ladies and gentlemen -- [applause] >> the president of the united states, president barack obama. [applause] president obama: thank you so much. thank you. thank you. please, be seated. good afternoon. it's easier when you're talking about somebody else. in moments like this, i think of all the times that i have stood before our men and women in commissioning our newest officers, presiding over promotions, presenting the commander in chief's trophy to the best football team in the military, i will let you argue over that one. i have never taken sides. carter, i could not be more grateful for your gracious words, but more importantly, for your outstanding leadership. across, as you noted, more than three decades, and nearly all of my presidency. you have always given me your best strategic counsel, you have made sure we were investing in innovation for the long-term, and a strong force for the future. is one ofcist, ash the few people who understand how our defense systems work, and i know that our troops and their families are immensely grateful for the compassion you and stephani

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

honoring barack obama, the 44th president of the united states. arrival ofd for the the official party. taking their positions are ashton carter, secretary of defense. ed by the joints chief of staff, joint general dunford. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ♪ >>> the troops representing america's armed forces and participating untoday's revue from left to right are the united states army old guard fife and drum corps. the army's third united states infantry regiment, the old guard, the united states marine honor guard if marine barracks eighth and i, washington, d.c., the colors have always been one of the most important elements of a military unit. at the center of our formation is an armed forces colored guard bearing the national colors and the service flags of the army, marine corps, navy, air force and coast guard. the following is an element from the united states navy honor guard from navy yard washing

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

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

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

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

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

host: okay, that is the last morning.take this again, series of programs taking a look at barack obama's eight up to n office leading inauguration day. c-span is the place to watch and 20, live ting january coverage start at 7:00 in thew'. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on this martin luther king day, a live picture from his memorial here in washington. it is a federal holiday. many tourists visit the area. we will take a moment and look at the scene. [chanting] >> this is what king said. ends when wens and stop fighting about the things that matter. dr. king said -- our life begins and ends when we stop fighting about the things that matter. would you kindly give us a word of prayer? begin -- our lives begins and ends when we stop fighting about the things that matter. >> almighty god, we are thankful for today as we celebrate and commemorate the life of the .everend dr. martin luther king the stones are a reminder that

. >> barack obama held his last news conference as president yesterday. that's next on c-span. on this morning's "washington journal" we'll look at the presidential transition process d president obama's economic legacy. "washington journal" is live each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> our bus traveled to communities across the country. recently our bus stopped in virginia visiting students at hampton high school. here's a video students made about our visit. >> it's pretty hard to miss the c-span bus outside today. inside, students are receiving an informational session about c-span's mission. c-span's bus goes around our nation speaking to high school students, colleges, universities, and political gatherings. let's take an inside look. >> tables, satellites. >> awesome. >> it was really important. the way they made it was awesome. we reached out to students through email correspondents and also through heir social studies classes. they replied and wrote a one-paragraph statement about what this experience would mean to them. many responded in terms of their career interests

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

today's new york times, the optimism of barack obama. the national review is writing about obama's failed presidency. perspectives on our 44th president as he appears for his final week at the white house. on friday, barack obama will welcome donald trump for a theitional talking marking peaceful transition of power. the inauguration will take place on the u.s. capitol beginning at noon eastern time followed by th

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,

barack obama doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

at first, a look at two 2009 and the inauguration of president barack obama. here is his inaugural address. [chanting obama] president obama: thank you. my fellow citizens, i stand here today humbled by the task before us. grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the

. >> president barack obama and his family boarded air force one for their last trip yesterday. you travel to chicago for his farewell address. this is one hour, 20 minutes. ♪

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

obama that just recently came out. we're so thrilled and thankful that you're here. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. thank you so much. appreciate it. thank you. all right. this is exciting. thank you, amy. good evening, everyone. good evening. joy: that is a d.c. good evening. it is so polite. i want to thank george washington university for hosting this evening. it is very important and democrat in color for the invitation to be here. my friends jessica bird and jamal stevens and steve phillips. this is an important debate. this is the central debate that the democratic party has to deal with going forward so i'm glad that you are all here. without further ado, let me introduce those candidates for dnc chair who are here with us tonight that are going to debate. let's start with congressman keith ellison of minnesota. [applause] joy: there he is. all right. let's bring on mayor pete --. and i got it right? i said i would say it quickly so i didn't get it wrong. raymond buckley. let's bring on jami

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

[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

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 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

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

obama, 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

barack obama. in that vote, the affordable care act one and the republicans talk about repealing obamacare and the president-elect talked about defeating obamacare. the majority of americans by almost 3 million more votes than who voted for trump voted for the candidate who said she was going to keep and improve the affordable care act. from that standpoint, i think democrats can be confident we are representing the majority view as expressed in the 2012 election and the 2016 election for president. that does not mean i'm questioning trump's election, just as al gore experienced, the electoral college controls who is elected president. but the american people by a significant majority voted for the candidate who is going to continue the affordable care act. reporter: i would follow up by asking if you reject the idea that republicans have a mandate to repeal the affordable care act? mr. hoyer: absolutely. they don't have any mandate to just repeal it as paul ryan said yesterday and president-elect

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

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,

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

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

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

please join me in welcoming president barack obama. [applause] >> good morning. thank you for the reporting you haven't done on the support issue. >> we will get started. expectation an shared among many of your staff that as the affordable care act rolled out, as it benefited millions of people, that it would become more popular. it would be safe from repeal or even substantial reform. it appears at this point he doesn't seem to be true. what do you think that they got wrong? why did to become a popular? up and sayt's back from the start that there is a reason why, for 100 years, no president could get expansion fo health care coverage beyond the work that had been done for medicare and medicaid, targeting primarily seniors. that this isn was hard. big,ealth care system is it is very personal. think, recognize the need for health insurance, but it's not something that they think about except when things go wrong, when you have an accident or you are sick. particularly out of time when families are feeling stressed economically, and the added costs, higher premiu

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