a lot of bad things happened, too, including the fact that barack obama, if you're a tea partier, got two terms. and i wonder how much of this energy, you know, equal and opposite sort of reaction you know. you take the good with the bad. how much of this energy is going to be good versus how much of it is based on paranoia about donald trump, and the trump derangement since donyndrome -- >> i think if you castigate it as being liberals or democrats, i think what you say today was

president barack obama surprised the vice president with the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. let's watch. >> for the final time as president i am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. [ applause ] [ applause ]

, you know, by default is a hero for freeing -- >> in many ways, and we'll hear from barack obama directly tomorrow when he holds his final news conference. i was surprised and people here are probably surprised. what i find more surprising is some of the contributes, though, of the release of chelsea manning are the same ones who are not coming out and being as forceful about the russians hacking into our systems. it's just a very bizarre situation that we're in right now. democrats the law and order party, political party when it comes to the russians and quite frankly the republicans when it comes to chelsea manning, they're the ones that are law and order. very bizarre.

at this point, in barack obama's tenure as president in his first term, just in his first week, barack obama had 11 of his 15 cabinet secretaries already confirmed and working for the american people. today, donald trump only has two of his 15 cabinet secretaries approved by the senate. it's time for senate democrats to stop blocking the work the american people elected president trump to do. and let's get our economy going again like we're taking action in the house to do. >> our unified republican government is an opportunity for positive disruption from the status quo that we've seen the last few years under president obama. the status quo that puts bureaucrats before people. with their pages and pages of rules and regulations. so this week we're taking action on the explosion of regulations that we've seen hurting families and costing us jobs. all across the country. it's why we wanted representative tipton to join us because he's really been a leader hard at work on the congressional review act to help roll back some of the most damaging regulations of the last eight years. every

only ten days after leaving office, former president barack obama weighing in, and saying the protest are exactly what we expect to see when the american values are at stake, and trump told for those that did not agree to quit. >> thank you so much. when it comes to donald trump's firing of yates, and many are hailing it as a hero, and trump supporters don't see it that way. let's bring in cnn justice correspondent, evan. >> it's a microcauseam of what you here inside the justice department, and you have people that believe she is a hero and don't believe this executive order is something they can defend and you hear from other lawyers inside the justice department are uncomfortable with the showdown and feel if she was not comfortable defending it she should have just resigned and not order justice department lawyers to not defend the president's executive order and calling into question whether they were lawful. no question, no doubt, the language she used in her memorandum dared the president to fire her. she was fired four hours after issuing that memo. boente, he, like, sally yat

jeff sessions was worried she would stand up to barack obama. it is a classic secretic method from law school. who should be judging these things? what should a lawyer's responsibility be making independent judgment deciding what the law is? it is a fascinating exchange. she paid the price. >> the administration will be embroiled in legal battles. the 1952 law gives the president a lot of rights to suspend rights of immigrants. then you look at religion. is that what this ban is? the white house says no. the aclu says yes. two weekend of the trump administration and countries around the world taking issue in the streets. is this cleaning house or are they under estimating how the push back they will get? >> i think this is the new normal. we keep expecting something to change. nothing changes. both of the scenarios you layout are true. they did under estimate the reactions. clearly the introduction of the new immigration policy -- they did not expect the kind of push back they got. i think we will be living like this for a while. >> we are suppo

president barack obama is speaking out for the first time since he left office 12 days ago. he issued this statement. >> the president fundamentally disagreed with because of their faith or religion. citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organize and have their voices heard is exactly what we expect to see when american values are at take. >> for more on all of this we a joined by james. he worked on donald trump's presidential transition team on foreign policy and homeland security up until the inauguration. thank you so much for being with us. >> it's good to be with you. >> let's start with breaking news. president trump firing the acting attorney general sally yates after she instructed lawyers not to defend mr. trump's executive order. why not wait until his own attorney general was in place and the rest of his team before signing this executive order and trying to move things along so fast and creating all of this chaos right across the country. >> that's a really fair question. i think what they are weighing is the risks of going forward versus n

barack obama, 19 times. ron, to you, why is it so different now, why are there so many people protesting on the streets? why is this so sdmefrl. >> i think it's -- controversial? >> i think it's the sweeping magnitude and the sent to which both in his own -- the extent to come which both in his own words and executive order, it implies a religious test. his interview with a christian broadcast network over the weekend talking about the -- the president talking about priority to christians from these countries, and look, it is important, what we are seeing on the streets is truly unprecedented. to have the first weekend of the presidency, essentially one in every 100 americans in the streets protesting. following that up a week later over a group that is not inhere inherently, as you noted in the polling, the most sympathetic possible target in american public opinion. a travel -- travelers or immigrants from middle east countries again the backdrop of concern about terror. to have this many people again, it

