handover of power at the top of american politics from the barack obama to donald trump. in recent days, the battle over barack obama has legacy has been heating up. the man who came to power eight years ago promising to bring sweeping change to the united states has this week in defending his record in an emotional address to followers in chicago. meanwhile, it looks as though donald trump is set to take a wrecking ball to most, if not all, of what obama has stood for. is obamaion this week plus legacy. can it survive trump? -- our question this week is obama's legacy. we begin with christoph von marschall, who argues the world will very soon come to miss barack obama's thoughtful approach to politics, as he puts it. alan posener,s whose opinion is trump is obama has legacy. guest, melissa eddy, says over obama wrote history as america's first black president and even donald trump cannot change that. hisaw barack obama give farewell address this week. i wonder how much you will miss him. melissa: a lot. it's hard to quantify. the difference is so -- when you watch obama's speech a

and that's barack obama. and i think when the president comes back here today, maybe for the last time as president, it's important to remember the first team that barack obama came here as president. 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

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 great opportunity to work everyday

the media might repair their tattered credibility with molly hemingway. barack obama takes the stable insisting he could have won a third term. obama imposing sanctions on the russians over their cyber hacking of the democrats. and a power move from the u.n. >> donald trump doesn't think this is a big deal, we'll move on from it. but he will find time to discuss it next week. this is the same donald trump who had time yesterday to hang with don king. >> i think it's a mistake for donald trump to downplay this. reporter: trump versus obama with 5 days to go on a u.s.-middle east policy. >> usually the incoming president will defer to the president's foreign policies. >> i don't think there is a limit on the president-elect expressing their opinion. >> most of the mainstream media. -- >> there is a real risk making policies 140 characters at a time, and we are seeing it. we don't know what the president meant. did he mean more warhead? >> this twitter account is a threat to foreign policy. >> the world took it and ran with it. saying oh, my god, nuclear proliferation, we are all

the note Ãb large envelope that was left in the oval office by george w. bush for barack obama. inside it was another book that says 244 from 43. 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

delegitimize. there was a demographic, first ever aspect of barack obama. you know how many people in this town, who live within walking distance, came with tremendous historic enthusiasm, saying this city is largely minority. they have been for 100 years. the people were so thrilled, that they waked to the involvement. they don't need metro numbers, i was there. it was overwhelming. so why is he trying to compete with history. donald trump being elected president is a certain kind of history being made, but not the kind to go in the record books like a barack obama. >> i don't the he can help it. it is a real bank shot, getting crowds to pay attention to the march for life. >> i think it is a buzzer shot. >> it's not a three-pointer. he can't let go of things. we're still talking about voter fraud. i think we're talking about it, too, and papers are talking about it, because he is talking about it. what he said on that clip, chris, how dare these congressmen come out of this private meeting and say what i said. he can't blame them. he says it himself and he doesn't want to let it go and n

message to all of them. that didn't work. it did get barack obama re-elected. but that's the only success the democrats have had in 8 years. and they are still playing by that same play book. >> i think charlie is absolutely right. you have over 23 democratic seats up in 2018. republicans need to net 8 eats to get 60 which -- 8 seats which would make the democratic party irrelevant in the senate. you better think long and hard when you start opposing donald trump's picks for pure political theater. lou: someone decided jeff sessions had a prop in his granddaughter and accused him doing so for political reasons and having her for a political prop. his granddaughter. ignoring the fact, richard durbin, every time he opened his mouth, had somebody in the audience who was not related to him, had no reason to be there and hurl some sort of accusation at senator sessions. he had human props scattered throughout the audience. it's sickening to watch these people operate. they don't stuns, that nonsense no -- they don't understand, that nonsense no longer plays. it's offensive and it's rejected by

to all of them. that didn't work. it did get barack obama re-elected. but that's the only success the democrats have had in 8 years. and they are still playing by that same play book. >> i think charlie is absolutely right. you have over 23 democratic seats up in 2018. republicans need to net 8 eats to get 60 which -- 8 seats which would make the democratic party irrelevant in the senate. you better think long and hard when you start opposing donald trump's picks for pure political theater. lou: someone decided jeff sessions had a prop in his granddaughter and accused him doing so for political reasons and having her for a political prop. his granddaughter. ignoring the fact, richard durbin, every time he opened his mouth, had somebody in the audience who was not related to him, had no reason to be there and hurl some sort of accusation at senator sessions. he had human props scattered throughout the audience. it's sickening to watch these people operate. they don't stuns, that nonsense no -- they don't understand, that nonsense no longer plays. it's offensive and it's rejected by

political witchhunt. an emotional farewell meanwhile for barack obama in chicago. that is where the u.s. president gave his last speech before leaving the white house next week. obama called his eight years in power the honor of his life and left telling americans, "protect our democracy." and the corruption scandal in south korea snares the head of samsung. he is due to be questioned later this week and the ever-growing web that could support the president from office. airbus wins the battle of the playmakers, beating its rival boeing with orders in 2016. the details on that coming up in our business update. as the cold snap leaves dozens of people data across europe, residents of the past are t stamp up a free coa to help those in need. those stories coming up, but first are top story live from paris. ♪ genie godula.nni intelligence chiefs have presented donald trump about russian efforts to compromise him. has embarrassing information about the president-elect of both a personal nature but alleged assistance to trump from the russian administration for years. trump himself slammed

from marty who said barack obama will be known as a hero, just like martin luther king junior and malcolm x. caller: i am inspired by president obama and the first lady. hope and those vibrant, positive aspirations i ipe to see in america and look forward to implementing those in the near future as a proud latina. host: the first color we got, taking your calls. spewing negativity about our presidency. some are still naive to the , onde in the country twitter. confirmation of general jeff sessions, the next attorney general. the attorney general hearings before the senate judiciary committee. that will get underway at at 9:30 a.m. it eastern time. the first day of hearings for >> tillerson, secretary of state. we are also covering elaine chao as transportation secretary. all of these on our website at c-span.org. duluth, georgia, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i want to say farewell to the president and his family. he will definitely be missed. in my family's opinion, going down as one of the best presidents this country has ever had. we are very inspired by

was remembering going to senator barack obama to iowa on the first visit and witnessing the reaction from the democrats there. about the fact he leapt over the people who were supposed to be next in line. and i had a chance to talk to them, are you concerned you're icarus, flying too close to the sun? and now he's two-term president and he gave a bit of a victory lap. which i'm sure a lot of people, it's rorschach test. you love him. happy he gave and others are like really, you don't understand the election? but one thing i will say, interesting from the democrats here, such a debate inside the democratic party right now as to which way to go. lunch bucket economic issues or stay with the diversity issues and racial divide in the country? and he in a way that almost only he can do, brought the two together by talking about the fact -- gave the democrats a road map by talking about the fact if you're a minority, you also have to think about the middle aged white man who from the outside seems to have advantage. >> and democratic party not done a good job and lost those voters. >> but

the white house. there have been some exceptions to that. but no one has done with barack obama plans to do tonight. chicago, mccormick place, thousands crammed in to say good-bye to their hero. they greeted him in 2008 to hear him say i want to be president of the united states. now it is barack obama's chance to say good-bye and to put a final signature on his 8 years in office. we are told he's going to focus more on the future than dwell on the past. but he won't pass up an opportunity to say how far he we have come as a country. jeff flock in mccormick place on what we can expect from this estimated 30-minute address. >> erupting in applause as the bidens enter. this place is packed. if you said 20,000, everything from the journalists that covere >> reporter: the cabinet secretaries, elected officials. this place is just packed to the rafters with people who would suggest that these past eight years have been an unqualified success. a reduction in unemployment, fewer troops on foreign soil engaged in conflict, a higher graduation rate among high schoolers. they see this as a grea

