cuba, a defining moment. president obama calls it a time for change. >> today america chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past, to reach for a better future for the cuban people, for the american people, for our entire hemisphere, and for the world. >> since the kennedy administration the u.s. isolated cuba politically and economic lip. now the president announced an historic shift. he will restore full diplomatic relations and open an embassy in havana. cuba's president raul castro hailed the agreement, pointing out that the u.s. economic embargo is still in place. >> translation: this does not mean that the main issue has been resolved - the economics, commercial and financial blockade causing huge economic and human damage in our country should end. >> tonight the world reacts - many in support, others criticizing the move. the reaction was swift, emotions are high in the largest cuban community in america. we go to miami, and morgan radford is there with more. >> john, you are rite. the world is reacting tonight. perhaps nowhere more strongly than here in miami, cuba. if you

harvard, or as the locals call it -- harvard. on the show tonight, has obama's economy hit its limits? the president's daughters are still off-limits, and pushing limits. but tis the season. congress is back. will the two parties get along? john, is deadlock in this lame duck all but guaranteed? my seuss is off. >> that is a good holiday thing. deadlock is all but guaranteed. after the election there was a little bit of getting along, but i do not think it is going to happen. and the immigration thing poison the well on the tax extenders deal. you could see the republicans were just there, and in the immigration thing, the deal blew up. that was a deal that was this close to getting done with bipartisan support. >> the logic and flow points to what you are saying. i think -- >> contrary to logic. >> there has to be a deal on the next couple of weeks. there has to be a deal on the budget. even though, as you said everybody is headed in another direction. i think the budget stuff will set a series of deals. i think republicans will let democrats confirm a bunch of people, which will sho

, dvr it. lou dobbs is next, keep it on fox business. >>> good evening, everybody. president obama conducting his annual year end news conference today and not surprisingly he declared this year to be one of his best. president obama began his press conference by acknowledgeing that north korea was behind the massive breach of sony's system. >> sony's a corporation. you know it suffered significant damage. there were threats against some employees. i'm sympathetic to the concerns that they've faced. having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. i wish they had spoken to me first. i would have told them do not get into a pattern in which you're intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks. >> i have to give the president credit first. he's never given a more direct answer to any question, but he displayed no perceptible sign of the irony of his response to sony's response. it was mr. obama's white house that then asked google to remove the mohammed video from google's youtube service. the president went on to promise a quote, proportional response to north korea. just mi

this time next week. lou: good evening, everybody. president obama his attorney general, bill de blasio and al sharpton tonight are all running as fast as they can from their past antipolice rhetoric in what has been for months now their national campaign of ignorance. the president himself saying demonstrations were necessary to trigger american's consciences. the mayor's about-face coming two days after two new york city police officers were shot down while in their car on a brooklyn street. they were killed by a monumentally ill who declared to social media that he intended to revenge the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. here is mayor de blasio today calling for demonstrations and protests to at least pause in reading from the same script at two separate events. >> regardless of people's viewpoints, and everyone recognizes it's a time to step back and just focus on these families. i think it's a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time. >> i'm asking everyone, and this is acros

relations with cuba. reactions from supporter and critics of the surprising move by president obama. >>> the interview you won't see, the film pulled from theaters. sony holds release of the film amidst the threat of theaters as u.s. officials say north korea is behind the company's hack. >>> and watch out, rand paul. if you think you can run for the senate and president in 2016, well, there is one woman in kentucky who is trying to stop you. this is "way too early." >>> hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is thursday, december 18th. welcome to "way too early," the show that wishes north korea stopped the release of the adventures of pluto nash starring eddie murphy. remember that movie? alan remembers that movie. you think that was the worst movie ever? no. we'll get your -- who? joy sticks? we'll have my hearing checked after the show today. joey, thank you. >>> a lot to talk about this morning. first, thank you for being here. we want to begin with this stunning news coming out of sony, canceling the release of "the interview" on christmas day following a massive