yates is an appointee of barack obama. on monday evening she told justice department lawyers that, quote, i am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's sullen obligation to always seek justice and stand for what's right. he said she didn't think the executive order is lawful. a few hours later the white house issued a statement attacking yates for being weak on illegal immigration. the statement said yates, quote, has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. the new acting attorney general is dana, benta. he will remain in office until the senate confirms senator jeff sessions expected later this week. evan perez, cnn, washington. >>> well, alley is a young university student in oregon. he asked us not to use his last name. he joins us on the line. you have dual citizenship with yemen and jordan. no how is this affecting you and your brother who is in a similar situation? >> hi

ally, and was representing barack obama. that's to be expected whether it's jeff sessions or jeff sessions got hit by a bus tomorrow and there were another nominee, you bet cha, the white house would want he or she to be representing donald trum. >> the attorney general does not represent the president. the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer. >> oh, my. >> you think robert kennedy was saying there, mr. president, i know you're brother and i love you, but go to hell? i don't think so. >> that was not the model that most lawyers looked to. >> eric holder and barack obama were very tight. >> i remember every republican in washington saying, they didn't like that. you want judicial independence in your attorney general. >> it's a fact of life. if you think ed meese told president reagan, well, sir, sorry, i don't think so. >> all i'm saying is, the fact that he was such an integral part of trump's campaign and now there is this issue of the independence of the justice department that has been raised, you're go

obama talked about in his time, but to suggest the policy being proposed right now is a natural extension of what we lived with so far, that's just pushing it too far. we're tempted to just call it false, but we're going to give this a verdict of misleading. >> all right, thank you. "outfront" now our global affairs analyst tony blinken, former deputy national security adviser. so you saw the reporting -- trump has in the seven countries banned, calling then countries of concern and saying they were doing it because of the quote growing threat from foreign terrorist fighters. there do appear to be some similarities. >> look, i think tom foreman had it right. trying to compare the things is grossly misleading what happened with the seven countries back in 2015 this is after san bernardino is that we had some concerns about them and what we did in close consultation with congress and with all of the relevant agencies at the table to figure it out was to take them out and affect the visa waiver program. whereas nationals could come here without a visa afterward they had to get one and that a

she was appointed by barack obama. but when she became nominated she was introduced by johnny issacson republican senator from georgia. she's somebody from the justice department. she's not necessarily a democratic longtime democrat throughout her career. she's worked through the ranks of the justice department through her career. >> any reaction at all from trump yet. >> we have not heard a reaction yet, wolf but this is something that's going to present a crisis for the administration. obviously they want this order defended. if this attorney general won't do it, then they are going to have to find someone who will. >> this is a major, major development. i want you to stand by. gil kerlikowske is with us. what's your reaction to this truly extraordinary development, commissioner, that the acting attorney general won't, in effect, defend the president's orders? >> i've known sally yates for many years. i worked with her when she was united states attorney in the atlanta year and i was the drug czar. she is a career pr

we had eight years of barack obama who did not understand how to defeat radical islam. the only way you're going to win this war is praartner with peop in the faith. you need muslims on your side. your order was too broad. you didn't vet it and take the time and attention you need to execute something i agree with. i am not trying to start a war. i am trying to win the war we are in. you don't win the war by lumping everybody into a big pot. >> this is the first really big test for a lot of republicans on how they'll react to the new white house. >> we've gotten used to lindsey graham and john mccain speaking out against donald trump. but the striking thing about this was you heard from bob corker and lamar alexander from tennessee. you heard from tim scott. you heard from tom cotton specifically about the special immigrants visas which bring iraqi translators who have helped u.s. troops here. lawmakers don't like surprises and particularly don't like surprises that affect them and their constituents and people they care about. this is something he is going to have to f

