barack obama. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] neil: all right. barack obama addressing many in this crowd, by the way, we're told are some of the same ones who were with him about eight years ago, some ten years ago when he first announced he was interested in running for the presidency of the united states. of course, his wife and daughters are there, the vice president, joe biden, his wife there. they chose this venue because he wanted to get outside of washington and make a statement about the small town guy who made it big even though chicago's hardly a small town. in the case of barack obama, it launched a career that changed american history. many critics will say they don't like the kind of changes, but he was a consequential figure and will go down as such. we'll watch barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> it's good to be home! [cheers and applause] thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] thank you! thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you! thank you so much. than

but no one has done with barack obama plans to do tonight. chicago, mccormick place, thousands crammed in to say good-bye to their hero. they greeted him in 2008 to hear him say i want to be president of the united states. now it is barack obama's chance to say good-bye and to put a final signature on his 8 years in office. we are told he's going to focus more on the future than dwell on the past. but he won't pass up an opportunity to say how far he we have come as a country. jeff flock in mccormick place on what we can expect from this estimated 30-minute address. >> erupting in applause as the bidens enter. this place is packed. if you said 20,000, everything from the journalists that covere >> reporter: the cabinet secretaries, elected officials. this place is just packed to the rafters with people who would suggest that these past eight years have been an unqualified success. a reduction in unemployment, fewer troops on foreign soil engaged in conflict, a higher graduation rate among high schoolers. they see this as a great success, and

but no one has done with barack obama plans to do tonight. chicago, mccormick place, thousands crammed in to say good-bye to their hero. they greeted him in 2008 to hear him say i want to be president of the united states. now it is barack obama's chance to say good-bye and to put a final signature on his 8 years in office. we are told he's going to focus more on the future than dwell on the past. but he won't pass up an opportunity to say how far he we have come as a country. jeff flock in mccormick place on what we can expect from this estimated 30-minute address. >> erupting in applause as the bidens enter. this place is packed. if you said 20,000, everything from the journalists that covere >> reporter: the cabinet secretaries, elected officials. this place is just packed to the rafters with people who would suggest that these past eight years have been an unqualified success. a reduction in unemployment, fewer troops on foreign soil engaged in conflict, a higher graduation rate among high schoolers. they see this as a great success, and

that is almost as barack obama's first and second inaugurations together. the read on all of that with adam shapiro in washington, d.c. adam, what are you hearing? >> well, the donations and amount of money that have been coming in are setting a record. we'll put this into perspective a little bit. talk about some of the corporate donation,. liz: which have already been announced. for instance, chevron donated to the inauguration committee $500,000. boeing pledgedded up to one million dollars. at&t, it is kind of an in-kind donation, when you walk around washington near the mall and capitol, cell phone towers have been put in place. this will quintuple the amount of cell phone service available on friday as hundreds of thousands of people descend on the nation's capitol for the inauguration. where does this stand, this $90 million that the trump inaugural committee raised so far? where does this stand, compared to other presidential inaugural committees? president obama, both inaugural committees, combined, raised roughly $97 million. gw, george walker bush

whatever you think about barack obama he has some nerve. he already hit the economy with hundreds of billions of dollars of regulatory speed bumps that he's going out with a bang. >> he will be the president in more than a generation. in his lame duck term. he's issuing about five regulations a day. and 31 of those cost the u.s. economy more than a hundred million dollars. the cost of the u.s. economy a hundred million dollars do you think that should be approved by congress who controls the nations pocketbooks. he is trying to put up as many roadblocks as he can for president-elect donald trump. the last fiscal year ended in october. 97,000 pages by far shattering -- shattering the record. he has not been bashful about this. will this be enough. this is one of the keys. people want to see these regulations a race. they have nothing to do with helping the environment. this is where being the recordholder not once but six times during his presidency. it's not a good thing. we are own worst enemy. we have long forgot it what most of them are

