with the soho forum debate jonathan chait, whose new book covers president obama's legacy. he recently debated matt welch, of reason magazine. the event begins with the director of the soho forum introducing comedian dave smith. as a tradition of the soho forum, we begin with a warm-up act from a great libertarian comic. back by popular demand, dave smith, whose podcast, part of the problem, here he is, libertarian comic dave smith. [applause] >> thank you, gne. how is everyone? what a great event. libertarian comic even sounds boring to me. as soon as i heard that intro, that sucks. i have to come up with a better thing. what is he going to do, talk about the budget? debate abouteat obama, is a great or not? this'll be a lot of fun. personally speaking, i think obama is great at lots of things , like killing people with sky robots. he is amazing at that, the best ever. spending money, he is like a god. spending others people's money, he is like mj in 1996. untouchable. i'm sorry. this is usually a more libertarian leaning event. today i think we brought in some of the lefties

. president trump says this about replacing obama care. >> we'll have a plan that's going to be -- i think, fantastic, it will be released fairly soon. we'll be talking about it tomorrow night during the speech. >>> the white house pushing back for calls of a special investigation, did president trump's campaign coordinate with russia's putin. jim acosta joins us now. we're getting a preview of the president's budget plan today, what can we expect? >> well, don, i can tell you that senior administration officials were briefing reporters at the white house earlier this evening, to lay out the preview of the president's speech of the joint session to congress. consider the theme that officials are telling us about in terms of what the president will be talking about tomorrow night. the theme will be renewal of the american spirit and optimistic vision for all americans. that word optimistic stands out, because there was a lot of criticism of the president's inaugural address, when he was talking about american carnage in this country. it was too dark a tone for the inaugural speech. pe

, fantastic. first of all, i have to say thank you, obama, for this company because trump did not inherit an economy that obama had inherited. we're facing that great recession, and we did not hit it. so thank you, obama, for this economy right now. and the tax cuts, fabulous. we want them. we want tax reform. we want paul ryan's tax reform to come through. everybody's hoping for that. but is trump going to do it? because trump has started so many other fires that he has to put out, is he going to be able to do the tax reform? dagen: gary b, was that you moaning and groaning? >> look, first of all, kathy, welcome to the show. but if i hear this thank obama for the economy thing. yes, we're so thankful that hillary clinton couldn't even beat donald trump. >> she did win. >> every state and local. he admitted the -- yes, thank obama for making the republican party a lot more relevant. but the other point is i want to get back to jonas' point because this is a mentality. saying he can't afford these tax cuts. my gosh in other times when we've actually cut taxes, the revenues to the government h

by the obama administration made before them. let's begin with michelle kosinski. first talk us through this missile test in trump administration response? >> reporter: so the trump administration has made that messaging very tough not only in statements but in person and of course in those tweets that you read, so they want the message to be out there as one member of the administration pointed, an advisor saying there's a new sheriff in town his name is donald trump and they're not going to do things like the prior administration did. so that's really the crux of the message. they want to show they're willing to act quickly so enact these sanctions today on 25 individuals an entities that have some hand in iran's ballistic program including the revolutionary guards, but when you look at these things how much will this effect iran, how much business are these foreign entities doing with american companies or individuals? the answer to that is pretty minimal, so analysts see this as mostly symbolic this is kind of a first step in what would be many steps to get to some response

the united states said his good-bye to the 20,000 of his closest friends. and you could tell obama was really the president of millenials because the entire speech seemed like one giant subtweet. - if something needs fixing then lace up your shoes and do some organizing. if you're tired of arguing with strangers on the internet, try talking with one of them in real life. - i don't say this often, but i do not agree with the president. do not meet people that you've argued with on the internet. it will end with you bleeding in an alley. don't do it. don't do it. you know, last night's speech felt less like a farewell address and more like a parent who's going on vacation telling his kids how to behave while he's away. he's like, "all right, american kids, uh...race relations, "you'll find those in the fridge. "make sure you know the supreme court justice "before you let him in. "and your babysitter, yeah, he's coming soon. "stop complaining; you chose him. "you chose him. do what he says. "but if he asks you to take a shower, "you should probably say no, probably say no. that's what