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we had eight years of barack obama who did not understand how to defeat radical islam. you need muslims on your side. your executive order was too broad. you didn't vet it take the time and attention that you need to executive something that you agree w. i'm not trying to start a war. i'm trying to win the war we're in. you are not going to win the war by lumping everybody into a big pot. >> the white house argues that the list of seven muslim majority countries banned from traveling to the u.s. was based on president obama's 2011 iraq refugee poll see. i want to bring in congressman dan donovan. the only republican representing a district in new york city. congressman, we are glad you he here. i bring support for donald trump executive order. you also took issue pertaining to legal residence with green cards. tell us what you like about this. and also there are some things you seem to think were executed too quickly or not clearly enough. >> first of all, there is a lot of hysteria, panic about what has taken place over the weekends. if you look at it, it's just a paus

and i think he would probably believe that barack obama's reaction to it is overblown. he seemed to think that everybody was exaggerating the issue over the weekend, that only 109 people had been detained. and that was surely worth the safety as he put it of 324 million americans. so he thinks that the impact be that blown way out of proportion and exaggerated. and that is the fight that we're going to have. and now the former president has just weighed in on it. >> and he also said with regard to comparisons to president obama's foreign policy decisions -- he is talking about the 2011 pause that we saw that actually a lot of administration first from the obama ds officials from the obama -- they are rejecting the comparison that we've heard the trump administration use because iraqi refugees continued to pour in. pamela, we are hearing how officials and departments who vuv looped in on the travel ban were caught off guard. >> that's right. you heard administration officials in the white house say they had been working with various agencies ahead of this executive order

barack obama did this. stepping back, calming down, allowing cooler heads to prevail. it's not his style. >> it's only a matter of time. right now they're easy targets for donald trump. they've been targets for a while. once it becomes -- it's not hard to imagine him attacking congress, and congress becoming a new villain for him, and that's when things get complicated because he needs them to implement his agenda. >> he has been loyal to his base. you can't afford to lose ground getting elected at 46%. a lot of these republicans are talking about some of the public statements. privately for them and their aides, they're getting, remember, he ran around the whole campaign saying we were stupid. we didn't know how to do anything. not just democrats. the congress, republicans. they were the stupid people, and he knew how to get things done where. >> that's exactly right. this is a first test of the trump m. o. not just trump. it's specifically let's just sort of dig deeper here. miller, steven miller, who were basically the authors of this, and their whole point in this

>> the president of the united states, barack obama, used two b2s to bomb with less than a week left in his administration. you're the president every day you're the president. he made a decision, and i'll tell you, i'm used to traveling around the world and knowing there are two mistakes americans are blamed for, what we do and what we fail to do. i would rather deal with what the president is doing and make adjustments than to have a president who does nothing. >> just to be clear, just to be clear, it is okay that the executive order was rolled out and chaos ensued, there are were protests across the country, department of homeland security didn't know quite what to do, american businesses thrown into a state of confusion. many green cardholders -- >> carol, you're delivering opinions. >> i'm not. this is what happened. >> carol, i listened to cnn this morning. i watched. this morning basically you said out of 300,000, you had 100 people detained for a period of time. >> that's what the trump white house is sending out. >> carol, i go through security every single week at least tw

it might not have been as much as barack obama. >> not even close to barack obama's nomination. more importantly, there were far more people over the next few days protesting him. now we've seen an unprecedented spree of protests across the country. this past weekend it was at airports. before it was in city squares and on the washington mall and the women's march. hundreds and hundreds -- literally millions of americans coming out to protest this administration. that's never happened before in american history. it shows what he's doing is not acceptable to americans. it's not consistent with our constitution, and it's not just democrats who are standing up. it's democrats and republicans. these aren't democratic or republican issues. these are american issues. >> you think, congressman -- >> i've received so much outreach from republicans saying, seth, keep up the fight. this guy is not representing our values. >> are those republicans in congress willing to stand with the democrats to overturn these executive orders or stop them somehow? >> that's a very good question. this we

barack obama and the department of homeland security put this list together in 2015. >> so also the president's plan has been get iting pushed back from prominent republicans. john mccain and lindsey graham issued a statement. our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation. it is clear from the confusion at airports across the nation that president trump's executive order was not properly vetted. such a hayesy process risks harmful results and we fear this executive order will be a self-inflicted wound in @ fight against terrorism. could the crackdown be a of to make america live safe and playing right sbo their narrative about america hating muslims. >> if i use that logic, explain how 9/11 happened. we weren't having any bans. e we weren't in iraq or afghanistan. and yet they had no problem fighting a motive to kill us. when you're dealing with -- i'm disappointed in the comments because they didn't say anything about a six-month ban when it happened in 2011 under hillary

trump also stated his executive order is similar to the former president barack obama's policy of a ban on iraqi refugee visas. for six months in 2011, a point of factual difference here that is important to point out. while mr. obama's policy did impose new screening procedures, an outright ban, that was never, ever implemented. >> countries across the middle east and beyond are reacting to the ban. our ian lee joins us live from istanbul in turkey. ian, what is the reaction in turkey? >> cyril, we've really only heard from the deputy prime minister at this point, mehmet saying we would happy welcome global talent not allowed back into the united states. now this announcement by president trump came late on friday, which was already the weekend here, it being monday now, we're expecting possibly to get some official reaction from the government. but expect the turks to walk on a bit of eggshells really with their response. we have seen what president trump does with criticism, how he reacts. the turks hope to have better relations with president trump than they had with president obama