humility as michelle and barack obama. host: thank you. guest: what i think is interesting about the comment is i guess what i would say is that my reporting tried to explore the back story of how they did it and they're going o write their own memoirs. but so often during this administration we have seen them stand up with fortitude and dignity and grace. i was interested in the question of what that costs them. and what was hard about that and what they were really facing behind the scenes. because there was so much we didn't know. and so often they had graceful reactions to really terrible things. if you think about gabby gifford, the arizona congresswoman who was shot, who the obamas actually knew and had a lovely relationship with, or about the newtown massacre or about any of the other terrible events they confronted as president and first lady. i wanted to understand more about how a president and first lady copes with those things and is able to respond to them in public. the other thing i think to remember about your comment is that both obamas have been so viciously attacke

cuarta parte comparado lo que vendiÓ cuando asumiÓ barack obama. >>> los dueÑos de negocios esperan un alza en prÓximos dÍas y autoridades dicen que llegarÁn un millÓn de personas a washington este fin de semana sin embargo, muchos irÁn para prots tar contra donald trump. >>> rogelio noticias telemundo. >>> bueno mientras que el presidente barack obama aprovecha el tiempo que le queda sorprendiendo a mÁs de uno cono mutoÓ sentencia de para mÁs de 2000 presos entre ellos Óscar lÓpez rivera pero sin duda el que mÁs controversia esta causando es chelsea manning una ex soldado transexual estadounidense que filtrÓ documentos secretos de wikileaks cuando era analista de inteligencia del ejÉrcito. manning ha cumplido seis aÑos de 35 y serÁ libero nada mayo. >>> y poco antes de tomar la decisiÓn el presidente barack obama llegaba como vemos por sorpresa a la Última conferencia diaria de su secretario de prensa. >>> el mandatario se apareciÓ para agradecerle pÚblicamente por sus aÑo de servicio y aplaudir la integridad, inteligencia y madurez dijo barack obama de el seÑor e

years and two months ago, november 4, 2008, as senator barack obama declares victory and make history is america's first african-american president, estimated 250,000 people in chicago's grand park on a mild night, the start of eight years in the white house. as he prepares to leave on january 20th, history is assessing the obama legacy for the next three hours on c-span2's booktv three authors adding their perspective to his two terms in the white house, we are joined by april ryan. her book the presidency in black and white, an up close view of three presidents and race in america. how ray still enslave the american soul. david maraniss, barack obama, the story. thank you for being with us on booktv. if you write the first paragraph today of the obama presidency. >> a wistful sensation to listen to that election night address by then president obama. and think about the promise and what has happened since. the only you can say for certain on with that paragraph would include our he was the first black president, took office at a time when the country was in a deep recession and in t

just a hours before barack obama makes his final speech as the american president. is in chicago. a word on jeff sessions, first. he worked very hard today to get rid of the racist tag, allegations that have dog tim for decades. did he manage it? him for decades. he did he manage it? reporter: will he ever? that is the question. these charges will follow him even if he is the attorney general of the united states. excuse me. it is raining quite a lot here in chicago. it makes for some pretty bad driving rain. here we go. little bit you a about what happened to jeff sessions in a city where i think there is less rain and wind than here. he had a relatively hard time, relatively complicated time on capitol hill, but what was interesting was he did distance himself from quite a few of donald trump's stances, including the ban on muslims entering the united states. it includes an opinion from jeff sessions that waterboarding is illegal. donald trump on the campaign trail called for more waterboarding, as more rain comes in here in chicago. this is the weather that awaits barack obama as

inauguration of barack obama. millione there werere 1.8 people there and that was the scene in 2009. washington, d.c. packed out. contrast.ark almost the same time during today's ceremony, the numbers are far smaller. i'm not sure whether they achieved 800,000. the other big story is the new potus twitter account. 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 opi

favorable rating of 66% and george w. bush's 62% and barack obama's nearly 80%, trump, by contrast, is sitting right now at just 40%. more than 20 points less than each of his three predecessors. trump is viewed unfavorably by a majority. 55% of adults nationwide. a majority compared to 18% unfavorable rating for barack obama before his inauguration. meanwhile, even before trump is sworn in, a resistance movement has taken shape against what republicans say is their top number one priority under the new president, that, of course, the repeal of the affordable care act with thousands pouring into the streets into the country into congressional offices this weekend to protest efforts to take away their health care. perhaps the starkest scene was in colorado. a republican congressman mike kaufman snuck out of a constituent event early. after more than 150 people showed up, many of them there to confront them over the repeal effort. >> i am going to potentially lose my health insurance. i've had a pre-existing condition. i've had breast cancer. what's going to happen to me? i'm trying to g

>> announcer: the following is a cnn special report. >>> barack obama's america was born with hope. people were crying in the streets. >> and with crisis. >> fragile financial system. >> likely to get worse before it gets better. >> financial panic. >> we were hanging on the edge of a cliff. >> health care hysteria. >> kill the bill! >> why don't tke they ta health care being foed down our throats? >> two wars. mass shootings. >> a gunman opens fire. >> spray of bullets. >> the mass killing -- >> racial violence. >> you know, if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> this guy is a racist. >> but barack obama made some big bets that paid off. >> welcome home. >> troops came home. >> i'm so happy! >> gays got married. >> america has lived up to her promise of liberty and justice for all. >> enemies were vanquished. >> justice has been done. >> usa! >> millions got health care. >> obamacare. ♪ amazing grace >> and sometimes tragedy gave birth to hope. >> that was a profoundly important moment. >> but as a new era begins -- >> your moment of liberation is at hand. >> what will remain? >> th

that's going to be here at the capitol today and that's barack obama. i think when the president comes back here today, maybe for the last time as president, it's important to remember the first time that barack obama came here as president. 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 plans that they liked and expected to keep and are not able to today because of the broken promises of his law. barack obama came here to this capitol and said that if his bill passes health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families. instead, what have we seen? the reverse. dramatic increases in health care costs. in my state of louisiana, over 25% increases that families are paying in higher costs for health care because of those broken promises of his law. i hope he comes here to apologize for those broken promises, but i don't think that's what's going to be the case. i think he's going to be here mor

, they have had their church service, it is the last time that michelle and barack obama will be in their home of the last eight years before accompanying donald trump to the battle, where you are now, for the services. —— to the capitol building. what do you think barack obama is passing on to his successor now? wouldn't you love to know! ? wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall in that conversation... never before has an incoming president had such a different personality and political agenda than an outgoing president. you will remember barack obama thrust himself into the midst of this campaign, so too did michelle obama in an emotionally powerful way. both said that donald trump was tempering —— temperamentally. this is not how barack obama —— temperamentally. this is not how ba rack obama wanted —— temperamentally. this is not how barack obama wanted to end his presidency, handed over to somebody who has vowed to dismantle and demolish his signature achievements, like health care. but it has been a peaceful transition, americans pride themselves on this and

there were state anyone do or say anything about them the way they've done against barack obama for the time barack obama became president, we heard on the radio, rush limbaugh say i want to see them fail. >> host: but he said he wanted a spouse is failed. >> guest: afterwards. he went back at all. i've got the tape of that. on this wonderful platform of c-span, and we have heard people taken off the air for using the. i am not saying everyone who does not like president obama's polished these were about the affordable care act where policing, not necessarily about that. there is a strong undercurrent in this country and we've seen it before or hate against someone because he is different is very pervasive. i believe race and politics and i believe it's the fact black man is president of the united states. >> host: at eight years ago, barack obama sworn in as the 44th president. here's a portion of his inaugural address. the focus on her website, c-span.org. >> today a cd of the challenges we face are real. they are serious and they are many. they will not be met easily find a short spa

i'm babita sharma, in london. the headlines: his final big speech as president — barack obama arrives in chicago for his farewell address. the man picked to be the next us attorney—general tells congress he's no racist and has never supported the ku klux klan. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. football's governing body approves plans for a massive expansion of the world cup to 48 teams. and clare hollingworth, the veteran british journalist who witnessed the start of the second world war, dies at the age of 105. live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am here in london and 7pm in chicago, where barack obama is about to 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 little earlier, a fitting bookend to what began eight years ago, in the city where the nation's first black presiden