joe biden and barack obama chatting. the two had a very productive vice president/president relationship themselves. let's go back. >> inaugural ceremonies, the senate sergeant at arms, frank larkin, the house sergeant at arms, paul irving, the chairman, roy blunt, rules committee ranking member and senate democratic leader charles e. schumer, the speaker of the house of representatives, paul d. ryan. house majority leader kevin mccarthy and house democratic leader nancy pelosi. [applause] neil: all part of the protocol of this day. next is the introduction of donald trump to be announced to the platform. it was at that moment when another president-elect has spoken of this moment when they see the vast crowds before them. john kennedy famously said i have to give a speech after this, don't i? he was up to that moment, most presidents are when that moment comes, buts it is that time -- but it is that time. they've seen and checked out this landscape, this seating position, the entire dais, the structure. but it is one th

barack obama third. president obama ranked higher right after he was elected then placed first ahead of jesus. are any of those people your heroes? [ cheers ] >> some for jesus, but not the politicians, but the list is politicians, george bush is on the list. hillary clinton, fdr, elizabeth warren. why politicians? what is so heroic about what they do? when i look at them i see self-serving panderers who say anything to win. and once elected dole out favors and money to their cronies. but that's not how the hollywood left sees politicians. they see them as inspirational heroes. >> let the american people explode into this new millennium with the exhilaration of being true to the glory of this democracy. thank you. [ applause ] . john: the music swells. this idea that the right politician will lift all of us up, bring us together, save the country is just stupid. and worse, it's dangerous because it encourages people to turn to politicians for answers, and the way politicians do things, the way government

in other words, where's barack obama, where are the others? if this had happened to barack obama in 2008, if 31 republicans said we're going to boycott his election -- >> yeah. charles: -- could you imagine the scandal? >> the outcry would be deafening, charles, and that's part of the problem. you had senator mccain who not only went, he and his wife, his daughter, his mother went to the swearing in, and i think that says a lot about hard feelings. charles: is there one leader within that political party that can push back? >> no, no. some of the leaders tried to go against nancy pelosi, so they've been somewhat neutered, and now you have barack obama who's leaving, he's doing anything and everything he can to, basically, muck it up for the new president. i would hope as he says, you know, we're americans first, we want to have a smooth transition, we're doing everything we can. well, sir, all you've got to do is tell people, hey, listen, knock it off and show up. that's all you need to do. charles: eric, what do you make of that? we're in the

>> it's interesting they have never been in a position after eight years of barack obama were all of their agenda really was aggressively implemented so now they are the point where they are reverting to what they have always done what does talk about amorphous things like let's say climate change we really can't prove but now whether it's obamacare or jobs or the condition of our lives we are in a position because they keep talking as though we don't understand or realize it but now each day we feel the impact come the negative impact of what they have done and this is new for them. we have been kind of quiet for the last eight years. they have enjoyed that. they haven't learned anything and they can't make the adjustment is they have never really been committed to real ideas and real progress so they can't deal with the details of the issues and that's what's harming their ability to deal now with the counterargument with what we are facing in our lives. charles: is one thing gene of this celebrity videos to keep popping up at least the most recent one some people can recognize. th

even barack obama leveled tariffs. we have to do something to level the trading field. we are make other countries rich. >> can you get any better than the lincoln memorial, fan fireworks? charles: i suspect a lot of people who watched that probably feel a lot better right at this very second and maybe 17 hours from now they will feel even better. >> the next 24 hours there are going to be so many images that are going to be hard for people to fathom. donald and melania coming down the steps of the lincoln memorial. donald with his hand on the bible tomorrow. these are images that are the foundation of our civic life in this country and donald trump is at the center of it. charles: donald trump began after the introduction, he thanked the entertainers. he thanked the military talents. then he said there has never been a movement like this. it's moyer and me and he wants to unify the country. i think that's the key. we all acknowledge how divide we are as a nation. i think of all the things we want in the next four years, at least it's one of my great hopes, that we are