. >> and he also stated his executive order was similar to former president barack obama's policy, a ban on visas of 2011. mr. obama's policy did not -- did impose new screening procedures, however there was never an out right ban that was implemented. >> we are hearing reaction from mr. trump's chief of staff. >> reince priebus trying to assure the country green card holders will be allowed. >> what i am suggesting to you is that customs and border control, i suspect if they have a person that is traveling back and forth to libya or somalia or yemen, i would suspect within their discretion they might ask a few more questions at jfk or some other airport when somebody is coming back and forth within their discretionary authority as a customs and border patrol agent. >> there was a great deal of confusion in deciding how to decipher the order. >> again, reince priebus saying the executive order stands and is affective. the u.s. senate democratic leader is among those denouncing the order. >> chuck schumer vowed to get the president's order overturned. >> this executive order -- was me

barack obama did it with iraqis for six months. jimmy carter did it with iranians during that hostage crisis. how is this different? >> well, i don't know the details of those orders but i can tell you this much. you have seven nations that are included with no criteria whatsoever. again, someone may already be a permanent resident of the united states and may have served in the military, according to the executive order, they can be detained and sent back for no reason, no clear, specific reason. on top of that, look at the point in this executive order on religion. this is -- should be chilling to anyone in america who cares about religious liberty. there is an exception made, a potential for the exception made for anyone who is not muslim. there are no exceptions allowed for someone who is muslim. that goes against our constitutional values as well. if the executive order said, here are a list of things that might be considered exceptions and we'll weigh those, great. but the only category where it allows for people to be consid

that sounds a lot like barack obama eight years ago argued for stimulus. you have set up a budget coming soon, but the king of debt as trump called himself is on a collision course with fiscal conservatives. that's one of the things to watch, whether they aqiues to this. >> one group they mentioned were immigrants on special immigrant visas. these are the people that were translators in iraq for u.s. troops. they were being held up at the airport yesterday. they are -- these visas are vetted by every major intelligence agency. a lot of them have to take polygraphs. these are not people that anyone needs to worry about coming into this country. and a lot was made yesterday from the gentleman who came in as one of the translators who said he was a trump fran. that's not the point. these people shouldn't be treated like this and they could be in danger going back to where they are from. >> in trouble back home because of their help to the united states and their past. abby? >> some of my colleagues at "the washington post" reported on clues with talks about r

department of homeland security under the former president barack obama. she told my colleague that she's never seen anything like this before. >> this is a order or series of executive orders by president trump that is using national security and the memory of 9/11 to justify sweeping refugee ban, immigration ban, country specific ban, that we've never seen proposed before, that we've never seen anything quite like it in the united states. it's a pretty historic moment and not in a good way for the united states today. >> did the vetting process for the immigrants or refugees deserve to be tightened in any way? >> i think any vetting or immigration process is constantly changing having served in the department of homeland security. you're constantly trying to make things better, make them tighter, more efficient as well. so there's no question that any of these programs could get better but the idea that you end it in the process of trying to reform it would never have crossed anyone's mind either in the bush administration or the obama administration. fo

look at the things that barack obama put in place, look at the fact when he brought our people out of the middle east and allowed isis and the rest of them to flourish in that area of the world. >> i got to say this. as a father of three teenage sons i'm thrilled he got us out of there. otherwise they would be there today fighting somebody else's war. >> president george w. bush he's the one that negotiated that we had to get out of the part of the world. >> peter bergen, our colleague, peter has written a tremendous book and has documented how this is a serious issue but that the threat that we most face today are individuals who are here many of them americans who have become radicalize pds. they're the ones i'm most worried about. >> that was going to be my question to him. a lot of it is homegrown terrorism. most of it is not people coming in from other countries. >> social media. we have to go after people overstaying their visas and figure out how to get them out of the united states. there's a lot of work to be done. what would we be saying if hillary clinton would have won? wo