testimony on president obama's executive order on immigration. witnesses include legal experts who express whether the president has legal authority to issue the order. this is three hours, 40 minutes. >>> good afternoon, this hearing of the judiciary committee will come to order. without objection, the committee has authorized us to take -- this morning's hearing on president obama's executive overreach on immigration. u i'll begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. i also want to point out to the members and to the audience in attendance today, you're all welcome to be here, but rule 11 of the house rules provides that the chairman of the committee may punish breaches of order and decor rum by censure and exclusion from the hearing. president obama has just announced one of the biggest congressional power grabs ever by a president. he has declared unilaterally that by his own estimation, almost 5 million unlawful immigrants will be free from the consequences of their lawless actions. not only that, he will in addition bestow on them work permits and other benefits. a

they were going to spend a lot of money in technology. they had watched the obama campaign in 2008 in 2012. they had watched here he read' election in 2010. electiond harry reid's in 2010. he was going to have the latest technology. he said he was going to build the most 40 senate campaign ever. -- the most thorough senate campaign ever. he probably got there. he built a very impressive campaign operation. there was data mining, identifying target groups, they -- they had to know which voters they wanted to go after. had a broken down by geography and region and everything. caliber a presidential campaign running for a senate race. >> here is an ad that was run by the mcconnell campaign against his opponent. the?evan -- he was -- who was he? >> he was a businessman, very wealthy, he had a delta manufacturing business in connecticut. -- a built manufacturing business in connecticut. people werel looking for any possible primary opponent for months. they were going to keep party meetings. they were befriending a lot of be potential folks and convincing them to get out of the race before

ca calling this most dramatic changes in foreign policy in a decade. president obama announced 54 years of policy of isolation towards cuba will be changed. the u.s. will normalize relations, establish an emabout as is in havana, will open up trade and ask congress to open up trade embargo. as part of all of this the cuban government earlier released alan gross, he was allegedly an aid worker kept in cuban president for five years. there he is reunited with his wife. you saw the picture of alan gross when he landed at andrews air force base. he's expected to have a news conference within the half hour from washington. there you can see the official delegation greeting him. you can imagine what's going through his mind. five years kept in a cuban prison. there he is back on manner soil. everybody has been citing the role of the vatican in all of this, and i wonder if you can put this in historical context for us. >> the biggest openness of cuba to the world was in january 199 when pope joh pope john paul ii went to havana. i was fortunate enough to be there. there was tremendous op

>>> los senadores cubano aamericanos se oponen a la decisiÓn de obama. hablamos con el joven que interrumpiÓ a malala durante la entrega del premio nobel. y mi conversaciÓn con el ex presidente norteamericano bill clinton. hablamos de tortura, de amÉrica latina y hasta de la casa blanca de mÉxico. comenzamos. ♪ ♪ >> vamos al punto con jorge ramos. >> vamos al punto. quienes fueron enemigos durante mÁs de 50 aÑos decidieron que era hora de un cambio. estados unidos y cuba anunciaron la reapertura de sus relaciones diplomÁticas. pero todo esto comenzÓ con un intercambio de prisioneros. nuestra nueva corresponsal nos dice cÓmo que llegó a este histÓrico acuerdo. >> ¿quiÉn iba a decir que este controversial saludo entre el presidente barack obama y el gobernante cubano raÚl castro durante el funeral de nelson mandela iba a resultar en estos hechos? >> ponemos fin a un enfoque anticuado, y empezaremos a normalizar las relaciones entre nuestros dos paÍses. >> decidimos adoptar medidas mutuas para mejorar el clima bilateral y avanzar hacia la normalizaciÓn de los vÍ

kimberly, eric, bob. >>> the obama care architect who repeatedly called american voters stupid faced some of their angry representatives on capitol hill. >> the armyy were irresponsible incredibly disrespectful. >> night before last, i was at the kennedy center honors, where they honored tom hanks, famously, forrest gump, the ultimate in successful stupid man. are you stupid? >> i don't think so, no. >> what did you mean by too stupid to understand the difference? >> i didn't mean anything by it. >> you said it, you had to have meant it. >> i was once again trying to be glib. >> the so-called glibness that's been mentioned today has direct consequences for real american people. so get over your damned foolishness. >> i'm not a politician, nor a political advisor and i was not the architect of president obama's health care plan. i'm an economist who ran a complex microsimulation model to help republicans and democratic politicians and their advisors understand the impact that their policies would have on the health care system. >> that's quite a different account of his involvement than th