saying do something about the barack obama emissions of cafe standards we'll never meet. and we've may want to take over general motors, wink, wink. >> i'm sure donald trump has created jobs in the p.r. departments of many companies. donald trump has to be careful. he's meeting with executives who are not approved for their big merger deals. but we don't know what he's saying behind closed doors. that looks like a major ethical problem for him. if he's promising bayer in return for a couple hundred jobs. >> he's promising less pressure on drug prices if they bring more drug manufacturing here. he's a big negotiator. because the government has gone the so involved in every aspect of this country, he can be the big negotiator. charles: the government has gone the involved from a punitive point of view. i don't know of any administration when it's been something where we tried to have a symbiotic relationship. what's wrong with that? >> nothing. as long as this isn't about promises being made behind closed doors but an offer of i'll be your champion, let's work this out. we

democrats did not come back and do things before barack obama was inaugurated. we are seeing that now, laying the groundwork him to silence bills after he is inaugurated and the agenda they have after his inauguration is frankly enormous. neil: another tweet coming from donald trump, there should be no further releases from gitmo, and the battlefield, all of this happens with president obama promising to empty out gitmo before he leaves office, he is similarly moved to punish the resin and kick out 35 of their diplomats, set up unusual friction between the outgoing administration and the incoming administration the likes of which i have not seen ever. what is going on? >> i am with you. have never seen anything like this, never seen a president-elect openly tangled decisions being made by the sitting president. the unwritten have always been you are not president until you are inaugurated and you will not comment on potential matters until that moment. neil: did president obama, it matters by making such aggressive moves, 180 ° from where the incoming president

barack obama had it in for israel from the beginning. now that he's gone out of office, he is letting him vent. john kerry goes along with what he is fed by the state bureaucracy which leaves in the two-state solution. gaza got withdrawal of israeli settlements a decade ago. it's a haven of warfare and missiles. i'm going to be blunt here, anti-settlement means jew free. we should not tolerate that anywhere in the world. >> well, frankly, bruce, what happened in 2005 when israel pulled out of gaza, they pulled all their settlements out of gaza, what happened? hamas came in and began lobbing missiles right into israel. >> well, this idea that president obama doesn't support israel is ridiculous. he signed a -- there's the funding to defend them as ten years a u.s. tax dollars what is it $38 billion the united states, it wasn't george bush who signed that. it wasn't -- it won't be donald trump. it was barack obama who signed a legislation to protect israel. >> guys, sabrina, i heard you wanting to get in but before i let you go, it's n jt

i mean, to barack obama if you believe in traditional marriage, you're a homophobe. if you believe in men shouldn't go into women's bathrooms and showers, you're a bigot. if you believe that the unborn have a right to life, you must hate women. the good news is thevillety case of conservative christians by the president of the united states is coming to an end to this friday with the inauguration of donald j. trump. lou: you're expecting big things for the reversal of secularization in this country as a result, and is that correct? >> well, i believe that what we're going to see is a lack of demonization of conservative christians by the president. look, i've known donald trump now for two years. i consider him a friend. i'm not under any illusion that he believes like i do on every issue. but at least he respects the views of conservative christians and doesn't demonize them and feel like they have an important place in society, and most of all, he believes they have the right to the free exercise of our religious beliefs. lou: i don't think there's any doubt in man

bush and barack obama and over 200 shows in iraq and afghanistan for the uso. this is singer jennifer holiday. she's a tony-award-winning singer on broadway. she pulled out of a planned performance after serious liberals blasted her for it. she even apologized to her fans, calling it a quote lapse of judgment. so much for liberal tolerance; right? joining me right now fox news radio host todd, always good to see you. we talked a lot about this intolerance on the left. you see many, many examples of it. this seems to be another. what do you think of toby keith, though, going out there and saying you know what? i wi not -- >> yeah. trish: i will not get down in the gutter effectively with any of you. i will not apologize for performing for our country, for our president, for our military. how do you distinguish him from the rest of the group right now? >> well, first of all, toby keith is from oklahoma and sings country music, so you can guarantee he's a patriot. compare that to what's happening on broadway. it's not just jennifer holiday, it's also the rockettes