and barack obama. it gets underway at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. then join us on tuesday the 28th for president trump and his first speech to a joint session of congress that set to start at 9 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> the soho forum is a monthly debate series held in new york city. the january 17 debate focused on the presidency of barack obama. debaters included new york magazine columnists jonathan chait whose new book on president obama's legacy came out that they have that debate. taking the opposing view on president obama's accompaniments was matt welch, editor at large of reason magazine. the event begins with soho forum director gene epstein introducing standup comedian dave smith. this is just over 90 minutes. >> now, as a creation of a soho forum we begin with a warm-up act from a great libertarian comic back by popular demand, dave smith is great podcast, part of the problem, i myself faithful listen to. here he is, the part of the problem libertarian comic dave smith. dave, please come up. [applause] >> thank you, jeanne. thanks, guys. how is everybody? what a great

el que no faltaron sus ataques a la prensa ni sus promesas, entre ellos reformar obama care y por supuesto el muro. este particular acto sed en medio de las turbulencias de su administraciÓn. reportera: me encuentro en el aeropuerto internacional aquÍ en la florida. veamos donald trump y la primera dama bajan del aviÓn presidencial para visitar por primera vez el techo de la florida desde que el presidente asumiÓ el poder. quien comenzÓ el evento fue melania trump, pidiÓ a los presentes que la acompaÑaran. posteriormente el mandatario seguro que no se lo esperaba hijo estar sorprendido. inmediatamente tocÓ el tema migratorio. >> crÉanme, hemos heredado un gran desastre pero yo sÉ que ustedes tienen ciudades seguras donde las calles pertenezcan a las familias y a las comunidades, no a las pandillas y narcotraficantes estÁn siendo expulsados del paÍs mientras yo hablo, tendremos fronteras seguras otra vez. reportera: los medios de comunicaciÓn fue uno de los platos fuertes de la noche. >> a pesar de todas sus mentiras y falsas historias ellos no pudieron derrotarnos ni

of the united states from george washington through barack obama. we are pleased to be joined this morning by our three academic advisors to the project will stuff from the west coast, doug ,rinkley with rice university presidential biographer richard norton smith from grand rapids, michigan, and here in washington, it is edna the chair of the history department at howard university. thank you for joining us. i want to start first and lay the groundwork for this. this is a survey we did in 2000 and 2009, after the george w. bush presidency, and after the barack obama presidency, looking at 10 characteristics of leadership. public persuasion, crisis leadership, economic management, authority, international relations, administrative skills, relations with congress, vision, or setting an agenda, pursuing equal justice for all, and the performance within the context of their time. here are and we will start at the top. a look at the top 10 in those categories, from all the historians surveyed. 91 responded. number one was abraham lincoln,, george washington, second. franklin eleanor ro

matter is imminent. my guest today is donald verrilli, us solicitor general under barack obama. does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law? donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, it's good to be here. let's start with a personal perspective. having served five years as obama's solicitor general, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative executive legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended? well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. but as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the obama administration, i think, is starting to show itself. and so i am more optimistic now that it's going to be a lot more difficult than it might have seemed at first blush for president trump and his administration to undo the progress that was made under president obama. i'm thinking in particular of health care but other things as well. well, we'll go in detail through some of the thi

united states from george washington all the way through all -- barack obama. we are pleased to be joined by our three academic advisors, from the west coast, doug brinkley with rice university, richard norton smith from grand rapids, michigan, and here in theington it is edna -- chair of the history department at howard university. to all three of you, thank you for joining us. start first and lay the groundwork for this. this is a survey we did in 2000 -- 2009 after the george b bush presidency and now after the barack obama presidency, characters -- of leadership. here are and we will start at the top, but top 10 in those categories. 91 responded to the survey. lincoln,e was abraham george washington is second, franklin wrote -- roosevelt third, the dwight eisenhower is fifth, harry truman six, thomas jefferson seven, john kennedy at number eight, ronald reagan at nine and it tends is lyndon johnson. all of you have been with our projects since the beginning. we will go to the west coast and ask what is different with this one? what is consistent is that abraham lincoln seems to be eve