barack obama was the complete opposite of george w. bush. the american people quite often enough decide after electing this person they want to go all the way over here and elect this person to succeed. and he is i think you would agree the direct opposite of president obama. >> one thing people don't know about me and you, we actually are friends. >> we are. >> and one of the things we both care an awful lot about is health care. your mom is going through a lot when it comes to health care. so is my mom. we both take this very, very seriously. there's a family here i also want you to hear from. we have the entire family here. listen, this is a family that has actually gone through some of the scariest stuff you can go through when it comes to cancer and when you deal with pre-existing conditions. this is the fact of their lives. >> this is my daughter kelsey. she is a two-time cancer survivor. >> wow. >> at age -- [ applause ] >> at age 7, she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. was covered under our insurance. she graduated from college at

look at things that barack obama put in place. look when he brought our people out of the middle east and allowed isis and rest of them to flourish. >> i got to take issue as father of three teenage sons i'm thrilled he got us out of there. otherwise be there today fighting somebody else's war. >> and george w. bush negotiated and said had to get out. >> peter bergen has written a tremendous book and documented how -- this is a serious issue. but threat we most face today are individuals who are here, many americans who have become radicalized. they're the ones i'm worried about. >> my question. lot of it is home-grown terrorism, not people coming from other countries. >> social media and what have you, you're right and go over the people overstaying visas and work with those and figure out how to get them out. but what would we be saying if hillary clinton won, hey say open borders, live here and be happy the rest of your life. no. i wouldn't have been. maybe you would have. >> we would be on television debating it. >> you have a

while bro while barack obama spoke in paragraphs, donald trump spoke in sentences. >> his meeting with theresa may was less about the relationship with u.s. and britain and more about the frayed relations with his administration and mexico. >> we had a very good call. i have been very strong on mexico. i have great respect for mexico. i love the mexican people. >> the president revealed only a few details about his morning phone call with mexico's president. one day of the mexican leader abruptly cancelled his trip to the white house next week. during a remarkedly brief 18-minute news conference the president had no details on who's paying for the wall. >> we are going to be working on a fair relationship and new relationship. but the united states continue continue to lose vast amounts of business, vast amounts of companies and millions and millions of people losing their jobs. that won't happen with me. we're no longer going to be the country that doesn't know what it's doing. >> read-out from the mexican government saying the two men agreed not to speak publicly about this controver

while barack obama spoke in paragraphs, this new president speaks in sentences. but in his brevity, it was clear the trump agenda is taking hold. >>> the focus at president trump's news conference with british prime minister theresa may was less about the special relationship between the u.s. and britain and more about the frayed relations between his administration and mexico. >> we had a very good call. i have been very strong on mexico. i have great reexpespect for me. i love the mexican people. >> reporter: one day after the mexican leader abruptly canceled his trip to the white house next week, in response to mr. trump's plan to build a wall on the border. during a remarkably brief 18-minute news conference, the president still had no details on who is paying for the wall. >> we are going to be working on a fair relationship and a new relationship, but the united states cannot continue to lose vast amounts of business, vast amounts of companies and millions and millions of people losing their jobs. that won't happen with me. we're no longer going to be the c

barack obama had conflict with fox, so i think the idea of a politician declaring war on media isn't anything new and for steve bannon saying it's time that the media listen a little bit more because he doesn't feel they have acknowledged that they have got things wrong and that a lot of people like donald trump and he feels like the media doesn't give him credit for the fact that he won and the fact that a large part of america really do like his message. >> i disagree on the note that yes, maybe president obama didn't feel so friendly against fox, but he didn't constantly bring it up. >> yeah, he didn't say they were disgusting and dishonest, listen when you tell the media to shut-up, there are places like north korea, we don't do that, nobody is doing to tell us to shut-up and by the way we can also say there's plenty of opposition to every president so for the media to say -- they are a your adversary, and particularly true now because the democrats don't have any particular power, bannon is right in one way, they can speak truth to power, that's supposed to be their job and he's

obama at 60%, and the media talked about him at the highest ratings ever. now they have donald trump at 59%. >> we never use rasmussen polls because they're heavily weighted the other way. >> and then you -- the huffington post did a story on -- >> do you believe "the huffington post"? >> donald trump did not win the popular vote in the election, that is just fact. >> democrats love pointing that out. >> i didn't mean it to bring it up in terms of illegitimate numbers. a lot of people don't go to the polls, i assume -- i don't know if they were just registered polls, look at what is happening in the street, there is a rebellion going on, the march, that was unprecedented. the number of people who turned out to protest against donald trump. donald trump is not a liked politician. and he is reinforcing that by frankly his personal behavior. when you try to govern by twitter, i think people out there, the average person is reacting. this man is out of control. >> even his even supporters say he would show a little by -- >> it is a polarized country, too, if hi

