barack obama called slavery the original sin of america. his presidency once held promise of redemption. that has not happened. is this country enters the trump era, the divisions between black and white america are felt, perhaps, more starkly than they have been in a generation. if there is anyone out there who still doubts that america is a place where all things are possible, tonight is your answer. that was the era of yes, we can. when black america seemed poised to claim a confident power apparently long denied. # i'm so reckless when i rocklike von she dressed # i'm so possess if # my daddy alabama, my mummy louisiana... to me it is a race war. you have black against white, white against black. from the swa m ps of white, white against black. from the swamps of washington to do by you of the south. beneath the surface of the south. beneath the surface of the post— racial society, fear. anger. and the deep roots of a history still unresolved. the final week of the obama presidency began with the annual commemoration for a man who gav

different from barack obama but you're right, barack obama was very affair and his wife very aware, first african-american couple in the white house and they had to be almost perfect. i think that trump operates with a little more entitlement frankly. >> that's my point asking about history. you have to be aware of history as president and i think the obamas were very aware how history would judge them and how it would look. >> and conscious of how they presented themselves as african-american family. look at christmas photos look like norman rockwell painting but fact it's african-american family sends out message, positive message to the entire world. they cultivated that. >> every president, early days define you. then the early days and last days but you have to be careful about the early days. >> i think you're right. >> sets the tone. >> so if you stumble out of the gate and can't get a victory up there, that sets you behind. and frankly that's why donald trump coming in actually has extra burden now because he's not coming in with wind at his back and honeymoon but coming in with a

i think she envious of barack obama. he feels once he became president he would enjoy the great reverence that people would essentially bow down to the donald, and he is enraged. >> joy, do it. >> i will say it on tv she an obsessive tv watcher. all he does watch tv and tweeter and he doesn't care about voter fraud, two of his kids, he has multiple people in his personal circle registered in more than one state. this is about personal senses of inferiority. it is bizarre. >> you know, let me say -- after teresa may. >> i have heard the theory of the inferiority. that is what drives you to run for president. some sense of need. normal people are like -- >> but driven by a sense of need. why do people spend years writing books, to prove something. psycho babble doesn't get anywhere with me. >> hamilton said vein is the highest ambition of the noblest minds. >> no no. >> they immediately tried to put people at ease. he went to diner with katherine cram and others. he said i may be to your right, but i'm not crazy. >> and ch

barack obama campaign for hillary clinton a lot. michelle obama had some of the most romantic and emotional roles. gave some speeches in the fall campaign that were extraordinary on the part of a first lady. mark: you see two men who have run for president, bernie sanders and to his left john mccain. another sign of the bipartisanship. >> first lady michelle obama. director of the united states senate committee on rules and administration. [applause] mark: there they come. michelle obama. very vocal opponent of donald trump in the election. gave these emotional, powerful speeches. i think one of the things for alling here is these folks that will be asking themselves for a long time, did we do enough? did we do the right things? then we do the wrong things? ec soul-searching this weekend -- you see soul-searching. they all feel as though they are trying to be -- to do the right thing for the country. hisident-elect trump and people have expressed great appreciation for the fact the obama's in particular have been so helpful and grac

president barack obama. he also used the press conference to defend his decision to cut chelsea manning's jail sentence. he says the soldier who gave secrets to wikileaks had already served a tough punishment and described his decision as "entirely appropriate." president obama: first of all, let's be clear, chelsea manning has served a tough prison sentence. so the notion that the average person who was thinking about disclosing vital classified information would think it goes unpunished i don't think would get that impression from the sentence that chelsea manning has served. brent: all right, we want to go to our washington correspondent. she has been following the press conference. it was interesting, wasn't it, the outgoing u.s. president began the press conference by speaking to people like you and me, saying the media are needed in a functioning democracy. how significant is that, considering this is the last time he will speak as u.s. president? reporter: well, i think it was very significant. it was