the former assistant secretary of state in the obama administration and joins us to talk about president trump's foreign-policy agenda. you pointed out that president trump ran against the government that he is now leading, so how has that impacted his efforts when it comes to foreign policy? >> his foreign-policy is still under construction. it is a slow process. it is normally slow under any administration. it takes time to get a team up and running. it takes time to put together the prophecies and the execution of foreign-policy centered around the situation room. slower but as an antiestablishment candidate, he has run against the foreign-policy establishment. i am part of that. in particular, at the present time, he has denied himself one of the country's best expertise to help them develop and formulate his foreign-policy. and he has elected a first-time government official with no private -- no dogmatic experience. >> rex tillerson had his first foreign trip last week, headed to mexico today. how is he doing early on in the job? >> if you are the ceo of exxon mobil, a ma

market went up thousands of points, not a few points, thousands of points under president obama. we avoided a terrific recession. unemployment, the experts say we're almost at full employment at the moment in the country. consumer confidence way up under who? thank you, obama, thank you. and guess what? when you talk about things like ford, who saved the auto industry? oh, thank you, obama. eric: hold on, hold on. >> that's a part of the story. eric: if you want to go to the auto industry, ford didn't take any of the bailout money. >> the auto city. >> guess who had a stimulus plan prior to obama for the autos? george bush. go ahead, mercedes, consumer confidence off the charts, retail sales expanding under a very short-term president trump. >> i think you're seeing that small businesses are very optimistic about a trump presidency. you're seeing the fact that president trump is moving forward on his promises of deregulation, of ensuring they don't have the strangle hold on regulations like the obama administration. what happens, we see more part-time employment, yes, but unfortunat

lady michelle obama, stevie wonder, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: show 600! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my goodness! whoa! [ cheers and applause ] this is it. can you feel the excitement right now, baby? [ cheers and applause ] oh, i love it. right back at you. welcome, everybody. welcome to "the tonight show." you all made it. you're here. this is it. [ cheers and applause ] this is a big show. i'm your host, jimmy fallon. you guys, we have first lady michelle obama on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and this is actually her final talk show appearance as first lady. [ audience aws ] everyone's very emotional. in fact, after patting me down, the secret service gave me a a rose. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i accepted. i accepted. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: she's the best. everybody's still talking about president obama's big farewell speech in chicago last night. [ cheers and applause ] wow. in fact, at one point the crowd started chanting "four more years! four more years!" [ cheers ] wh

preventive health services. members will also consider three resolutions appealing obama administration labor department rules. live coverage of the house. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. we give i thanks, ombing god, for giving us another day. as you make available to your people the grace and knowledge to meet the needs of the day, we pray that your spirit will be upon the members of this people's house, giving them the richness of your which is tomorrow. -- wisdom. may the power of your truth and our faith in your providence give them all the confidence they must have to do the work required for service to our nation. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. kelly. ms. kelly: i pledge

strategist ed rollins. and also, new concerns that former president obama has established a shadow government with an army of agitators numbering more than 30,000 to organize, block and sabotage president trump, that is view of "new york post" columnist paul sparey who joins me here. >> and house freedom caulks is tired of wait for house leadership to repeal obamacare, they have a new plan, and they want action now, jim jordan is joining us here tonight. lou: good evening, we're learning that president trump is expected to offer the job of national security adviser to vise admiral robert howard, a 60-year-old former navy seal . president trump today came to the defense of ousted national security adviser michael flynn at a news conference with israeli prime minister netanyahu. >> general flynn is a wonderful man, i think he has been treated very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the feak medi fake media in many cases. i think it is really a sad thing he was tweeted so badly, the way he was tweeted, and -- treated and documents and paper that were ill well, threillegally leaked.

