president trump will not overturn a 2014 executive order signed by president barack obama protecting federal employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation. the white house issuing a statement saying that trump is determined to protect the rights of all americans. >>> the boy scouts of america will allow transgender children who identify as boys to participate in it's boys only programs. the organization previously relied on the gender listed on a child's birth certificate. a spokeswoman says that the decision is based on states and communities changing how gender is defined. >>> and today is the last day to sign up for health insurance for this year through the affordable care act exchanges. looming over the end of open enrollment are worries that of course people will be left without coverage if obamacare is repealed. the government says nearly 11.5 million people have signed up for coverage in 2017 alone. >>> and now president trump is starting to put a stamp on one of the agencies responsible for carrying out immigration policy. the president announced last night that

. >> hallie, you just said it took 11 days for barack obama to comment. i'm not surprised at all had he's an activist by trade, a community organizer. his disdain for the political process is well documented by republicans and democrats. president obama was vehemently opposed of donald trump. the problem was he lost and it didn't help hillary clinton whatsoever. so he runs the risk of becoming illegitimate if he continues to do this in the face of donald trump. if donald trump wins victories, then barack obama could be more insignificant than the executive orders that are now gone in his administration. >> i think we have to leave it there and bring in briefly -- very quickly, corine. >> i think my friend hogan needs to understand that donald trump did not win the popular vote. if anything 10 million people voted against him and not for him. he only got 25% of the eligible voters that voted. so this is about the peep. if you look what's. >> last word to corine this time. hogan, you'll get it next time. i want to go to brad blakeman, you have been inside t

arou and in his mind it would be standing up to barack obama but it turned out it was donald trump. on the other hand, donald trump is within his rights to fire her. he is. it looks bad. it's symbolic. it shook a lot of people up. but it's his right to do that and she knew that. >> the right thing for her was to resign not to do this. >> i disagree. jeff sessions disagrees, too. >> it was embarrass the president. >> no, it wasn't. it was designed to uphold the law in her eyes. >> absolutely. nobody elected her. >> can i just say the pause in syrian refugees in 2011, what barack obama did with both iraq and syria was to tighten things up. there were -- there were leaks, there were holes. >> exactly the same thing you guys didn't say anything. you're playing politics with tithe issue. >> less is known. then they put in their own extreme vetting. >> let me go to the white house. i want to turn to the white house. nbc's kristen welker has been standing by for us. you have members of the state department who have been circulating a memo opposing this ban as well. let me play what preside

and barack obama's homeland security secretary jeh johnson who did this country a great service said there's no vetting process in place right now that will assure americans that the deserving refugees will get here, but those who to want harm our countries will be kept out. we are a compassionate nation, steve, we've always reached out. and the syrian people need our help, keeping those people out of harm's way and keeping them in the region is a better idea because of what will happen when syria finally settles and the con sflikt over, it's going to be the syrian people who build their country back up. and if they're too far away, that just won't happen. >> let me ask you about what senator shaheen was just saying, you're talking about the refugee piece of that, let me come back to that, let many ask you about the other piece. that ban, that ban on immigration, that temporary ban from the seven muslim majority countries. and she's saying, the way she can't find a way to look doesn't they looks like targeting of muslims. and i have to say, donald trump invoked 9/11 the memory of 9/1

the trump administration, though, still defending the order saying they're following barack obama's lead. we'll fact check that. and i'll talk live to an activist reacting to a hateful tweet and has turned it around and is using it to help refugees. >> and a mosque shooting in quebec, two suspects now under arrest. >> president trump signed a new executive aimed at reducing regulations on businesses. he met with small business leaders where he also took democrats slamming him over the executive order on immigration. >> i noticed chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears. i'm going to ask him who is his acting coach. because i know him very well. i don't see him as a cryer. if he is, he's a different man. there's about a 5% chance that it was real but i think they were fake tears. >> the president is standing firm on his order imposing a 90-day ban on seven predominantly muslim countries. the president tweeting only 109 people out of 129 were detained. big problems caused by delta computer outage. protests and tears of senator schumer. mass protests broke out as you well know, at airports a

the trump administration, though, still defending the order saying they're following barack obama's lead. we'll fact check that. and i'll talk live to an activist reacting to a hateful tweet and has turned it around and is using it to help refugees. >> and a mosque shooting in quebec, two suspects now under arrest. >>