opec at barack obama and hillary clinton, last week barack obama saying ridiculous things like if he had run in a third term, he would have beaten donald trump in fact, he campaigned for hillary said it was his legacy that was on the line, if he got o hillary clinton saying i won particular vote my wife was a you ballroom dancer counts for "dancing with the stars", it does not count for the presidency of the united states, so we will give her mirabal trophy they can't get over it pointing to russian stipulate the hack by the russians when others have said there itself no proof would have changed election donald trump sure poking back at sore losers. >> it was entertaining, what is not entertaining to the media is that he hasn't held a news conference since july. keeps promising to hold one, but he hasn't done it, promised other things he hasn't done it he promised to hold a news briefing about avoiding conflicts of interest with businesses then, of course, canceled it, why not face the media for something longer than just you know two or three minutes sound bytes? >> well, let's face

i want to give trump credit but i would like to hearsay nice things about barack obama. dagen: the market really took off after election day in anticipation trump is going to do and is doing in a week. >> first of like, i would like to say usa today doesn't sound like that verbally? [laughter] >> i want to say, look, the stock market is a good indication of the economic policies proposed or the president and probably the pretty good one but you have to say the markets think they are going to work and you also have to say that the obama policies were pretty good which was one of the best returns for a president. that all said, as far as who is getting more optimistic for average consumers, every person who was negative in the last eight years, there's a lot of them, they voted one way, there's a million of other people who were positive and now negative during the streets protest. that's a wash, zero sum gain. investors and business owners were worried that when rates were up, there was not going to be anything to pick up the slack, they are comfortable with rates going u

back in 2009, barack obama through the democrats proposed an 800 billion-dollar stimulus plan, he said it would take over the past couple of years it would take unemployment down, certain levels. targets were never reached. >> unemployment levels did come down dramatically. >> i don't think you can correlate the two. we had zero percent interest rates. >> one of the two things did happen. neil: he's pointing about what you're not pointing out and you're pointing what he's not pointing out. [laughter] charles: this week president trump talked about the environmental studies, the regulations, things that -- no, no, to take -- >> that's not infrastructure. >> charles: to make it effective let's cut out the two-year environmental study that cost $10 million. ken cep let's go past -- neil: all right, we are going come back and make a larger point here. i'm promising you, remember ronnie and maggie, i want you to get ready for the sequel, donald and theresa this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually the

charles schumer, nancy pelosi or barack obama? >> well, i think the fight to watch right now is what's going to happen at the dnc where you have two different segments of e party basicay trying to take control. you have, obviously, congressman ellison, who is being supported by the progressives like bernie sanders, and then on the other side, you have, obviously, tom perez, who is the labor secretary under barack obama, who is also running for office. this is going to be a struggle of who is going to take control of the democratic agenda and according to nancy pelosi, she doesn't want-- she doesn't think they need to go in a different direction. they think they have a messaging problem. this is not a messaging problem, this is a policy problem for the democrats. stuart: yes, yes, how far left are they going to go, way out there. >> exactly. and obviously, that was clearly stated by these voters in november that they want america to go in a different direction. they were very concerned, many americans were concerned with the countr

donald trump unlike barack obama who would take one question in 10 minutes to run out the clock. this is a man who took if the questions seriously and went forward with them. stop looking at president as if he's the enemy and start focusing on the american people. >> i don't know if that's going to change. but i believe there is a certain level of disrespect. he's still president-elect trump if you want to be technical by the. but it felt like there was an element of disrespect for the office in that press conference today. >> we interviewed sean spicer the incoming press secretary and that's what he said. the media is not showing any respect to trump. the way he handles press conferences, he has gone the better dealing with the press. i'm a huge fan of the first amendment, don't think it should be curbed. but if they are going to change how they deal with the press and the daily briefing, that's up to them, they can do that. mike mccurry suggested the televised briefings should go away. he's the boss. obviously if he makes a controversial decision he will take some plaque. but o

