the image of those five african-americans that barack obama and michelle and the girl and grandma and filling the role of the first family of the united states as they walk across the south and getting on the helicopter to fly away and as they sit the front row at the state of the union and all of the important moment and seeing that, it is one of the most important legacies of the obama's presidency. it changes what's possible of america and rearranges the furniture inside our head. visual images are powerful, that's going to be with us for -- >> with that, thanks to both chris', the one in new york and the one in chicago. >> coming up after our next break, the busy news day of the best of today's action on capitol hill including testimony from trump's pick for attorney generals as "the 11th hour" continues. >>> my question is very simple is grabbing a woman by her genitel, is that sexual harassment? >> yes. >> he's the first trump nominee to start this vetting process on capitol hill and the work of the senate judiciary. joining me here is our eugene and charlie syke is here with us

barack obama is going to be there. that's what bill clinton and many others, this is an important moment for us as the democracy and values that we stand in. i am going to be there. as soon as he raises his hand. i know it is a start of a new era. democrats are in the front line in many ways of the democratic party here in america. i know this is the start of a time where we are going to need people to dig in and fight and do what they can to protect the american people. >> new jersey's senator, cory booker, thank you very much for joining us. we are just at the 12th hour mark before the swearing in, thank you very much for joining us. tonight we'll take our first break of our extended broadcast tonight when the 11th hour continues and what we won't see going on tomorrow because it is done completely behind closed doors. it is apart of the peaceful transfer of power. later, will the new president be in violation of anything on day one. are all his business and entanglements are now sorted out and squared away. we'll as

i moved over to my barack obama twitter account. he said, when we return, we're going to get back to work. i'm hoping that he gets back in there. and i don't think he's going to stand by, actually, and watch the repeal of all the great work that he's done happen. i believe that he'll have a voice in this. michelle will as well. >> it's so easy to undo a legacy. they may think they can erase these things, but the accomplishments of barack obama happened and you can't make them unhappen. joining me now, emily tisch sussman, the campaign director for the center for american progress. emi emily, tell us what you hope comes out of today? >> i think we're already achieving a lot of what come out of today. the election may have not gone the way we wanted. we may be out of power when it comes to law making, but we are in power when it comes to the culture of this country, moving forward, people moving together and this is one of the most heartening events i've ever been to. it is so positive. and it is one of the nicest gathering i've ever

you reported on barack obama from the very start. what are you expecting the theme to be? >> recount what you just recounted what he viewed his biggest achievement, certainly issue was the aca former care act, obamacare. it is controversial. that's going to figure heavily in how republicans replace obamacare which is a lot tougher than repealing it. same thing with the auto bail-out and other achievement of his career. it's important that he be able to stand there defend himself. he let his achievement speak for themselves. >> i want to play the sound byte from the first speech to congress. it's one of the most iconic movements. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> it's not true. >> you can hear it there congressman joe wilson, shouting out you lie. it became symbolic of this by vision between republican and president obama. how did that leave disdain on his -- over the nine or eight years. >> it could not have been more important, the republicans made it clear from the start they would oppose and obstruct anything th

there is no barack obama and so i guess we are it. i guess the evil media is the new enemy but i don't see a real future in this strategy, i saw others from the other administration saying well, steve kind of went a bit far with those remarks. >> on the other hand, part of this complaint was that we could not have been more wrong of this election and no one is standing up to protest that. >> they won the election, it was a narrow victory. assuming that the conversation o f politics will turn to the next election and not the last election. those comments are fine for the chairman. those comments are outrageous for a senior adviser who carries the title "senior adviser and chief strategist." for people who are born in the 1980s, that number is 25%. we have seen a total collapse of the teaching of civics in this country. those remarks are chilling. just a week ago, stephen bannon, sworn to defend the constitution of the united states. the first amendment and freedom of the press. when white house officials making comments and not complai

i don't mind admitting because how you grew up -- barack obama was emotionally stirring. >> i felt the same way. i wrote a column the day after the election in this building, and i cried through the entire writing of the column. it was very emotional for me. it would be fascinating. it's not as if he leaving early, this is end of this era. i hope it's a forward looking speech. he talked about his legacy, i hope it points toward the future. >> he talked about being -- the republicans are doing jumping jacks if they this tripled -- if gotten help from the reduction, they would be stringing her up. >> one think i think is porn about tonight, he is not focused on his legacy, i think as he is trying to instill that hope and optimism to people. about how getting on legal school counsel, joining pta, joining the school board, be a voice of optimism, that's what he going to carry forward tonight. there's not going to be dry eyes tonight. a lot of people will be looking at that administration and focus on a lot of things he got done and a lot on the table to get down and what's going to happen