barack obama leaves this white house scandal free. even more importantly, there are a ton of people who are going to recognize tomorrow when barack obama leaves in his marine one, i believe called executive one, leaves with a 60% approval rating. donald trump tomorrow has the lowest approval rating of any president-elect in modern history. his task is to begin to unite the country, something he hasn't been able to do throughout the campaign, but we can't deny that he comes in here with the backing of very few people in this country. >> so let me ask you, jodie, because this is a poignant moment. if you've been on the streets or walked in front of the white house the past few days as most of us have, you see tourists coming in. so many people are here watching this. for the obamas, you see michelle obama's video she put out. how emotional is this for them? this last night? >> well, so, president obama has a really unusual writing assignment. he is going to write a letter to put in the oval office for donald trump to find. think about w

we are covering barack obama's departure. you see his helicopter landing a outsidee andrew's washington, d.c., switching from a helicopter to an airplane. trump, president, donald has begun to tweet as president, reflecting an echoing the themes he talked about on the economy and the government in control -- being controlled by the people. the president elect is expected to sign some debts the president is expected to sign some orders. we don't know if he can sign orders and tweet at the same time. we should learn of some executive orders he is expected to do. they have been tightlipped about what kind of orders he will sign on his first day. he will save some signing on monday and then will attend a luncheon in statuary hall. some members of congress are milling about, waiting for the president and the vice president. they are taking the obama's out to andrews where they will fly west to california where the president plans to spend time and palm springs playing golf. >> we are coming to the end of our coverage. i president

(avo) ask about namzaric today. >>> few people know barack obama as well as valerie jarrett. she has been his senior adviser for the past eight years but they have been close friends for over two decades. how did they come together? listen in. when you knew him as a young man what in him do you think has stayed the qualities and has made him a successful president? >> well, it's interesting. the first lady said about him once that being president doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are and the young man that i met 25 years ago i call him an old soul. he was very grounded. he was very clear about a purpose for public service. wasn't sure at that point how it would manifest itself, but was trying to figure out how to do good. and he had this kind of very focused long view. and that has stayed the same. the other thing i'd say that has been constant throughout is his temperament. he is steady, he's calm. his highs are not too high and his lows are not too low. he is able to absorb a lot of anxiety that comes your way when you're in a position of leadership but not let

barack obama came here and made very specific promises to the american people about obamacare. he came here and said if you like what you have, you can keep it. how did that work out? today millions of americans lost the good health care plan that they liked and expected to keep and are not able to do because of the broken promises of his law. barack obama came here to this capitol and said if his bill passes, health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families and instead what have we snow and the reverse dramatic increases in health care costs and 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 cools here apologize for those broken promises but i don't think that's going to be the case. i think he's going to be here more concerned about about preserving his legacy than about fulfilling those promises. good news is we are here to fulfill those promises to the american people. we told the american people that if you give us this great opportunity, that we're going

the next morning this is barack obama reading the actual note. the procession to the capital is always a big deal. as we move along pennsylvania avenue there. and here is a picture from exactly 100 years ago. an open carriage and that is william howard taft on the right. and the new president, woodrow wilson on the left. in 1933, we had a situation with franklin d roosevelt in herbert hoover. the two of them did not get along so well. there wasn't a lot of conversation during their ride to the capital. many pictures that were taken that day, roosevelt can be seen waving to the crowd or smiling to the crowd for turning toward hoover and trying to have a conversation. but in every picture you ever see hoover is just looking straight ahead ignoring him. there have been other times also where the presidents, new and old did not get along so well. and those i mentioned in my book the chapter is called can't we all get along. sometimes if there is a big issue, here is 1909, that is william howard taft driving together with teddy roosevelt. we can't see

the truth is barack obama was an incredible candidate besides the digital tools and hillary clinton had certain flaws that maybe were apart from the digital campaign and donald trump maybe had some strengths. in addition, all the fundamentals of the campaign, all the models that political scientists used to predict elections with were different this time than four year aegs, so we shouldn't overemphasize the use of digital tools in being determtive of the campaign. that's first. secondly, donald trump's operation was not as people sort of looked at the two operations in the summer and fall and hillary clinton had digital operation, donald trump didn't have one. to some extent, one of the things we've learned, there's a few features. i think ginsburg mentioned this before. there are serp things that donald trump did. like he did spend more money facebook than hillary clinton did. at least according to the campaign. they spent half of their money on digital. and split it evenly between digital and tv and she spent more on tv. the amount spent on digital was three to four times what it was