barack obama is here to play ball with you. you talk about the ability to win war we have not won a war in a long time. we have the military to win the majority of them. >> the only real deterrence is having a military that is combat ready that's able to contend with all of our adversaries and as a pointed out today we have real serious threat right now. it's russia, it's china. it's north korea. it is terrorism. those first three or four are all threats to this country. i will point something out. you wait to see how bad it gets economically if one nuclear weapon is cracked off anywhere in the world.n is exted when my aunt anybody's thoughts under the obama administration which came to office saying they were going to choke that off the table. it's worse today than it was before. we've have a series of deals with them to reduce them. i want them to take a listen. they have great expectations because of a stubborn fact that we must finally recognize although they did not call him a war criminal they all seem to be a little bit

charles: joe, we know, barack obama has no problem taking victory laps. i think that part tonight's farewell speech is a given. i think people are curious to what role he thinks sh he should say, people saying we want you to be the democratic version of donald trump. >> he will have a hard time keeping out of the spotlight, i am thinking about it, he will fry to define his own legacy tonight. and i know that is hard to say, but i believe that barack obama's legacy, he has weakened america. and i am not trying to be provocative. but, i think that was his plan all along. i don't think he has ever believed in american exceptionalism, he never wanted america to be strong. he certainly does not believe in freedom i in and the principles this country was founded upon, he has weakened this country, that is his legacy. charles: you know, rich, i say something similar, i don't think in barack obama's mind he is a failure, his goal was never 3% gdp growth, never goals we associate with white house, he fought the wars of yesteryear, in his mind, i think he made a de

barack obama. after this. (bell chimes) ♪ nice work brother dominic. now we just need 500 more... translated into 35 languages, personalized oh and shared across the 7 continents. (other languages spoken) look abbot, i got it. it's a miracle. ♪ neil: all right. new details on the fort lauderdale suspect, esteban santiago, the 26-year-old male allegedly behind the fort lauderdale airport attacks. he faces three charges. two carry a maximum penalty of death. bond hairing, january 17th. arraignment formally, january 23rd. video coming today showed him calmly, cooley shooting down people from a gun he had kept in his luggage, opened it up in the men's room, came out and just started shooting. formal arraignment, later this month. >>> confirmation hearings will begin earnest this week or earnest this week for donald trump and his cabinet. by the time the week is out, we could be looking at nine positions being voted on and filled. that might be optimistic but "real clear politics" reporter caitlyn huey burns, that this speedy process is not unprecedented.

president barack obama says throughout the nation tries to defend his legacy while donald trump gets ready to "meet the press" this morning. good morning. i am lauren simonetti. >> good morning. i'm cheryl casone and four nicole petallides this morning. exxonmobil chief and secretary of state nominee rex tillerson to face tough questions on his ties to russia and iran. lauren: investors will be watching donald trump's news conference for more details about his economic agenda. he has stock futures are trading peak averages of up 25 points, nasdaq reaches up six and we could have a fit record in a row for the nasdaq. train to the records on wall street that the stocks recovered recent losses. the cost be rising as samsung hit a record high. and china's shanghai composite ending the session down fractionally nearly 1%. lauren: oil prices last 2%. right now they are putting a percent. cheryl: the 10 year treasury yield holding steady below. lauren: volkswagen cutting $4.3 billion settlement with u.s. regulators over its emission scandal. the company could plead guilty to criminal miscon

that was supposed to be his breakout moment, like when ted kennedy gave barack obama the chance to speak at the convention. i'm going to be the future, i'm going to be the future of the democratic party, ingenuity, or anything at this point. he pulled a chuck schumer. he is looking down and sort of reading and trying to create this supercharged energy and passion. very dramatic. nevertheless, not a passing grade. i'm so sorry, lou. >> lou: and booker, bend the arc. it sounded like bend the law a little bit. >> a little bit like the go-ahead and try and politicize it like we saw with the department of justice and everything else. i don't think so. >> lou: of the democrats are putting on more lucid moments on television in these hearings than i ever imagined possible. the sooner they can get out of the way of this confirmation process, the better for the democratic party. great to see you kimberly. >> i concur. >> lou: i appreciate that. we are in concurrence. kimberly guilfoyle, thank you so much. >> general james mad dog mattis breezing through the process. >> we have to stay focused on

