that's not the approach of barack obama. i generally think barack obama will be seen as a good and great president from the perspective of history, not only that he b bush, a country of deep recession where unemployment was growing with people losing the helms at a very quick pace, and today, america is in growth again. we have a very low unemploloymet rate. of course, this is not true for every region in the united states, so i i understand if the , butotest and opposition apart from that, the health care reform, the reform of the financial system. he nominated two female supreme court justices, the first latina. he changed how the country thinks about homosexual love, gays, lesbians, and so on. he had a huge missile contract with russia to delete 1/3 of strategic missiles that i could go on and on. peter: there is a darker side to all this, though. you said at the beginning of the show, or at least i quoted you as saying that trump is obama's legacy. explain. all, if youfirst of say you are delivering change we can believe

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

i said barack hussein obama, president of the united states. that doesn't seem like it's going to sell in peoria. but he changed all the rules. >> his first line in the speech is "the plains of peoria." >> he said only in this country is my story possible. only now is my story possible he should have said. >> well, to me -- joy, how do you -- chris's point about this popularity, i think in some ways that's part of the thing that's so hard to get your head around. here's someone who had been a controversial president. he's overseen one of the most polarized eras since the civil war and yet is going out with -- as one of the more popular politicians of the country, one of the more popular exiting politicians in recent memory yet is going to turn this office over to a man who is a repudiation, rejection of him. >> it's incredible. i can recall interviewing people during the campaign who really liked barack obama, who voted for him twice, he wears very well as a president. you have to live with a president over time, he wears well, he's a congenial

barack obama said he has become a fictional character. here is a quote from his interview, i believe with "rolling stone" in 2008. he says i was never subjected to the villification of fox news and the media ecosystem. he blames that on bringing down his approval ratings. >> he won'tlet it go. bottom line, he should have come on fox news and reached across the aisle more. he passed through without any republican help. he didn't want it, he never got it. howie: he seems to leave out other parts of the equation. >> the mainstream media has backed president obama and will have been outspoke others who have definitely been on the attack. there is no question about that. he's right. there have been talk shows and conservatives who have gone after him. but he's the president. you can expect he's also a super liberal president. when you have a president acting in a liberal way you will have the press going after him. >> the obama administration often leaked everything they needed to the "new york times." so it's no surprise the "new york times"

these are very difficult circumstances for democrats, and for barack obama as well. he will try to end this on as positive a note as possible. his last trip to chicago, his trip on, and his last air force one. it is the last time he will be in one room together with so many of his supporters as president. host: hundreds of thousands of people have been paying their respects to iran's former president, who died on sunday. his coffin passed through the streets today. he will be laid to rest beside the leader of the 1979 islamic revolution. alexander hirst has the story. reporter: tens of thousands gathered at the university of to honor the former president. on monday, iran's current president paid tribute to his current mentor. a religious moderate, he won support with his help. former president. >> his bravery and bright thinking showed young people the right path. fortill had several wishes the honor of this country, the glory of the system, and revolution. we are all hopeful we can continue in his path. reporter: nicknamed the shake of moderation, his death that she

there is no question barack obama wanted to withdraw from iraq. if you read the stories from the new yorker and elsewhere on the record, it is clear he wanted to withdraw all troops from iraq. he had no interest in getting a status of forces agreement. the prime minister at that time new it. barack obama ran on a commitment to get us out of iraq. he did. the cost for having done that was extraordinary. he inherited a country that was relatively speaking in good shape. don't take my word for it. take the word of joe biden and barack obama who talking about how peaceful -- talked about how peaceful iraq was in 2010. when we withdrew those troops, iraq descended into chaos. eventually isis came in and took over parts of syria and iraq and established what was essentially a caliphate state that did not have to happen. i feel like it was ideology that drove president obama to do what he did. i do think he was driven largely by ideology. he fancied himself as trains olitical who transp came through with reasonable judgment. i don't think the record alig

it's not justin bieber or barack obama as personality but barack obama who has always seen the hope of what america can be. hope of a more perfect union. >> also a very sobering tone to the speech. think of barack obama who began national political career talking about optimism and hope and change and unity and progress, ended presidency by defending certain things we didn't think a few years ago needed defending, science, basic facts, journalism, the ability of citizens to talk to each other on the most fundamental level. although i heard the optimism you're reflecting, i heard a great level of concern about it. also the shoutout to michelle obama, i've tried to report the story of the obama partnership and how it's affected this presidency. but i believe it's so subtle and deep and fascinating, we have to hand the baton to the historians. michelle obama pushed barack obama to become the politician she wanted him to be. was above it all lofty figure and wanted him to have elevated presidency. and in the way that jackie kennedy was in many ways the architect of the kennedy vision, say