: lisa monica is here. she served as president obama's chief homeland security and counterterrorism advisor for four years. that put her at the nexus of many pivotal national security issues. the fight guest isis, hostages. sanctions, psycher security. disease announce and natural disasters. i am pleased to have her back at this table. welcome. lisa: thanks, charlie, good to be back. charlie: we talked about this the other day. who was on your principals committee? lisa: what i did as the president of the homeland security advisor was chair members of the committee, members of the cabinet addressing homeland secure issues. things like ebola, zika. border questions. the attack on the boston marathon. the boston marathon bombings. we didn't know what the origin of that was. was it international terrorism related or not? i convened the practice so the secretary of homeland security, the attorney general, the secretary of treasury, the c.i.a. director, you name it. charlie: f.b.i. director? lisa: f.b.i. director. depending on what the issue is, the attorney general, as i mentioned, the

though it does not abrogate the 2015 nuclear deal brokered by the obama administration. sanctions will target more than 20 iranian entities for terrorism and missile related activities. the white house had to get creative with the application of sanctions for fear of itself violating the nuclear agreement. the missile launches in the of how president trump will deal with the nation who he claims ruled the united states in a bad deal. our on his -- iran is thumbing his nose at the president. there is plenty of support for new sanctions on capitol hill. >> when you hear about the telephone calls happen, don't worry about it. just don't worry about it. speak at the president is finding less support for his dealings with a strong ally after what is described as a frank phone call with the australian prime minister malcolm turnbull. the president is said to be disappointed in a deal cut by the obama administration in november to take in refugees living in offshore australian detention camps. >> president obama said they were going to take probably well over 1,000 illegal immigrants who

. so he sat there for an entire year. and the goal was to transport this open seat from the obama administration to the next administration, hoping it would be a republican. so to not be complicit in this theft. we must not treat this as another nomination process. my colleagues are doing the right thing. they are holding hearings. they'll be holding a vote. but in the course of that, let us remind ourselves that there is illegitimacy in what has transpired. a stolen seat has been delivered to the next administration. they have proceeded to attempt to fill it with an extreme right-wing member of the judiciary who is going to weigh in on everything from workers rights or ability to work, the ability of people to do class-action lawsuits to take on predatory practices by companies. this individual doesn't even believe that it should be possible for members of the lgbt community to appeal the court for equality under our national constitution and vision of equality. so this is -- it's both the way that we got there and it's -- now it's -- we got the huge second problem and extreme ri

for the people who are here illegally. they're saying you can't repeal obama care. tax reform is just too controversial. you can't ever balance the budget . and of course, you must reopen the big crony, corrupt export import. that's what they're hearing behind closed doors right now. the list goes on and on but our job as conservatives and as the national conservative movement is to make possible what the establishment says is impossible. we must think big. we must act bold. that's the american way. remember our founders. when they signed the declaration of independence, they were practicing the art of the possible. they were dreaming and impossible dream to win their independence from the most powerful country in the world. but by dreaming, by believing, by working, they buy fighting, they made possible what was considered impossible by all the experts of the day. president lincoln had an almost impossible dream of keeping america united. many fought and died to save this last great hope of humanity but they made possible what's seemed impossible. barry goldwater dreamed and imp

that were planned during the obama administration. and that they're doing nothing different than what they do on a routine basis. paul tobin, politics reporter is covering the raids and i know you have some new reporting about the future scope of these raids, possibly being wider than those carried out under obama what are you learning? >> it's important to distinguish between what we know and what we don't know what we know is in fact as you mentioned, the planning for these enforcement sweeps began under the obama administration. and it is absolutely true that there have been similar crackdowns in the past periodically where i.c.e. goes after certain individuals that very have prioritized for removal. in fact at those rates as well. hundreds of people could be swept up at a time. what has also been clear is that the trump administration quickly moved to put out new enforcement priorities. one of those first executive orders he signed actually created really broad enforcement priorities for the department of homeland security to go after the targets and so what's unknown is who

watch when impeachment is on the table. >> sean: obama actually went over there, visited and talk to them. impeachment of the president ist clearly the end all for the left, facts, truth, it doesn't really matter. mike flynn is just a small casualty of that bigger plan. the left is trying to make this into the next watergate, news or the same liberals who fiercely defended hillary clinton,, ignored and defended the massive private server scandal. top-secret and special access programming in the claws of a mom-and-pop shop bathroom. they ignored and defended the corruption to pay to play at the clinton foundation. the ignored hillary clinton's endless lies. the left was also noticeably silent back in 2012 and president obama was caught on a hot make saying this to the russian prime minister -- to send a message to vladimir. remember this? >> after my election... i have more flexibility... >> sean: tell vladimir, more flexibility. don't tell the american people. moral outrage and hypocrisy of the worst kind. all we're saying playing out is what eli lake who will be on next, the poli