>> i think should use barack obama as model for successful presidency. embrace the way the republicans did to reagan, not to the cult-like extremes they sometimes took it but say this is a president who got it right, changed country for the better. listen to his voice and defend his achievements. >> why do you think president obama in unique position once he leaves office? >> haven't had a president like this, young, popular, hasn't had a scandal, doesn't have a successor protecting his legacy, isn't dead. he's young, he's there. and person who is succeeding him is trying to get rid of his achievements but he's much more popular than the person coming after him. not had anyone like him. even bill clinton, still popular but disgraced by scandal and everyone wanted him to go away. ronald reagan was old and others not that popular. barack obama has unique chance to speak out on important issues. >> jonathan, appreciated it. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> still ahead, president obama's stunning decision commuting sentence of chelsea manning, convicted o

barack obama despide su presidencia. el mandatario recuerda la naciÓn que el ciudadano comÚn debe estar involucrado los cambios que pide. senadores demÓcratas bombardearon al nominado de donald trump. hablaron sobre los retos y necesidades de la comunidad hispana. fue sentenciado a la pena de muerte del joven blanco de 22 aÑos que asesinÓ a nueve feligreses afroamericanos en una iglesia de carolina del sur. comenzamos. locutor: Éste es un noticiero univisiÓn, jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. buenas noches, esta es una ediciÓn especial del noticiero univisiÓn para la costa oeste. luego de ocho aÑos en el poder, el presidente barack obama dio en chicago su discurso de despedida. es un discurso de agradecimiento, a sÓlo 10 dÍas de la toma de posesiÓn de su sucesor. estamos con viviana Ávila, en chicago, amigo, con la mÁs destacada su discurso que muchos catalogan como histÓrico. viviana: asÍ es, maría elena. llevamos unos 30 minutos este discurso final del presidente, barack obama. dijo que era la oport

you brought up the point if barack obama would have done this or that. the night before barack obama got inaugurated and sworn in, he was at a din ker honoring john mccain. you had people like mitch mcconnell who said we're going to make sure this was a one-term president. republicans met under cover of darkness making sure his agenda did not exist. that being said, i recall very often people said barack obama was something he even said which he has taken back, being the first post racial president. to hear donald trump is the first post partisan president echoes. >> i'm not talking about going to dinner with john mccain. to me that's not being post partisan. i'm talking how congressional republicans said this is the first president who didn't try to call me and work together on issues. he did not extends and reach across the aisle the way we've seen in the gingrich days. >> 15 seconds. >> but the republicans under barack obama literally said their job was to make sure he was unsuccessful. it's hard to pick up the phone for somebody. for donald trump, he

it might even outsell barack obama's memoir. they'll each get paid quite a bit of money because they are two popular people. >> she is very popular. she'll do another late night show, her final good-bye. here are some of her best moments. ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ >> oh. >> what can we say? we just dropped the mike. don't tell people about my rash. >> a rash that she has. where is the rash? what area were you telling me about? >> my shoulder. >> lower than that. >> keith, you've known her a long time. is she going to miss that? >> the reality is i've not known her a long time. i met her when she became first lady. i never knew her in law school. she has this relatable personality. when i met her in the white house for the first time she hugged me like she'd known me her entire life. as an african-american, it's been a joy to watch her on this national stage. i'm good friends with her hairstylist and we were just texting a few moments ago about what this means. she's become this icon in not only african-american cult

barack obama arising chicago for his farewell address. jeff sessions, the man picked to be the nexus attorney general, has told a congressional hearing that he is no racist and has never supported the ku klux klan. —— nexus attorney general. fifa approves plans for a massive expansion of football's world cup 248 teams. and the woman who sat in the front row of history. britain's war correspondent claire hollingworth has died at the age of 145 -- to 48 hollingworth has died at the age of 145 —— to 48 teams. —— the age of 105. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6pm in chicago where barack obama will deliver the final big speech of his presidency. it's expected to be a parting plea to americans not to lose faith in their future no matter what they think about their next president. it's also his last chance to try to define his legacy. the president landed in chicago a short time ago. a fitting book into what began eight y