policy that benefits new york but not their state. republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana. he is a physician talking about repealing and replacing the affordable care act. newsmakers, that airs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and at 6:00 eastern. be sure to listen to it on our free c-span radio app. you can check it out on our website at c-span.org or watch it on c-span television. we want to welcome back peter the former director of office at strategic initiatives for the bush administration. good sunday morning. guest: great to be with you. host: let's start at the 30,000. . how is he doing? weeks do not determine the course of a presidency. tendenciese of the within him as president that worried me during the transition. word are showing. he does not have a real command of the issues. he is issuing executive orders where the legislation is being legislation onng immigration in this case. i think he is stirring things up. i think he is portraying himself to be an agent of change, which is one of the reasons he was elected. whether that is positive or negative remains to be seen. he has been a divisive force in the country. i think there is clear evidence that is not going to change. host: how long have you been a republican? guest: my entire adult life. my first presidential election was 1980. i worked in his administration. i work in the george h.w. bush administration and the george w. bush white house. i will not be working in this one. host: i want to share with the audience a couple of opinion pieces you have written, one taking aim at barack obama. you said, the same country that twice elected mr. obama did not suddenly become a nation of deplorables, the destination of the democratic party came because mr. obama turned out to be great at poetry and that it grows. -- bad at prose. 2008 he spoke in a way that lifted people's spirits. got is the first time we that in 2004. the 2008 campaign was a campaign of poetry, hope and change, uplift. that is why he was elected. the pros part is governing. i think he showed himself to be mediocre or worse. i think this stewardship of the economy was not good. his handling of the economy over the eight years was not very good. we had the lowest economic growth since world war ii. historically when you have a nasty session, the worse the recession, the better the rebound is. in this case that was not the case. you had workforce participation rate at the lowest point since the 1970's. the economy is sluggish. that is clearly one of the reasons why hillary clinton was defeated and donald trump was elected. ishink the worst area overseas where the world is largely in chaos and falling apart. i do not describe all of the blame to him. i think his whole theory of foreign policy was lead from behind, and in the infamous words of one of his aides was shown to be a disaster. when you look from iraq to syria to egypt and on and on, the russian reset, relations with china, things have gotten worse. relations with our best allies like israel, and beyond that i think president obama came in promising to heal the divide in american politics. he did not do that. we are more polarized and divided now than when he took office. democrats, and conservatives and liberals are to blame for that. president obama knew the country he was about to take over. the reality is he failed by one of the chief metrics he himself set up. he has admitted as much. host: another editorial, you have been busy writing, regards to president trump. when president trump is buffeted by events, when hard times come, when world leaders do not bend to his will, a pernicious thing will happen. rather than trying to address the alienation and anger that exists in america, he will amplify them. he will go in search of enemies. even republican leaders in order to create diversions that inflamed his most loyal supporters. guest: i think that is right. time will tell if i am right on this. if i am wrong, i'm sure people will call that to my attention over the course of his presidency. i think we have seen more than enough of mr. trump to show that analysis is pretty much on the mark. one would have to understand that my primary concern with donald trump is not ideological, although i am a conservative and he is not, and that worries me. i think he is ideologically rootless. my concern about him has always been temperamental. i think his temperament and character are deeply problematic. i think you see also the manifestations of it. you saw it during the campaign. i think he is a man who is compulsive, the addictive, and impulsive. he does not abide by norms or standards. i think everything for him comes down to him. is erratic, and that is dangerous to have in a president. that is fine in a reality television star. that may help the ratings. when you are president, you have a lot of power. i do not see a man who is reflective or has any kind of self-restraint. i do not even see the people around him have the capacity to restrain him. he won an election that was is historic. i am willing to give him the fact that he is able to tap into certain things in the american public. i just think what he is tapping into our the darker impulses of america, and that the key amplifies anger -- think he amplifies anger. beyond that, there is this bizarre attachment he has two conspiracy theories that he throws out. tot recently that 3 million 5 million illegal immigrants him the popular vote. we are going to see an assault on the truth that i think is going to hurt us. that started on the left in the academy, postmodernism. crystallizedeen it in this form like we are about to see now. that concerns me. host: let's get to your phone calls. with peter wehner. guest: we are a think tank. we are a public policy research organization. we are conservative in approach and tend to view issues through the prism of judeo-christian moral traditions and put public policies within a moral framework. we are medium-sized. i think they have some really excellent scholars that are part of that. i am proud to be part of it. host: thank you for waiting. go ahead. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. host: -- caller: you say a lot of true things, you know. i'm trying to figure out where you put the blame on president obama for going into iraq when you know george bush had an agreement with the iraqis, and he did not want none of the people to stay there. republicanomy, every voted against everything. it was in the tank. you still say he is to blame. we don't want to talk about the oil spill we have and the diseases. let me ask you something, the worst came into thing anybody could come into. for the republicans not to say that they don't want to work with him, that he was going to be a one term president, and you know why the health insurance law, they cannot overturn it because it was inherited. god is so good because they cannot overturn what he did. thank you. guest: thank you. i agree with you god is good. we may disagree on some of the other stuff. let me try to this aggregate your question -- disaggregate your question. 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 aligns with that. he did inherit a terrible recession. much of the reason it was mitigated was because of the tarp funding that president bush started before him and he continued. the recession ran its course and ended after a year or less in office. it has been the recovery since that the record does not hold up. he has not had a stronger down.y with wages flat or the increase in wages went to the top 20%. the stock market did well, but most americans were not happy. that explains in large part why donald trump is present. obamacare, which is his signature domestic achievement, i think that was , fromd from the beginning healthcare.gov, which everyone knows is a disaster. president obama promised you could keep your doctor and health insurance, and that turned out to be false. it was unpopular during his presidency and is still unpopular. i don't think that is the fault of republicans. that is the fault of president obama because his name is attached to it. he is the co-author of wealth and justice and morality, democratic capitalism, veteran of three republican white house andserving as speechwriter special assistant to the office of drug control policy and served for how many years with president george w. bush? guest: from 2001 until 2007. host: you mentioned iraq. estimated 134 million people affected by this band. your reaction. it is a bad idea. i think it is a bad idea. countries he has chosen are random. there is a random quality. the countries included happen to be the one that mr. trump does not have business dealings with. whether that is a coincidence or not we will let other people decide. the main problem as it relates islamic extremism in this country is ongoing. since 2011, there have not been any examples of people from those countries being involved in terrorism. the way this is going to be interpreted is probably going to exacerbate some of the anti-american feelings among radical islamic people that are homegrown in this country. beyond that, it is going to make our job more difficult not easier. host: donald trump tweeted this morning a short while ago. guest: he is tweeting already? good heavens. i wish he would get more sleep. host: "our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting now. look at what is happening all over the world, a horrible mess!" extremism is a real problem. the question is whether this is an action to deal with a real problem. , if he is going to have success as it relates to jihadism that is going to require defeating isis abroad and various extremist organizations. we will see what he comes up with. this is a man who said he would destroy isis very quickly. at the same time he said he would use no troops to do it. that would be a neat trick if he pulls it off. ban if it was going to address a problem and make america safer, i would be in favor of it. as best i can tell as it relates to syrian refugees, there is not a problem right now. there is a humane aspect to taking these people in and all of a sudden saying we are not going to. there is a haphazard quality to this. why not egypt, pakistan, saudi arabia? i think that this kind of action is very consistent with what one would assume and predict with donald trump. disconnectedive -- in some extent from reality. i don't think it will be well done. handledthink it was well in airports. there are people with visas coming into this country who cannot do it now. it is early. we will see. i think incompetence is going to be a real issue with him and his administration. i think we will see more evidence of that as time unfolds. host: an editorial this morning, can mr. trump handle the truth? another tweak this morning from