. >> of course this marked the departure of barack obama who suggested there is more to be written for him as the leader of the party. >> this is not a period, this is a comma. in the continuing story of building america. >> more first, but whether he start with setting up what is also expected to be a day of real consequence in its own right. the massive march that grass roots organizers say is a message to the white house and congress. women's rights must be protected. we have reporters covering all angles and begin with cal perry on the national mall. people already gathering. >> reporter: yeah, people are already here coming in from all over the country. as you mentioned, this is a small vip area what you will see are we expect tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands packed in down independence avenue. i'll have jim spin around and we'll show you some of the crowd that is already here. we talked for people from charlotte, from the midwest, all the way from the west coast this morning. as you sort of alluded to, this all coming just a day of course after president trump has b

she's now criticizing former president barack obama, calling him, quote, weak. i'll talk live with manning's attorney about this op-ed written by her client. good morning. i'm tamron hall coming to you live. air force i ready to take off with president trump, headed to philadelphia where he will address congressional republicans at his annual retreat. his address comes amid what politico calls deep divisions between the president and his own party on several major issues, leaving them reportedly scrambling to respond after some of his recent announcement. among them discussing his position on torture. during his first sit-down interview as president, here's what he said last night to abc's david muir. >> i have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the high lest level of intelligence and i asked him the question does it work? does torture work? and the ann was yes, absolutely. i will say this. i will rely on pompeo and mattis and my group and if they don't want to do it, that's fine. if they do want to do, then i will work toward that end. i want to

i think that's the person that barack obama is and the president that he became. i think his closing statement tonight really capsulized that better than any of us could have expected. >> al, as we have been talking, we have been watching the president continuing this sort of remarkable rope line he's doing. this is not typical president obama. we saw him have a long conversation with his former spokesman robert gibbs who we know from his line in this business. i wonder from your experience in talking with the president in the closing days, going to the closing party on friday night, watching him tonight, do you feel you have a clear image of what president obama will make of the next political chapter in his life? what he's going to do with his post presidency and how political it will be? >> i think he's going to be firm on broad policies, but he's going to apply it in a direct political way. i think you must remember at his core he believes in himself as an organizer. whether it is a political organizer or on the ground organizer. he's very committed to doing s

. >> >>> welcome to our coverage of the farewell address of president barack obama. office, organizing. basically testifying in a personal way, i'm more optimistic, confident in the power and potential of american civic involvement and american citizenship and the american democracy than i was when i was a young naive kid that didn't have gray hair and burst on the scene. i now have the battle scars. i have been there and i can testify to you firsthand, i've watched this guy -- he didn't say this, i've watched this guy question my citizenship and now secede me -- be that was the sub text, right but your faith in people will be disappointed but more often than not rewarded. >> the quote i just read, the way it finished is sometimes you'll win, sometimes lose, presuming the reservoir of goodness in others can be a risk and there's times when the process will disappoint you but for those fortunate to be a part of this work to see it up close it can energize, inspire your faith in america and in americans will be confirmed. >> did he talk about congress tonight? >> littl

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tuesday, barack obama, he is giving a farewell address as president. he's going to be out in chicago. his hometown where he launched his career. this is a much anticipated speech in chicago. people already lining up for a chance to see it. this is a much anticipated speechb across the country. not every president does this at the end of his presidency, but barack obama has chosen to do it. and obviously one of the things everybody's going to be looking for in this speech, what kind of message does he choose to deliver, vailed, maybe snot vailed at donald trump, at his successor. that's tomorrow in chicago. but while that's happening tomorrow in chicago, we mention this, on capitol hill, in washington, d.c., it begins. the confirmation hearings. now look, on paper, republicans have the votes. they control the senate, they have a majority, if they all stick together, they can confirm every single one of donald trump's picks. that does not necessarily mean this is going to be a smooth process. look no further right there, than jeff sessions. the senator f