later in the programme we'll be looking at barack obama's foreign policy legacy. republicans and democats in the us senate have clashed over the confirmation of donald trump's nominee for attorney—general. republican senators described jeff sessions as a distinguished legislator but democrats said they were troubled by what they called his extremely conservative agenda. several times he rejected allegations of racism. barbara plett usher reports from washington. this was always going to be a hard sell. a senator dogged by years for allegations of racism now set to become the country's top law enforcement official. jeff sessions is the first of donald trump's cabinet nominees to be questioned by congress and the most controversial. iam not a racist, iam not insensitive to blacks... 30 years ago he was accused of racist comments in front of this same committee, it rejected him from a position as federaljudge. other charges of civil rights violations followed and he has been defending his record ever since. i'm from south carolina so i know... a fellow senator from

we also know that there's somebody else here at the capitol today and not as barack obama. when the president comes back here today for the last time as president, it's important to remember the first time barack obama came here as president. barack obama made specific changes to obamacare. if you like what you have you can keep it. how did that work out? millions of americans lost a good health care plan that they like and expect it to keep that are not able to today because of the broken promises. barack obama came to this capitol and said if his bill passes health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families and instead, what have we seen? the reverse. dramatic increases in health care costs. and my city louisiana, 25% in resist and higher costs for health care because of those broken promises of the law. i hope he comes here to apologize for those broken promises. i don't know if that's going to be the case. more concerned about legacy than about the filling those promises. they are here to fulfill those promises. we told the american people if you give us a grea

but barack obama seems to have a pretty good talent for getting under his skin. and it would be a very unusual role for an ex-president to play. they usually kind of just fade off, but given that the democratic party is sort of leaderless at this point, this may be the preview of a buddy moving not. >> but obama did seem to know, right, that if he just called trump and maybe said, bro chill out or whatever he may have said this is what trump had to say about that phone call. >> our staffs are getting along very well and i'm getting along very well with him other than a couple of statements that i responded to. we talked about it. we smiled about it. and nobody is ever going to know because we'll never be going against each other in that way. but it was a great conversation. >> where are things now between these two? >> this is a very delicate thing for president obama try to figure out. knows that he's probably best used if he can get in donald trump's ear. so you know that if your, as karen said nice to him and say something complimentary as the last thing he's

bush left the white house and barack obama became our 44th president. >> it is one thing that we do well and probably we take too much for granted because if you look at the number of countries in which this does happen with so little fan fare and with such little agitation it really is unique. i think americans don't understand that. >> the role of the military, the parade and all the traditions that go along with that, what is its origins? >> this is the way the people used to celebrate. often times with parades that were often times pretty military compared to inaugural parade. if you look at parades through history you knew nothing else about the president who was being inaugurated or the time he was coming to power. >> how does it represent the president taking office. they are organized by the house and senate and parade by the -- >> people tend to think that this has been nothing but tumlt and division and conflict. you will have members of congress often times who are of a different party from the incoming president who may. >> let's talk about five inaugural addresses. i want to

no. ( laughter ) walking and talking with barack obama. here it is. >> what are you going to miss most about this place? >> this walk is one of them. well, in a way, h he told us his family life hat thrived living and working under the white house roof but that his wife and daughter didn't feel the same way about life in what harry truman called the finest prison in the world. >> how do they feel? they're ready to go. the girls, obviously, they are now up in age in which the constraints of secret service and bubbles and all that stuff has gotten pretty old. michelle never fully took to the scrutiny. i mean, she thrived as a first lady but it's not her preference. >> he was the hardest sell. she was the hardest sell and she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is. having said that, she would acknowledge and i certainly feel that we just have a lot of memories here. our kids grew up here. some of our best friends have been made here in this place. there have been moments that were highlights