whereas barack obama blamed george w. bush for every problem. >> reaction. >> i think both points are right, look, we got we got former president also have sally yates i referred to two hot dogs you showed both of them in the footage you had. yates was acting attorney general, her own office of legal council had reviewed the order, and commented on it signed off on it. so if she disagreed with that, she should have resigned hers for her to direct the department of justice not to defend the order first of all, she was being a hot dog second of all, her office of legal council short think tank. >> i justice department one political apointe he is not there yet all career people signed off on this have some swth the other who hot dog cory booker wearing his little cap talking about how people are attacking muslim americans, please tell me, please, mr. booker senator booker give me the name of the person who is attacking the muslin-american give me name of the muslin-american citizen who itself being attacked by the individual

eric: julie, back to you, the trillion dollars or 866 billion dollars that barack obama got to spend shall the stimulus program that he spent. how did the unions react to that spending? >> well, the unions were for it because it did put people back to work. eric: they were for it prior to it. in the aftermath, were they happy the way it turned out? >> i think it probably should have been more and it wasn't enough. again, these union leaders went to the white house and said they had an incredible and magnificent meeting with the president of the united states because they're under the impression he's going to put a lot of money behind his words. if he does they'll continue to praise him. if he doesn't, the state union leaders are going to say that donald trump misled us, that he led us to believe he was going to put millions upon trillions, at least billions of dollars behind a public works project that our members could work on and he couldn't do it. and the problem is not what donald trump wants, the problem is with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. eric: there's one more big project y

i think there was not a love between barack obama and hillary clinton. i think maybe they thought they didn't have to do it. and that the investigation would run it course. donald trump doesn't seep that into going down this road. and i think he did a hat tip to hillary clinton and former president clinton at that lunch after the swearing in on friday. i'll be interested to see if anything goes forward. you can't stop investigations that are going down the road. but they cannot come to fruition. kennedy: we'll see what happens. it was an interesting day seeing everyone there at the swearing in ceremony. everyone partaking in all the event. bret baier, thank you for stopping by. let me introduce my unsinkable party panel. kristen haglund. jamie swin weinstein is here. hey, hey, no fascism in the usa. donald trump made a promise that will affect just about every single one of us. >> we are going to be cutting taxes massively for both the middle class, and for companies. and that's massively. we are trying to get it down to anywhere from 15% to 20%. it's no

let's not forget you will donald trump spent year after year declaring that president barack obama was an illegitimate president. so the outrage that comes from republicans is, is to be honest a bit laughable. david: surprise, surprise. there is hypocrisy all around. jamie, quirk, last word, do you think that this is going to be the state of course of for the next, two, if not four years? >> yeah, just hearing what the standard being laid down here, i was no fan of donald trump during the election, are they going to boycott state of the union speeches because of what donald trump did several years ago? are they going to boycott everything else? you can't just boycott all state functions because -- david: we have breaking news. you will be back with uslater in the hour, go ahead. melissa: president bushobama issuing last-minute pardons, fox business's peter barnes in d.c. with the latest on this. what have we learned, peter? reporter: 200 pardons, commutations of prison sentences including prison sense of private chelsea manning, the army intelligence officer who was convicted several y

barack obama, the outgoing president of the united states, working with democratic leaders to try to preserve and do everything he can to save his signature legislative achievement, the affordable care act, what has become known as obamacare and republicans led by, by president-elect mike pence doing everything they can working with republicans to torpedo the thing. this just about, a little more than two weeks ahead of the inauguration. awkward. but this guy never is. doug wead, presidential historian, extraordinaire. doug, it is wild. you have two, an outgoing president and incoming one at loggerheads over everything from russian policy, kicking diplomats out on one part, another guy thinks it is bad idea. ignoring north koreans. making a big deal of north koreans. the health care thing, i don't think i've ever seen anything like it. >> tell you, neil, it is common in history, if you go back far enough. in fact we amended the constitution of the united states, and you know how cumbersome that process is, because these transitions were so problematic. we changed it from four months