. >> by comparison the united states, especially under barack obama, takes very few refugees. what is it specifically from refugees are we stopping that is causing imminent danger to us? >> we know that terrorists are trying to infiltrate the refugee process and we know the immigration process at large is struggling to fill holes in the vetting process. so i'm saying that in principal what donald trump has put forward is not unreasonable policy. i object strongly to the way in which he went about this in terms of rollout. i think he shot himself in the foot in a significant way, but in principal going after the refugee process and trying to strength be the vetting procedure is reasonable. >> most americans if not all would say we do want this country to be as safe as possible. president trump is expected to speak in a moment. to that point you made about shooting himself in the foot with this rollout process, is there something that we don't know that would cause him to take such dramatic action without going through proper checks and balances? >> no, i think this is just the

. >> i don't think this is very different than the order that barack obama had with a temporary ban on refugees coming in from iraq. that was a six month ban during his presidency. and we didn't see the same type of hysteria and outrage there we saw here. of course, this will take some time to coordinate with the agencies, to put out the actual details of how this will work. but i expect that we'll have that mostly in place by monday or tuesday of this week. >> sarah, really quickly -- i want to play a clip, it seems like from where i'm sitting, anytime i ask someone -- i say, you know, what do you think about this. and i mean it in peace. i come as a journalist. it seems like quite often the response is when president obama did it or when president so -- it's like, i'm not asking you to compare. i'm just saying what do you think. you have a guy who was an interpreter for the u.s. military, he's here for the first time in the united states. one of his relatives has a problem with his liver. and this happened. all i'm saying, listen people are not able to talk to their attorneys. this g

i can remember him criticizing barack obama, president obama, for using executive power and executive orders. what do you make of the use of that tool? >> are you surprised, look, i have been asked when i was in philadelphia because the republicans, the legislators, they are at some point they are going to get tired of this the because their job is to legislate and of course a president has a pen and can issue these executive orders. they can be reversed quickly as president obama has seen, that he signed are now being reversed. at some point the new president is going to find out that the congress is not going to like this. they love it right now because it looks like there's a lot of momentum. hang on, that marriage is not going to last. i also think the interesting thing about this military build-up executive order that we are anticipating, we haven't seen it yet, today gorbachev wrote and op-ed. he's seen way too much military build-up and he like warning the world that we're going the rection of a war. so interesting to see gorbachev is putting on the brakes and we're getting mil

to the best of our reporting, the president -- the previous president, barack obama, never called mike reynolds' predecessor, jonathan b. jarvis, to talk one-on-one on a certain issue. so it was highly unusual, particularly this soon after taking office for him to receive a call at home from president trump. >> did he say the president attempted to get him to say something different, get him to characterize the photos in a different light? >> the national park service did not want to comment for our story beyond say they go do not discussion internal administration phone calls. so, you know that, would be up to the acting director at some point if he wanted to tackle that. but we talked to multiple individuals who had knowledge of this conversation and the president was delivering a clear message to the national park services in asking for these photos. >> obviously anyone receiving a phone call from their boss would be somewhat intimidated if they knew the boss was not happy. did the park service officials in any way feel that this was a call meant to intimide or to get them to say so

. >> two years ago it was then president barack obama who initially had to drag angela merkel along on sanctions with russia because there's so many economic ties between germany and russia. one other quick note on this meeting here, mattis will be meeting in the tank with the joint chiefs and president trump. they had dinner a couple of nights ago, all they white house about a two-hour meeting to discuss a range of issues. so we'll see whether or not there are actually any tasking orders or presidential directives to the present gone saying come up with some new plans to accelerate the plan. >> and mattis has been sworn in. he got his hair cut at the pentagon. the price is $12. you go in, you ask for a hair cut and they have one question, civilian or military? i'll get back to you on whether he asked for a civilian or military. >> hans, i don't know what we would do without you. thank you, pal. ambassador, hair cuts aside, i want to get your reaction on what we just heard from kellyanne conway. she said the lifting of sanctions on russia is under consideration. overall reaction to tha