year after barack obama took office i wrote an op ed called "the new liberal realism." and it was the observation that you're seeing here. there was a new alliance forming in the wake of the controversies of the iraq war between groups that normally ideologically didn't have much to do with each other, at least not as much as they did with president obama's foreign policy. and i think at the time what was really driving president obama was less realism as it was championly understood as a doctrine and the way the kissinger people talked about which you mentioned, but more in the reaction to the perception that he and others had that the iraq war was a disaster, that we were overextended. it was time to really just try the opposite, you know, whatever he did we'll try to do the opposite. and it ended up being very much along the lines of whether you intervened or don't intervene with military forces, and that became the driving controversy. and i think we are still in that. in some ways we see that here today, but i also think that there are some fault lines in that alliance. and i

. today the obama administration said it would normalize the relations with cuba breaking a 54-year policy of isolation. it comes with the release of american prisoner allen gross. this afternoon alan gross thanked the people who made his freedom possible. >> it was crucial to my survival knowing that i was not forgott forgotten. your prayers and your actions have been comforting, reassuring and sustaining. ultimately the decision to arrange and to secure my release was made in the oval office. to president obama and the nfc staff, thank you. >> alan gross lost more than 100 pounds and several teeth during his confinement. we'll hear more about his story in a moment. mike viqueira hat the white house. mike, this is a huge policy shift. how did it all come about. >> a shocking development, no question, and you're right, it is historic. the pope played a key role here. there were secret talks going on brokered by the vatican through the good offices of canada. canada has a lot of business interest in cuba. wanted to see these long-standing trade relations improve between the united st

. president obama, the president who so desperately wants to close the guantanamo bay detention center, is now acting unilaterally, trying to open up all of cuba. president obama talking yesterday with cuban leader raul castro on the telephone for 45 minutes. it is, we're told, the first communication at the presidential level in more than a half century, and with the congress and senate now out of washington for the holidays, the president chose today to announce that he's loosening the cuban embargo unilaterally and seeking to normalize relations with a nation that is still on the list of state sponsors of terrorism alongside iran, syria and sudan. >> i have instructed secretary kerry to immediately begin discussions with cuba to reestablish diplomatic relations that have been severed since january of 1961. going forward, the united states will reestablish an embassy in havana and high ranking officials will visit cuba. where we can advance shared interests, we will. >> president obama also insisting that american citizen alan gross, who was released from a cuban prison for humanitar

government to run out on its own and make law. is that what president obama did on immigration enforcement ? it's inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the pendulum has been swinging for 225 years. presidents grab power and added to their sizeable satchel of power. one president specs late on something being legal because the president did it, a successor accumulates power often with the cover of war abroad and security concerns at home. when president obama told the country he was going to put some people at the back of the line for deportation he set off a firestorm of invective and speculation on usurped powers, dark hurtings about kings and emporers. we'll look at the power of the executive this time on inside story, it's limits, potential and opposing powers from congress in the courts. >> the ink was not even dry on the executive orders on immigration when speaker of the house john boehner lashed out. >> the president has taken actions that he himself have said are those of a king or emperor not an american president. >> the president fired back at a rally in las vegas

living in new york city remains a rabid red sox fan. talk today is called barack's main obama, the first muslim president. -- where she is an of latinadirector church studies. her first book latina andecostal identity evangelical self and society won the hispanic theological initiative book award in 2005. she is authored more than a dozen articles and chapters on the subject of latino and latina pentecostalism and has served as a media outlet for the new york .imes, the wall street journal she serves as an expert on latina history for the pbs series religion in america. sanchez walsh's current projects include a project on the cost of them in america. she will be talking about immigrant sanctuary and divine borders today. finally kevin schultz from the university of illinois at chicago. he is an associate professor of history, catholic studies, and religious studies and a chair of the department of history. his native from los angeles and teaches 20th century american history with special interest in religion, and no racial history, and american intellectual and cultural life. mono

between our two countries. >> president obama announces the united states will restore full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first time in more than half a century. part of the deal includes cuba's release of u.s. contractor alan gross, as well as a cuban spy. the u.s. released the final three members of the cuban five. cuban president raul castro also addressed the cuban people. >> this in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease. >> we will spend the hour in a roundtable discussion, we'll go to havana to speak with kornbluh, who wrote, "back channel to cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between washington and havana." gd we will speak with and martinarbus and michael ratner. as well as robert muse, who wrote, "the new normalization?" all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama has announced the united states will restore full dipl