regions that barack obama won both teams. and others were predisposed to donald trump for other reasons. early and very vocal donald trump supporter. how bad is the heroin and opioid crisis here? >> it'ser the same as it is all over the country. it's just eating us alive and no one has an idea or a cure of how to stop it. the drugs pour nothing to our community most of the heroin and meth is coming across the mexican border. >> anybody comfortable telling me why they're here snp. >> heroin. >> robbery and possession of heroin. >> counterfeit controlled substance. >> meth. >> felony possession of heroin. >> everybody drugs? >> yeah. >> is it a bad problem around here? >> yes. >> i'm a heroin addict and i think about heroin 24/7. >> like, me i'm pregnant. >> how many kids? >> i got two my brother's got custody of and i'm pregnant with one. >> i'm getting ready to lose all my rights to my kids. >> two step kids and one of my own. >> who's going to help stop this problem? >> we need to get the drug dealers off the streets. someth

what was so amazing about barack obama was everybody came downtown that day, anybody that lived near the federal part of the city, everybody came that day. i think that's why you saw the extraordinary number of people. when people save they don't like washington, they shouldn't think about the people that live there. they should think about the people elected to go there. that's the problem. it's not the african-american main stream man or woman who have been there. it's the people that go there to govern. it's a fact of demographics, you don't see the large citizenry of washington coming out for this thing. >> again, donald trump polled 4%. >> they're not thrilled by today. >> washington demographic, it's still mostly african-american but just barely now actually. >> the plan -- >> the plan. >> this rumored plan to change the demographic. >> one thing washingtonians agreed on is they didn't vote for donald trump. >> that's true. neither did anybody in any big city. philadelphia was about 85% for secretary clinton and new york as well and certainly san francisco and l.a. and atlanta.

barack obama and president bush could talk. but they have a support system around the president to ensure the president says none of the wrong things. one stray word, i worked for president bush and he said the word crusade when he didn't mean to have. he didn't think at that second how would that resonate in the middle east where he was talking. it had -- he paid the price for it for years. one slip in one moment. never repeated. the president's words are actions. so the idea the president is waking up at 6:00 in the morning with no staff support misspelling words in to his iphone, why? why does he make all of these mistakes? the whole world around him ready to give him accurate information if only he would ask and listen. one thing that i would think wod be fun about being president is you want the answer to question, you got the world's nobel prize winners to give you the answer. >> joy, what the world is seeing here is that it's all bluff. it's all just -- that's a big problem. presidents need credibility worldwide. >> yep.

this, barack obama was not the candidate of the establishment either. hillary clinton was. so, barack obama owed the establishment nothing and people are talking about how the democratic party is decimated now. but we might see that very same thing happen to the republican party. neither of these two men owe the establishment anything. >> amazing, a lot of parallels you can draw between the two men. hugh, final word to you and we're really running ow of time here. on monday, what do you think we're going to see? >> i hope we see a lot of action and executive orders and a lot of movement immediately and i also hope we see president trump salute the women that are there today. 66 million voted for hillary clinton, three of them are staying with me inside the beltway at my home and i'm glad they're there showing the america and the world that the constitution is still in place and everyone is still welcome to speak their mind in america. >> jason, i'm going to give you the final word. do democrats start looking like obstructionist if they try to block ever

but we also won't see barack obama do the george w. bush thing, it seems, we are just gets to the end of the presidency on january 20th, gets on that hl kopter, goes away. we basically never hear from him again as a political figure. >> a senior couple aides told me he needs to sleep first. he doesn't sprik me as the guy that needs to sleep. >>> before we go, let's take a final look at today's microsoft pulse question. divide on president obama's legacy. will president obama be able to secure his legacy after leaving office? 87% of you say yes, but there is still time to weigh in at pulse.msnbc.com. we'll be right back. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even mer-mutts. (1940s aqua music) (burke) and we covered it, february third, twenty-sixteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> i'm chris jansing coming to you live from the white house. before i let you go, a quick reminder of the big

i can't stand barack obama! they are are on obamacare! >> here is the question if you were donald trump and looking for running in reelection in 2020. would you find it acceptable for the congress to vote to repeal obamacare and come up with a replacement. >> no. >> three years later? we will cover replacement in, let's say, 2019? when you're about to run for reelection. >> not on your life. the democrats would have every right politically to kill it. they will drag their feet and kill it every step of the way just like republicans tried to do with obamacare. so unless you have the replacement right there waiting when you repeal it, it is a loser for donald trump and i would predict that it would kill any republican running in michigan, ohio, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. >> the way you can kick the can down the road and lots of ways to do it is phase out the repeal and promise you're going to keep the popular parts of the plan and start to pass things that republicans like more on health care to create a more robust market but they have t