barack obama. economic stimulus and affordable care in the first two years and the second two years, trying to sell all of that. in a way it's not that different. it's the pace at which he has moved. there is an exhaustion element here. theresa may coming is a giant story on any other day. then we have the mexican president, how that went down, the voting fraud investigation, him speaking to members -- republican members of congress. the supreme court nomination. it's a flood of information, strategic, seat-of-the-pants, i don't know. but this is the hallmark of the early days of the trump presidency. >> chris cillizza. thank you for the time. >> thank you, my friend. >>> service union members in boston are rallying in protest of president trump's executive orders on immigration announced yesterday. that includes his threat to cut off federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities. this comes as boston's mayor marty walsh slammed the order yesterday, one of a number of democratic mayors speaking o

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

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

we needed john kerry to do that under barack obama's order. i'm hopefuls that the substance of that executive order. we've got billions in capital investment that's being held up for reasons that i think are not legitimate and not valid. if this country is going to move forward, we can't let this being holding us up. >> there's reporting from "new york times" that the president is going to keep james comey on for the rest of his term. is that the right decision? >> i reassessed my decision on comey. when i heard him last week in the confidential briefing, he gave the most definitive answers. i have been skeptical but i was greatly impressed with his skill set. there needs to be an investigation of the 650,000 e-mails, the investigation of the investigation. i'm hopeful the justice department takes it up. if not, we in congress have an obligation -- >> i don't think donald trump wants to go there either. >> but somebody needs to. we can't package this up and say whatever happened happened. how that would be illuminated would tell us about comey

in 2008 barack obama was the first african-american president and also everybody that lives within metro ridership tend to vote democrat in this area so it was an unnecessary fight. i would recommend obviously focus on your message and maybe it's difficult. i remember after i got elected to congress it takes time to understand the difference between kind of being in candidate mode and congressman mode. i hope that's the situation the president is running into now where he's trying to get his sea legs under him. he has great ideas but this derails that. >> let's go from ideas to action. you're on the house energy and commerce committee. i want to ask you about president trump's decision to pull out officially from the transpacific partnership, tpp. now, it wasn't moving forward whether it was hillary clinton or donald trump. john mccain called trump's decision a serious mistake. >> i'm not surprised by it, nobody is. hillary clinton said she would do the same thing i think we have to retalk about or go back to discussing the basics of trade. 25% of the world's goods are manufactured in th

donald trump's inauguration than it was for barack obamas back in 2009. spicer though holding firm on his claim that trump's was the most watched inauguration of all time. he says you need to count web streaming, youtube videos, things from all around the globe. kristen welker is at the white house. so kristen, obviously quite a backdrop coming into that briefing today after what had happened saturday take us through what sean spicer said today. >> reporter: i think one of the big takeaways, steve, is the fact that his tone was so strikingly different on saturday. he came out saturday, he was combatable, he was angry, level the number of accusations and laid out as you just said, some things that turned out not being necessarily true. today he came out and when he was pressed on this, he said look, i have give it my best shot when i stand in front of this podium just like you guys give it your best shot when you write your stories and he said that it is important to him -- it is critical for him to be truthful when he stands in front of that podium. and i

obama's was in 2009, and it's an obvious fact. i think he should acknowledge that fact. >> and look, people don't live or die by crowd size. >> no, they don't. >> do you think that today the credibility of the press office is at stake here and i think by extension, i don't want to sioud hyperbolic, democracy isn't truth a basic tenet of democracy and when they make up their own version of the truth those countries are not democracies. >> you do sound hyperbolic. you have to give him a little bit of slack, it's day one. hopefully he's learned a valuable lesson and others at the white house acknowledge that valuable lesson. i don't expect it to happen again. sean has a huge responsibility to eat a little bit of a meal of a crow and that's a hard thing to do. i've had to eat meals of crow working at the white house many times. it's not easy, but you have to have the courage to do that. you want to be able to speak truth to power, which means question the so-called truth that you're being asked to spread around, and then not repeat so

