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

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

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

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

this is the lowest number in decades, especially compared to former president barack obama. rex timer on's nomination for secretary of state was pushed through by the foreign relations committee and will go to the full senate for a vote. katie, it's so interesting that the media had its fascination with donald trump and how quickly he would put his cabinet together. he made the selections very quickly. all the food drags was going on. >> i mean of course that's democrats, that's dragging out the process as long as they possibly can. they don't have the votes to stop anything. now they are going to drag things out as long as they can. and they will say see how many cabinet members he has, look how divisive he's being. he's selecting people for his cabinet secretaries that are pulling people apart. we are just doing our jobs by pointing out and dragging out this process. chles: doesn'tt iseem like a dumb political move? >> absolutely. >> i don't get it. over the weekend you had mcconnell and graham saying we are going -- we are okay with rex tillerson. today marco rubio follow

and when members of barack obama's' own administration -- and i mentioned it before, cia, fbi, homeland security, they all said these people can't be vetted. so i asked over and over again why on earth are we bringing thousands of refugees from syria into this country knowing that isis wants to seed the population? to me, it seems like a common sense move, doesn't seem like it should be all that controversial, and yet you have the left at a fevered pitch of hysteria right now is that just because it's trump? all politics? >> i think that's exactly what it is. i mean, i think some of these people have simply lost their minds. i was talking to people about this last night and saying, look, are you going to argue to a machinist in michigan or a farmer in ohio that you want to have open borders with syria or with iran or with yemen? was that's, essentially, what you're saying. at the end of the day, you can protest and that's a great american way and i encourage if you want to, god bless you, go do that, but you've got to change voters' minds. i just don't think this is going to -- most of

idea of barack obama and hillary clinton will not get so much better. that make my kids won't have a better life for me. he exposed the left's idea they're tolerant of all races and all religions that the right is intolerant and reality, especially when you saw wiki emails, no, they're not tolerant of people who have other points of view. it is their view or, you are racist, if you don't agree with them. >> absolutely. melissa: you are the ones that have these prejudices, how did he flip the script like that? >> absolutely. i had the pleasure traveling around the country, mostly the big swing state of pennsylvania with ivanka trump, she was big part of it. we got to meet average every day working americans. why they were voting for donald trump were not grounded in racism at all. hey, i can't afford health care for all the employees that work part of the year or 20 hours a week. heregulation. i have to close my business. they want it to be hard-working americans making their own living. the way democrats bogged our system down with regulation and obamac

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

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 did not create a better america. liz: it was also in the meaning a number of democrats in the meeting. and what's striking here, angela is that earlier in the day, donald trump met with factory union leaders. and this is a democrat. these are historically the guys and the women who back democrats. what is going on here? >> i really think that this president will be historical. i think he's going to have a great legacy, and he is going to right the wrong. he is doing it in a little unique way, and they are standing there, and i would suggest tone it down, pull it back, and do the job that we elected you to do. we're making everything about nothing and a lot about nothing when a message is not out how bithe crowds are, it's not about who thinks he's not legitimate when john lewis testified before the senate. it doesn't matter. you're president. you're in the white house. work. . liz: okay. angela and danielle, thank you so much for your time. president trump used his first executive order friday to one of them -- one o

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

look at barack obama's campaign. stanford university, harvard university, ucla, obvious that higher education is a big source of money and foot soldiers who are likely to lean left at that phase in life, so it makes perfect sense. the question is who is left holding the bag. student debt up to 76% since 76 percent since 2,009. when i was writing the book it was just a trillion. students are stuck with that that they cannot pay default or nearly and defaults. >> a lot of problems with students just not earning that much. figures were recently released. $25,000 per year. almost half of college graduates are not making more than that. john: college should be free. it works in europe, but it is hard to get into college. maybe that is not a bad strategy for the united states to follow, but it is not what bernie sanders is suggesting. john: a bubble that is about to pop. when i started writing about the higher education bubble and people thought it was crazy but now you have from the la times a new york times, they will be

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

eight years ago the senate confirmed seven cabinet level nominees that day in which barack obama was inaugurated. george w. bush and some of his cabinet picks confirmed on his inauguration day and also when bill clinton was sworn into office every single member of his cabinet but one was confirmed why the senate within two days. we are in a different place. joining me to discuss democratic obstructionism, the road ahead by the republican party that controls both the senate and the house will be talking about how they will implement the trump agenda. the chairman of the freedom congress congressman mark meadows and congressman it's great at you with us. this looks like a very serious impasse in which we find ourselves. schumer looks like he is running a foreign power, not the democratic conference in the senate. >> well it's taking away from the real substance of the nominees which are outstanding. you mentioned dr. tom price and i can tell you there is not a finer man that understands health care better than really anyone on capitol hill. not only be position by policymakers so it's