during the general election they had the legacy of barack obama and hillary clinton to foil off of. and now that they're in power they need to create another opposition, another enemy, and they're going to make the press that. i also think this is as much about accountability as anything else. they're trying to tear down all of the pillars of accountability that would hold them to the truth so that when the president has bad news, when the president doesn't like a report, they can go into the oval office anddon' us, and it's a way to innoculate themselves and also to continue to narrow who the president listens to where he gets his information. i think it's a very dangerous thing when you have a president who is going to be more specific and not broad where he gets his information to get facts, and when you look at what the advisers are supposed to do to paint a real picture of accuracy so that the president can make the best informed decision as possible, they will try to monitor the data and censor the government. what happens when the jobs are not what they want them to be? what

this is signalling that we are past the presidency of barack obama which was cautious and prudent. very predictable. this is like let me pull a line from jeffrey lord and talk about when reagan went after the air traffic controller's union and sent a message to the soviets. >> the problem is mexico is not an enemy. they are one of the closest partners and allies and we are intertwined in a way that we are with no other country. they are the second largest trading partner and canada is the first. a lot of the goods coming from mexico said 40% of them have american parts in them. that's how intertwined we are. >> this first few days that we are talking about now has according to many of the observers, the editor of foreign affairs and used to be a cabinet secretary and official under clinton said this is the most change so far, so rapidly and quickly in the first week than at any time since the end of the second world war. that's a major statement and the most profound is america pulling back the global leadership. it is still the head of the global super power, but president trump i

that was something that bill and hillary clinton and barack obama at one time -- >> you did preface by saying 10 or 20 years ago. things have changed. more people were coming in. i'm not saying it's right. i'm just putting it in. >> even reagan's amnesty. >>. >> i think the american people are generous and compassionate and if time after time we are saying we are going to secure the border and we are going to do amnesty and you never secure the border -- >> you have to be honest about the facts just as you have to be about the coal industry. i understand my brothers and sisters are hurting, but some jobs are never coming back because of automation. unless you are going to make a cell phone out of coal, it's not going to happen. >> and manufacturing is a prime example where american manufacturing is more productive and efficient, but it takes fewer people to run a factory. >> there are several reasons behind building the wall. a, the influx of people coming here and taking haven this this country using our goods and services and health care and education without having to pay for it. th

cnn is reporting that before he left office president barack obama encouraged new prime minister to become close to president trump. could this be the beginning of that do you think? >> yes. i think britain is top ally, always supported us but president trump not started out too well. started out canceling the transpacific partnership, 11 countries he upset. now a potential trade war with mexico and canada. so i hope with prime minister may that the special relationship with britain is retained. need to work together on so many issues. syria, united nations. economic issues, brexit. president obama is right. this is the key relationship for the united states and we started off with the other key country, mexico. this is the lowest i've seen that relation in a long time. >> someone said since 1948 or something close. >> i want to get your reaction to mexican president canceling his meeting with president trump. what do you think of that? >> he had no choice. president trump's idea of negotiating is bullying. bullying ceos, his primary opponents, bullying nations. you can't bully nations bec

this is signaling that we're past the presidency of barack obama which was very cautious, very prudent, very predictable. this is like let me pull a line from jeffrey lord here and talk about when reagan went after the air-traffic controllers union and sent a message to the soviets. i think that might be part of it. >> the problem is mexico's not an enemy. they're one of our closest partners and allies in the world and we're economically intertwined with them in a way we are with almost no other country. they're our second largest trading partner. canada is our first. a lot of the goods coming from mexico, someone today said 40% have americans parts in them. >> this first few days we're talking about has according to many of the observers, the editor of foreign affairs who used to be a cabinet official under clinton, has said this is the most change so fast to rapidly so, you know, quickly in the first week than at any time since the end of the second world war. that's a major statement. and the most profound change is america pulling back its global leadership. it is still the head of