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. moment. keep there right here on fox business. lou: good evening. breaking news. president obama is a legal immigration fiat has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court judge in pennsylvania. the unilateral action effectively the bill -- legalize those to cross the border was deemed to go prosecutorial discretion according to the judge the fiat rigid framework also does not allow for meaningful case by case determination for prosecutorial discretion would be used or more importantly where it should not be. and the obama department of justice is not happy predictably by responding to the decision is unfounded and the court has no basis to issue such an order. analysis the legality is flatly wrong. in other words, the obama of you is straight forward authoritarian maintaining that neither congress nor the judicial branch can interfere with the obama imperial presidency. that those opinions that confront the fiat is to facto amnesty that comes as half of the states in the nation are in court challenging the white house abuse in their judgment of executive power. but we

this washington. that is what president obama is about to embark upon. it is about to start. as he starts this home stretch of this presidency, particularly because everybody knows there's not going to be made legislation. there's not going to be anymore passed into congress and signed into law. this president's overall legacy. president obama has, thus far, been able to name two justices to the united states supreme court. and they will both, obviously, serve for life terms. beyond mayor and kagan, president obama has appointed many dozens of federal judges whom you've never heard of. and in the very last minutes of the senate still being under democratic control right now. this issue is basically what they're working on. senate democrats have 12 more open seats on the federal courts that they're trying to fill with obama nominees. if they succeed in confirming those 12 more judges, that will bring the total number of judges that the senate has confirmed this year until 88. if they get through all 12 that they've got on the docket, that will be the most judges have confirmed in a

reaction on president obama should take and how serious the u.s. should take. are open.s host: you can catch up with us on all your favorite social on twitter, facebook or e-mail us. a very good monday morning to you. i want to start with a story osted overnight from foxnews.com. north korea issues new threats hacking he u.s. over claims as obama weighs action oting north korea issued its new threats against the united states yesterday and accused resident obama of recklessly spreading rumors that pyongyang is behind the cyber attack on picks the long statement from the powerful national defense commission warned of the white house, pentagon and we will u.s. main of terrorism pool from a statement fox news noting was hours threat after president obama confirmed that he was considering returning north korea to the list of statent's sponsors of terrorism. president obama of course going shows yesterday to talk about this issue. cnn's state. union. here is a bit of it. [video clip] is a matter ofis setting a tone and being very lear we are not going to be intimidated by some cyber hackers

. breaking news from barack obama final press conference of the year. he spent 50 minutes fielding questions, talked about the economic recovery, foreign policy changes with cuba and working or not working with the future republican congress. but he also confirmed, north korea is behind the sony hacking attack. he vowed the u.s. will respond and we saw a passionate and powerful response to sony pictures for pulling the movie the interview in the face of threats. >> sony's a corporation. it suffered significant damage. there were threats against its employees. i am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. we cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the united states. because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary that they don't like. or news reports that they don't like. that's not who we are. that's not what america is about. again, i'm sympathetic that sony is a private compan

historic breakthrough in the cold war standoff between the u.s. and cuba. president barack obama calls to an end to the embargo. protests and vigils held across pakistan today after the preshow or school killings. the first -- after the peshawar school killings. >> in a major foreign-policy shift, the u.s. and cuba have announced they are planning to normalize their diplomatic relations. president barack obama and cuban president castro announced the move and simultaneous public statements on tuesday. three cuban spies are being released from u.s. jails in return for two high profile individuals, one of whom is a cuban national who has been in detention and cuba for nearly 20 years on charges of spying for the u.s.. the other, and american contractor, has now been reunited with his family in the >> allan gross arrived back in the u.s. after spending five years in prison in cuba. the 65 euro was jailed for trying to set up internet access to communities in cuba. president obama said his release, together with an unnamed u.s. by held in cuba for two decades, was a condition for the