him, "somebody with aptitude and conviction should buy the fake news and failing new york times. they need to run it frankly or fold it with dignity." good morning. caller: good morning. media, i think, i think. he is just one person. he is trying to impose his thoughts on everybody else. you know he is just one person. go back to cnn news. the news media is taking this going and going. host: we will stop you there. we appreciate your comments. guest: i cannot quite get who is the one person. host: i think she was referring to you. guest: i am one person. that is right. i may be wrong. i don't think i have cornered the market on truth. i'm pretty direct on my thoughts on mr. trump, and events will unfold. he is president. he may turn out to be fantastic. he may turn out to be extraordinarily and unusually competent. he may turn out to be sober, thoughtful, informed. in may bring the country together rather than divide it and govern wisely. i don't think he will. as i said, there is a lot of ammunition and that in terms of what we saw in the campaign. that is not a state secret. those are hard facts. you mentioned the new york times headline. this is a real problem. areld trump, his comments not attached to the truth, or if they are, it is incidental. he is not driven by. he is engaged in an assault on truth. he does not seem to want to let go. it has manifested itself in all sorts of ways. one way is this fictional account that there are three to 5 million people who voted illegally. this ridiculous and petty argument about the number of people that were at the inaugural event. he insisted it was the most ever. he sent his press secretary out on the saturday after he was inaugurated to make that case. host: you mentioned that. this photograph to be clear taken at approximately the same time, the noon hour on generate 20th 2009 when barack obama was sworn into office. and at approximately noon on january 20, 2017 when donald trump was sworn into office. guest: you can believe your lying eyes. this is not in dispute. mr. trump saw him on television. he is completely discredited. mr. trump season as this authoritative voice on the legal votes that supposedly happened. i am old enough to remember when conservatives and republicans cared about the truth and felt like you had to align your arguments with truth and the reality of things. there seems to be some element within the right, not just the right, but i mostly hear about conservatives him because i am -- conservativism because i am myself conservative. donald trump is driving them in all sorts of places the they will deeply regret. you cannot work in a self-governing country if you cannot agree on basic facts. there is no percentage in possible -- persuasion possible. you cannot make up your own facts. you cannot do it individually, and you cannot do it as president. host: we will go to new york. dave. good morning. caller: good morning. and curious about insurance trade barriers. guest: i think that is a huge problem. this goes to the point i was making earlier. republicans for the longest time have been free trade. one area in which donald trump has been consistent has been he is appears protectionist -- a f ierce protectionist. he is bringing people on the toht who were free traders reject that view. he could potentially get into a trade war with mexico, china, which would be awful. free trade is a good idea. it works. it helps to lower prices and bring prosperity. you cannot stop it. you cannot stop globalization. most of the problems mr. trump identified, the blue-collar voters and workers in this country, which is very real. this is something a lot of us were talking about long before mr. trump got on the political stage. ofse problems are part automation and technology, not free trade. you cannot reverse them. he should not try to reverse them. if you worked in the horse and buggy industry when the automobile came, that would be difficult, but you cannot stop the automobile industry. there are people out there, whocipled conservatives continue to make the case for conservative principles. in that respect, i would credit the conservative intellectual class and a lot of writers for having principles rather than getting on the trump bandwagon. a lot of commentators in the cable news world have embraced him. i think in doing so they have shown themselves to the hypocritical about beliefs they stated with some degree of animation and conviction. before he left office, you said the following about barack obama. is among the most talented campaigners we have ever seen. as president, he failed in a manner and on a scale that damaged his party, undermined faith in the institutions of government, and let the nation more riven then he found it. the economy has been listless. the condition that allowed a cynical demagogue to rise up and succeed him." good morning. republican line. caller: it is kentucky. good morning. and to your guest speaker. forgeteaker seems to that this visa and green card was basically to bring people into work. is ahe is not telling you lot of these companies abuse it severely. the jobs, the pieces and the take cards, the jobs they americans can do. they want to sit there and lowball them, lowball the americans and bring cheaper workers from overseas. at the same time, he needs to get his facts straight. the people that are drawing welfare right now can do the jobs of picking fruits and stuff. you are giving them a free check. you're just needs to get his facts straight. host: thank you. nice to say that i need to get my facts straight, but you not pointed out the fact that i stated incorrectly. you are conflating several things, the refugee band with the immigration proposal. on issues of immigration, we may not disagree profoundly. i am in favor of immigration, but i think we should reform the immigration system like we need to reform so many systems in this country, education, tax, entitlements, and others. i think we need to appreciate immigration policy, which was set in the mid-1960's, away from low skill to high skilled workers. we should use this to bring in the most qualified people who help this country economically. undoing some of the immigration laws we have. i am fine with that. there is a real debate and scholarly debate about whether low skill immigrants coming to this country, how many jobs they cost and how many they create. the reality is if you look at the troubles plaguing blue-collar workers in this country, even if you believe that immigration policy is responsible for some of that, it is very small. it is true that those workers to bring things to this country as well. the idea that the problems plaguing americans today are driven primarily by low income immigrants is not accurate. i think the real debate is how much of a problem is it or how much of a benefit is it. i am in favor of changing our immigration system to bring in high skilled workers. host: i want to follow up on point of you working with three presidents. leon panetta said one of the hallmarks was his ability to tell president clinton or president obama, you are wrong. do you think this white house has a person in the administration will tell resident trump he is wrong? guest: i don't suspect so. even if they do, i don't think it will matter. i don't think he is suffering collective enough to take those reflective self enough to take those words of counsel. i think he is probably surrounded by sycophants who don't want to tell him he is wrong. i think they are understandably worried about the blowback and the anger that would elicit a mr. trump. it isf they do, i think like spitting in the wind. it would not matter to him. we know from the campaign there were people that tried to change him to make them more responsible and less reckless. it did not matter. it might last for a week or 10 days, but in the end he will be who he is. i think he will turn out to be a pernicious force in american politics and hurt our country thefor the world -- hurt world. i think it is unfortunate. host: for those that want to follow your work, where is the best place to go? guest: if you check out the ethics and public policy center, you can google that. i write for the new york times twice per month. host: always a pleasure. thank you. guest: great to be with you. host: when we come back, tim graham will be joining us as we look at the media and donald trumps claim about the media being the enemy. the mediamber of research center. later, nicole austin-hillery will join us to talk about the call of president trump's to investigate voter fraud after he makes that three to 5 million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. you are watching "washington journal." we are back in a moment. we hope you stay with us. ♪ >> they said let me tell you something, i have done everything i can to protect my country. i'm not afraid of you. i'm not afraid of president bush. i'm not afraid of anybody. if i have to give in order to protect my country, i will. he did this thing with his arms. said, i did not give that order. waited for him to call down. >> tonight john nixon talks about his book, the briefing the president, the interrogation of saddam hussein. >> he was a realist and the use politicalnd the way power was exercised. i think he saw when you are playing at his level, the top level in the country, when you win, you win big. when you lose, you lose big. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. conferencef the net was held in washington, d.c. we will speak with three attendees about upcoming issues facing the internet. former special counsel to the fcc, and trump advisor talk about issues. the u.s. efforts to counter online radicalization. >> what they don't like is the ability on the field to make sure networks are fast, fair, and open. think it needs to be more centrally focused and the structure needs to adapt. >> there are efforts to create counter messaging because the government is uniquely not in a position to be a counter messenger. i think that is an area 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painted a hellish picture of america, a very different picture to the one that barack obama was leaving behind. for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. rusted—out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. and an education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge. and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealised potential. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. and then a message to the rest of the world — don't look to us to bail you out, we have different priorities now. we assembled here today, are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capital and in every hall of 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. we will follow two simple rules. buy america