dow chemical, barack obama was somebody who had valley jarrett, sitting on huge balance sheets and not send spending it, because of the regulatory overhang. this is a positive for donald trump. a meeting like this. >> this is definitely his sweet spot. and not only for his campaign message that he made. you just heard the states he referenced, ohio, pennsylvania, indiana -- >> maryland. >> where he wants the manufacturers to go. so what he is saying, look, we think we can produce regulation by 75%. incredibly popular among corporate america. and we'll strip back your taxes, make america great. again, incredibly popular. i can tell you among the corporate elite, they were publicly gushing in their praise. privately, even more enthusiastic. here's the problem. what donald trump doesn't say in these meetings with ceos and other manufacturing leaders. >> how are you going to do it. >> there has been a reason there has been a decline. that's a structural change in the american work force. and that more and more of these traditional manufacturing jobs have been automated, being done by robot

as opposed to a barack obama presidency, as the first african-american elect to the office. clearly, you've had tens of millions more voters come out in 2008. i also want to talk about this. what makes donald trump interesting is the fact that he has been at war with the press since day one and he was still elected. so i think part of whereas any other politician, this is something they would run from. i think the more the press hits him, the more influential and interesting this president becomes. it's interesting to say donald trump and the press, a beginning of what will be a long lovefest with the press against donald j. trump. one thing at his advantage is to continue to nitpick the press, like he nitpicked ted cruz and marco rubio and hillary clinton early when he ran against them in the primaries. >> when you look at this, it's hard to argue with you, brandon. tarin, what do you think? this love/hate, picking on the press means he gets more press and at the end of the day, it's good for him. we'll have another four years of a lot of love/hate if you will. >> and alter

it can't be looked at out of context of the administration of former president barack obama who had a testy, difficult relationship with benjamin netanyahu. donald trump who has known netanyahu personally over the years, is trying to forge a new relationship, he's trying to form a relationship with the ambassador to israel, with a more hard line, with the common parlance of that as compared to the most recent u.s. position toward israel on things like the settlements. so this is a phone call, we're told it will happen in the situation room as is expected. this is one of those gestures that begins a conversation. meetings will happen at some point down is line. this is significant. we can tell you that the first meeting will happen with great britain's prime minister teresa may. they are not just gestures, they're an important part of building relationships. >> and that phone call will be followed by the president of mexico. >>> joining me now, political reporter for the los angeles times and political importa correspondent for "the washington post." good to see you both. i want to get

i think the reaction to barack obama, a lot of it did fall along not only racial lines but also along the lines of the false belief to be some sort of islamic interloper as if there's something wrong with being a muslim and ao by theayith the tea party there was more of an institutional organatn hind it. it didn't start with just people being terrified by what the new president was going to do to them or what the incoming administration was going to do to them and people like them. it was -- it started on wall street or in the chicago mercantile exchange with a rant about homeowners being deadbeats and the idea that the obama administration was going to essentially give out money to underwater homeowners. people forget the history of the tea party and make it seem it's this, on your screen, when it was really a lot more organized, had more roots in wall street, in the financial community that didn't want to see this president do what they saw as socialism to change the american way of life. it then morphed into a real anti-health care crusade and the thing about the tea party the left

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

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

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

. >> 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

barack obama. it was 2 degrees out. barack obama was a super nova at that time too. but there was still more coverage of the confirmations. to your point. price -- i haven't seen a ton of second-day stuff related to that. because why? because donald trump flew down here. laid the wreath -- >> what he's doing with the news right now. the other thing i wonder about, rick, you think about some of these cabinet nominations that have gone down before. zoey baird. bill clinton's pick for attorney general. she had illegal immigrants working for her. household work. tom daschle. the price thing. i wonder if part of it is the campaign that donald trump ran, the number of things that turned out voter ultimately shrugged at. maybe they were bothered he didn't release his taxes but it didn't keep them from electing them president. all the norms he broke during the campaign and got away with. does it change what's acceptable for a cabinet? >> i think so. he's establishing an entirely new pattern. the tillerson hearing didn't get a lot of coverage. msnbc covered it. we saw it here