the bill and obama and mcconnell play some footsie. but we get with breaking news. just like in ferguson, missouri, there will be no indictment for a sheriff who killed a black man in new york city. he was put in a chokehold and was captured on a cell phone camera. the video is seen around the world. moments ago, president obama spoke about the implications of another grand jury decision not to indict another police officer who killed a black man. >> it is incumbent upon all this as americans, regardless of race, region, faith, that we recognize this is an american problem, not just a black problem or brown problem or native american problem. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that is a problem and it is my job as president to help solve it. [applause] >> so, how does this non-decision, second time a grand jury has reached this conclusion, how does this compound the issue for the president and for the country? >> significantly. this case is amazing because of all of the scrutiny and attention ferguson got and the police response to the demon

other than two-term president barack obama. (cheers and applause) i recently sat down with president obama later on in tonight's show. (laughter) of course, the republican landslide in the midterms was a stinging rebuke of the president. i checked, he didn't get one vote. (laughter) and yet, right after the midterms, he issues an executive order shielding up to 5 million illegal immigrants. (cheers and applause) yeah. shielding them. he is shielding them. now he's making them s.h.i.e.l.d. agents? (laughter) nick fury must be... very angry. only word i could think of. then the president signed a climate change accord with china, pushed the f.c.c. to adopt net neutrality, and wants to put cameras on cops. (cheers and applause) obama is totally out of control. he's like both guys in lethal weapon at once: a crazy renegade with nothing to lose and the black guy who's this close to retirement! (laughter) worst of all, i'm getting too old for this (bleep)! worst of all, obama is threatening to give us healthcare again, because from now until february 15th is the obamacare open enrollment p

we're following this hour. >>> diplomatic break through. president obama says the u.s. will normalize ties with long time enemy cuba. >>> sony pictures scraps the release of a film that ridicules new york's leader following threats of attacks as u.s. investigators blame the country for a cyber breach against the studio. >>> tokyo has the first filling station for fuel cell vehicles. expectations are high the technology will be a first step toward a hydro general society. >>> u.s. president obama is hailing the most significant change in foreign policy in 50 years. he has announced his country will soon begin talks on normalizing diplomatic relations with cuba. >> will through these changes we intend to create more opportunities for american and cuban people and begin a new chapter among the nations of the americas. >> obama says his government will set up embassy in havana within a few months and ease restrictions on 2r568 and money transfers and partially lift a ban on exports. the announcement came after cuba released the american aid worker allen gross who had been in prison five y

country on earth. president obama is a progressive. he has tried to expand the government so it controls the medical industry and regulates the free marketplace to some extent. abraham lincoln was a hated man. the south dessurprised him for many reasons and many in the north loathe lincoln as well. he had enemies everywhere. he knew it. in fact, he knew he was going to be assassinated. we proved that in the book. yet, lincoln did what was necessary to preserve the union, to strike down slavery and to reunite the country after the war. it was a brilliant achievement. only lincoln's strength of character. only that made it happen. every american should know the true story of president lincoln should be taught in every classroom and it should be widely discussed because today in america only strong leadership will bring this country back. abraham lincoln's example should lead the way. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight what about american leadership? is it on display anywhere? joining us from washington fox news analyst mary katharine ham and juan williams. is presi

democratic mayor and president obama. this is special report. good evening, i'm john roberts in for bret baier this monday evening, we start off tonight in new york city, where tensions there are said to be unlike anything seen in decades. police are being told to stay in pairs and watch their backs as they mourn the deaths of two of their own. many are blaming saturday's murder as a result of 125i89s of -- we have fox team coverage tonight. shannon breen here in washington, with the rhetoric before and after saturday's cop killings. but we begin with correspondent david lee miller. >> reporter: good evening, john, mayor de blasio did some finger pointing of his own this afternoon, and perhaps in an unexpected direction, he pointed the finger at the media for portraying what he sees is largely peaceful demonstrations, meanwhile the mayor remains under pressure, critics say he has lost the support for much of his own police force. new york city mayor bill de blasio today visited the homes and families of officers rafael ramos and winjian lu who were killed execution style on saturday