all of this and more on c-span.org. >> next, a debate on the obama presidency with jonathan chait and matt welch. in new york city hosted this 90 minute event. >> as a tradition of the soho forum, we begin with a warm-up act from a great libertarian comic. back by popular demand, dave smith, whose podcast, part of the problem, here he is, libertarian comic dave smith. [applause] back by popular demand, dave smith, whose podcast, part of the problem, here he is, libertarian comic dave smith. [applause] >> thank you, gene. how is everyone? what a great event. libertarian comic even sounds boring to me. as soon as i heard that intro, i was like, that sucks. i have to come up with a better thing. is he going to talk about the budget the entire time? obama, the great debate about obama, is a great or not? this'll be a lot of fun. personally speaking, i think obama is great at lots of things, like killing people with sky robots. he is amazing at that, the best ever. spending money, he is like a god. spending other people's money, he is like mj in 1996. untouchable. i'm sorry. this is usuall

with almost exactly a year left in his presidency we learned that barack obama would get to name a court nominee to fill t seat vie kated the court by the death of antonin scalia. or not. even before former president obama named his nominee, even before he named judge merrick garland, republicans announced that they would hold open the scalia seat. they would not hold hearings for any obama nominee no matter who the president picked they were not going to consider his nominee. honestly because the president is a democrat and they didn't believe they had to and so they believed they would not thank you very much. and that has never been happened in our country. not like that. but tonight that radical decision, not a radical decision by donald trump but a radical decision by the republican party in the senate, tonight that radical act by congressional republicans it bore fruit -- awkwardly phrased fruit, a little hiccup in the execution in the end but still. >> today i am keeping another promise to the american people by nominating judge neil gorsuch of the united states supreme cour

speech. >> what gets me is the hypocrisy, it's okay when president obama can pull money when schools don't have transgender bathrooms, but when president trump says free speech, somehow that's terrible and evil. >> usually i'm on your side, i'm more with e-mack. first of all, it's misleading who is causing the damage. i think there was a very peaceful protest among students and as they have the right to do, and i think sort of, rather than sort of bullying the colleges, i would do sort of more of a jfk stance, to go to the universities and say i think you guys are grown-ups, we can have important speeches here and if you treat the college students like grown-ups, i've spoken at many college campuses where they're extremely welcoming, i think we'll see better behavior. bullying and coming down to their level is not necessarily the way they handle it. >> steve, it's the hypocrisy, and i said obama was-- president trump said we should pull money from where the riots are going on and if a lot of people said it was okay for president obama to do that when they didn't do things he liked, b

looking a lot like president obama's the administration calling out russia for aggression in ukraine. warning israel about new settlements in the west bank and threatening iran with sanctions for the latest missile test. the same approaches taken by the previous administration. is that a good thing or a bad thing? let's get the latest from jeff live at the white house. >> there's no question that president trump is still forming his foreign policy and there's key distinctions between president obama without a doubt but we're also seeing emerging signs this morning that president trump sounds a lot different than candidate trump. >> president trump telling israel not so fast with settlement construction in the west bank and east jerusalem. the white house releasing a statement warning israel that the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving peace between the israeli's and palestinians. those words sounding similar to the obama administration's approach to the settlements. >> it cannot currently occupy and settle palestinian land. >

and obama administration than those counter parts al have, the best comparison we institutionally. and, you know, i think this is for a variety of reasons. first ladies are more the public by higher name recognition, pretty invariably. their evaluations of them are not based on partisanship in the same way that presidents and vice presidents are sort of viewed as they're outsiders, people view first ladies differently than officials, see them in a more nonpartisan way and ladies have more media flexibility, they can go on on ity t.v., they can go cooking shows or morning shows, so they are really special surrogates, special representatives. host: and a lot of attention on he role of melania trump who remains live nothing new york until their 10-year-old son is school.d he's in the fourth grade, before live nothing washington in talked the president about his wife last thursday, here is what he said. resident trump: i think melania will be outstanding. the visitor'sd up center, touring the white house. she like others she's working strongly about women's issues, women's difficultie