barack obama went that fast, and you don't want. trish: yeah, you have to get up and running; right? go ahead, leslie. >> ford, i remember clearly -- i'm old enough to remember as they say on twitter; right? i'm old enough to remember when our senate majority leader said that he was going to work to make president obama a one-term president. that he was going to block everything that he did. >> but he didn't block the cabinet. >> wait. and the hypocrisy. but he blocked the supreme court member. i mean, seriously. i mean -- >> he blocked a supreme court member in an election year? wait a minute he blocked a supreme court member in a election year which basically has not occurred since 1968. >> he wouldn't have heargs, he wouldn't have meetings, he wouldn't have a vote. >> here's the bottom line. this iall about putting a dog and pony show and gumming up the works when trump wants to make america better and the democrats can't understand it. trish: unfortunately, it all gets reduced to politics at some point or another. both sides are

there is president barack obama holding his last press conference in office. responding to questions about the commuting of chelsea manning's sentence. former army intelligence analyst serving 35 years for leaking government secrets to wikileaks. it created backlash from both sides of the aisle. >> i feel very comfortable that justice has been served and that a message has still been sent. david: this is donald trump's cabinet nominees getting grilled by democrats on capitol hill. we have tom price, scott pruitt, wilbur ross, nikki haley all on the hot seat today, making their case for their confirmmation. how did they fair? we'll have team coverage taking us through all the details on the big events. melissa: but first, let's check how stocks ended the day. the dow sinking into the close. united health, exxon, verizon and the biggest drags. phil flynn, watching action in oil and gold from the cme. lori rothman from the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, oil losing big. >> this darkening shadow over retail sectors. we heard from some retailers about d

neil: that shot of you pointing your finger at president barack obama. you didn't have a scared bone in your body. tweeting out trump's last day in office and real donald trump securing our borders tomorrow. a lot of people aren't familiar. that is rare for someone, most people are in awe of the president. republican or democrat, what went on there? >> i went there very respectfully to meet him. he was coming into town. and i went there respectfully. i wrote him a note. we got into the situation of securing my border. and he just doesn't think that it was necessary, and he talked to me like i was a child, like i didn't know what i was talking about. and by god, it was his job, it was his job. neil: you're pointing back to him at that picture, sue, so show that again. what were you saying to him at that point and was it reairable? >> i don't know exactly what i was say, i this know exactly what you were saying. >> he was not disgracious to me. he wasn't gracious at all to me. he was not listening to us. he has a job to do as president of the united states

lou: this never happened with barack obama, it did not happen with any other president that i can recall. i would think we would agree on this. there seems to be amongst elite whether in academia or politics or intelligence, a sort of a self-permission to treat donald trump in way they have never treated any president-elect before in history, it is his position against the establishment, the elites, if you will, the comfortable order of things in washington. the swath that makes him so dangerous they fear him so much they descend to these depth. what do you think? well, yes. i don't dispute it, but it is unfortunate, there are so many people. >> these intelligence agents that serve this nation so well. i am familiar with some of them, and i am encouraged by the way, with appointments that the president-elect is making, and certainly the performance that congressmen pompeo turned in to as nominee are in central intelligence agency, and i am incurraged by senator dan coats takeover clappers position, that leadership will move in a different direction, i am hoping that these agents are cons

this is not about donald trump or barack obama but it should be abouts country. from some speeches we heard today, it is clear all participates, democrat and republicans, are trying to set the stage for what they hope will be a fro from duckive -- productive next 4 years with donald trump. one out of three democrat in congress will not becoming tomorrow with said, this is a very exciting day, a tremendous amount of buse bustle that conts here. liz: trump's family, and his adult children are there, i think his grandchildren were at the laying of the wreath at arlington at the tomb of the unknown. are the grandchildren here tonight? reporter: i believe they are. we have seen mr. trump's kids. eric and donald jr., their kids were there. not add lincoln memorial for tonight's celebration. and welcoming party but we do understand that the kids will be involved throughout all this. liz: thank you carl cameron, terrific job thank you. >> thank you. liz: with more on what to expect tomorrow, trump's great america chair eric beech is joining me now, here is what is going