barack obama had a lot of stars, and that brings interest from people. trump inaugural activities had trouble with that. the events will be notable this week. >> very interesting to see what happens friday, especially the energy on the mall which often the way we measure how it is. >> exactly. >> that energy you're talking about. kelly o'donnell, great to have you. >> good to see you. >>> congressman lewis cited russian influence, something senate intelligence committee has announcedt will vestigate going forward. professor at the university of texas, rober tranum, political analyst and senior bush/cheney adviser and national political reporter for bloomburg politics, sahil kapur. what's happening, sahil? >> he has gone after john lewis. he is a hero on this cause. nobody has more integrity on this issue and a lot of admirers in and outside the democratic party this really chills the atmosphere going forward for relations with president-elect trump and democrats in congress in particular. trump has a negative approval rating. things like this don't help.

nicole went looking for a specific group of voters who sided with barack obama, not once, but voted for him twice before deciding to vote for donald trump. nicole's here with us, in a moment we'll talk to her about her travels, the people she met in erie, pennsylvania. >> good morning, erie, i am barry. >> reporter: erie may be famous for big snowstorms, but this was an earthquake. >> people were looking for change. >> reporter: in a county that hasn't gone republican since ronald reagan and delivered two landslide victories to barack obama. >> i was a democrat my entire life. >> do you feel that hillary kind of ignored our area? >> yes. >> reporter: a place reeling from high unemployment and plant closings. >> and we heard a voice. >> we're going to bring back our jobs to pennsylvania. we're going to bring back our jobs to the united states. >> i think trump was our only hope. >> hello. >> hi. >> welcome to the lawrence park diner. i'm more hopeful than i have been in months and years. >> reporter: judy phelps was a lifelong democrat. >> did you vote for president obama? >> yes, i did.

barack obama is, above all, a fine man. just look at him. is there a husband, a father that we would wish more as a model for our sons, for our sons-in-law to have and raise our grandchildren? is there anyone who carries himself better in word, sentiment temperament optimism? hope was the word on that poster, the feeling he exemplified in his last press briefing. he talkeds about being proud of raising patriotic daughters, people being more good than bad, that at his core he believes we can be okay. the only thing is the end of the world is the end of the world. this is the president who even though he knows who's going to take his place at noon. he spoke not just as a political leader but as a man looking to the problems that still divide us, he said we need to imagine being the other person, growing up in the inner city without a job within 20 miles, being the guy stuck out in the country who, too, doesn't have the prospect of a job in some different 20 miles. he talked about imagining being in the other guy's skin and that's when we'll ma

compare the pictures of trump's inaugural crowd to the 2009 inauguration of president barack obama when the city estimated that 1.8 million people came to witness history. meanwhile, saturday's women's march on washington had an estimated 500,000 participants, according to a d.c. official and organizers. well over 1 million people demonstrated at sister marches nationwide. civil rights hero representative john lewis addressed marchers in atlanta. >> when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation, a mission and a mandate to say something, to do something. we cannot afford to be silent. we're going to send a message. i know something about marching. [ cheers and applause ] >> joining me now, three members of new york's congressional delegation. hakeem jeffries, gregory meeks and yvette clark. thank you for being here this morning. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> congresswoman clark, it comes after several things this week as the administration came in that i don't think i've ever seen, and i've not been able to research an administration co

is it just barack obama? is donald trump third? >> oh, no, no. hillary clinton has been on 22 times. bill clinton more than 20 times. >> so not even close. >> i'm not even sure he's in the top 15. >> okay. not even close. so that's how he began the day and sean spicer, he also gave his own estimate, his own crowd estimate standing at the microphone saying he believed his inauguration crowd estimate was a million or a million and a half. let's listen to the way sean spicer in his very first white house press briefing room announcement talked about what he believes to be the evidence of the size of the crowd at inauguration. >> photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way in one particular tweet to minimize the enormous support that it gathered on the national mall. this was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass in the mall that. had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing while in years past, the grass eliminated this visual. this w