barack obama's move in the final hours of his presidency. we'll hear from him tomorrow but meanwhile, inaugural celebrations begin for the next president. tonight donald trump talking up his new administration. >> i'm very proud of everybody, the cabinet members. we have put together a team i think the likes of which has never been assembled before. >>> cnn justice correspondent perez. president obama decided to commute chelsea manning's sentence. she was the army private who gave sensitive military document said to wikileaks. >> this announcement came as a shock to the intelligence and national security apparatus off the united states. there was a lot of consternation about this simply because of the recent history with wikileaks. the leak of 750,000 documents really launched wikileaks into what we know that it is. and given in the 2016 election, the obama administration made a big deal that they served as an arm of the russian intelligence services which stole documents and released them through wikileaks to harm the campaign of hill hill.

otus was being used by barack obama. it is now swept clean. there's a photograph of him looking rather drum. it is not just that one tweet, because this photo was not the original choice. the original photo for his account was this one. it only got changed an hour ago. the reason there is controversy is because this photograph is from barack obama's inauguration . a lot of people drawing attention to it and twitter user "so sad." photo from original the getty images website, which says it is indeed president barack obama's inauguration. if you are wondering what happened to the account of president barack obama, it has @potus44.d to donald trump is up to 5.7 million who joined him today. reaction to the speech itself is interesting. trump fans found it wonderful. in my opinion the speech -- "in my opinion, the speech will go down as one of the best e ever. clearly a dig at liberals. we have the other side of the coin, trump delivered one of the angriest and most nationalistic speech." asked why he is only talking about money, money isn't every

brock obama consigned the last piece of cold war legacy to history. -- barack obama consigned the last piece of cold war legacy to history. an extraordinary transformation. he leaves admired and largely popular, not the least were his role in the global climate change agreement. he tried to carve out a foreign policy that he saw as right for the times. as the commander-in-chief was given a traditional sendoff, in his own way he was as destructive to american power and influence as george w. bush. what with the nobel committee make of him eight years on? -- would the nobel committee make of him eight years on? jane: i spoke with the former u.s. defense secretary and bbc global affairs analyst, william cowan. n. william cohe how would you sum up the tone of president obama's presidency? william: the familiar ring is no drama obama. his foreign policy reflects that . he is highly intelligent and well spoken. very calm and cool. a lot of people would like to see more passion at times, and less professorship. think that that reflects the way that he has conducted his foreign policy, very co

but what has barack obama done for eight years? in the very early years of his administration, he sent hillary clinton to push the reset button with the russian foreign minister. in the middle of his re-election campaign in 2012 he told the russian president that he would have more flexibility after the election. when mitt romney characterized russia as our number one geopolitical adversary, barack obama mocked him and said that the 1980s wanted their foreign policy back. i'm glad the president has finally realized the threat that russia poses to the united states and our interests but i wish he had recognized this eight years ago. >> russian president vladimir putin has responded. here's a bit of what he had to say. russia has reasons to respond in kind. although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy but will plan further steps to restore russian/u.s. relations based on the paolicies of the trump administration. he invited all diplomatic children in russia to new year's and christmas

. >>> the legacy of barack obama coming up next. >>> barack obama's america was born with hope, people were crying in the streets. and with crisis. >> fragile financial system. >> it's likely to get worse before it gets better. >> health care hysteria. >> why don't they take the health care being forced down our throat. >> twowars mas shtings. >> a gunman opens fire. >> blocked by the mass killing. >> racial violence. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> this guy is a racist. >> barack obama made some big bets that paid off. >> welcome home. >> troops came home. gays got married. enemies were vanquished. >> justice has been done. 6789 millions got health care. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> and sometimes tragedy gave way to hope. >> your moment of liberation is at hand. >> what will remain? >> the president just smiled and said, i'm a black guy named barack hussein obama, i feel lucky every day. >> what is the legacy of barack obama? he may be the most improblemible president in american history. in 2003 he was a state senator from illinois. >> the intent of this

