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

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

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

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

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 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

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

president elcoming barack obama. president obama: hello. hello. hello. [applause] >> good morning. president obama: great to be here and thank you so much for all the good reporting you guys have been doing on this important issue. >> thank you. >> we'll get started. there was an expectation that was shared among many of your staff, many congressional democrats as the aft rolls out and delivers benefits to millions of people that it would become more popular and safe from repeal or substantial reform and it appears that isn't quite true. what do you think you got wrong and why didn't the health care law become more popular? president obama: let's back up and say from the start there's a reason why for 100 years, no president could get expansion of health care coverage beyond the work that had been done for medicare and medicaid targeting primarily seniors. and the reason was that this is hard. the health care system is big. it is very personal. families, i think recognize the need for health insurance, but it's not something that they think about except when things go wrong, when y

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

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

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

please join me in welcoming president barack obama. president obama: hello. hello. thank you. [applause] president obama: thank you. sarah kliff: hi. president obama: good morning. it is great to be here, and thank you so much for all the good reporting you guys have been doing on this important issue. ezra klein: well thank you. ,sarah kliff: so we'll get started. there was an expectation that was shared among many of your staff, many congressional congressional democrats that as the affordable care act goes out, it would become more popular. it would be safe for appeal -- from repeal or substantial reform and it appears that isn't quite true. what do you think that theory got wrong? why did the health care law not become more popular? president obama: well let's back , up and say from the start there's a reason why for 100 years, no president could get expansion of health care coverage beyond the work that had been done for medicare and medicaid targeting primarily seniors. and the reason was that this is hard. the health care system is big. it is very personal. families, i

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

but clearly with under bush and then barack obama, it's gotten bigger. ivo may want to speak to very recent changes. >> a couple of points. first, the idea that congress should legislate presidential staff and the white house. they may or may not be allowed to do it, but it is not a wise thing to do. the president should be able to days gets e some advice from the people that he or she wants to get advice from, and it's not for congress to decide it. that's number one. o, in terms of policy staff, as you've written, the national security council under susan rice has actually, for the first time, really since brent scowcroft, said let's look at what's the right size of this organization. and they've taken a serious look at what the people need, and they cut staff dramatically, particularly on the policy side. it's now under the soon-to-be mandated 200 policy professional staff. they've also tried to figure out how to streamline the process, by which decisions are made and going meetings, which were sort of overtaking the day-to-day responsibilities of pri

. >> 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

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

., jonathan looks at the presidential record of barack obama in his book "audacity." by a senioriewed white house correspondent for cnn. >> i think the future on to the this,ls recognizing embracing it as a model, and defending it going forward. i think obama is the closest thing we have gotten in history to that kind of successful president, and it should be defended from the center to the left. >> radio host michael medved on the role religion has played throughout american history in his latest book, "the american miracle: divine providence in the rise of the republic." booktv.org for the complete schedule. c-span, where history unfolds daily. was created by a public service and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. peter:

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,

. >> 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.

[cheers] [applause] >> ex-president barack obama, the abortion president, did serious harm, but no human rights abuse need be forever. you and i are part of the greatest human rights struggle on earth, and you are -- we are backed by a team of lawmakers. i have been in congress since 1981. they are the most effective, articulate, and compassionate members of congress that we have ever seen, and i want to please give them a round of applause. [cheers] [applause] it is all about teamwork. >> we are very and profoundly grateful that president trump and vice president pence are already a accomplishing amazing things, including reinstatement and expansion of the mexico city policy, which was first put into place by president reagan and 1984. -- in 1984. however, the new trump human rights policy will protect more babies from abortion, so thank you president trump for that leadership. [cheers] [applause] >> growing numbers of americans are indeed shocked to learn that abortion includes dismemberment of a child's body or the literal starvation. i ask the press, please, tell the truth about the

now our great leaders like barack obama -- [cheering] ms. steinem: and michelle obama -- [cheering] ms. steinem: are still with us. and remember how much we feared they might not be and how much threat there was, in fact, on their lives. and they are with us. and now, our honored bernie sanders is still with us. and not only with us, but he is focusing on economic justice and achieving for universal college education in my state of new york. and now, hillary clinton is alive. [cheering] ms. steinem: and definitely not in jail. [cheering] ms. steinem: she who told the whole world about women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights. so crucial when collectively violence against females in the world has produced a world in which for the first time there are fewer females than males. i'm not trying to deny the danger that this day initiates. trump and his handlers have found a fox for every chicken coop in washington and a twitter finger must not become a trigger finger. [cheering] ms. steinem: some very experienced doctors

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

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

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

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 questio

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, other congressional black caucus strength to stand. strength to stand in the face of adversity, on behalf of the four, for those who need affordable health care, for those who need criminal justice reform, for those who need access to education and a 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 to understand that the universe silencing of humanity far supersedes democratic or republican partisanship. let us go forth knowing that we must toil and stride together for a more perfect union for black lives matter. let us go forth knowing that there is a higher, more power working in the universe that roll justice down like a mighty strea