america, and he's sticking by that. >> you said a while ago, that president obama contributed to a rhetorical atmosphere about hating american police. you want to recast that or take that back? >> oh, not at all. often when he's talking about police issues he had al sharpton sitting next to him. if you would like to have a poster boy for hating the police, it's al sharpton. who you associate with is part of your rhetoric. if i was talking to you about ending the mafia as i did in the 1980s or fighting the mafia, and i had joe columbo sitting with me you would say he was a big hypocrite wouldn't you? >> let's ask bob. you see it differently? >> that was one more disgraceful off the wall. i like rudy juliangiuliani but that's going way too far. i want one example of one thing he said that's not trying to heal the racial guide in this country. >> you said that you resent me. >> that is somebody that barack obama thinks is good and solid on race relations. and he's elevating it and holding him up. >> i stand second to nobody on this show. i have had a fistfight with al sharpton. i unde

president obama? >> three. >> he doesn't seem to be honest. i don't like his face. >> we travel to coney island. to his vineyard and colorado for the mushroom festival where things get a little crazy. >> you'll see sounds potentially. >> you can see sounds? >> yeah, sometimes. >> can you hear smells? >>> caution. you are about to enter the no-spin zone. in fact, it begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us. tonight, for this special waters world edition of "the factor" we will unleash waters on the world. as he travels the country, confronting celebrities and the folks alike, causing all kinds of trouble. ♪ >> what makes a woman powerful? >> independence. >> intelligence. >> are you intelligent? >> i am. >> well, we'll see. i'm going to hold up a few images of powerful women and you tell me what you think of them, okay? >> i don't even know who that is. >> is she an actress? >> well, she does pretend a lot. >> looks like a fake smile to me, honestly. >> i know what you mean. >> nancy -- >> reagan? >> really? >> republican or democrat? >> looks li

obama. hello i'm antonio mora, those stories and more ahead on "consider this". . >> americans upset that a new york city police officer was not indicted in the death of eric ghana. >> this is how many u.s. military bases disposed of waste. >> the soldiers had taxic inhalation. this is our generation. >> a new chuck todd book. a stranger, barack obama in the white house. you'd think washington would change on its own. >> families made the final steps through a war that nearly killed them. >> as long as we stand up saying we fight, at some point you have to make good. >>> we begin with a large protest across the country, and the calls for police reform, following the grand jury decision not to charge a new york city police officer in the death of eric garner. joining us from washington d.c. is the reverend jesse jackson, activist and founder and president of the rainbow push coalition. good to see you. there is, of course, an incredible amount of outrage over the grand jury's decision in the eric garner case. what do you hope will come from it, and the efforts i know you and others ar

obama announced the details of the deal from the white house this afternoon. >> and the most significant changes in our policy in more than 50 years, we will end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests and instead, will begin to normal it's our relations going forward. the u.s. will establish an embassy in havana, it will be easier for americans to travel to cuba. nobody represents american values better than the american people. >> marco rubio, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and the son of cuban immigrants said obama's decision will do nothing to help cubans who suffer under a communist regime. >> one of my greatest hopes is to live to see the nation of cuba and it's people become free and open and democratic. and that's exactly why "todatod announcement from the white house -- continuously abuses human rights, but it will not lead to assistance to those whose rights are being abused. it is just another concession to a tierny be the obama administration. >> bob menendez had some equally tough words for president obama. >> i fear that

caused a lot of damage. and we will respond. >>> putting north korea on notice. president obama pointing the finger at pyongyang for the massive cyber attack on sony >>> lying on the witness stand, a stunning admission which the prosecutor in the michael brown case. he said he now some witnesses gave false testimony. [ singing ] >>> from concern to celebration - new diplomacy between the united states and havana getting mixed reviews in miami >>> plus, preserving a piece of hollywood history >>> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america thank you for joining us this saturday morning. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. north korea is denying that it had anything to do with the attack on sony pictures, and pyongyang is calling for a violent investigation with the united states. president obama is holding them accountable, vowing that the u.s. will respond to the breach. it led sony to cancel the christmas release of "the interview", a movie the president called a mistake. they are firing back. >> reporter: president obama put north korea on notice. the u.s. will strike ba