nightmare of obama care. the markets focus on washington policy after steve mnuchin said he expects a tax plan by august and annual growth of 3%. they rallied for the tent close in a row and it's up about 1% this week. let's check in this morning. does this rally have legs. >> in asia stocks fell in japan. the index down half of a% to big investors in the bar blasting the company. the investors calling the culture at huber toxic. after person posting the profits. there also reporting numbers from jcpenney's this morning. gonzaga tramples in san diego. we will have highlights for you. it's 501 a.m. here in new york. welcome. here is the a latest breaking news. president trump is set to address the annual conservative action conference. he will be the first republican to do so. we will be bringing you his comments live starting at 10:00 eastern. let me assure you america's obama care nightmare is about to end. despite the best efforts. the american people know better. obama care has failed. talk about your fake news get all the promises liberals made about obama care. president trump is now

obama administration. general mcmaster's got and lot of praise from a lot of different quarters, what do you make of the choice? >> credit where credit is due. he is one of the leading generals. he's a leading intellectual, a thought leader when it comes to military and strategic matters. he thinks outside the box. he's not afraid to confront orthodoxy, a first-rate pick. >> he's written a book critical of u.s. generals for not taking a tougher line with political bosses during the vietnam war. i'm wondering how that may play out. >> i think he's going to have three challenges as he assumes this job. one is to make sure all the other agencies are really around the table. the state department, joint chiefs, energy, they haven't been there to date. second, he needs to make sure that the national security council staff is looped in and listened to. they've been marginalized. but third, they need to check politics at the situation room door. having mr. bannon in the situation room at the table as a co-equal to the secretary of defense, secretary of state, that's wrong place to go. a

look back at the first speeches of president clinton, obama and both president bushes. >> members of the congress, i have the highest privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] president reagan: thank you very much. [applause] president reagan: thank you. [applause] president reagan: thank you very much. mr. speaker, distinguished members of congress, honored guests and fellow citizens, only a month ago, i was you are guest in this historic building and i pledged to you my cooperation in doing what is right for this nation that we all love so much i'm here tonight to reaffirm that pledge and to ask that we share in restoring the promise that is offered to every citizen by this with the last best hope of man honor. all of us are aware of the punishing inflation which has held a double-digit figure for two years in a row. all across this land, one can see newly built homes standing bacon, unsold because of mortgage interest rates. 8 million americans are out of work. these are people who want to be productive. not only have hour

that president obama had. for instance when you had the san bernardino. >> i understand, but all due respect liz, president obama is no longer the president. asking you about this president and his response to a jewish reporter who asked first question. how did you feel as american watching that? president's behavior and response. >> of course i want him to take every opportunity to condemn anti-semitism. but it's going on for eight years in more extreme way in the obama administration. >> if it was bad in obama administration, you're saying two wrongs don't make a right. i'm not saying that president obama was -- >> just saying fundamental problem. >> we have to stop making this partisan issue. >> thank you alan. >> i'm not. >> you are. zionist organization ofmark supports donald trump. you have to look into camera and say he must condemn anti-semitism. just as i look into the camera and say democrats have to. >> we're not partisan organization and we honored professor dershowitz at last annual dinner. >> i'm sure appreciative but what of his response saying this is not partisan iss

immigrants that came to the u.s. illegally as children. they fall under president obama's executive order protecting so-called dreamers. got all that? john roberts is at the white house. good day to you. let's start with where we are at the moment, john, on all of this based on the briefing from 90 minutes ago. >> it's clear that sean spicer said the relationship with mexico is phenomenal. there's many points of disagreement here. mexico does not want to take back people to its country that did not originate from mexico, although many of the central american immigrants came up through their border. all of that a matter of discussion for the diplomat. homeland security, the defense department. everybody will be involved in this. the president wants to get underway with improved border protection and apprehending criminal illegal aliens. the white house saying yesterday, we're targeting the criminal illegal aliens here. we're not after the millions of people in the country illegally. their disposition to be determined some time later. the president did say on the campaign trail after saying