today's new york times, the optimism of barack obama. the national review is writing about obama's failed presidency. perspectives on our 44th president as he appears for his final week at the white house. on friday, barack obama will welcome donald trump for a theitional talking marking peaceful transition of power. the inauguration will take place on the u.s. capitol beginning at noon eastern time followed by the congressional luncheon and the inaugural parade on pennsylvania avenue. live coverage throughout the day friday. welcome to "washington journal" for this sunday morning, january 15. we want to begin with your perspective on the last eight years. what is the president's legacy? are you better off today than you were eight years ago? 0, that is our line for democrats. 202-748-8001 hour line for republicans. for independents, 202-748-8002. be sure to join us on twitter. or join usweet online at facebook.com/c-span. good sunday morning to you. thank you for being with us.a busy week in washington, d.c. inaugural coverage throughou

as he was coming in. >> barack obama is projected to be the next president. >> senator barack obama of illinois... >> narrator: by november, the economic crisis and the growing divisions in washington would soon be barack obama's problem. >> ...will become the president of the united states. >> that night, when he came out, the look on his face to me looked like someone who finally understood the weight of the job that he had just won. >> and you saw this seriousness and this weightiness that had come over him suddenly, as if he knew that this giddy ride that resulted in his election was, in effect, over. and it was as if the burden of the presidency fell upon him in a split second. >> narrator: but that night, obama insisted the unity he had promised was now within sight. >> americans sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. we are, and always will be, the united states of america! >> you have, in obama's case, gone within four years from being an illinois state politician to the most famous

he flipped 209 counties that had twice voted for barack obama. >> i spent my entire life and business looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world. that is now what i want to do for our country. reporter: after a recount and a campaign, the postelection period would be dominated from his by chief that the kremlin had interfered with the election to swing it for mr. trump. >> they hacked into some democratic party e-mails that contained pretty routine stuff. some of it embarrassing or uncomfortable. the president-elect agreed. >> as far as the election. [inaudible] reporter: finally the fateful hour arrived. >> so help me god. congratulations mr. president. [applause] reporter: his inaugural address would be the shortest in four decades and the sharpest indictment of his immediate predecessors from both parties seated behind him that any new party has delivered. >> the establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. reporter: he proclaimed america first and promised to turn around the carnage of our cities, secure our borders and er

barack obama is a leader in this country and will remain such. all right? even after he leaves. >> he's only 55. >> bill: he's a leader. he dodged a question that he should not have dodged. winston churchill could not have dodged that question. >> i'm not so sure about that. i have seen winston churchill -- >> he had to make a decision. >> bill: that's another example of poor leadership. there is controversy around president obama staying in washington, some people said he might set a shadow government up and undermined donald trump. he was asked about it today, will he speak out about issues? >> efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are american kids, and send them someplace else, when they love this country, the notion that we would just arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids, when they didn't do anything wrong themselves. i think would be something that would merit me speaking out. >> bill: nobody thinks that it's going to happen, no one think there is going to be around about the so-called dreamers.

barack obama's legacy largely depends on who you ask. viewers onome to our public television in america and also around the globe. at the end of this week the united states will have a new president, but already donald trump is casting a long shadow across the atlantic. in his latest series of interviews and tweets, the incoming american leader has criticized germany's head of state, threatened that country's automakers, and questioned the relevance of nato itself. one german official says that last one has caused worry across the military alliance. james robbins has more. james: they rehearsed the inauguration in washington with a stand-in for president trump. but no one knows quite what to expect on friday's ceremony, still less what will happen in the first 100 days. the president-elect continues to amaze, now accusing germany's chancellor merkel, more than 11 with veryffice, catastrophic mistake, the open-doors approach to migrants. president-elect trump: i think it was a big mistake for germany. james: germany's chancellor did not r

we're going to miss barack obama. you can disagree with him politically, but you have to understand he is a very, very good man at his core. >> this is him talking about his wife as first lady. >> for the past 25 years you have not only been my wife and mother of my children, you have been my best friend. [cheers and applause] you took on a role you didn't ask for. and you made it your own. with grace and with grit and with style and good humor. [cheers and applause] you made the white house a place that belongs to everybody. and a new generation sets its sights higher, because it has you as a role model. so you have made me proud, and you have made the country proud. >> so, joe, besides, it takes a real man to cry when he's talking about his wife and his kids. i loved seeing that. characterize that moment as michelle obama as the first lady. >> i sat at home and i cried. and i cried because you're looking at a man who on martin luther king's birthday will have been married to a woman who's similar for 40 years, and i