of president obama. eric adams is a former nypd officer. >> it's time for us to ensure the safety of the public and the police, and we do that by toning down our conversation. >> reporter: adams supports police reform but is asking that the protests stop until both officers are buried. while eric garner's family is making a plea to their supporters. >> we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence because we are not about that. these two police officers lost their lives senselessly. >> reporter: that is a sentiment at least most people in this city can agree on. >> and that was nbc's stiffepha gosk reporting. support for the fallen police officers and the nypd is growing. l.a.'s police chief wore a badge with a black stripe. nick mangold wore an nypd hat before the home game on sunday. giants' head coach tom coughlin wore a black stripe on his shirt and a pin in the shape of a peace sign. and on the basketball court, a moment of silence during the nets home game. >>> well, a war of words could turn into much more if north korea has its way. it is accusing the u.s. government

, i'm kennedy. good night. he's the real deal. he's next. lou: good evening, everybody. president obama is getting what he asked for, more demonstrations, protesting the grand jury decisions to decline indictment of white police officers involved in the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. those demonstrations, however, are increasingly turning violent as the white house along with democratic big city mayors escalate their assault on police departments and our law enforcement officers. and tonight, an actual physical assault on police caught on camera, and yes, it was carried out by one of the so-called peaceful protesters who president obama claims is essential to, quote, trigger the nation's conscience. as you can see on your screen a new york city police officer is sucker punched by a man protesting the eric garner grand jury decision. here now, president obama on black entertainment television earlier this week, calling for more demonstrations. >> a country's conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because i think a lot of people who saw the eric garner v

." classic cigars and rum and president obama taking steps closer to cuba, when can it become your next vacation destination? >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the money lead. the market soaring for a second straight day. the dow shot up over 400 points. this, after stocks had been hovering over plunging oil prices. let's go to money correspondent alison kosik. live in the flesh. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> the remarks set off this rally, what exactly did she say to make the investors so excited? >> i think it's safe to say that the scrooge has exited the stage and investors are getting the santa claus rally that they finally wanted. they said that it was going to be patient when it goes ahead and raises interest rates. there was some anxiety going into yesterday's meeting which was the last meeting of the year for the fed because oil prices have been so turbulent and usually the fed doesn't include the oil prices in their policy making. this time around they did say the oil price plunge is temporary and the fed did say as we

the obama administration has sort of been tugged between two different views of america's role in the world, one being the one rooted in american aadership and america having unique role in leading in the world stage. the other being a more pragmatic look at what america's power and to affect great change. , in conversation with jim, that it would be a good time to bring in not only his voice but the voice of others who have been writing recently on these issues. all of you know jim well. he is one of the greatest commentators and observers of foreign policy over the last 30 years. books areecent well-known by anyone who looks at american foreign policy and tries to figure out how decisions are made and how we choose areas courses of action. though along with jim today, we are going to have chris preble, vice president at cato for defensive foreign policy studies. he is the author of several books. chris is a well-known and thoughtful critic of american overextension and american interventionism overseas. he often suggests we should focus on truly vital national security interests, th

right here fox business. lou: good evening, everybody. president obama conducting his annual year-end news conference. not surprisingly he declared this year to be one of his very best. what a very accomplishment and success without note of the historic wave victories in the midterm elections. the historically low number of democrats who will be there on capitol hill in the new year. president obama began his press conference by acknowledging that north korea was behind the breach of the sony pictures computer system. he admonished sony for canceling the release of the new film "the interview." obama: sony is a corporation. it suffered significant damage. there were threats against its employees. i am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. i wished they had spoken to me first. i would have told them: do not get into a pattern in which you're intimidated by these kinds of attacks. lou: i have to give the president credit. he's never given a direct answer to a question. the irony of his criticism of sony's response that w

historic policy shift. is it the right move? president obama is betting that cold world tol politics have taken a turn. will he be proven right? >>> good morning, i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. this morning state-sponsored cyber terror. it sounds extreme, but that is the scope of what we're talking about, the very real possibility that north corey wra is behind a cyber assault on a company inside america. >> at this hour we're waiting for official word from the white house about the origin of the computer hack attack, prompting the company to halt the release of the film. the film depicts the assassination of north korea's leader kim jong-un. >> joins us our justice reporter evan perez. evan, clearly, when the administration says it's about to name north korea as the sponsor of this attack, that's a very, very big deal. >> it's a big deal because they don't do this very likely. this is not something that happens usually this quickly. we're talking about an attack that just happened a few months ago. there was a case recently in the last few months in which the u.s

