national security adviser to president obama after two years of the presidency how well is obama's legacy holding up. the roads welcomes codes exam thanks for having me i'll give you one of the biggest upsets of the obama presidency was the election of donald trump set out to repudiate a lot of what president obama did why didn't you see that coming. well you know i think most people were surprised by the results of the election. i think it was a number of factors you know i think the first is that you know brock obama personally was still quite popular at the end of his presidency the economy was growing and it seemed like things were set up for a democratic victory and that option and you said being with obama gave you the confidence that you were part of something that was right yes was there a certain arrogance in that do you think no no. i mean when i say that i mean that you know frankly as progressives i think barack obama and me tend to sometimes think that history is moving in one direction that societies are becoming more tolerant and more inclusive and that we're extendi

everywhere, and president obama is visiting for the first time, taking another step on the long path toward normalizing relations between the two countries. that is good. ooh, hot. ooh, i hit that chili hard. ♪ ♪ >> tao: nice to meet you. >> anthony: yes. >> tao: it's such a pleasure. >> anthony: oh, and we have a beer ready to go, great. >> tao: yes. so, we are doing by bottle or we are going to pour it in a glass? >> anthony: how would you do it if i wasn't here? >> tao: i would pour it in the glass. >> anthony: okay. >> tao: in vietnam, in particular in the north, it would be very improper for a woman to drink straight from the bottle. >> anthony: oh, really? oh, really? okay, well, i'm glad i know this now. cheers. tao is an eisenhower fellow and a fulbright scholar. she's devoted her career to help strengthen the bonds between vietnam and the u.s. today we drove to the outskirts of hanoi. cranes, tall buildings, people moving from the country to the city, marc jacobs, prada, i mean, this is a very young country now. >> tao: oh, very much a young nation. they like to eat, uh, kentuc

haven't changed. >>> welcome michelle obama. michelle obama has returned to the spotlight. >> when she lifts her voice, people listen. >> from her humble roots in chicago. >> michelle is south side to the core. >> all things are possible. >> her journey to the white house embodied the american dream. >> if you can dream with me then you know there's no other choice other than barack obama. >> there was no going back. a new day had dawned. >> she was like no other first lady. >> she challenged us always to move the dial. >> full of spirit and grace but forced to walk a tight rope. >> as a black woman, there were certain emotions she wasn't allowed to have. for the former mom and chief there's no holding back. >> my responsibility to use any voice to help people. >> he's one of the most revered public figures maybe not just in america but in the world today. >>> she's destined to be remembered as one of the nation's most beloved first ladies. >> i always knew she was a rock star. >> she's not one to be in somebody's shadow just like she wasn't in the president's shadow. >> i wake up

on why barack obama ranks so low in this leadership category, and is fifth from last in the latest historian survey when it comes to how well he worked with congress. doug brinkley? doug: because barack obama was an island on to himself and he came in and inherited the great recession and had to do some big things with stimulus packages that conservatives didn't like, the bailout of general motors but most importantly the affordable care act or obamacare, when he did it right out of the gate in the first months of office, it triggered the tea party movement and once the tea party movement was born, mitch mcconnell famously said when our republican party is anything that obama puts forward, we're not doing any business on. and you had kind of a stalemate going on, the white house versus congress in the obama years. the president to get higher marks with executive power he started signing executive orders galore particularly the second term but some of them are being undone by donald trump. it's always better if you're president to go through congress because it has a more lasting ef

his predecessor look when it comes to the middle east in a obama try to do this kind of balancing and try to establish in the middle east this kind of coexistence between saudi arabia and iran on the assumption that the major divide in the middle east with which they and they deal with that assumption is this conflict this divide between saudi arabia and iran and so with with the with the conclusion of the nuclear economic between the united states you know the p five plus one and you know on the idea was that if we take nuclear weapons if we take the fear of nuclear weapons out of the equation in the relationship between the states and the west and iran then we can start talking about these other. these other obstacles or challenges in the relationship which is very much iran behavior in the region so is their war that you put all the aspects of the. policy under i think it's kind of balancing policy it's a kind of a distorting some kind of equilibrium policy and and deists. let's put it this way it's a de is collation policy now you mentioned the work that the obama administration t

and. let's put it this way it's a de is collation policy now you mentioned the work that the obama administration tried to do on iran but there are also many other aspects of his policy and one could mention the destruction of libya or the failure to achieve any of the american objectives in syria how come that the two years of the. administration which you can argue have an inch of much but didn't do much harm in terms of lives lost are described as a as show by the obama policy doesn't quite rise to that when it comes to the middle east term policy is not that much different from that it is very much expressing the increasing opinion in the american public that it's time for us to to get out of the mideast the middle east as a region seen by the majority of the americans as being a failed region and that we have spent blood and treasure in it over year of decades and we have not gotten anything in return and so what trump is doing today in syria with his decision. last december to disengage from syria of to withdraw from syria is very much a continuation of the obama policy when