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

byron complete your puppet i apologize. >> seven barack obama got on this first day. i do think it was a significant day as far as tillerson nomination is concerned. as you noted a razor thin margin. if just one republican had gone the other way it would have gotten negative recommendations from the committee and mitch mcconnell could have used parliament terry devices to get it out of the committee and to the floor. but he didn't have to so now we have marco rubio coming out saying people support this. earlier we had john mccain and lindsey graham say they would vote for tillerson. lou: baird venture was byron why would they even start with the business of we don't like this idea. what was the mccain said, he supported barely. this is an odd that if content first theater on the part of the graham mccain do well. >> probably a shot across the bow. they clearly have concerns about donald trump and russia. they are very very hard line on that. they want to make sure he doesn't essentially cross them. i think they ought her question was what was going on with rubio. he q

obama was. donald trump is the opposite. donald trump won't take no for an answer. maybe it's their backgrounds, a community organizer and u.s. senator. and one has buildings, and builder in new york city and creator of wealth. and the latter believes anything could be negotiated and carrier in indiana, they're returning, something that president obama said would never happen liz: and the president. let's get back to the keystone pipeline. when you look at the actual numbers, president obama had basically, are we going to take the access on the keystone pipeline? let's take it and get your reaction. >> if we're going to build pipelines in the united states, the pipes should be made in the united states. much pipeline is bought from other countries. we build the pipelines and want to build the pipe, put a lot of steel workers back to work. >> that's 4% growth, promised that. >> how could you disagree with that? that's so rational, simple and basic. we build the pipeline, we want to build the pipe

obama they did not. liz: we have a growing trend on narrative, coming up several media outlets running with stories about how mexicans are losing jobs to president-elect trump's america. the ap, "new york times," and washington post, miami herald, mexican auto plant owners and workers reacts to ford's decision to cancel its car plant in mexico, saying, it hit us like a bucket of cold water, younger generation would be hurst most. they were already dreaming of going there to ford, now there is nothing. does u.s. need to worry about cutting jobs in mexico. >> that is one thing mainstream media and democrats have to find a victim then promote that victim, you know what, there is no victim. henry ford was an american, ford of the created here, here just showing loyalty back to the country. which is about damn time we got it, i am happy about it. donald trump is president of america, not mexico, let mexico worry about their citizens thrair. they are on the right track, i am glad to donald trump is stepping up

obama. liz: vice president joe biden was quick to order the proest on tere -- test ors out, your reaction? >> that is his job. he should be i think that the democrats that are pushing this issue, these this size their red meat, their opportunity to align themselves, make themselves more likeable with the base, you will see many democrats, whether they believe it or not, i believe some don't believe it would like to see what donald trump does, they will be really hitting him hard, it is -- we're just seeing the beginnings, this is going to be issue. almost anything he does, i think they need to give him a chance. >> good for you. liz: remember when president obama and hillary clinton said that would accept the results of the election, why is this going on right now? >> well funny part is that everyone was willing to accept results of the election when they thought hillary clinton of going to win. and to the other gentleman's point is not only biden's responsible but all of the democrats fight

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

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. >> certainly for an hour would have been far more excuse yaight than barack obama for an hour. but a lot of it was kinds of hear's how you will live in the trump america. we have to guard against the hatred. but he did try to say maybe the working class white guy who is a conservative living in pennsylvania, maybe you should try to have some sympathy for him. obama was actually trying to walk it back and say there might be some good trump voters. kennedy: if you want to win the presidency again you better learn to talk to the disenfranchise candidate no matter where they are from or what they look like. great summation of the speech. coming up, is jeff sessions a constitutional conservative or looking to limit our liberty. intelligence officials say the russians hacked the democrat's server. is there more to come? c'mon in, pop pop! happy birthday! i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one. and i'm taking brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin. no more than one hundred milligrams