in 2009, when barack obama took office, seven of his cabinet picks were confirmed on the day he took the oath. and it's expected tomorrow there will be a couple of the trump names that will move forward in the senate. chuck schumer, the democrat, in charge of his group, says they want to take their time and not move as many as quickly. mitch mcconnell wants to get more through. they will agree to move forward on some of the national security picks. so, that would mean the secretary of defense, james mattis, and homeland security secretary designee. those two are expected to be confirmed as early as tomorrow. there may be more as senators in both parties negotiate that. in terms of who might be in trouble, there has been cricism, of course, of betsy devos and mnuchin, who is still going through his hearing. that will be a drag on their candidacy. when you have democrats led by chuck schumer saying in certain instances they want more time, more questions, more scrutiny of some of the kinds of issues that in administrations past would sometimes derail a nomination. for example, the pick

what does that look like, a divided nation, because the rubber band inclusion for barack obama, historians believe him to be a rights president and some say it's broken. we are a countrying to find our footing as people from all sides of the spectrum from every party are feeling disenfranchised and when their money is funny, they are upset. when it's affecting their pocketbook, they are upset. they are not covered. >> but maybe people didn't feel as included as it seemed. they voted for donald trump. >> and i think this is one of the challenges within the progressive movement, the fact that there are so many defections from the movement that voted twice for president obama and then voted for donald trump. it was the sense that, yes, the narrative that the economy is recuperating, many of those people never got their homes or jobs back. there is this idea that they are feeling left behind and in an increasingly this idea they're feeling behind in an increasingly modernized, glob globalized world. there is a huge opiate epidemic that is disproportionately impacting middle class and working c

how close has barack obama lived up to the lofty promises that began his presidency? what is his legacy going to look like? the one, the only tom brokaw is going to join us here live to talk about that as we wind down the obama administration. we do begin right now with our top story just minutes ago, president obama wrapping up the final press conference of his presidency. he held that obviously at the white house, he was reflective in some of his answers to the press and the nation. take a look. >>le i was told to wear a tan suit today for my last press conference, but michelle, who is fashion sense is a little better than mine tells me that's not appropriate in january. i have enjoyed working with all of you. that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. you're not supposed to be fans, you're supposed to be skeptics, you're supposed to ask me tough questions. i think it is in america's interest and the world's interest that we have a constructive relationship with russia. if president-elect trump is able to restart those talks in a serious way. i

bush, a different kind of boomer to barack obama, a law professor, and from barack obama to donald trump, the american tv reality star. so there's something in the american soul that jumps from poll to poll. >> there's a way with our words that sums up our trends. that's chilling. jon, you've written so beautifully about presidents in our past that because of the passage of time you can't possibly come to know. and yet you've also spanned the other end of that spectrum. you've had 41 sit down and say, here it is, all of it. here's my letters, my notes, my thoughts, here's my entire life. now you've heard a tour of the confines of the mind of this young, departing, 55-year-old president, who has his own specific column in history. what do you make of that? >> well, i think he's -- i think obama and 41 actually have a good bit in common. when i interviewed president obama about 41, as you mentioned a moment ago, he spoke in these camera-ready paragraphs, talking about how bush had -- the senior bush had proven to be a gentleman from afar and up close. and that president bush sr. did things

and barack obama coming in and saying to people who hated him, i want to be your president. i've never experienced someone coming in and not saying that, and not even indicating it. it will be interesting to also see the land mines that this president is laying sort of for his successors which i'm not accustomed to. whether it's the deployments to parts of eastern europe to set donald trump up, whether it's the manning commutation when sends -- it throws a monkey wrench into the whole wikileaks attempt to rebrand themselves and gain back some of their support. it's interesting. >> or 20 presidential appointments in the waning hours. andrea mitchell is standing by to talk to us. i heard david gergen speaking last night on television. he doesn't throw around a lot of hyperbo hyperbole. in discussing your work, he said he should be shocked and not surprised by donald trump. he said in his memory, no president-elect has ever done this much harm to american foreign policy in this kind of run-up. >> david gergen, as you know better than anyone, was in a number of white houses, rep

