i was dial teste4d, 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. that is how you evaluate the 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. it saddens me to hear that even c-span viewers get bored of the budget. it is not only a dry and complicated topic, it is a topic where 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 is

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

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

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

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

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

this is from barack obama's first term. he gave this speech on january 20, 2009. it is 20 minutes. president obama: thank you. thank you. my fellow citizens, i stand here humbled by the task before us. grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. i think president bush for his service to our nation. >> [applause] president obama: as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. 44 americans have now taken the presidential oath. the words have been spoken during rising times of prosperity and the still waters of peace. yet every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds, and raging storms. at these moments, america has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office but because we, the people, have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears and true to our founding documents. so it has been, so it must be with this generation of americans. we are in the midst of crisis. our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. our economy is

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

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

dave writes, "without a teleprompter, barack obama was a disaster." empty man who can give a good speech, but he has no moral compass." host: oh, he has a moral compass. he was a family man. the whenlike i said, coming in is the one to be questioned, as far as morals, values, and a lot of other things. thievery, deception. questioning obama -- obama looks like a boy scout compared to this man. host: we want to focus on the past eight years, and particularly all the speeches that president obama has given over those eight years. is there one phrase, one values, andsentence, one speechs out for you, that you will remember when you look back at the 44th president? rick in florida, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. add to the sentiment from the lady for pennsylvania. i really don't give a darn what speeches or what mr. obama has said. our president has served with dignity and has served well as our president. i can't say that for our incoming president. some of the things that he has that have already been proven to be lies, and i don't

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

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

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

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

eastern, jonathan chait looks at the presidential record of barack obama in his book "audacity." he is interviewed by the senior white house correspondent for cnn. >> recognizing the success of this administration, embracing it as a model, and defending it going forward the way we do with lincoln and roosevelt. while obama is not on that scale, he is the closest thing we have gotten to that kind of president in modern american history and should be defended from the center to the left. radiom townhall seattle, host on the role religion has played throughout american

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

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

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

obama, the story. today is been to. >> this week on "newsmakers," craig fugate. thank you for being here to talk about the last eight years heading the agency and the state of emergency management. also in studio with us is reid wilson of the national correspondent for the hill newspaper along with then, energy and environmental reporter with the national journal. ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different than clutter years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with. -- dealt with? historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. localou are talking about states from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you tod to be able to give national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did definitely that the department of energy has codified into their function. program.evamp of the two things that stood out was the lack of trained people

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

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

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 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

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. [cheers] president obama: hello, chicago! t's good to be home. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. it's good to be home. thank you. thank you. [cheers] president obama: you can tell -- you can tell that i -- you, you -- you can tell that i'm a lame duck because nobody's following instructions. everybody have a seat. fellow americans -- michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that we've received over the past few weeks, but tonight, tonight it's my urn to say thanks. whether we have seen eye to eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people, in living rooms and in schools, at farms, on factory floors, at diners and on distant military outposts, those conversations are what have kept me honest and kept me inspired. and kept me going. and every day i have learned from you. you made me a better president and you made me a better man. i first came to chicago when i was in my early 20's and i was still try

that is barack obama. i think, to the president comes back here today before the last time as president, it is important to remember the first time he came here as president. and makeama came here very specific promises to the american people about obamacare. he said, if you like what you have, you can keep it. theions of americans lost good health care plans that they like and expected to keep, and are not able to today because of the broken promises of his law. he came here to the n said that health insurance costs will drop to medically for families. instead, we've seen dramatic increases in health care costs. in my state of louisiana, over familiescreases that are paying. i hope he comes here to apologize for those broken promises, but i don't think that's what's going to be the case. i think he's going to be here more concerned about preserving his legacy than about fulfilling those promises. the good news is, we're here to fulfill those promises to the american people. we told the american people tha

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

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

[applause] >> a party in which barack obama 95% of the vote. the most loyal constituency in the democratic party. [applause] >> so we got to stand up and ask this party, you want us? then you have got to fight for us, too. >> yes, yes. >> but yes, if i am chair, we know black lives will matter. [applause] >> can i steal that line from jamie? [laughter] >> look, black period, lives period, matter, period. as dnc chair, what can any of the candidates up here do to support this movement? as someone who has spent the last six and a half years on fox news debating and fighting with , conservatives who don't know anything other than to lie for a living, i've been able to win with the truth. we have a serious communications and messaging problem in the democratic party. [applause] we need to start by making sure that our party, our activists, our elected officials, our leaders, understand what implicit bias is. we need to have a real conversation about implicit and explicit bias and institute that ,n our training programs institute that within the fra

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

if you to give up the case of san bernardino, this was the attorney general of president barack obama allowing the to attempt inment court to demand a software company work to its own gesture meant -- detriment. here you have the obama administration trying to rip apart a part of privacy, and you sessions and many others on the other side of the aisle who would agree with him in those areas. others onyself and the other side. i think that is where education is important. toare not going to come common ground until we all understand the trade-offs, then hopefully we will find common ground. these issues are not dividing us by party, they are dividing us by interpretation of safety versus privacy. there is an interesting issue with typing test technology. which is can you be bipartisan? im hoping that if we work to these, we can have bipartisan support. we have to see in terms of what the future administration steps will take. obama started the u.s. digital service. that was something that i think did a great job of bringing in leaders and experience technology people from across the co

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

that barack obama left the insurance companies exempt from the antitrust laws as proof that they plan on is not working. what we have, i believe, is a direct result of that preference that was given to that industry. one of the key things that this bill does is move that antitrust exemption that insurance companies have enjoyed. thank you. my name is buddy carter, i am a representative from georgia. before i became a member of congress, i served in health care as a pharmacist for over 30 years. i can tell you, i think we have the greatest health care system in the world. i still believe that, even with the train wreck of obamacare. if you are sick you don't want worldanywhere else in the in america. that is where you want to be to get the best health care system you can get. -- we have to assist resuscitate our program because of what obamacare has done. i have watched it firsthand. i became a member two years ago. pharmacy for over 30 years. i have seen advances in pharmaceuticals that have been life-saving, that have brought us to the point where we are looking at at a situation wit

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

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