. >> host: covering the white house during the obama presidency is how much barack obama tried to get away from this issue. he tried to avoid dealing with this issue. he was brought to deal with the issue from time to time whether it was the trayvon marfan shooting and so on. how does that affect the way that the public perceived his presidency and his ability to move legislation here in washington? when he was somebody that didn't want to have this front and center >> guest: it changed throughout his presidency. the first couple of years he was afraid of the question. he was asked about skip gates and gave an answer about a distinguished professor arrested outside of his own home, a pretty outrageous case. maybe at the worst of the most violent case of police abuse, but an outrageous case. and this professor was his friend and this became a huge controversy he hav had to resoly bringing both parties to the summit. this was a cleanup operation and they tried to stay away from it but in the presidency he learned how to use the issue anyway he could control it and shape the narrative an

do you think democrats will do the same with barack obama? >> the reagan cult is creepy and dangerous and you had years and years and years in which republicans said what would reagan do? let's find some minor writing that reagan might have said. >> right. >> what was right in 1980 is right forever. that's bad. >> right. >> but they should value obama's presidency. they should see it as a model to emulate and defend. >> jonathan chait, the book is called "audacity," fascinating and provocative. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, chris. >>> that's "all in" this evening. a reminder, at 11:00 p.m., "the obama years with brian williams." "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you, my friend. we know that it didn't end well. what we forget sometimes is that it did not start well. richard nixon was elected in 1968, re-elected in 1972. that meant that his inauguration day for a second term was in january 1973. it was his inauguration date, january 20th, '73. almost spooky to look back at that day now because of the way we know

obama can be measured as the democratic president, i think barack obama can then be measured as the first black man to occupy the office. >> reporter: professor taylor says that image of the first black family in the white house will endure. but he says some blacks felt president obama fell short, and in the end, all that hope he brought to the nation's highest office could not repair the nation's race relations. >> i think barack obama represented a great deal of symbolic importance for the african-americans. i don't think there's a specific policy outcome that african-americans can point to. >> reporter: the flare ups around police shootings and church shooting in charleston forced the president to address those issues, and his lead -- >> we see at the end of his tenure as president he's confronted criminal justice reform, mass in car racial. >> reporter: but the repeated calls for compromise at times left both size discontent. -- sides discontent. he was breaksed on immigration -- blasted on immigration, while the high number of deportations disappointed liberals. republicans cri

speak to mike >> you go back to that moment yesterday where president barack obama refused to comment on the 68 democrats, the number that has been growing, not going to the inaugural festivities. did he miss an opportunity to urge fellow democrats to attend? >> howard: he clearly missed an opportunity, and the following is not a partisan observation. this just sucks, i mean seriously. it is part of the endless blood feud in washington. do you think the next time a democratic president is inaugurated there will be dozens of republican members of congress who discover they have to clean up their sock drawers clutch market is for democrats -- >> let me jump in, because here is the plane making its arrival in washington, the president-elect is on board that plane, he took off a short time ago from new york city and it is wheels down momentarily for president-elect donald trump. and there you have it. >> howard: just to pick up the point is we follow the plane landing in d.c., it's one thing for democrats to dig in and fight president trump on his policies. this is disrespectful to a core

saying, listen, i'm the one who won barack obama, how come you didn't get elected. presidents come into office with that pride and confidence. >> it's right. you think about ronald reagan. we talked about donald trump going into the professional wrestling ring but it was reagan who did a movie with a chimp. "time for bonzo." he came into washington, ronald reagan as an out sisider and he understood washington and conformed in many respects to its traditions and to ensure that he did things to get things done. took all the proper steps in order to make that happen. >> famously spent time after hours with tip o'neill. matthew, on that point, a far different washington, a far different congress, a far different political world. >> we're lightyears away from 1981, 1985. the country has tribalized the way people consume. there's not a common set of facts in the debates that we have. barack obama ran on in 2008 on bringing the country together. more divided in the aftermath. a very difficult place for democrats now. it was very difficult for republicans to come to the aid