donald trump still owes america apology when it comes to the barack obama birther issue, and he disrespected obama for the eight years, and he owes the president and america an apology for what he did, and what he did was shameful when it came to the birther issue. >> it's kind of rich for donald trump to say lewis was divisive. >> she asked me what my thoughts were on it, and i brought up the -- >> that was not his rational. civil rights icon, and this is not complicated, and it's a free country and he can do what he wants. >> the bottom line is what he was speaking to -- >> you don't get a free pass -- >> i didn't say free pass. you can criticize all you want to, and donald trump also -- you talk about what is unfortunate for the american people, this man still refuses to say anything remotely negative or critical about vladimir putin, so what lewis did say, this man is about to be sworn in and we have issues -- >> i am going to stay on russia. we are going to stay on russia. donald trump spoke about that dossier and maybe some leaks. take a look. >> nothing is ever going to show up, and t

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,

>> as you remember, kate, barack obama promised to be the change candidate, that you would unify the country. i thought it was interesting that a change candidate comes in hoping for the best, and whatever happens happened to him and he was no longer the change candidatafter a while. and then another change ndidate mes town, and that's donald trump promising a different kind of change. and it was the difference between those two changes that are being promised that i thought that was probably fertile ground for this much air time, four hours over two nights. >> the one thing that really comes across, too, is that you do focus on obama more -- you talk about the republicans as well and sara palin and donald trump and mccain. but you focus in on obama. i want to play a clip to illustrate what i'm talking about. >> as he made the case for re-election, the man who my wiss fulfilled. they talked honestly to us,any of them, for a few hours at a time. i think we have a fairly accurate understanding of exactly what happened to barack obama over those years. he hit a wall, as you know, kate,

. >> it's funny because we talk about people that supported barack obama in 2012 and 2008, the motivations behind that. >> hope and change. >> yes. and when you talk to people in the middle of the country, they bring up these terms. hope and change, that's what we see in him. i said that's how they described obama obama. and he said did they? i didn'tnow that. >> his favorability ratings are not good. i know you got back from the trip a couple of weeks ago, but did you see cracks? if he doesn't come up with building a wall, if he doesn't end up banning all muslims from coming in this country. if there are still terror attacks is that going the make them question donald trump? >> i think on some issues, yes. >> what issues? >> jobs. >> jobs? >> that's the one major thing that everybody said, jobs, we need jobs, we need the economy started again. i know that's so vague but that's what they brought up. pocketbook issues like that. and so i mean we mentioned again like the talk about twitter. i mean people were like put that down, we don't want you warring with other people. we want you focusi

same question for barack obama. look at the numbers and compare, contrast, look at history, and that's what our poll is measuring. >> sounds like it's probably not rigged. mark murray thank you, kasie hill and hallie jackson, thank you. >>> house republicans calling the democratic boycott of friday's inauguration childish. take a listen. >> show up. >> democratic congressman from new york he is one of the dozens of house democrats who say they will be boycotting friday's inauguration. the number now at 50. congre congressman adler, what do you say to those who charge this boycott is childish, is a waste of time. doesn't really accomplish anything? >> well first of all it's not organized. it's a series of individual decisions by myself, other people. >> presumably you talked to your democratic colleagues. presumably this is something that comes up. >> yes, but no one is organizing, no one is urging people to do it. i decided for myself, other people deciding for themselves. i just don't want to participate, because i

the first inauguration of barack obama, remember how cold that was? it was freezing. i ended up with a bronchial infection. in addition to trump supporters descending on washington, d.c., tens of thousands of protesters expected. inauguration security expenses are expected to exceed $100 million. cal perry has been speaking to some groups who are planning to protest. cal? >> reporter: it's har to say exactly how many protesters will be in town on friday, but one sort of indication we have is through the national park service. they say 22 groups have put in for permits. that is an increase of more than ten groups. we saw about a dozen groups four years ago and eight years ago. now, one of the groups that is more vocal than the rest, disrupt j-20. they say they're going to grind the city to a halt on friday, literally putting themselves into the street, their rhetoric fairly bombastic about the trump administration, take a listen to what the organizer said. >> it's an issue -- [ inaudible ]. >> we want to set a tone of resistance for the coming year. we know we need to

there's a famous picture of barack obama and his first inauguration day. he's actually getting one final check in a mirror. i'm told donald trump will also have a mirror. n for the inauguration, he'll have two bibles, one the lincoln bible and the family bible given to him by his mom in 1955. and when that is all over, he will say good-bye to the obamas on the east steps of the capitol. the helicopter formerly known as marine one. it will no longer have the marine one designation and then the parade attended by the trumps. >> we'll be waiting for you early this afternoon with that big interview you have. or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. my psoriatic arthritis caused joint pain. find out how american express cards and services just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and i was worried about joint damage. my doctor said joint pain from ra... can be a sign of existing joint damage.