ageless. >>> this is the final edition of barack obama is still president. because of that,s the secretary of state starting tomorrow will be someone chosen by president obama. thomas shannon, the under secretary of state for political affairs will take over as acting secretary of state tomorrow because trump doesn't have a secretary of state yet. secretary shannon will remain in place until a new secretary of state is confirmed which might or might not be rex tillerson. so far, the seemingly endless stream of disagreements donald trump cabinet nominees have with donald trump doesn't seem to have gained enthusiasm for his choices. >> we have a lot of smart people. we have, by far, the highest iq of any cabinet ever assembled. >> another flawless example of words meaning nothing to donald trump. one thing we have learned. if those words had any meaning, than what he just said is we are in possession of all of the iq data of every cabinet going back to washington and the results are in and my team has the highest iqs. his choice rick perry, he graduated from t

it's really combining king's dream with barack obama's legacy. thousands of people are coming and kicking off king weekend by putting the administration and the congress on notice. democrats need to show some backbone. that is what this rally is about. >> reverend al, thank you very much. ahead on "morning joe," republican mike lee, who recently said he would not say no to a seat on the supreme court. plus, the senate's number two democrat dick durbin and senator jeff flake said he didn't always agree with the president, i appreciated his service. and senator chris coons. we are back in a moment for a very packed morning. ♪ even while we sleep start here. or here. even here. and definitely here. at fidelity, we're available 24/7 to make retirement planning simpler. we let you know where you stand, so when it comes to your retirement plan, you'll always be absolutely...clear. ♪ time to think of your future it's your retirement. know where you stand. choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lo

>> i think we should give donald trump the same respect mitch mcconnell afforded barack obama. that's my feeling. >> which is not much. >> which is not much of anything and you know why. if donald trump wants to give people a fair minimum wage, heck, i'd be fordonald trump. if donald trump is going to keep his promise and make sure that everybody who's working hard and playing by the rules can have access to the american dream, i'd be all for that. but you look at the actions of his first four days and it's been a series of broken promises. i'm going to lift your wages and help your standard of living and day one he makes it harder for first time homeowners to buy a home by rescinding an obama-era rule. he's nominated as my replacement a person who's a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging our efforts to lift overtime wages for people who work extra. who believes that $7.25 minimum wage is fine. he said he was going to lift wages and help communities out and we've seen betrayal from day one and that's why i think we need someone at the head of the dnc who's going to take the fig

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so we can only assume that in his last hours as president, barack obama is writing a better than average letter to leave in the oval office for donald trump. today, the national archives released two presidento president letters in the past never before seen by the public. back in january 01. president clinton wrote to bush 43. the burden you now shoulder are great but often exaggerated. the sheer joy of doing what you believe is right in expensive. >> you will have a country that will be pulling for you including me. >> that does it for the pre-inauguration exclusive at "the 11th hour." i will see you tomorrow as we begin our coverage. from now from all of us here, good night from new york. she spoke english. her husband was named juan, he did not speak english. he also only had a third grade education. but together as a young couple, a very handsome young couple, i think they're adorable in these pictures, i have to say, they moved to new york. they moved to new york during world war ii. they found an apartment in the housing project in the east bronx. then in 1954, five weeks after "b

in one year. >> in one year. >> and is that it or just barack obama? is donald trump third? >> oh, no, no, hillary clinton has been on 22 times. bill clinton more than 20 times. >> so, not even close. >> i'm not even sure he's in the top 15. >> okay. not even close. so, that's how he began the day. and sean spicer, he also gave his own estimate, his own crowd estimate standing at the microphone saying he believed his inauguration crowd estimate was a million or million and a half. let's listen to the way sean spicer in his very first white house press briefing room announcement talked about what he believes to be the evidence of the size of the crowd at inauguration. >> photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way in one particular tweet to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the national mall. this was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the mall. that that had the fk of highlighting where people were not standing where in years past the grass

can you imagine barack obama to violate that and be an outspoken critic? >> i don't think barack obama will be out there every day criticizing donald trump and he said this, too, if really serious no serious norms and principles and values are violated, he'll be a citizen and probably will say something. so i don't think he'll be out there every day on cable shows hitting donald trump but i think if things -- you know, if -- i think he'll speak out if something serious happens. >> we've got him pencilled in as the a-block guest all week. he'll be on crooked media. jon, thank you for being here. >> thanks, chris. >>> that is "all in." we have a special edition of the show tomorrow night leading up to that aforementioned president obama's farewell address, msnbc will carry that speech live. stay tuned for that and for special coverage on "the rachel maddow show" and speaking of the very same rachel maddow, that show starts right now. >> missed you terribly while you were away last week. >> thank you. that is very kind. i did miss you. >> oh, don't be weird.