i don't think that's the way barack obama feels. he's going to be in washington. his daughter has got to finish high school. and i just think, you know, he's not done in some way, shape, or form. >> just watching that event today, it just brought into full life and view the conflicts, the mixed signals, paradox, call it what you will. he leaves office with a 60% approval rating. the election was ten weeks ago. the anti-obama is taking office. the guy who ran against different. different in personal style, how they communicate, different in the policies. he's leaving with a 60% approval rating. if he's so popular, why did the american people do what they did? harry truman put health care on the table. it took 50 years. he's the democrat who got it, but it now is at risk. the first democrat since fdr to win two terms with 50-plus percent of the vote. and he leaves office, he can be proud of that fact in history. his party is decimated. the republicans control the senate and the house and most of governorships and i think most importantly the democrats lost a thousan

and the other piece of this, chuck, is that barack obama should step up as well and call it what it is. it's wrong what is happening. it's wrong how some of these democrats are treating president-elect trump. we have a great relationship with the white house. i talk to dennis mcdonogh every day. we had a great meeting with the cabinet members and the sitting white house cabinet members on friday. the transfer of power within the white house is going great, but to do this to president-elect trump five days before he puts his hand on the bible is just wrong and the democrats are fund raising on this comment from congressman lewis right now. so they're making money on it. >> let me ask you this, because one of the things that congressman lewis says he will never forget and possibly never forgive that vladimir putin is a stronger leader than president obama and there are people that will respond to your comments right now and say donald trump spent five years questioning the legitimacy of barack obama's constitutional viability to be president of the united states with the birther controve

barack obama has been missing in action. only in the american ghetto, sean, could this go on with the no sense of emergency. if that many people died in a hurricane in the southeast, there's no way that everybody would stand by twiddlingpl their thumbs. there's no sense of urgency. but here's the bottom line. here is what is wrong in chicago. it's not the chicago police department, it's the fact that mayor emmanuel has allowed "black lives matter" and the aclu to run the chicago police department. they are setting policy rprocedure. >> sean: should they not follow the new york experience? when mayor giuliani started stop and frisk, they got the number downay to about 300 or 400. a majority of those lives saved were black lives. so now implement something like that? would the federal government be able to come in and do that? >> the thing is, the promising thing about this is if there is any, they don't have to reinvent the wheel here. they don't have to come up with something that's never been tried before. the order mainten

barack obama ba rack obama returned barack obama returned to chicago, the place where his political career began to deliver his long planned farewell address. the crowd, though, had other ideas. four more years! smiling that one away, the president used his platform to underline what he sees as his achievements. ifi he sees as his achievements. if i told you eight years ago that america would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleashed the longest stretch of job creation in our history... cheering if i had job creation in our history... cheering ifi had told job creation in our history... cheering if i had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the cuban would open up a new chapter with the cu ban people, would open up a new chapter with the cuban people, shutdown iran's nuclear weapons programme without firing a shot, take out the mastermind of 9/11... cheering mastermind of 9/11. .. cheering if i told you we would win marriage equality and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens... cheering ifi had another 20 mi

will you miss president barack obama? yes, yes indeed. the whole first family on his beautiful wife and children, everything about them, they are leaving behind some big shoes to fill. danika miller, thank you forjoining us. so, that was danika miller, one ofjust thousands of people packed inside that hall. so, that is the special coverage from inside the convention centre in chicago as president barack obama centre in chicago as president ba rack obama makes centre in chicago as president barack obama makes his farewell address to the american people following in a tradition that began with america's very first president, george washington. laura, many thanks indeed. we will be here in the studio in london. let's run through some of the highlights of the final speech from president 0bama the final speech from president obama to the nation as president. my my fellow americans. michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes we have received over the past few weeks. but, tonight, it's my turn to say thanks. whether we have seen