that's what barack obama did. >> barack obama did not have that pr machine behind him. what donald trump does do is communicate this and the idea that people will have less regulation, whether they will or they won't in the end, it gets them enthused. >> barack obama set a record for the most consecutive months of private sector job growth. that's a fact. let's see what donald trump does. i think this is a big stheem for this week though. i think we've seen a transition with a lot of talk. he becomes president on friday, critics like me, his supporters, we have to sit back and see what actually happens now. >> right. >> what is going to happen when he is president of the united states? >> i think there's another thing that we should be looking at going on underneath all of this, which is that walmart announced it was going to add 10,000 jobs. that's pretty much what it normally does in a given year. the other thing they said is they're going to dramatically expand their training academies for workers. that says there's such demand for workers that walmart is going to st

he had obviously the i have a dream speech, then you have barack obama the first black president, now leaving office. let me take it from the standpoint of the last eight years of american history. in terms of martin luther king's dream and in terms of the progress during the first black presidency, what do you think the legacy on the issue of race relations, what is the legacy end up being? >> well president obama has been an extraordinary president, but, you know, on the issue of race relations, he's tried to move the ball forward, in areas where he has executive power. but, in terms of, you know, getting congress to move forward on things like closing the economic gap between african americans and their white co-nationals, president obama really never took on that challenge. and i think it's clearer that he was worried that taking on that challenge would sink his broader agenda. i'm not certain that that's true, but that's the calculation he seems to have made. frankly african americans are today after eight years of president obama in the same economic condition that they were whe

let's not forget, everything wasn't perfect before barack obama became president. we have 50 million people without health insurance. we were paying the highest prices in the world. the question is saying what people do is saying, okay, what are the problems? what do i think are the problems? how do we address those problems? how do we work together? what you don't do is say, we are going to repeal the entire affordable care act and we got nothing to replace it. >> reporter: they have the votes to repeal it, right? >> yes, they do. but i think there are a number of republicans who are getting a little nervous and understanding that, yeah, it's easy to repeal, but how -- what do you replace it with? is it responsible to simply throw the whole thing out without having another replacement? >> reporter: so, do you think republicans may not have the vote to repeal it in the first place? >> i think -- i can't predict -- i'm not part of the republican caucus, to be sure. but i think there are some republicans who are getting a little nervous to understand you can't throw

not only in donald trump's america but in barack obama's america, too. it's a familiar sight for many people. and going into the donald trump presidency, it's something that a lot of people on that side of the border know a lot about. >> you out there should stay a look at jacob's full piece at msnbc.com. it is a fascinating look at what it is going on. truly powerful. thank you so much for joining me. >>> trump and twitter, can they mix in the oval office. a look at the power of words and how a tweeter-in-chief could play out on the international stage when our live coverage from the nation's capital continues. degeneration, amd, he told me to look at this grid every day. and we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd after 15 years of clinical studies. preservision areds 2. because my eyes are everything. i've got a nice long life ah

in some ways controversial but in other ways a continuation of what president barack obama has been calling for and that is a morrow bust nato. one final of this, you haven't heard from the pentagon but heard from senator marco rubio. he's been critical on trump, that's significant because rex tillerson, trump's nominee for the secretary of state he could come up somehow caught in the crossfire on this. rubio not indicating which way he'll vote on tillerson. >> the real question is what the role of nato is and whether or not it's a relic. so how are the president-elect's comments being viewed by european allies, and at the pentagon? >> we haven't had official reaction from the pentagon and i suspect we won't get that until we have a new secretary of defense. we've heard from secretary kerry a little bit critical on trump. the german media are questioning what trump is saying on the idea of having a 35% tariff on autos. you had a senior german official saying earlier, look, the u.s. simply needs to make better cars. one note on a lot of german manufactures and autos, also manufactured in the