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harm in terms of lives lost are described as an ass show but the obama policy doesn't quite rise to that when it comes to the middle east term policy is not that much different from that it is very much expressing the increasing opinion in the american public that it's time for the us to get out of the mideast the middle east as it is seen by the majority of the americans as being if a teacher is that we have spent blood and treasure in it over years decades and we have not gotten anything in return and so what trump is doing today in syria with his decision last december to disengage from syria of to withdraw from syria is very much a continuation of the obama policy when in two thousand and eleven he decided to also and. what matters in professional circles is not intentions but the results of that policy and it's quite clear that in terms of the results trunk the traumatization hasn't yet done as much damage to the region as the obama administration did willingly or not is it fair again to describe. the term policies in such profound ways and be so civil and polite about the obam

interregnum, outgoing president barack obama announced to the american people that 35 suspected russian intelligence operatives would be kicked out of the united states. he announced that two russian government-owned compounds, big luxury compounds, mansions. one on long island, one in centreville, maryland, would be seized by the u.s. government because he said they were being used for russian intelligence activities in our country. president obama also announced new sanctions against russians and russian entities involved in the attack on the u.s. presidential election that previous year, including sanctions on the fsb and the gru, two russian intelligence agencies. we also know that president obama during the transition, he ordered our own intelligence agencies to produce a report, a report on what exactly russia did in that attack on our election. by the first week of january 2017, during the transition, still before the inauguration, a declassified version of that intelligence community report was released to the public. assessing russian activities and intentions in recent

something obama could have said. whether it was on the sex trafficking, opioids, lloyds. >> criminal justice reform. >> laura: criminal justice reform, getting the middle class back to work, obama, clinton and it was trump. and he was up there showing and when he said this is a day where we can forge new alliances and again one of the populace, supposed to be antiwar party, what happened to the left being antiwar? they wouldn't stand for that either. >> this is right, if you actually take away all of israel, the people who just hate, have animus towards trump, if you actually look at his policies they are common sense policies. the border, we have already 600 miles of barriers, he wants 200. if you look at what he's talking about, the economy, to know he's talking about? middle class families having jobs and greater economic opportunities. third trimester abortions, horribly unpopular ocean that you could have abortion. really the presidency, and other talk about post delivery abortions. if this is kind of insane talk. his policies actually are common sense, so i agree with your anal

say if president trump's national emergency is even legal. when president obama issued an executive action in 2014, mcconnell and a host of republicans had no qualms of accusing president obama of over stepping his authority. >> if president obama acts in defiance of the people and imposes the will on the country, congress will act. >> this president, if he doesn't get his way, i got pen. i got a phone. i'm going to go it alone. well, that's a disaster waiting to occur. >> we the senate are waiting in our duty. to stop this lawless administration at its unconstitutional amnesty. >> it may take a while to get him but the thing is history will treat him unkindly on this if he thinks he ecan become king. >> if he has the power to do that, what could a republican do regarding laws they don't like? he's created an executive action i think flies in the face of checks and balances and he had two year oofz democraticb controlled house and senate with super majorities and he never lifted a finger. >> we'll tell you how republican congressman explained it next. wn congressman explained it nex

and 12 during president obama's first two years, a total of those three presidency of 24 votes, as opposed to 128 votes during the first two years of the trump presidency. you know, it might be different in those votes, which in effect demand that we take more time to discuss an individual nominee, really resulted in debate, but little debate occurs during that time. equally troubling is that after the time has been used up, almost half of the nominees, 48% of them, got more than 60 votes at the end of this process to end the debate. a third-- 37% of the nominees got more than 70 votes, but they all took the maximum time. remember, only 51 senators would be required to confirm, but 37% of the people that went through this entire process that has seldom been exercised before got 70 votes and 48% got 60 votes. the conclusion i can draw from this is that we're not really debating the nominees, we're voting, really, to take more time to take up time that could be used for legislative matters and other matters. two dozen nominees were returned to the president at the end of the last con