obama inside the imagination of president trump. it doesn't -- they don't exist. studies show again and again that fraud -- voter fraud doesn't exist. there was a study that literally revealed out of a billion ballots cast, 31 instances of voter fraud. this administration, for it to double down on this notion of an investigation, we've already done this. in the bush administration, we spent five years looking at 100 million ballots and literally discovered a handful of fraudulent ballots. this is an -- this is a new told bad expensive idea, the definition of fraud, waste, and abuse. we don't need to go down that road. in fact, what he needs to do is strengthen voting rights. >> i spoke in the last hour with democratic senator, robert menendez of new jersey. he seems to suggest that this whole accusation of massive voter fraud is simply an excuse to engage in voter suppression. for example, get greater voter i.d. laws out there, which you would regard as voter suppression. >> absolutely! where we have one out of every ten american vo

staying with our politics lead, when president barack obama took office eight years ago, one of his very first moves was to sign an executive to order, call tty: 1-800-544-3316ing -- ordering the closure of the guantanamo bay. quit mow still open. new president trump is signing executive orders assigning his own legislative orders. how many will result in policy changes? cnn sun land joins us. do these executive orders have teeth or are they essentially symbolic of where the president wants to take the nation? >> jake, that is certainly the big question, and based on our review, it seems to be a little bit of both. there is some substance here, but there also is some symbolism as well. let's breakdown a few of these executive actions on the president's obamacare order. this is a place where there still is a lot of confusion about how it affects the law. the order gives a broad mandate for heads of agencies to, quote, minimize the economic burden of obamacare, but importantly it does not specify any single action that would be taken. now, on the building the wall on the u.s.-mexico border

. >> barack obama received such hate and ran again, so i'm going to keep running just like he did. at the end of the day everybody is going to get hate for what they believe in. and black twitter is not the entire black america so i refuse to make 6,000 comments the voice of black america. >> india rea gave you love. >> i love india. >> my mom an dad and brothers were super supportive but you have those petrified of politics because you can't mix religion and politicpolitics. >> first of all i sang a gospel song. >> what would you say to trump if you were to meet him. >> this is what we look like. at the end of the day he has constituents, folks in the cabinet, people not there anymore as news just told us. i want him to know what we have to say, what we think. my goal with all of this is to bring the story of the black girl who has a baby in his own welfare with the white girl in south dakota dak withat has her story, if i have a coin a phrase "no political genius" and create a tv show myself so our voice can be heard as a whole i don't mind being in the gap. >> thank you so much.

obama, obamacare. but also on the world stage. and he seems to like it that way. >> yes, he does. and here's the thing about it. often i don't like it, but i am sort of done underestimating it because he seems to get more success out of some of these tactics than i thought he would. even when i think this is not the right way to do things or the mature or helpful way to do things. it could be that next week pena nieto is like, never mind, i'm coming. at this point -- >> the white house press secretary sean spicer was asked about this and he said we'll look for a date in the near future to reschedule. the white house could have said fine. that's a diplomatic answer and we'll see if diplomacy comes -- >> time for back-channel talks. >> that's another part of the problem, though, is that the president's team isn't all in place yet. his secretary of state has not been confirmed. that's the back channel. who is it that picks up the phone and tries to turn the temperature down here? >> i think, again, i thin

barack obama didn't get all of his agenda. you have to set priorities. president trump has priorities. the number one priority is getting criminal illegal aliens out of our country who have taken the lives of many american citizens. he set priorities. i think people confuse the fact that because republicans support the rule of law we're intent on harming children. that was never the intent, and donald trump is right to make that his last priority. >> kevin, the president was asked about his replacement for obama care. let's take a look at that. >> what my plan is is that i want to take care of everybody. i'm not going to leave the lower 20% that can't afford insurance. just so you understand, people talk about obama care. and i told the republicans this. the best thing we can do is nothing for two years, let it explode and then we'll do a new plan and the democrats will vote for it. this year you'll have 150% increases. last year in arizona, 116% increase. minnesota 60% increase. i told them, exempt for one problem, i want to get it fixed. the best thing

you are black and you voted for barack obama. don't make that assumption. these women voted their beliefs. if hillary had shared those beliefs, maybe they would have voted for hillary. you have to start up here with the bar. women vote the same way guys vote. they vote what their issue is. i think that it worked the way you are supposed to work. what i wish is it was not so muddy. i wish russia had nufr come up. it's too much. too many things. >> we have a few more to get into. when we get back, there is one issue. i feel weird saying it, but there is an issue donald trump raised. i think democrats may want to take note when we get back. audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks. and now much of that same advanced technology is found in the audi a4. with one notable difference... ♪ the highly advanced audi a4, with available traffic jam assist. ♪ (vo) when you're on your phone 24/7, you probably think you need an unlimited plan. but actually, the majority of people pay for data they never use. that's right, two out of th