under barack obama it was handed over and destroyed. certified destroyed by international observers. under president obama, the u.s. government banned torture by u.s. personnel in all circumstances. under president obama a u.s. embassy opened in cuba. he started to normalize relations between our two countries after a half century of the frozen failed cold war standoff. president obama overturned the ban on scientific research using stem cells. president obama upped by billions of dollars the resources available for mental health care in the v.a. the obama administration was the first administration ever to voluntarily release the lists of people who visited the white house. first presidency to ever do that. on marriage equality, president obama did a miraculous thing among politicians, he changed his mind and under this president gay coles finally got all the same options as straight couples. you can date, you can get married, you can gets or twoed, -- you can get divorced, you can live in sin. no more excuses, you guys. under this pre

that's barack obama. when the president comes back here maybe for the last time as president, it's important to remember the first time he came here as president. barack obama came here and made very specific promises to the american people about obamacare. he came here and says if you like what you have, you can keep it. how did that work out? today, millions of americans lost the good health care plans that they like and expected to keep and are not able to today because of the broken promises of his law. barack obama came here and said if his bill passes, health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families. instead, what have we seen? the reverse. dramatic increases in health care costs. in my state of louisiana, over 25% increases that families are paying in higher costs for health care because of those broken promises of his law. i hope he comes here to apologize for those broken promises. but i don't think that's what's going to be the case. he's going to be here more concerned about preservi

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it was questioning legitimacy of barack obama's presidency, about the birther, discredited birther accusation. and you eve named two of them, russia and comey and the third, which is that he lost the popular vote. and you see donald trump being sensitive on all of these issues and still litigating them a week before he's going to take office >> this is the united states government in the shape of an inspector general, a nonpolitician, michael who wits investigating and using his office to investigate his department, the justice department. this isn't some weird thing we go to go to an mi 6 guy in russia. this is about us investigating. what happened in this city? or maybe what happened in the new york office of the fbi. i have my own theories about this, about why that decision was made by comey. >> i think it's a remarkable thing that's happening and it could start small and end up bigger. if we found out comey was weighing political reasons of why he took this step -- it was pretty unprecedented. i went to north carolina on the weekend that the letter came out. people were early voting with

obama. first time carnage has ever been used in an inaugural address. i wonder what you thought about the tone and the message yesterday. >> i found his use of the phrase america first, america first very disturbing. on the one hand, everyone wants our country to be stronger, to feel like their children can have a job, but that phrase comes out of the fascist history of the worst elements of our country, and that coming from a man who said he's a fan of mass deportations. he wants to build a wall. he thinks people are suspicious because of what country their family came from like with the judge or what faith they hold. i think it makes all of us who are,ounow, parts of differing gros that have been historically discriminated against feel more insecure. >> so the question now becomes for democrats, for progressives, for the people who are out here marching at 600 places all around the country, sort of what next? they're making their voices heard today and i think the numbers are by any measur

barack obama was the first. donald trump capitalized on it. >> he is using it to connect to people. >> he used it quite successfully but his job now, i think one of the most important tasks he has is to calm the country. >> yeah. >> calm the country easement i agree. >> that has been a big surprise to me because the guy was whether you like him or don't like him, he was brilliant in getting the nomination. >> completely. >> the last two months, i think to some extent, that brilliance has not been there because, you know, he had this amazing opportunity to take, you know, the base that voted for him and pile on top of that. >> right. >> independents and democrats who were skeptical of him, but were willing to be persuaded. over at least thast tlast two m the combativeness and compulsiveness made people nervous. >> he is tweeting against merle streep and alec baldwin, "snl," john lewis. that's not the way to add. >> and where his approval ratings tanks. >> instead of staying after lockheed and boeing and ford and