to create a masterpiece. >> oh, the mess eswe messy wet faces of president obama supporters. president obama o was saintly and smooth. president trump wants to kick people out of the country and make it impossible for others to arrive, and president obama held illegal imgrain immigrant to his bosom and nursed their freedom dreams from his man teat, right, no. >> immigration under president obama was a continuation of bush years, a program was in place portions local cops to turnover illegal criminals, he did that until 2015. comparing regime, president obama fined employers for film brea -- immigration violations. he did not know president mom genes it, it in him. other than abortion there is no divisive debate than immigration. a wall is not going to do much to curb naughty visitors, 60% of people who poke around illegally are here on over stays visas. fences work great in small combined areas, but places as vast as desert. they get around the border, we have more than southern wall, there is 95,000 miles of shoreline, 300 ports of entry, that northern border we share with

. -- is just stupid. the worst part about this is the leaks. after peoplego out in the obama administration paid these are the highest classified documents in the government. when the government records ambassadors from another country, they are talking to american citizens, the american citizen's identity is masked. highly classified information that only five or six people are supposed to know about get into the hands of the washington post or the new york times? host: paul in wisconsin. democrats line. caller: that last caller was uninformed. these calls go back almost a whole year during the trump campaign. they were in contact with russian intelligence officials. it's more than just the one meeting that flynn had. they need to set up an independent counsel to get a trump tax returns and find out why he so cozy with vladimir putin and what is going on there. might have just elected our first th russians by president. that's russian spy president. god help us. host: this is the cnn headline this morning. in the cnnnell headline. highly likelytion -- flynn investigation hig

tape to come back. couple executive orsd, one from the obama administration era. called the waters of the united states. basically what the president is going to do is to ask the justice department appealing to the court to put a current court case regarding that waters of the u.s. executive order that was promulgated under an obama administration on hold while it's reviewed here at the white house and the epa. it looks like the president wants to rescind the whole thing. he thinks it was way of an overreach by the obama administration. but he doesn't want the court to go ahead with this while they're reviewing it, so he's going to ask the courts to put that in advance. the other executive or would bring the black colleges and universities initiative inside the white house. it's been residing inside the department of education. president trump believes some of the momentum gets lost within the department of education. he thinks it could be far more effective if he brings it under the white house roof. as to the speech tonight, it's being built as a renewal of the american spirit. t

information of people that president obama had a six-month ban on the iraqi refugee program after two that iraqis can hear to this country, were radicalized, and masterminds behind the bowling green massacre. most people don't know that because it did not get covered. amy: the "washington post" reports, there was no terrorist attack carried out in bowling green, kentucky, by iraqis, or anyone else. there were two iraqi men who were arrested in 2011 on charges of having attempted to send money and weapons to al-qaeda in iraq. the "washington post" also reports the obama administration never imposed a ban on iraqi resettlement, contrary to conway's claims. the obama administration did, however, implement a more extensive screening procedure for iraqi refugees after the 2011 arrests's. white house press secretary sean spicer falsely claimed thursday that iran attacked u.s. naval vessel, which, if it were true, would constitute an act of war. spicer was referring to a who the rebel attack against a saudi ship off the coast of yemen on monday. this is white house press secretary sean s

. this about obama administration expelling 35 diplomats when living sanctions in response to other sanction against the american election. bottom line fbi doesn't feel flynn lied in the interview. >> let go to you, i hate as a defense lawyer when my clients spoke to the fbi and they thought he was not candid. you're thoughts about this. >> i think it's a serious situation and the context of what happened here. here you are the president trump of the united states acting as president -- this president obama to put sanctions on russia and you have a private citizen contacting the bush administration ambassador to have discussion, we o don't know what. if he lied, that's a federal crime. private citizen interfering with foreign policy is a crime under logan act. >> i will tell you, under george bush 43, he saw no problem were the conversation. jeremy bash, saw no problem. the not thickens. he may have dodged a bullet on this one. let go to you kelly, tell me the latest there. >> i can tell you this was an opportunity for president trump to try to answer questions that have been naggin