with the year in politics that saw voters turn over congress to republicans while president obama pushed the limits of executive action. here to help us understand where we are and where we're headed, let's bring in our sunday group. jason riley of "the wall street journal," susan page, washington bureau chief of "usa today," the weekly standard's steve hayes, and bob woodward from "the washington post." the big story in politics this year, of course, was the republican wave on election day. the gop picked up nine seats in the senate and will now have a 54 to 46 majority. in the house, the gop picked up 13 seat the new balance of power 247 republicans, 188 democrats. the question for president obama and new senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is how will they handle the new reality. >> i intend to continue to do what i've been doing, which is where i see a big problem and the opportunity to help the american people and it is within my lawful authority to provide that help, i'm going to do it. >> the american people have spoken. they've given us divided government. the question

world, thanks for joining us. president obama caps off a momentous week with a news conference set to begin at the bottom of the hour. we'll have live coverage of that. the president steps before the cameras after taking a major step toward diplomatic relations with cuba. he's certain to face questions about that as well as other hot topics, including the sony cyberattack linked to north korea, immigration reform and the fight against isis. the president is expected to highlight job growth and other improvements in the economy. he will answer reporters' questions for maybe as long as an hour. it's scheduled to begin at the bottom of the hour, 1:30 p.m. eastern. we'll have full coverage and analysis. we'll check in with our correspondents and analysts. that's coming up momentarily. first, breaking news on the cyberattack on sony pictures. the fbi is now officially publicly blaming north korea directly for the hacking. the agency releasing a detailed statement on the investigation only hours after the hackers delivered a new message and new warning to sony executives. let's go straig

get to the point in our country where president obama could say in his re-election, al qaeda is on the run by accident. there are reasons and methods that were done to do this. i guess at this point, i realize that the report is going to come out. dianne feinstein, she was a part of that original gang of 8, along with pelosi and others. it is curious to me, why now, why she felt it was necessary to reclassify and not share it with people on other committees or both democrats and republicans, and in closed sessions, i can understand that, i'm for that the type of democracy, but it's not that you're hearing from republicans that we are worrieded about loss of life, therefore don't issue this report, you're actually hearing this from our allies, countries that made really good decisions to help america deal with terrorists all over the world and that we were able to track down because of their help. >> so i don't wablgtd to daxwan dance around it. america was on our heels, we didn't know what to do, and the cia came forward aggressively interrogated some terrorists. if it's tactics th

refused to answer whether president obama would invite and welcome castro to the white house. calling it, quote, a hypothetical question before confirming that the president doesn't really care what congressional leaders think about his unilateral actions. >> is the white house concerned about cuba, about republicans stopping treasury and commerce from changing regulations particularly telecom? >> not particularly. primarily because the steps that the president announced are steps that are well within his executive authority as president of the united states. and he's directed the agencies responsible for implementing the regulations to make the changes needed to reflect what the president believes is a more effective strategy for dealing with cuba. lou: this, of course, is the same president who ran on a platform of reining in executive power while blasting president bush's reliance on executive action to implement his agenda. here is then-senator barack obama. >> i taught constitutional law for ten years, i take the constitution very seriously. the biggest problem that we're facing

obama is making no headway when it comes to north korea. >> north korea is a tough nut to crack, and understatement of the century. obama has made his brand name is president. he has based a lot of his presidency on his notion of reaching out, trying to reach out to countries that have been historically your adversary, even your enemy. we had the russian reset remember that? that was a policy he cannot really pursue. iran myanmar, china, vietnam -- all of these countries that a lot of people might have written offers that it is impossible for the u.s. to have decent relationships with, there have been efforts made to reach out and engage in dialogue. you cannot do that with george korea. george -- you cannot do that with north korea. george w. bush since of envoys there in 2007 and 2008, and they made very little headway. they set them with officials at barack obama himself sent officials in 2012 just after kim jong-il came to power. no headway there. the regime on several levels, culturally and linguistically, no one speaks english in the top leadership. at least and iran, you have