he does not have barack obama oi'i now. he does not have barack obama on his side now. he is the 45th president of the united states. all the decisions and cares of these offers are the decisions and cares of these offers a re now the decisions and cares of these offers are now on his shoulders. this really has been an extraordinary transition of power. many people thought it would not happen. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. you have been watching this bbc news of special on the inauguration of the next president of america. singing. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. that i will faithfully execute. the office of president of the united states. so help me god. from this day forward it's going to be only america first. america first. many of us have enjoyed a settled spell of weather over the last few days. that doesn't mean we are all enjoying the same conditions. cold and frosty starts in the south of britain. converting to gloriously sunny days in many spots. and here is the variety. this is what i was talking about. in the flow of h

george w bush and bob barack obama and barack obama is doing it. mrobama, barack obama and barack obama is doing it. mr obama, leaving the oval office. his time as a resident almost at an end. he leaves that nodein almost at an end. he leaves that node in the draw of the desk that was made from the timber of the ship that was donated by the british. not when we but it down. no! this is a remarkable moment. this is the tra nsfer of remarkable moment. this is the transfer of power. president obama in the oval office. walking out of the oval office. he has been resolutely... you have to wonder what he and his wife are going through in these final moments. there has rarely been a transition web people with such different worldviews and a lot of it between these two men, during the course of these two men, during the course of the last two years. but he has during the last few weeks been resolutely positive and up beat about his time and the state of america. indeed. and for several each reasons. one is the reference for office love of democracy. i reme

guy back to barack obama or george bush or bill clinton or bush 41. there were awful things said about him. you have to rise above. my hope and prayer for the sake of the country that after tomorrow he will do that. >> neil: all right. we'll watch closely. thanks for taking your time. you've had a crazy day yourself. the president-elect is set to arrive. he will say a few words there and let it be known that he's very appreciative of the crowds there. even hollywood types and entertainment types that criticized the talent that was showing up to his events. he said this is for folks, average folks. i'm more interested in helping them and seeing them than celebrities. so the fact of the matter is, he has a good number of here. but charles payne, much is being made of that. charles, if you're with me, much is made of who shows up, not so much what is done, but what do you make of that? >> it's been disheartening to say the least. just the notion that the disrespect shown to the office of the presidency. forget who is being inaugurated. but elected offici

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

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

. >>> barack obama is the first president since hubert who never had a year of economic growth is 3% or more. after the last great per session -- the economy grew 4.5% in a year. think of where we'll be and think of where all the blue collar workers would be. >> let's talk about the next four years. donald trump did something that i really liked. >> i do watch the show, you know, i point out his greatness occasionally here. >> lets talk about infrastructure and the airports and the shabbiness and laguardia airport and the railroad system we have in this country compares to the railroad systems and airports all over the world and south africa and all over the world, it is all better than ours >> republicans are trusting to spend but they don't want to do it for fiscal reasons. we are not going to waste your money but we'll spend some money to get capitol investment. do you think paul ryan will go along with that with trump doing some spending or not? >> i do. >> first of all, we have to understand that there are a lot of hugely important infrastructure projects that can be privately f

going to miss barack obama. you may disagree with him politically but he's good man at his core. >> speaking about the first lady. >> past 25 years not only been my wife and mother of my children but 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 kids. i loved seeing that. characterize that moment and first lady, michelle obama as the first lady. >> i must say, i sat at home and cried because you are looking at man who on martin luther king's birthday will have been married to a woman who is similar for 40 years. and i think what i appreciate most about it is the fact that he accentuated the

trans—pacific partnership, this is barack obama's baby. he doesn't want to get rid of it, it will go ahead with asian countries trading with other asian countries. he doesn't wa nt to other asian countries. he doesn't want to be part of that. he thinks it is taking jobs away from america. it is antagonistic against other countries, isn't it? yes, and interestingly enough, bernie sanders was for not getting involved with tpp, and also getting rid of nafta, the north american free trade agreement, trump also wants to get rid of that because it brings jobs back to america and it antagonises other countries, in that case mexico and canada. so it is an interesting thing that he feels these are priorities. he has already started the ball rolling on dismantling the affordable care act. bernie sanders, no matter how vitriolic it was, trump was never rude about bernie sanders. he never made fun of him, never traduced him, he said that the dnc, democratic national committee, it is stitched up, he used the expression, they stitched bernie up. he felt