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.

the night that barack obama was elected president. >> yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! ♪ ♪ >>> now, eight years later, president obama is going home. ♪ >> we joined him on air force one for his last trip to chicago as president, to say farewell to the nation. ♪ ♪ >> the soundtrack for our day, music from the president's own spotify lists. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight you're going to talk to the american people. >> right. >> is this a hard one? do you know what you're going to say? >> i know what i'm going to say. i have to make sure i get through it properly. you know, when you reflect back on eight years, for all of the highs and the lows, the one thing that is a constant is the incredible dedication of the people who got you there, and who helped you do your job. everybody from the staff at the white house to the folks who make sure the airplane flies to supporters who would write me notes when things weren't going well to the people who would say that the work we did made a difference. so i think that that sense of gratitude that i feel for those folks, i just ho

much like those who criticize barack obama claiming falsely that he might not have been a natural-born citizen and how that eroded people's confidence and was so emotional during the obama years. now for john lewis, who was reveered in the democratic party, a helg hillary rodham clinton supporter, saying this about donald trump provoked donald trump to respond on twitter saying that congressman lewis should focus on his district, which is in the atlanta area in georgia, claiming that it is in real decay and that it's crime-ridden. claims that certainly people who live there would dispute. it is john lewis's history of being a person of action during the civil rights movement and in all the years since. not someone just about talk. this back and forth is an extension of the division we've seen during the campaign season and in this transition period and it's coming just days before donald trump takes the oath of office. john lewis also said he would not attend the inauguration, the first time for him as an elected official, and that is a sign of protest. other democrats doing that as we

and preserving the legacy of president barack obama. nbc's hans nicholls was at the rally today and has the latest from the mall. hans. >> reporter: richard, the march is over, the protest is over, but the activists hope their message will continue to be heard throughout the trump presidency. one of the many theme ts here, we won't be trumped, we won't be moved, and something that came up quite often was police brutality. we had parents of those slain, eric garner, tray son martin, parent were there, mothers talking about it, and the reverend al sharpton made the point that police brutality and everything that's going on there needs to be changed. >> we are not here because we didn't have something else to do! we're here because we fought hard to make sure that this administration heard our cry and we are not going away now! criminal justice and police reform must go forward! >> reporter: perhaps a dozen speakers and one thing that was also brought up throughout was the need to continue protest along with sort of consolidating the gains

>>riting for barack obama is a wonderful struggle. he's so good at that it will kill ourselves on the first daft just to try to get it right, and there are times where i've called him at 2:00 in the morning because i knew he'd be feeding one of these kids and i'd say i'll come over -- a little single malt scotch doesn't hurt. >> sometimes. depend on the season. we're playing on house money here. none of this was supposed to happen. the first night we met in hoolihan's in the chicago office we were down double digits in iowa. >> why did you sign on with him? >> i believed and i still do. >> and i was -- you know, it was a huge bet. but there's just something in what he had been saying this that resonated with me from the very first time i heard him speak. and the opportunity to not just go work for him but to help craft that message was something i knew i could never turn down. >> the stuff we were dreaming about in a bar in 2007 we had been able to watch it made real. so he takes it personally when things get held up, things fail, bec

president barack obama delivered his final weekly address. he offered thanks. >> whether we've seen eye to eye or rarely agreed at all. my coveringses wi conversations you at farms and on factory floors, at diners and on distant military outposts, all are what you made me a better president and a better man. >> political reporter for the "los angeles times" and molly hooper for the hill. good afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon. >> seema, i'll start with you. something went awry on russia's involvement in election hacking. a number of democrats said they lost faith in fbi director james comey. what happened? >> this is a story that will continue to grow. we've seen it and the hearing for rex tillerson, the president-elect's appointee to be secretary of state. questioning russia's role in the election. vladimir putin's direct involved. i think this will continue to grow. he was such a central figure in the election. he spoke publicly about hillary clinton's e-mails but not the other things coming up now, the dossier we don't know wheth