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

>> well, the answer is you overlooked the fact that the economy was tanking when barack obama -- look how good it is now. we have 90 straight months of private sector job growth. we are -- and you cannot condition this, the envy of the industrialed world. yes, is the growth number what we want? it's not. is the stock market triple? it is. is unemployment half? yes. are deficits down by two-thirds? they are. are in the accident final up? yes, they are. melissa: no, actually, kiersten, median income is lower and the gap between rich and poor has gotten worse and apparently, richard was not alive during the '70s. >> oh, i was, regrettably. melissa: i was alive during the '70s as well, so he doesn't realize what reagan did in the face of what happened in the '70s. and frankly that's what so many people expected. it's called the v-shape recovery when you bounce back off a terrible recession, and you have this phenomenal recovery and reagan didn't get enough credit for it because he got the bounce off the horror, which here president obama wasn't able to do. why? >> obviously, he came in to

not one republican, that i know of protested barack obama's inaugural in 2009. can you imagine if they did what they would be called? the fact is, john you hit it right on the head -- david: it is david. >> americans to celebrate the transfer of power of the united states and peaceful way. it was a fair and free election. for these representatives to put a stain on that is really a stain on their record but everybody they represent. david: final word from christie, christie doesn't that deserve to be celebrated we have peaceful transition of power in this country. martin luther king iii, the son of martin luther king, jr., is celebrating that. isn't that where we want to go this week? into no. not if you think that this president was quote, elected with the help after foreign government that is not our friend. no, we don't celebrate that. >> nobody said the result, nobody in intel said the results of the election would have changed as a result of what the russians did. thankthank you, brad and christ, appreciate it. >> fascinating. president-elect trump sharing

i mean, as a group, they were very well represented by barack obama. i mean, he very much catered to them. he was their president. hillary clinton too. loved them. promoted them. did what they wanted. the average american worker, not so well served by hillary clinton or president obama. so they feel like, you know, that they like a different team. the hollywood thing is not surprising. >> oh, it's definitely not surprising. i mean, the policies that hillary clinton espoused and barack obama espoused are -- melissa: rich people. >> not just rich people. donald trump loves rich peopl p. melissa: he's not helping -- >> yeah. he's really honestly when you look at that and twitter was hilarious saying can everyone hear donald trump shuffling trying to find his phone as meryl streep was talking? you know, when he said she's overrated and things like that, it just shows the thin-skinnedness, and we know donald trump first and foremost wants to be loved and accepted. if -- melissa: i don't think so. >> really? . melissa: no. no. i think he feeds on this. >> bu

obama. democrats are capable of looking at this, i think, cynically from a political perspective. you remember, president obama did not make comprehensive immigration reform a priority in 2009 and 10, when he had overwhelming that majorities in the congress. it was 2012, facing re-election and worried about tepid support in the latino community, he gave the extraordinary executive order he previously lacked power to institute. melissa: what do you think about chuck schumer's tears? he was out there crying this is not the nation we are. you look back the obama administration did some lar almost identical things? he is crying, president donald trump say i give you 5% chance those tears are real. that is pretty harsh. what do you make of chuck schumer? >> look, i'm not going to make a judgment about it. i'm going to sort of assume that they are honestly made but i do need to correct one thing. there is a very good article in foreign policy. president obama did something but it was not as broad

you're quite right to point out this list of seven dangerous ones that barack obama came up with in his administration. and a number of democrats at time agreed. a third of some 90 who looked at these seven as being worrisome, yet of the 180 or so terrorist incidents we've had in this country, secretary, only 11 have involved individuals from these specific seven countries. then people say, you're even catching the wrong people with the wrong net. what do you say? >> a couple ever things. one is you're absolutely right, the sources of terrorism change with time. for example, the 9/11 hijackers, a bunch of saud dills and egyptians in that cohort. neil: right. >> things have changed. isis seems to be the place, areas isis controls are where the they're both sucking in recruiting stair terrorists and sending them out. this list of seven may become a list of 10 six months from now, and might be different countries t has to change to reflect the realities on the ground. the other thing i would note the other part of president trump's executive order, temporary freezing of refugee program. th

it is nothing more than a executive agreement that president barack obama signed. iranians never signed on to it. stuart: allen, i have the ceo of merck speaking after his meeting at the white house. we'll listen please. >> that people will live longer and healthier lives. thank you very much. >> when the president talks about driving down costs, how are you guys going to achieve that. >> we talked about making the marketplace better for competition and patient choice. that will help patients and our companies. when you help our companies that helps create jobs in this country. >> regulatory reform. >> we also talked about regulatory reform also can stimulate innovation. >> does one go with the next in order to drive down costs do you need tax reform or regulatory reform or can they be separate? >> all these things come together to create a system good for innovation and good for jobs. most importantly it is good for patients in the long run. thank you. >> are you more hopeful now than you were when the lasted a administration maybe prices come down as the presiden