. >> barack obama has stepped up. he has said he is legitimate and dennis mcdonough was on tv this weekend saying that donald trump is a legitimate president. despite the fact that donald trump, you know, back in 2011 started saying barack obama wasn't legitimate. >> i know. >> you can say what you want about this back and forth. >> very good point. >> say what you want about this back and forth. and i think both men have a right, if they want to go back and forth they can go back and forth all you want but you can't drag barack obama in this fight because barack obama has bent over backwards doing what any president should do to a person that is replacing him despite the fact he may disagree with the vast majority of his agenda. >> these 20 democratic lawmaker in the house say they too won't attend the inauguration. the democratic party is fund-raising on lewis' comments. i ask you, as someone who puts his opinions on pen and paper every day, i guess, first of all, would you agree with congressman lewis' statements?

and finish barack obama who apparently the catch all phrase for him was no drama obama. and ever since the election has been nothing but drama obama. and i have to say that i am really outraged. and i -- i cannot believe that, you know, somebody who compromised so much classified information is now being let to walk free. >> we are going to obviously hear more here, john, from the white house probably from the president himself on exactly what the rational is behind this. we heard a minute ago from ron allen suggesting the idea of compassion may have weighed heavily on the president, compassion for chelsea manning who had been through a personal experience, personal journey with the gender reassignment surgery, noting that chelsea manning had cooperated during the prosecution, does that -- should that weigh here at all? >> no. no. i mean, compassion shouldn't even enter into. chelsea manning, for whatever reason, decided that she was going to take information that was classified. now, to be honest with you, i think some of her supervisors should also have been in prison,

bush left to barack obama? >> i think it is. >> i think it is. >> and you can argue in parts things that obama did things like libya and things he didn't do, syria. the failure of this country, in part, because of donald trump but also hillary clinton and bernie sanders approve the transpacific partnership trade agreement. north korea advance and the russian occupation of crimea. this is a more difficult world. i used the phrase disarray. it's a daunting inbox and my argument to the new team is be mindful of adding to it. changing the one china policy, tearing up the iran agreement, moving the embassy to jerusalem and walking away from the paris climate change pact. any number of things i would say don't do on and it something don't just do something stand there could be pretty good strategic advice and would be my recommendation. >> when you think of all of those extremely complicated interrelated problems, the impact of one tweet, joe, what the impact of one tweet could be if it's the wrong tweet. >> except f

before barack obama had his first inauguration as president eight yearago, before him the president who turned out the biggest crowd ever to witness his inauguration was lbj in 1965. not what you would imagine, right? but it's true. he held the record, more than a million people turned out to see lyndon baines johnson inaugurated in january of 1965 that was interestingly his second inauguration, right? of course his first inauguration happened under very different very extreme circumstances. president kennedy was assassinated and vice president johnson had to become president johnson, had to be sworn in as the new president on an airplane.

they definitely think he had more people at his inauguration than barack obama did in his. naturally they are absolutely convinced that the trump inauguration had a larger turnout in washington, d.c. than that dumb women's march did the following day. they also believe -- i kid you not -- they also believe that most of the women who protested this weekend at those giant marches -- trump supporters believe that most of the women who marched were paid to do so by george soros. really? most of them. thaty d complicated payment scheme. that is what trump voters believe. soros paid them all. of course none of that is true. none of that is true. but the fact that trump voters believe all that untrue stuff, that is starting to be of renewed political importance because this is not the campaign anymore. it's not that people are supporting their chosen candidate because of stuff they believe about the world that isn't true. there are people now who are looking at the world who still believe things that are wildly and provably untrue, who are the base of support for this president no

. >> barack obama is still president department. the secretary of state right now is thomas shannon. that's the acting secretary of state. he is the undersecretary appointmented by barack obama. >> let's bring chris hayes into this conversation. he's been listening from his listening post in washington. chris. >> brian, as you guys are talking about preparation and that happening in fits and starts and the holes in the preparation. one of the strangest thinged that happened today was after the president took the oath of office. cnbc reported that the fha is going to raise premiums on the insurance that folks pay on their home. this is obscure. it's going to mean about $500 more for folks that have $200,000 home. there's about a million who are going to pay $500 more a year. this is a piece of policy that the institute has been fairly obsessed with. certain special interests have been pushing for. someone, somewhere, in this transition managed to get to whoever they needed to get to to make sure that in some ways the first official a