fourth, 2008 at center barack obama declared his victory and makes history as america's first african-american president. an estimated 250,000 people gathering estimated 250,000 people gathering at chicago's grant park and an unusually mild night market will be the start of eight years in the white house. as the 44th president prepares to leave on january 20, historians are beginning to assess the obama legacy. for the next three hours on c-span2's tranfour, three leading authors adding their perspectives to his two terms in the white house. we're joined at the table with april ryan come her book "the presidency in black and white: my up-close view of three presidents and race in america." any cloud, the author of "democracy in black: how race still enslaves the american soul." and to david maraniss, "barack obama: the story." thank you for being with us your booktv. david maraniss, if you were to write the first paragraph today of the obama presidency, what we did include? >> guest: first of all, what a sensation to listen to that election night by then president obama for the first

by george w. bush for barack obama. he just put a postie on if with 44 and inside was another envelope that said, two 44, from 43 -- to 44 from 43. and then the next morning here's a picture of barack obama reading the actual note. the procession to the capitol is always a big deal. they move along pennsylvania avenue there, and here's 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. and in 1933, we had a situation with franklin roosevelt and herbert hoover. they didn't long so well. wasn't a lot of conversation on the ride to capital. in those pictures roosevelt can seep waving to the crud or smiling or turning toward hoover and trying to have a conversation but in every picture hoover is looking straight ahead, ignoring him. there have been other times also where the.presidents, new and old, didn't get along so way and both are mentioned in the book, the chapter is called "can't we all get along." sometimes weather innings -- weather is a big issue. these these haven't and

america." reporting from washington, i am katty kay. barack obama colts the last press conference of his presidency, defending his decision and looking forward to peace and quiet. returning to east aleppo, it is in ruins. what comes next. hasoreign intervention transformed this war. the way it is looking right now, foreigners, not syrians, will dictate how the war ends. katty: we take you on a tour of washington sites which will play a big part in the inauguration. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. after eight years, president obama held his final press conference. the questions were as wide-ranging as the issues that crossed his desk in 2 terms. from the middle east to commuting chelsea manning's sentence, he covered it all in his no drama style. reporter: one last time barack obama took to the white house reefing room to joust with the press. amid reports his successor wants to limit access and accuses journalists of being liars, the president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. president obama: you are supposed to be sk

many reasons that barack obama did burst onto the scene is because of the way he gives a speech. he is an orator, that is just who he is. that is why he can hit it out of the park like this. you're absolutely right, anderson, it will be a while. who knows how long before we'll hear a speech like this. i think republicans and democrats alike say if something else, he is a good orator, as i watched i was remembering going with then senator barack obama to iowa. in his very first trip to iowa. and witnessing the response and the reaction he had from the democrats there. to join's point earlier about the fact he sort of left over the people who were supposed to be next in line. i had a chance to talk to him and said are you concerned that you're going to be like icarus, flying too close to the sun? and here we are, eight, nine years later, he was a two-term president. people who don't love him, are saying really, are you not understanding this last election? but the one thing that i will say and especially that i would be interested in, are democrats here. there is such a debate inside

president obama's foreign policy legacy. always something upside down about barack obama receiving the nobel peace prize before he had done anything as president. when he came to office, one of the greatest strategic threats was iran. security andt was multinational deal to curve nuclear ambitions. -- whenjamin no netanyahu address the congress there was outrage. to the israeli prime minister's liking will be occupying the white house. will the iranian nuclear deal survive the change of power? >> we have been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. this is a bad deal. a very bad deal. jon:'s relationship with owtanyahu was one of the l culminating in the u.s. failings to veto the resolution about israel's settlement building. crimea, cyber espionage in syria left them barely speaking. the pledge at the start of his presidency was about disengaging from conflict and bringing troops home. you can say to those families that lost loved ones, justice has been done. brought by thesm rate to kill osama bin laden and the spread of the arab spring would eventually be replaced by a middle e

is reemerging now, which is that barack obama is somebody who tends to set his sights on the next phase and say if i only attain such and such, then i'll be liberated. you know, from politics, from whatever forces he's sort of grappling with at the moment. so for a long time president obama i think has looked forward to the post presidency. which isn't to say that he didn't enjoy the presidency or at least certain aspects of it. but what people close to him said is that he saw the post presidency in the way i described it in the time he would be more personally flee to experience the world in a more natural way and also be liberated from the political forces he's been battling. i don't think that's necessarily true. the other moat tiff is when he gets to that next level he finds himself sort of coping with the same problems or forces he was often dealing with before, just at an even higher level. of course the sort of twist in the obama story that we've all been watching for the last few months is the election of donald trump. had hillary clinton won the presidency, i think barack

doctor about toujeo®. >>> in his farewell address to nation president barack obama returning to favorite themes, change and optimism in pront of cheering crowd in chicago. van jones, douglas brinkley and david gregory, adviser -- david gergen. why do i do that? both tall and handsome, sorry about that. hope i made it up. >> insulting to david gregory. >> how much impact do you think the speech had? >> i think had more impact then we may realize. not upon the history books, it's not another george washington or eisenhower address but he's trying really hard to rekindle the enthusiasm for the younger generation for politics. he was swept into office by the votes of young people, disappointed in election result in many cases and discouraged about politics and rather than -- affecting history, affecting the near term and helping a generation right itself, with new library he's said wants to be training social change acts of the future. that's a worthy goal for him. >> how did this compare to previous farewell speeches? >> never been anything like this. this was rock and roll concert