he painted a hellish picture of america, different from the one barack obama said he was leaving behind. pres. trump: for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. withucation system flushed cash, but which leaves are young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and rubbed our country -- robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. this american carnage stops right here, and stops right now. jon: and then a message to the rest of the world. don't look to us to bail you out. we've got different priorities now. pres. trump: we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in inry foreign capital, and every hollow power. from this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. america first. economic nationalism would be the order of the day. pres. trump: we will follo

les ha dicho barack obama o los periodistas allÍ presentes. el siguiente capÍtulo de esta confrontaciÓn llegaba hoy, como no, de la mano de twitter el presidente electo acusÓ a nbc de imparcialidad por un reportaje que contradice con datos mensaje que gracias a trump las compaÑÍas estadounidenses estÁn regresando al paÍs. cada presidente ha tenido problemas con la prensa, la diferencia con trump que tiene mÁs de 18 millones de seguidores mayor puede provocar mucha cosas. >>> el presidente electo se defiende diciendo que privarÍa no twittear pero que esta es una forma de defenderse de lo que llamÓ la prensa deshonesta, sin embargo casi un 70 % de los estadounidenses desprueba este tipo de comunicaciÓn por parte del presidente electo. a pesar de esto trump dice que va a seguir twitteando y quiere mudar el salÓn de prensas afuera de la casa blanca, el informe para las noticias. >>> esa Última conferencia de presidente barack obama ha dejado otros titulares. >>> Íntimamente estoy convencido de que estados unidos estarÁn bien fueron

eric obama went to ten in his 2013 inauguration. —— barack obama. but it's a chance to celebrate and also the public face of the presidency is all—important. the public face of the presidency is all—importa nt. so the public face of the presidency is all—important. so much of thejob is public choreography, public performance and donald trump understands that, as someone who rose to fame as a reality tv show host on the apprentice and he is a producer at heart. he knows how important appearance is. and healy was denied choreographing the image of discontented, successful, beautiful first family. well, president trump's already started dismantling some of barack 0bama's key policies. just after his inauguration parade he signed his first executive orders, including that decree against the affordable care act, which is known as 0bamacare, and the announcment of a national day of patriotism. he also signed a waiver to allow retired marine generaljames mattis to be defence secretary, even though it is less than the required seven years since he lef

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

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

ba rack obama were much smaller than those that greeted barack obama eight years ago. hail to the chief rang out for barack obama won last time as he entered the final minutes of his eight—year presidency, and one sensed a feeling of the map happiness, even though this wasn‘t the way he wanted to end his presidency. then came the entrance ofa man presidency. then came the entrance of a man now taking centre stage. —— of a man now taking centre stage. —— of the man. his inaugural show, ushering in a very new reality. he read from a script written by america‘s founding fathers. the presidential oath of office. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. and will, to the best of my ability... and will, to the best of my ability... preserve, protect and defend... preserve, protect and defend... preserve, protect and defend... the constitution of the united states. the constitution of the united states. 35 simple words that made him donald trump —— president donald trump. the gun salu

a big change there from barack obama traditions. a big change there from ba rack obama who traditions. a big change there from barack obama who had many marching bands from big cities. i have been speaking to people who are thrilled the donald trump is in the white house, who never thought he would win. even amongst those i have been speaking to, delighted as they are an much as they hope he will return jobs as promised and he. what they see as trade and in legal immigration there is concern that he could do more to try to unite the country. some people told me they —— that they wished he had done more to reach out to those who did not vote for him. this is definitely a moment for him. this is definitely a moment for his supporters to celebrate but the crowds are thinner than i have seen the crowds are thinner than i have seen at previous inaugurations and some of these are viewing stand that we re some of these are viewing stand that were not packed to the rafters as they had been before, a reflection, i guess, of the divisions