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

. >> 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,

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

i'm barack obama! our you doing? what is your name? how are you doing, what is your name? what is your name? do you want me to swing you? ok. ,. -- come on. here you go. tell me when you are ready. there you go. you want me to push you? higher? brings back memories. don't worry, she has got this. [indiscernible] >> earlier we spoke with reporter about his legacy and influence on race relations in particular. from washington journal this is 30 minutes. >> with the associated press, and ethnicity reporter and the author of the invisible. the

obama. the phone numbers are a little bit different in this segment. if you get your insurance through the affordable care act, the phone number for you is (202) 748-8000. all other viewers, the number for you is (202) 748-8001. we are talking with james capretta and topher spiro and we will do it for the next 50 minutes. you mentioned polling on the affordable care act and i want to show the latest poll that came out from nbc news. the poll is showing that as republicans are getting closer , thepeal it, obamacare affordable care act has never been more popular. the poll is showing that about ,alf of americans, about 45% say it's a good idea that the health care law is a good idea. than thatess th with 40% saying it's a bad idea. you can see how the numbers have changed over the years. i want you to interpret that polling. why do you think those numbers are changing right now? guest: i think part of it is simply the fact is obama leaving office and trump coming in. it is no longer perhaps ob

president barack obama and his family boarded air force one for their last trip yesterday. he traveled to chicago for his farewell address. this is one hour 20 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] pres. obama: hello, chicago. it is good to be home. thank you, everybody. thank you. pres. obama: thank you so much. thank you. [cheers] pres. obama: i got it. [applause] [cheers] pres. obama: you can tell -- you can tell -- you -- you can tell that -- you can tell that i am a lame duck because nobody is following instructions. [laughter] pres. obama: everybody have a seat. [cheers] pres. obama: my fellow americans -- [cheers] pres. obama: michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that we have received over the past few weeks, but tonight it's my turn 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 schools, at farms, on factory floors and diners, and on distant military outposts -- those conversa

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

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

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

obama. a framework conversation today. to get it started, i would like viceing to the stage president of public affairs. please give a round of applause. [applause] >> hello. how is everyone feeling tonight? this is fantastic. look at this turnout. i know we are reaching hundreds of thousands of people in our livestream tonight and afterwards as well. that is really exciting. thank you all for being here this evening. we are a proud partner, because as a digital media company that strives to give voice to the 200%, those who are 100% latino, you 100% know how important it is to provide access to conversations that affect communities of color. we provide content from a aquino point of view that resonates across -- latino point of view. at a time when multicultural youth are on their way to becoming the majority in this makery, conversations these, when we are on our way to becoming the majority, conversations like these and access to them are more important than ever. in that spirit, we are a

they love reminding us that they got seven barack obama nominees got confirmed on inauguration day in 2009. obviously, getting a lot of hearings in place is part of that strategy for republicans. now democrats are urging a slowdown of the process, but republicans are not listening to the democrats because this is is how they believe donald trump once these people in place -- wants these people in place, and this is really for the coming week to get as much of that done as possible. stephanie: what has been the senate democrats' response? did they have any power in terms of the scheduling or what they can do? seung min kim: they really don't have any power. depending on committees, the chairman and ranking member have a good relationship with one another, the chairman would generally like sign off a blessing of the democratic ranking member, but they don't actually need their permission to schedule a hearing. so you have chuck grassley going ahead with jeff sessions starting january 10. you have bob corker foreign relations committee going forward with rex tillerson for secretary of st

caller: i think it would be more -- even when barack obama an individual that he wanted to put on the court and the republicans just decided not to give the person with the ability to serve. aboutk that's horrible individual didn't get the ability. than anyre mainstream of the other individuals they want to put on the court. isn't it about what people want? or is it about what mr. trump and the republicans want? about president obama's unsuccessful effort to get a hearing on judge merrick garland. donald trump will put up his nominee for that open seat that was occupied by the late justice antonin scalia. we are asking our viewers on what they are looking for in a nominee. rick says for the court we need a brilliant mind and judicial scholar who is fair-minded. edwin writes i'm looking for someone who will enforce the constitution and not follow the party line. in massachusetts. independent. good morning. caller: yes. that since the democrats were denied their opportunity to put forth their nominee i think they should do the same to the republicans. and keep the court open. fair is fa

there would not have been a movement that has continued into the election of president barack obama and has reformed in some areas, had we not had a microphone, whether it was gina, trayvon martin, barack obama for president, police reform in 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 those 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 unadulterated and unmolested. the queen of communication. the mogul media businesswoman, our voice, our godmother, still fine 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. can we please give our great creator a round of applause. [applause] ms. h