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good evening, i am chris matthew in washington. president trump already made it clear that he will fight anything or anyone and friends and foes or facts. >> his interview last night shows a new gung-ho president ready to defend his presidency and his campaign with his own party's agenda. >> he does not care about the backlash that it may promote in the muslim world. >> are you concern that it will cause for anger? >> there is plenty of anger right now, how can you have more? >> you don't think it will create more problems? >> i know you are a sophisticated guy, the world is a mess. the world is as angry as it gets. the world is an angry place. >> trump refused to say he will take water boarding off the table saying this country needs to fight fire with fire. he also double down for a call of investigation to backup his charts. it is a move that many sees as an attempt to reargue of the outcome of the election of 2016. here is what he said last night. >> do you think talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country? >> not at all because many people feel the same way. >> you don't think it underminds it? >> no, they did not come to me. a number of people close to trump registered in two states. >> steve bannon and in addition to trump's in-law, jared kushner. it came after trump this morning zr issued this ultimatum. tonight we are seeing an emerging battle of trump's agenda and the republicans push of cutting entitlement and medicare and giving businesses tax cuts. there is a battle of trump himself. >> and the 2017 popular vote. we'll get to that tonight. it comes as republicans gather today in philadelphia to discuss the path forward. there to cover it is nbc's kasie hunt. >> and the 2017 popular vote. we'll get to that tonight. it comes as republicans gather today in philadelphia to discuss the path forward. there to cover it is nbc's kasie hunt. >> i think the republicans in the house got used to have their own plan because they did not have their president and now they have a president coming in the door with his plans. >> reporter: the problem is, republicans have no idea day-to-day what donald trump plans is until he tweets about it or his spokesperson says something about it. they may think they are on the same page but they are constantly surprised. take what happens with today of how this wall in mexico is going to be paid for. sean spicer made comments about how this is going to be a 20% tax on import of mexico and there is cheering from paul ryan's office thinking this is them embracing a key part of paul ryan's plan and only he took it back later. that's why it is so uncomfortable asking them and trying to answer questions over the course of his agenda. trump is talking about a lot of things they don't want to be talking about at all. they don't want to reopen an investigation into voter fraud. >> is there a bigger problem? for example, not just the crazy stuff of crowd size. the republican regulators and people in congress, do they have a plan? did they go along with big spending on infrastructure. just those issues alone, it is going to cause a lot of clashes. >> yes, a lot of donald trump's populist agenda contrast directly of what conservatives -- these guys are fiscal conservatives and they are big on bordered security but they don't want to alienate hispanics because they believe in the long-term, that's the future of the party. there is a major personality clash going on here, too. >> mcconnell and ryan are people referred to each other by their titles and they wear ties to work everyday and donald trump, i guess he wears a tie to work everyday as well. he refers to people by their first name. he's calling his colleague, secretary wilbur. the way these people interact it is like oil and water sometimes. >> sounds like mr. ed. >> thank you casey hunt. >> mitch mcconnell spoke out against water boarding after trump reopens that debate on torture. >> i believe virtually all of my members are comfortable on the state of the law on that issue now. >> and tortures are illegal and tortures are not legal. we agree with it not being legal. >> during the campaign, many of donald trump supporters and his advisers, they took many of their promises seriously but not literally. now, the first week of the white house, president trump is showing some of them indeed meant literally. putting it at odds not with the critics with with their own party. >> i am joining here with haley barber and i know you are an expert and i know you know all of this stuff. trump is trump. he wants a border wall and dealing with infrastructure. republicans -- they are hesitant to spend money. tell me how these two guys get together. republican regulators and trump. >> the media want to focus on all the knick-knacks and lets talk about whether there is anything close. i am comfortable with security. we needed a secure border of the nation wood. but a wall is not the best way to get it through a variety of technology ought to be used and boots on the grounds to drones and helicopters. there maybe a few places where a wall is a best thing but i think this goes through, we'll get the border security that people wanted and voted for and thought they'll get back in 1986 as you remember. >> it was -- the first thing we promised the american people in 1986 was a secured border and no administration or democrats or republicans have produced and trump is determined to produce it. >> when he talks in term of a wall is a a metaphor. i believe that's not the most effective way. >> we need borders. again, that's not the thing that donald trump got elected because of -- of republicans in philadelphia want to help him is to grow the economy. >> you know -- jobs and better paying jobs and whether it is infrastructure or tax reforms that brings home trillions o dollars and assets stranded over seas so ey can be put to work here. he gives little attention to the media unfortunately. >> let me tell you this. the form of illegal immigration, we'll find a way to get here and the problem is, the white guys, the working class voted for trump and he was angry of illegal immigrations. why didn't the republicans and trump get together, we'll stop hiring the chief of labor across the border. is that part of the package and if so, why does trump never mentioned illegal hiring? >> i think you will see as we go through this congress, there will be efforts to do individual pieces of legislation, things that secure the border and things that make it much, much harder to hire somebody illegally and much, much easier and likely that the government can catch people that are doing that and they'll be punished. look, this is what's going to be worked through with this congress and i think successfully and the main thing is we need it to grow our economy. we cannot stand eight more years of 2% economic growth. >>> 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 financed or mostly privately financed. >> secondly -- >> where is the revenue >> if you are building a highway, how do you get the revenue? these are public investments. >> it is been talked around the last week or so that the trump people produced a list of 50 intrastructure project worth of worth of -- three-fourth financed with no money. the world of public partnership is way ahead of us in europe and asia and we'll catch up. >> that's going to really, really help. >> also, we need to make it easier for companies like big insurance companies that choir required to carry and start putting those preserves as the obama administration. >> if this is not all about raising the gasoline tax, though i will note, chris, and 2014, the fuel tax was raised 45%. now, that fuel is all purchased by job raters. in order to increase the locks and the dams and control of the rivers, they were able to pay 45% fuel tax increase because they knew they're going to get infrastructure for it. this is part of our lodgistic advantage in the global marketplace. you will hear more and more of that. infrastructure that helps us move so we can compete in a world better than anybody else. >> thank you, governor and our political spokesperson, haley boubor. >> president trump predicted this congress will be the busiest ever. >> this congress is going to be the busiest we'll have in decade and maybe ever. >> think of that. now, we have to deliver. enough all talk and no action. we have to deliver. >> howard, i still see a conflict. republicans don't want to spend any money. >> i am sure they're sitting there and thinking of he's the one who's saying all talks. they are surrounded by these >> this congress is going to be the busiest we'll have in decade and maybe ever. >> think of that. now, we have to deliver. enough all talk and no action. we have to deliver. >> howard, i still see a conflict. republicans don't want to spend any money. >> i am sure they're sitting there and thinking of he's the one who's saying all talks. they are surrounded by these clouds of tweets in which donald trump is dealing with everything that haley boubor were talking ability. >> donald trump of his best line saying best in philadelphia was the thing that i do best is build things. >> great, build some things and pick on it. he's picking fights with mexico over who's going to visit who and on on a whole list of hot button and aside from the point of what haley said of the key thing which is growing the economy and growing jobs. >> here is the argument, would you rather cut spending and social security or medicare or start building stuff, what would they say? >> well, i think if you were able to convince them that the building stuff stuff thing was real and you are going to make the other part oit lean, i think you could sell that. >> but, that would take all the salesmanship that donald trump is allegedly famous for. >> don't waste it on all this other stuff. >> jim baker was able to keep ronald reagan on track. i think he deserves credit. he would always cut taxes and cut spending and building military. >> reagan stuck to his guns. >> the thing about donald trump, he knows he's able to make news on any topic. he knows that he can respond to anything that he sees on morning joes or sees at night on television or whatever. >> he has the power and he does it. >> if he can touch the wet paint, he's going to touch it. what he needs to do is focus on what i think and i went to all those rallies and even at the inauguration, i talked to supporters, why are you here and why are you here? you are here for donald trump and you did not hear sanctuary cities and voter fraud and you did not hear the wall. what you heard is regulatory republicans saying i think he can get jobs and build the economy. that's ultimately, that's the generous notion of what he was elected to do and he should go to that. that's what mitch mcconnell and paul ryan wanted him to do. >> we begin to smell the cement and earth moving. replace the smell of decay and construction. >> they want to see that. >> he said also, the pipelines for the gas, they're going to be fabricated in america, great, make them here. >> steelers, right? >> thank you, howard fineman. >> this is "hardball," where the action is. feel like this. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. tylenol® >>> tonight president trump raved about is executive orders this week. it is worth remembering of what trump said in 2012. trump tweeted, why is barack obama is constantly issuing orders that's a major threat to authorities. >> we'll be right back. >>> trump's watch, on thursday, there is something strange in the neighborhood. 1600 pennsylvania avenue here in washington. even for his most committed fans to believe. some examples, you look at a picture of the washington mall of january 2009 at the time of barack obama took office and with the same picture of president trump. his crowd was bigger, this is what our new president is thinking. his is bigger. the popular vote count, you see hillary clinton defeated trump by 3 million votes. >> three to five million illegally voted for hillary. >> what do you think of that? >> yeah, they went to the stations and used their names that they were not sure to vote at day. >> yeah, 3 to 5 millions did that. do you believe it? >> and there is 10,000 rapists running across the border, do you believe that? supposed he says the moon is made out of blue cheese, where would you stand that one? or talking about immigrations being rapests and did he say one of the illegal immigrants here in the country now is barack obama. the guy that he rode with to the capitol. before you answer, i want to remind you two statements, one from reagan and the other one is marx. don't be afraid to see what you see, i cannot think of better advise by the way, especially people who are afraid to go to the doctors. who are you going to believe? me or your own eyes. that's "hardball" right now. join me tomorrow at 7:00 eastern, see you then. you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? 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do. we also know there's somebody else hear the capital today and that is barack obama. i think when the president comes back here today, maybe for the last time as president, it's important to remember the first time barack obama chimeras president or barack obama came here and made specific promises to the american people about obamacare. he came and said if you like what you have u. can keep it. how did that work out? today millions of americans lost for good health care that they like and expected to keep and are not able to today because of the broken promises. barack obama came here to this and say health insurance costs will drop dramatically for families and instead what have we seen? the reverse, dramatic increases in health care costs. over 25% increases in higher costs for health care because of those broken promises. i hope he comes here to apologize. i don't think that's going to be the case. i think you will be more concerned about preserving his legacy than about fulfilling those promises. the good news is we are here to fulfill those promises to the american peop