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

obama as former president barack obama, nothing illustrates that more starkly than the helicopter waiting to take off with former president, former first lady. it is known for this mission as executive one. it's normally known as marine one. short flight across the military district of washington to what was formerly known as andrews air force base, now laden with the clunky pentagon title joint base andrews, as most of them are, but there you see the military lined up to escort the former president over to the aircraft. both men will be coming out this entrance. steve schmidt, your assessment of what we heard. >> i think there were two things that were striking. first this republican president's administration is not going to be animated by conservatism, but rather a fierce american nationalism. it will be interesting to see that play out. secondly, in very unusual for an inaugural address in the modern era, there was no articulation of american values, of the values of the post world war ii liberal order with the united states at the center of it, a communication to the world about our

view barack obama and his time in office? >> any time the white house switches hands, it reflects on the president before. clinton when bill replaced george h.w. bush primarily because we had an outsider beating an incumbent. here we have an outsider defeating an insider that would have been a third continuation. one party has held the white house for three consecutive terms only once. this would have been a validation of obama's legacy. the american people did not give it to him. katty: how much have they been talking? what is the relationship going to be like? few times,e spoken a like when donald trump has criticized the ability of the transition. president obama called to touch base. this will be one of the more fascinating relationships in the years going forward. he will only be a couple of miles down the street, and they have such different worldviews. president obama says they get along. i'm not sure i believe that, but it is a relationship they will be talking through, because this incoming president has no experienc

and barack obama. have coffee with michelle obama and ba rack obama. they have coffee with michelle obama and barack obama. they will accompany them to capitol hill for the inauguration services. mr trump, who has already put out his slogan for his re—election campaign. he has not yet been inaugurated, but the slogan for his 2020 campaign will be "keep america great again". his family has been inside the church. ivanka trump will no longer be part of the family business, but will support her father. and her husband, jared kushner, is also there with the president today. they are jewish. ivanka trump converted tojudaism when marrying jared kushner, who is an orthodox jewish person. when marrying jared kushner, who is an orthodoxjewish person. his sons, eric and don, are with him as well. lani for the president's speech, we understand donald trump wrote several drafts himself. he sent out a photograph of himself sitting at a desk of what he called the winter white house. it is his hotel complex and resort in palm beach, florida. that speech, we will li

barack obama and michelle greeting the new occupants of the house, donald and milani at trump, and a gift to the outgoing first lady from her successor —— milani at trump. and pose for posterity, the [mt h trump. and pose for posterity, the 44th and 45th presidents together. the ceremonial is over and the gladhanding for the moment is done. now donald trump is making his way along pennsylvania avenue back to the white house and the awesome responsibility of being president of the united states of america. and now the real work begins. the parade is another central piece of the pageant on inauguration day with military bands marching through the streets. but this being donald trump there had to be one surprise, and it came as he was approaching the white house. he got out of the car near the fbi building, but more importantly right across the road from the trump international hotel. donald trump the businessman, and donald trump the businessman, and donald trump the president seemed to be going hand in hand. the day after his surprise election victory barack obama said the world w

. >>> 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

i don't remember barack obama being treated that way. they were a little rougher i think on george bush than obama but not this bad. >> i will give you a direct answer to that. but george bush never sought to reset with russia. a strong ally of ours after september 11th, until they essentially became a giant gas tank and putin got wealthy and greedy. bush dealt with him as such. but in terms of the news conference, you nailed it. i just never saw the press treat barack obama with such roughness. nobody treated george bush like that. just face it. the press is hostile to donald trump, they always will be. and he is happy to return the favor. he actually has the upper hand in that relationship. >> sean: i thought it was a knock out and very entertaining. i thought it was fun. which of donald trump to going forward? should he push them out of the white house? should he bypass them, laura? >> when the press is doing its job, it should be a cheerleader for the administration. it should be an honest broker. and be a check on power. that's what

we were told why ali barack obama continues to see these strong earnings. looking at the three third—quarter earnings, they have had good results. in november they came out with several initiatives to drive sales but of course the growth rates aren't as high as before. they have slowed a bit and that is why they are focusing on other areas of business like cloud computing and digital media, looking at international expansion from these areas. revenue from cloud business jumped expansion from these areas. revenue from cloud businessjumped by 150%. can this be sustained? about i don't know if it can be sustained with the higher growth rates in china, it depends on how much it can expand globally. we have seen increasing demand from consumers and enterprise in cloud computing. but there are risks, you have them in the us blacklist over counterfeiting and there's a securities and exchange commission investigation in the us including accounting practices. will this create a whole going forward into the bottom line of the company, will it have a reputational da