liz: what if this happened with an image of barack obama. >> it doesn't matter when it happened. liz: my question is what if it had happened with president witt obama, what would the reaction have been. >> significant. we have had a darkening of our discourse in this country. we have become a less gracious country and incidents like this reflect that. it's not just this teacher who acted poorly. the author on "saturday night live" who mocked barron trump. and madonna saying she wishes she could blow up the white house. liz: tammy, there are student and kid involved. is this what teachers are teaching our kid. >> i found it appalling the joke or attack on barron trump. this is not only the suggestion of violence. but the physical acting out of it in front of other people. that take a different kind of step. we heard the secret service is also interested. americans voted for trump because we have seen the rule of law sort of dissipate. you have a person taking an action shooting at a president. demonstrating it. wishing for him to die. that's the kind of thing the secret service sh

the legacy for barack obama starts with being the first african-american president and i'm not sure there's going to be a whole lot left after the trump administration, whatever people are saying now, most of obamacare is gone, they'll have to save pieces of it but the name is gone, the legacy is gone, climate change,ic, that's going to be cut way back, go down the list of things that barack obama has done, immigration, go through those executive orders repealed, revoked, repeal, revoked. honestly, peter, i don't know what's going to be left other than that very personal and important part of the country's history. dagen: i just want to add before we get lee in here, but 145 new regulations merely in the 36-working days from the election until the end of december and 31 of those 145 are economically significant. they have a cost of a hundred million dollars or more. the total cost just since the election in terms of regulation is almost $22 million. that's a crushing blow to the economy. >> incredible. a lot of people are really looking forward to donald trump's administration and scaling b

concernsly, the senate with barack obama approving 7. >> on inauguration day. lou: only two won't come to pass as we were told by chuck schumer. >> those are by voice vote which means republicans did not object. democrats have objected to everything and saying we might let general mattis and general kelly through tomorrow. lou: this is a different situation all together. we are looking at a quite different set of elements and chemistry here. we are watching a party that has destroyed itself over the last 8 years. this president preside over the loss of 1,000 seats nationwide at the state and federal level. this has been decimation. without new york and california you have a party in real trouble. >> it's been a bloodbath. the senate can only delay the confirmation of his nomination. so it's a childish tactic. they will eventually confirm these nominees. there was an election and the people should have the benefit of the full team in the cabinet. it's despicable to think they won't immediately confirm mattis, kelly, pompeo, the national security team. because we

obama, it starts with being first african-american president, and i'm not sure there is going to be a whole lot left. >> ri optimistic about a better operating climate for small businesses? because that is where you are right now. that is your real -- >> i think we all we all hope an environment is going to be created that continues to spur business. that helps -- you know small businesses like our franchise, to continue to operate at high level to be able to by a lot of people, to create jobs and opportunity and build our local economies good things. >> macy's was number one seller apparel in united states this year amazon is going to overtake them. >> -- we lowed in it like you load a can of soda give you a big oversized coin five fun put it into a huge coin row accept cal that machine grabs it pulls it down deposits it stores open go in -- >> gas prices are going up. people think of that as a tax. and if they see that going up that is great for oil companies, but that is not the great for the american people. >> surprise, trump hasn't done a tweet about antitrust suit against ope

bush, president barack obama. we have great confidence in our nominees and with confidence that the senate will allow this president to have his full cabinet in place very soon. the one end of kellyanne, we should take note also that mayor rahm emanuel of chicago, a mayor that has utterly failed to protect his people and come up with a solution to rampant violence and record homicides last year and shootings, and by the way on pace this year to do even worse, has accepted the president's offer of help to eliminate the violence in that great city, and to bring law and order. i think that a lot of people who might be considering those votes right now are watching this prident, aprevail on a very important issue, one that's important to all theple of this country. >> kellyanne: it is. there have been over a thousand shootings in 2016, 760 murders in chicago, and 2017 is already on pace to keep track with our crime rate. this is what donald trump meant in his inaugural address when he said american carnage. the violen

. >> this is coming into us right now former president barack obama is signaling his support for the protests over the weekend. into response to the temporary and the cream shin band and he said according to the statement he's heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country. in his final a special speech he spoke about the important role of the citizen and how they all have a responsibility to be the guardians of our democracy not just during an election but every day. joining me right now for more analysis. good to have both of you here. your reaction to president obama's release of the statement here. it really seems to be he's wayne and from the sidelines perhaps in a way that we haven't quite seen past presidents do. >> bottom line is the left is digging their heels in to make them into a race. they need to stop it. that word muslim is not in order. these are only seven countries. the organization of islamic cooperation includes 56 countries and certain countries have zero refugees there taking in. yet we have some that were taking in and the l