. 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 years ago in a city where the nation's first bl

features a to month ago, november fourth, 2008 at center barack obama declared his victory and makes history as america's first african-american president. an estimated 250,000 people gathering estimated 250,000 people gathering at chicago's grant park and an unusually mild night market will be the start of eight years in the white house. as the 44th president prepares to leave on january 20, historians are beginning to assess the obama legacy. for the next three hours on c-span2's tranfour, three leading authors adding their perspectives to his two terms in the white house. we're joined at the table with april ryan come her book "the presidency in black and white: my up-close view of three presidents and race in america." any cloud, the author of "democracy in black: how race still enslaves the american soul." and to david maraniss, "barack obama: the story." thank you for being with us your booktv. david maraniss, if you were to write the first paragraph today of the obama presidency, what we did include? >> guest: first of all, what a sensation to listen to that election night by

declined. >>> 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

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation. newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news america." laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. donald trump's latest foreign policy positions are are ruffling feathers in europe. what has he been saying? that theedia reporting main suspect in the istanbul attack has been caught. and putting his presidency in perspective when it comes to race. 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 return fire except to argue that refugees cannot be sacrificed in the fight against terrorism. chancellor merkel: i would separate us from the task of helping refugees. the majority of refugees have left syria because of pressure by assad. trump ond here is president putin. "we can make good deals with russia." one good deal would be on the nuclear arsenal, but what cost? some fear easing sanctions on russia. this echoes the famous reykjavik encounter between reagan and gorbachev 30 years ago. the summit may have failed but it did open the way for the eventual arms reduction. u.s.he man tipped as ambassador to the eu says history can be repeated. >> i think there will be a summit in reykjavÍk even, which is quite interesting, not unlike the summit between reagan and gorbachev decades ago, where people were equally pessimistic and yet what resulted? frankly, the end of the cold war. we need an end to this cold war. james: but nato remains worried. donald trump is calling the western military alliance obsolete. what does that mean for america's new deployment of heavy armor to poland? could it be reversed? french president hollande expressed his frustration. nde: europe will always be ready to pursue thessalonica cooperation but it phone --etermined by it's own rallies. james: those staging the inauguration may be engaged in reversals, but were leaders are concerned about the real president trump, how he will translate baffling words into action. james robbins, bbc news. laura: china has also reacted strongly to mr. trump latest pronouncements. wouldmedia says china take off the gloves if mr. trump continued to provoke beijing over taiwan. he broke with decades of precedent by taking a telephone call from the taiwanese president, a move that angered beijing, which regards taiwan as part of china. our correspondent john sudworth reports. john: not everyone in china is taking donald trump too seriously. his inauguration this week comes just ahead of the chinese new year of the rooster. this factory is making, well, giant trump look-alike chicken balloons. "the orders are flowing in, we can barely cope," the boss tells me. but increasingly, mr. trump is becoming a target of anger. rather than a figure of fun. mockups of taiwanese ships provide shooting practice at this chinese military museum. just across the taiwan strait. while u.s. presidents have long avoided challenging beijing's claim to sovereignty, the so-called one-china policy, mr. trump says he might. "china's military, especially our navy, is growing stronger. we don't fear u.s. provocation," this man tells me. "we want peace, but if they cross our red line, we have to take measures," this woman agrees. last week, in a move seen by as intended to make that point, china sent its aircraft carrier through the taiwan strait. and china's communist party-run newspapers have issued a stark warning, telling mr. trump that if he changes u.s. policy, beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves, and that mercilessly combat those who advocate taiwan plus independence. these chinese workers make luxury marble products for the u.s. market. for them, the biggest fear is not rising military tension but a trade war. their american boss believes mr. trump's threatened tariffs will do nothing to change the basic market reality. >> hiring one worker in the states, that could hire five to six in china. moving our business into the o ours would hinge in tw margins which would reflect on consumer pricing. it would be difficult to run a business that way. john: the world is about to find out if one of the most complex bilateral relationships is to undergo a profound change. before the election, china could dismiss donald trump's rhetoric as the overinflated bluster of the campaign trail. not anymore. and china is making it increasingly clear that while it has a lot to lose, so, too, does america and the wider world. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. laura: for more on the international anxiety some of the president-elect's comments have caused, i spoke briefly with go with robin wright of the woodrow wilson center. donald trump is creating waves abroad with his comments on everything from china to nato but what is the overall effect of this uncertainty in diplomatic capitals? robin: particularly striking given that it comes a week after the confirmation hearings for the secretary of state, secretary of defense, and the head of the cia, and there is a sense after those hearings that you have people with experience, with a sense of realism about the challenges and the obstacles and the history of u.s. involvement. the president-elect's comments once again reflect the uncertainty that people have during the election campaign with these one-liners, these tweets, that were acerbic and bitter and often went against decades of u.s. foreign policy. laura: if we look at the fight against the islamic state, donald trump says he has a plan but doesn't want to reveal it yet. what are allies supposed to make of that? robin: there is uncertainty about what happens on january 21 in terms of the alliance. we have a 68-nation coalition that has been very effective in taking back half the territory of the islamic state. what role does the united states or trump administration assume for those allies? will they continue to bomb, play a role in training and advising the iraqi army? what role will they play? it is that cohesion, the alliances that the obama and bush administration had relied on so heavily, that no one knows what happens the next day. diplomacy, your are an experienced foreign reporter. you know that continuity is a big part of how countries relate to one another. how can they even write their cables? robin: well, that is what i hear from so many diplomats now, asking who are the interlocutors? what is policy likely to be? what do they expect from us? and the diplomats in washington have to keep cabling back, we don't know. laura: donald trump was elected to shake things up and he pointed out that the policies are not necessarily working well around the world. he singled out the middle east. is it possible that he could get some results where there has previously been deadlock? robin: every administration comes in and says they are going to shake things up. some of the questions are much more profound. when the president-elect talked about the european union and that brexit was a great idea, and others should leave or might the european union, suggested that was a good thing, when for 80 years since world war ii the unity of europe has been a fundamental goal of the united states to prevent wars between european powers, so there are a lot of digressions not just in terms of changing things up a little bit but challenging the basic assumptions, the outlines, the ground rules of u.s. foreign policy. laura: robin wright, thank you for joining us. robin: thank you. laura: now to turkey, where local media are reporting that police of caught the gun man who killed 39 people during a news attack at a nightclub in istanbul. islamic state group claimed responsibility for the massacre, citing turkey's operations in syria. a short time ago i spoke with mark lowen, who gave the latest. what we are hearing is that the gun man was caught along with his four-year-old son in an istanbul suburb after a massive police manhunt. remember, this is the man who is suspected of killing 39 people at the nightclub in istanbul on new year's eve. he entered the nightclub past 1:00 in the morning, opened fire, shot the police man, and got his way into the nightclub and opened fire, killing 39 people. most of them were arab tourists visiting istanbul. the rest of them were turks. it was an attack that was claimed by so-called islamic state. there was a huge manhunt he managed to escape the nightclub posing as an injured man. there was cctv footage that emerged shortly afterwards, but there were some reports that he could have left turkey. it appears tonight that the man suspected of carrying out this massacre in istanbul on new year's eve has been caught and is being transferred. laura: mark, the fact that the suspect has apparently been caught in istanbul after this intensive manhunt, what kind of questions do you think that will raise? mark: well, there have already been huge questions about how he managed to escape that night, but of course it was mayhem at the nightclub, and what would have been a far bigger embarrassment is if he managed to actually leave turkey. there were some reports on social media shortly after the massacre that he could have escaped back into syria or iraq, an area controlled by i.s. but that appears to be disproved. the fact that he has been caught in istanbul, i think authorities will clearly be hugely relieved that he has been. but it won't be a time for celebration, either, because this is the 28th major terror attack in turkey in the space of 18 months. and there needs to be clearly a much better intelligence operation to prevent these attacks from taking place. let alone the attacker being caught. clearly, there will be relief that he seems to have been apprehended tonight in istanbul. laura: in other news from around the world, police in the united states have arrested the wife of the gun man omar mateen who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in orlando in june. they believe she may have been aware of her husband's plans. at least five people died when the gunman opened fire at a mexican resort. others were injured, most of them in a crash that followed the shooting. is unknown whether it is related to the drug violence that is played to the country in recent the country plagued in recent years. still to come, the gap between the rich and the rest is becoming wider. we go to davos where it is a hot topic. now to a case that might have baffled sherlock holmes himself -- who leaked a copy of the final episode of the bbc's "sherlock"? the fact that it was dubbed in russian may be a clue. police are investigating. reporter: the last episode of "sherlock," eagerly awaited by millions. on saturday it was leaked online, dubbed into russian. it was a spoiler. >> everything at this point had been planned with the intention of presenting the program from this very important finale, as a global event, a collective community of fans coming together and experiencing it for the first time. that has put a big spanner in the works for that. reporter: russian version was widely shared online. the mystery worthy of an old-fashioned sherlock holmes story -- who leaked it and why? episode was put online to damage the bbc because of the beeb's increasing radio broadcasts to russia. another theory, sickly summit he tried to make money on stolen property -- simply somebody trying to make money on stolen property. with russia it is hard to tell. today the mr. deepened with the russian state-owned television channel denying responsibility for the leak and claiming it was a victim of hacking. in a statement, channel one said , "initial investigations suggest our continent system was compromise by an unauthorized external third-party. channel one russia would like to apologize for any inconvenience the leak has caused." but who could the external third-party be? no one seems to know, and the conspiracy theorists are having a field day. laura: now to an eye-popping ,eport from the charity oxfam which shows that 8 men are worth as much as the 3.6 billion people make up the poorest half of the world. the gap has widened dramatically over the past 12 months. the maines to talking point as global leaders gather in davos, and it is there i spoke to oxfam international's executive director a short time ago. why has this gap between a handful of billionaires and the world's poorest widened so quickly? >> well, every year we publish the figure, and last year we publish that 62 people had as much wealth as the bottom half of humanity. this year, it is 8. it is 8 because we have better data particularly about china and india, which showed is that actually, poor people had even less well than we had thought. 8.is now down to that is the average figure could if we had the same last year, nine people have as much wealth as 36 billion bottom half of humanity. this is shocking. and i'm here in davos because i want the business leaders, big leaders,and government to understand that it is time to uke urgent and bold action to nrig the rigged economy that is responsible for this situation. laura: you are there talking to business leaders. is there a single policy change that you are advocating? winnie: absolutely. it is going to take a range of intervention, not a silver bullet. but it is all common sense approaches. it is managing the economy for the 99% and not just for the lucky few. these measures include, for example, raising the tax on the very rich, on the billionaires, on the superrich. then you would have more money -- first of all, a more level ground, and more money to put into schools, education, health, job creation. thea: but what are political consequences to this rising economy? extremewhere we are, inequality is huge, not just because it dropped his of a national disaster. it happened because of policy choices, political decisions that were made and continue to be made. different choices will put us in a different place. dodging, stopping the race to the bottom, paying a living wage to workers, ensuring that everybody has a chance to work and a decent living is earned for a decent days work. making sure that women catch up with men on wages and there is no discrimination against women and against -- on the basis of race in employment. these are common sense approaches that can make the economy work for ordinary people. laura: speaking to me earlier from davos in switzerland. it is martin luther king day in the u.s. and is syria takes on added significance, with the nations -- this year it takes on added significance with the nations first african-american president about to leave office. one of his last acts is to name some rights monuments. he leaves behind a complicated legacy on race. reporter: there'll civil rights battlegrounds across the country but few is crucial as those in this state. in one of his last acts as , barack obama has designated certain sites in alabama important to the civil rights movement as national monuments, and they included this motel which was used as a 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 made this a national monument, too, in honor of the 4 young girls who were killed. 11-year-old denise mcnair was one of those who died in the bombing, an event that sparked national outrage. >> the church is supposed to be your sanctuary so for that to happen in a church goes to those who may have been on the side of segregation and may have had to take a second look. reporter: during his presidency, president obama paid tribute to these historical events that paved his way to the white house, including inviting the mcnair family to washington. >> he gave me a big bear hug when i walked into the room. and then he hugged me later on when we were leaving. reporter: it is for other reasons she feels strongly that he has lifted up african-americans over the last eight years. >> for so long the perception was black was bad. black people are not smart enough, kind enough. he dispelled the myth of all of that. he is highly educated, kind, respectful. there could never be a better first african-american president. reporter: of course, many others here have been counting down the days until barack obama leaves office and donald trump takes over. >> i believe barack obama is the most divisive president in well over a generation. reporter: why? >> i believe he played the race issue. i agree with dr. king. his dream was men would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. i believe barack obama kept reminding people of the color of skin and forcing it to be a racial issue. i think that has been very negative for our country. reporter: one of the most prominent civil rights lawyers in america today, he is perplexed by that kind of sentiment. >> i think he tried really hard to counter the idea that he was there just for people of color. i think his policies reinforced that. i don't believe you can point to many things he did that would be "racially divisive." we did have moments in this country -- police shootings being the most dramatic -- that i think were polarizing to people. but i can't find much that he did that any other democrat wouldn't have done. many of us think that he encountered hostility and resistance and obstacles and challenges that he might not have encountered. reporter: many others feel barack obama was not given a chance by some simply because he was black. for a lot of african-americans, it is important that race is constantly being brought up in this country. in spite of the inspiration president obama may have provided, huge practical inequalities remain. bbc news in alabama. laura: this president's legacy on race. the last man to walk on the moon has died at the age of 82. astronaut gene cernan was the last man to walk on the moon. that brings the broadcast to a close. i am laura trevelyan. from all of us here, thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation. newman's own foundation, giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good. kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and aruba tourism authority. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening, i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour, on this day honoring dr. martin luther king, jr., president-elect trump meets with king's son, despite a war of words with civil rights leader, congressman john lewis. then, mr. trump makes waves overseas, calling nato obsolete and signaling the u.s. may ease sanctions on russia. and, one man's journey to understand his hometown's call for a racial ban leads to insights into a still deeply divided america. >> we were raised with this notion that everyday america gets a little bit more just. i think in the research i learned, what often gets left out is that sometimes the gains of one generation are given back in the next.