you can't get away from the criticism of barack obama, which has been he has beena barack obama, which has been he has been a president with so many promises that hasn't necessarily brought many to the front, and one of the big things, the massive things, one was gun control, which he hasn't been able to do, and secondly, they probably tie into each other, the fact he wanted to change how washington worked, he wanted to change the red tape and how easy it was to push these skills through. and of course he has found, like so many others before him, that once you get into power it is so much more difficult to get things done than it looks from the outset. and we wonder whether that will be different this time around because the republicans have the majority in both houses? donald trump has used the phrase on the drained swamp, and it remains to be seen. there is so much self interest. every democratic government that has a civil service thatis government that has a civil service that is always there despite whichever party is in power, they are the ones running the day—to—day busines

on the issue of race, though, barack obama leaves a complicated legacy. aleem maqbool reports from alabama. there were civil rights battlegrounds across this country, but few as crucial as those in this state. in one of his last acts as president, barack obama has designated certain sites in alabama important in the civil rights movement as national monuments, including the gaston motel, which was used as headquarters for a time by martin luther king. around the corner stands a church that was bombed by white supremacists in one of the pivotal moments of the civil rights struggle. president obama has now made this a national monument too, in honour of the four young girls who were killed. ii—year—old denise mcnair was one of those who died in the bombing, an event that sparked national outrage. churches are supposed to be your sanctuaries, so for that to happen in a church, i think those that may have been on the side of segregation had to take a second look. during his presidency, barack obama has paid tribute to the historical events that helped pav

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

obama was elected and the first thing that mcconnell did was lay out a plan for how to defeat barack obama at every turn -- for those who would say that you now sound like mcconnell sounded eight years ago, you'd say what? >> well, there's one difference difference. barack obama, whether you disagree with him as a partisan or not, was a figure of great dignity, of great probity, of great respect for the constitution, of great personal uncorruptibility and a person who took the trouble to study public issues and be very judicious, very measured in the way he went about being president of the united states. so, if mitch mcconnell decided from day one to oppose him and try to destroy him, you could dismiss that as pure partisanship. now, you compare that with donald trump, who is a loose cannon, who is a crackpot, who got elected president through a series of accidents combined with the fact that a lot of angry people have gotten the short end of the stick economically. i say this as a citizen, not as a partisan -- i think there's a world of difference between trying to destroy barack o

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

imagine what people would be willing to pay barack obama. he is sort of the top of the haep right now for public speaking. >> this former president has a hefty to-do list. >> my fellow americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. i won't stop. >> randy kay, cnn, washington. >> much more ahead on this special saturday edition of 360. huge turnouts of women's marches across the country to protest the new agent and his agenda. more on that ahead. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some p

many papers elsewhere are fascinated with barack obama. you can see the front page, saying that eight years after he came to power, his farewell has a bitter taste. in the editorial, his track record will be looked at, saying, sure, sell things that -- he eliminated bin laden, got things back on track, but it is still a letdown compared to the promise he represented when he was elected in 2008. you can see the paper saying both represents duality -- magic but also a certain powerlessness. showing thisre slight sense of disappointment, that he could have and should have done more. twist his very famous campaign slogan. isis not, "yes, we can," it he he could have done more." there is a mixed feeling because he still represents a lot of hope, but we are still having a mixed picture when it comes to his track record. it does not help that donald trump was elected just right behind him. that genie: is seriously casting a shadow on his presidency. -- genie: speaking of the new president-elect, he has popped up in a few cartoons today. flo: "chi

back in 2009, barack obama through the democrats proposed an 800 billion-dollar stimulus plan, he said it would take over the past couple of years it would take unemployment down, certain levels. targets were never reached. >> unemployment levels did come down dramatically. >> i don't think you can correlate the two. we had zero percent interest rates. >> one of the two things did happen. neil: he's pointing about what you're not pointing out and you're pointing what he's not pointing out. [laughter] charles: this week president trump talked about the environmental studies, the regulations, things that -- no, no, to take -- >> that's not infrastructure. >> charles: to make it effective let's cut out the two-year environmental study that cost $10 million. ken cep let's go past -- neil: all right, we are going come back and make a larger point here. i'm promising you, remember ronnie and maggie, i want you to get ready for the sequel, donald and theresa ♪ if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for