obama. who has been one of the -- if not the most divisive leaders in this country, over the course of >> yes, and cory booker traditionally has been someone that works hard to try to work with all people. it was a surprise to me he decided this this congress, i am going to switch over and be rank party now, suddenly, it is just a sad ship for him. lou: rank part you got this, and por hart partisan, tillerson, you are impressed with? >> i was impressed with tillerson, good to be able to see him make clear statements on russia. challenge you have for any of these cabinet secretaries, they are not fully up to speed. and clearly they have not met with the president, so, many of people in panel say, take a position on something now, that is not his job, he carries out position of president, and in his new job, for many questions he could say i don't know what the president's position is on this job. he set ash side a tremendous long-term private sector career to be able to set aside come to publ

obama, their agents, politicize beyond reason, and decency, what do you make of it? >> it was the leaks we have seen from intelligence community, they have been designed to hurt donald trump. during the campaign, this one. and i think this is another reason why the intelligence community needs to be overhauled. donald trump is for that. one thing he needs to do, at the top, where james clapper is head of this organization that is above all other intelligence organizations it has become a bureaucratic monster. a lot of stuff it does is duplicative. lou: and pure bsuccesses b bs by the way. >> yes. lou: i have to say, a wall street term, that is used in banking with high confidence that deal is done, but not the same as having the facts, and it is really intresting to me, that there is such an arrogance on part of these agencies that heads say, think they could say my confidence that is same damn thing in their mind or should be, in our mind to say we have evidence, we have the sob's red handed here is what we're doing. this is really, such nonsense being spewed by the

with barack obama on the wrong side of that history. it's now clear trump's relationship with congress will be very different than obama's. trump is clearly a man of action. he will act. he's sure of himself and his objectives and values are clear and they are the nation's values. we'll revel in the debate and the brawls whether republicans or democrats, establishment politicians or political outsiders, my fast it group. and in my opinion the country whether hollywood, or the left wing elites would have you believe, is eagerly awaiting trump's presidency. he will be in charge rest of the world so we have high hopes. high expectations, and can't wait. the quotation of the evening. hard work pot lights the character of people. some turn up their sleeve. some turn up their noses. some don't turn up at all. look who's turning up at the white house. our vice president-elect reminding everyone on capitol hill that donald trump means to deliver on every one of his campaign promises, starting with obamacare. >> the american people sent a decisi

on one month later barack obama sent judge garland's name to the senate, by all accounts an unbelievably great justice. he never even got a hearing. so you know, that is going to be an explosion when his nominee gets to the senate because mr. mcconnell, senator mcconnell we'll say let's get this moving, have a hearing, when he said we'll not ever have a hearing for judge garland. there is a lot of things that will cause difficulty in the days and months ahead. as my expectation most of us want our economy to work well. i want the president to follow a prudent course on a lot of issues. i'm not so sure that will be case but i hope it will be the case. liz: start with bea republican, end with a democrat. you're both friends of the program. byron dorgan, judd gregg. we love your perspective. you guys have been in the room where it happens. 15 minutes before the closing bell rings. that is a record for s&p, we need to close there with 15 minutes to go. can we do it. stay with me and watch, nasdaq also at a record. >>> one of president trump's appointments could have major impact on a specifi

>> there is always one, democrats couldn't approve tom daschle in 2009 for barack obama somebody has tax issue the last minute we have not seen ofz of ethics has not gotten tax packages yet part of the requirements for the process. >> daschle i believe over a car service that he got as a perk, that was not that there were not at the time paid taxes paid on that, so -- >> that is -- >> scuttle his nomination. >> eric thank you so great of you to be here this morning, happy new year. >> thank you happy new year. >> coming up, chaos customs widespread delays after four hour computer outage. >> times square new year's eve celebration as distraction steal millions in jewels how much they got away with next. why pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term inju

and one more time barack obama will stick it to the state of israel. it devise 50 years of bipartisan american foreign policy, which is -- lou: what should we do? let's take the worst case. let's say that's exactly what transpires that that is the result. what should donald trump do when he sets into the white house on january 20th? >> well, if it's as bad as we think, and you combine that with resolution 2334, which effectively tried to set israel's ban two days before christmas, i think donald trump could do a lot worse than using the words of daniel patrick when the general assembly passed a resolution equating with racism and saying the united states will never accept these resolutions. hear that, united nations. and you had a clip on earlier of lindsey graham and ted cruz introducing legislation. cut off u.s. funding to the un because of that first resolution. here we see the un bringing old adversaries together. it's an amazing way that works. i think the only thing they respect is our money. and i think donald trump should seriously consider sup