with barack obama, he didn't get all thiz agenda. you have to set priorities. he set them. number one is getting criminal illegal aliens out of our country who have taken the lives and right to life of hundreds of american citizens. he's got priorities. confuse the fact that because republicans support the rule of law we're intent on harming children. donald trump is right to make it last priority. >> asked about replacement for obamacare. >> what my plan is, i want to take care of everybody. i'm not going to leave the lower 20% that can't afford insurance. just so you understand. people talk about obamacare, and i told the republicans this, best thing we could do is nothing for two years, let it explode and go in and do a new plan and democrats will vote for it, believe any. this year 150% increases. last year in arizona and minnesota. except one problem. i want to get it fixed. best thing i could do as leader of this country but wanting to get something approved with support of the democrats, if i didn't do anything for two years, would be begging me to do something. i do

you know, people always -- what people said, oh, you're black, you voted for barack obama. don't make that assumption. these women voted their beliefs. and if hillary had shared those beliefs, maybe they would have voted for hillary. so i think you have to, you know, first you have to start up here with the bar. >> right. >> when it comes to women. women vote the same way guys vote. they vote what their issue is. so, i think that, you know, it worked the way it was supposed to work. what i wish is it wasn't so muddy. i wish russia had never come up. >> for instance. >> because, you know, it's too much. too much. >> too much, too much. >> too many things. >> luckily we got a few more segments we're going to get into it. and when we get back, there is one issue -- i feel weird saying this. there is one issue that donald trump raised and i'm glad. democrats might want to take notes when we get back. >> okay. [ applause ] (vo) when you're on your phone 24/7, you probably think you need an unlimited plan. but actually, the majority of people pay for data they never use. that's r

in other words, he will do to the republicans what the republicans republican did to barack obama. >> won't let anybody in who's mainstream. >> they will not let occur what happened last time. >> the ten democratic senators up for election in the red states, the states donald trump won, because that is where the white house will be focusing their entire energy to get there. >> can i say something about this new executive order? >> we're showing what we believe to be the four finalists for the u.s. supreme court. >> which could come tomorrow. in terms of what we're learning about the new president, we're also learning something about him from this, which is that he doubles down. when he's backed up against the wall and everybody is saying, you know, this is a mistake, this is a mistake, guess what, he orders -- he's going to sign an executive order because he's going to say to everybody, this is what i believe. >> it may be donald trump's washington that daniel patrick moynihan was wrong, that you are entitled to your own facts, not just your opinions, because in the first five days we

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obama's birth certificate. >> we know that's a lie. >> he's seen all the facts. he's seen all the truths. this is not anti-trump, this is pro truth. >> it's fact. >> i don't think people are trying to fight on him or hate on him, it's just that this is about facts andportionnaltyropo, i appreciate you saying it shouldn't be the top priority to investigate. >> does trump's disregard for the truth threatens his ability to do his job. >> "the new york times" called it a lie. >> let me tell you why it's not a lie and why it's irresponsible to call it a lie because we do not take voter i.d.s in this country to vote -- >> no, no, what you're doing is the epitome of illogical reasoning and you're a harvard lawyer as am i, we both understand you can't just put out facts especially as president of the united states when there's proof that their false, you can't make a statement of the united states without any facts and deny it. >> and you shouldn't call something a lie when you have no proof that it's a lie. >> i didn't go to harvard, but these a serious of falsehoods fr

his fixation with losing the popular vote and how that might get barack obama to come out of retirement earlier than he thought. john king joins us next. >>> a former cia analyst blasts the president for what he calls his publicity stunt while standing in front of the memorial wall at the cia. she calls it a terrifying display of the dangerous way he'll govern. some provocative words. we'll talk to her, coming up. take one. directv now. stream all your entertainment! anywhere! anytime! can we lose the 'all'. there's no cbs and we don't have a ton of sports. anywhere, any... let's lose the 'anywhere, anytime' too. you can't download on-the-go, there's no dvr, yada yada yada. stream some stuff! somewhere! sometimes! you totally nailed that buddy. simple. don't let directv now limit your entertainment. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. >>> things we know. donald trump won the 2016 election. things we don't know. does donald trump believe that? i ask because it is a head scratcher why the person who won the victory is calling into question the result. but that's what pres