compare to what former president obama had to say about continued israeli settlements being built? >> some of it is the same, saying they are unhelpful. you know, i spoke to some israelis tonight and they said as far as israel is concerned, it is not so bad when you break it down. they say the settlements do not see the settlements as an impetment to peace. that is what president obama called them. and they are talking about construction of new settlements, or the expansion of existing settlements beyond the borders. so, look, it has been a problem even for the obama administration for israel to build within the settlements. for the trump administration to say you can build within the borders but nothing new. some israelis think it could be president trump giving the prime minister a little bit of cover. you know he used to use the obama administration as a foil against the right wing, which is very -- >> the right wing in israel. >> the right wing in israel, pushing those settlements saying i don't want to get a lot of flak from the united states. with the israel-friendly attitud

obama's hot mic moments. he said, don't worry after the election, we'll deal with it. that seems worse than this prayer let's not forget ted kennedy, who plodded with the kgb to prevent ronald reagan frm becoming president. he had contacts with russians back when the russians were really the bad guys. when it was the ussr, when they were communists. i don't remember an activist left-wing media blowing their minds over that. the one thing trump is known for saying you are fired. there's one thing he didn't do enough of, and that is firing. he didn't drain the swamp and now the swamp is trying to drain him. you have these obama loyalists, intelligent people that are there that are trying to bring him down because they happen to still be there. they are still there. he probably needs to stop hiring the omarosas and start hiring the loyalists from the past. >> kimberly: obviously a lot of reading material today, which i know you did prove what do you think about how this was handled when you look at the past 24 hours, the genesis of this and now the aftermath. >> juan: there are a couple q

president and he was going to surround himself with very smart people and president obama's administration was dumb and stupid. being led offf with a slap on the wrist? flynn, they said trump knew this a month ago.the g send out your lackeys to take what people should be saying to you -- when are you calling trump into accountability? he is the president. these are the people he's hired. this is what happens when you go in with an agenda to do nothing but harm people because you want to show your supporters -- i will come in and everything obama did right or wrong i will destroy. you're supposed to come in with a policy and an agenda on your own. if this country is in bad shape like you say, how can you do going toks in a row florida on a golf course when you said president obama should be working day and night? host: mike in california. the public in line. death republican line. -- mike in california. republican line. caller: this is the elite is guy, media and the sky they really hate this guy. we live in an era of advocacy journalism. we had eight years of barack obama and we did not ha

administration in the last couple of days say this was an operation signed off by obama administration but i've spoken to obama administration officials and some have now spoken out publicly saying that's just not true. second of all, that's just notice the way things are done. would knnot sign off on operati in late january weeks or months before. there are many issues on the ground. could only make a judgment at the last minute. also learned today that president trump himself was involved, directly, personally, in the final deliberations leading up to the moment just a few days before the mission, that he gave the final order to go ahead. obama administration passed officials there disputing this idea this was a joint operation as it were between the outgoing administration and incoming administration. >> david get to you. tough words flying around. president saying nothing is off the table in response to iran's ballistic missile testing. what are your national security sources telling you? >> that line that nothing is off the table, lot of presidents have said that. but this is critical

story because they were blocked out. let's not forget that president obama blocked fox. we still have our press credentials. we need to evaluate how hysterical to get about this. >> absolutely. on the other hand, here is hold up i view it. access is taken away inch by inch. press freedoms are not curtailed at once. what we're seeing is a small step in that direction. i want to bring amy in. you're here with me and you're not running for office. part of that kind of wave, i would say of trump supporters seeking public office. i wonder how you view this incident and how trump supporters view this incident? >> i think trump supporters agree with what he is saying when he's talking about fake news and him lashing out at the media and whatnot. you heard them at cpac and loud applause and rooars when he mad some of those comments. i think the media shouldn't hyp hyperventilate over this. from my understanding this has happened before. >> nothing like there. when it happened with fox other news outlets stood up and the obama administration did not continue doing it. >> it has happened b