you say to people who are screaming that? >> let me pose another, did barack obama have the right to come in without questions being raised underlied questions about his birth. donald trump is the person who became the leader of the movement to delegitimize president barack obama, to disrespect him for eight years. donald trump didn't give up on birtherism until 2016. he just stopped searching for the real birth certificate. so the reality is republicans themselves withdrew the requirement that a president of the united states gets an automatic conferral. they refused to the point mitch mcconnell and other republicans in office said he's not even allowed to pass any law. we will filibuster anything he does no matter how minor even if it's our own bill. we'll say he can't pass laws, he can't make laws. if he manages to get one through the first thing we'll come in with the affordable care act and erase it from the books, obliterate it root and branch is what they've said. republicans have refused tore eight years to confer the proper respect, dignity and liberty upon president barack

aggregate your question -- disaggregate your question. 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

barack obama. you said, the same country that twice elected mr. obama did not suddenly become a nation of deplorables, the destination of the democratic party came because mr. obama turned out to be great at poetry and that it grows. -- bad at prose. 2008 he spoke in a way that lifted people's spirits. got is the first time we that in 2004. the 2008 campaign was a campaign of poetry, hope and change, uplift. that is why he was elected. the pros part is governing. i think he showed himself to be mediocre or worse. i think this stewardship of the economy was not good. his handling of the economy over the eight years was not very good. we had the lowest economic growth since world war ii. historically when you have a nasty session, the worse the recession, the better the rebound is. in this case that was not the case. you had workforce participation rate at the lowest point since the 1970's. the economy is sluggish. that is clearly one of the reasons why hillary clinton was defeated and donald trump was elected. ishink the worst area overseas where the world is largely in chaos and fallin