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fit? what's his line? >> i think he's doing sort of an obama 2.0 in some ways. i don't say that just because he's african-american, but partly. he's doing the uplift, right, and he's talking about love and love being the answer. his video touched upon his roots in newark as mayor there, and struggles with the civil rights movement and his parents able to overcome some of those racial struggles as they were coming up. the question is, does this work? he was on "the view" today. i think he was very well received. he's trying to get that audience of women. he was on the tom joyner show talking there about the specific lens of seeing problems through african-americans. that was something obama didn't necessarily always do. obama was like, i'm the president of all people, not just black america. then he would go in front of audiences and kind of lecture them about their behavior. that's not something we're seeing from any of these black candidates. he's focusing on not only newark but the drum line. if you've been in any black setting in the hcu, that's very american. so we see a shift fr

obama's met privately with 2020 democratic candidates and talked about what it's going to take to beat president trump, according to "the new york times." the paper also reports president obama also counseled more than a dozen declared or likely candidates, although he's not expected to make an endorsement. but we will hear from him tomorrow night at the first national gathering of the obama foundation's my brother's keeper alliance. it's working to close opportunity gaps of boys and young men of color. joining us is obama white house meantee and howard university student and executive director of my brother's keeper alliance michael smith. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> michael, let me start with you, the urban institute published a research report that said, quote, boys and young men of color on average lag behind their peers on preschool skills by age 2 and never catch up academically. changing this pattern will require enlightened public policies and grass roots mobilization. i take it you agree with the prescriptive. how is my brother's keeper trying

2006-2007. from 1997 to 2005, one of the state senators here was barack obama was and went on became president of the united states. because he served before the restoration, his desk is not here. where he would have sat is here. he was generally in the back row. his last spot was here. he was here for four sessions. this is where senator obama would have sat for those sessions. in 2018 senator obama, u.s. senator obama, is elected president. he announced his candidacy at the old state cal in sprfled in 2007. he came to springfield to announce his candidacy for the white house. in 2018 he returned to springfield where he announced david jacoby as his running -- joe bidenen as his running -- joe biden as his running mate. his first visit out of the white house after being inaugurated was to springfield. the last time he was in springfield was in 2016. he came to springfield kind of on a farewell tour. he gave an eloquent speech in the house chamber. many of the legislators had served with him. one of the more interesting things about this building is you can run into everybody

statute that president obama signed that does allow some money to be directed towards border fencing. the president has said that he is going to use that statute as well, and they might try to spend that money first. there i think he is on stronger legal ground, and it will be less likely that that will be tied up in the courts. if he does that first they might be able to get some of what he wants to do done. but the emergency powers is going to be a contentious issue, as the president said when he announced it on friday, he expect did that he would have some unfavorable court rulings, particularly in the ninth circuit and it would end up at the supreme court and see what happens. host: when it comes to congressional republicans, how much support do you think he will get from them, considering the route he is taking? guest: it's going to create problems, congressional republicans are afraid of the president -- of the precedent it will set, they don't want to democratic president to come in and say climate change is a national emergency so i'm going to spend money that you didn't auth

syria is very much a continuation of the obama policy when in two thousand and eleven he decided to also and. what matters in professional circles is not intentions but the results of that policy and it's quite clear that in terms of the results trunk the traumatization hasn't yet done as much damage to the region as the obama administration did willingly or not is it fair again to describe. the trump policies in such profound ways and be so civil and polite about the obama's resolve look i will disagree with you in terms of what obama has done personally i think he has not done enough that's my problem with obama has been is that killed enough to learn i don't know i think in syria for example in two thousand and thirteen when there was a threat of and we knew that the assad regime was about to use chemical weapons on a wide scale like he has done in. and already in two thousand and twelve obama has established and had line in the sand about the use of chemical weapons i think in syria in two thousand and thirteen the obama administration should have responded with force and elimin

. >> barack obama was in oakland today. what he and steph curry were talking about. >> and buying young people's blood of the tonight the fda has a warning. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. >> in less than 36 hours, owing teachers will walk off the job. >> there is little chance of an agreement to be reached before thursday. >> parents have to prepare. it is known as a solidarity school in oakland. lis? >> reporter: this is one of several places that a student who goes to a nearby school can go. this is one option for parents who don't want to cross the picket line but can't keep their children home with them. >> at a solidarity meeting for parents, thursday's looming teachers strike was top of mind while students played, parents listened and worried. no one wants to cross the picket line so they're learning their options. >> i have some time off work fortunately so grace will stay with me and we'll be out on the picket line. >> others brace themselves for possible fallout they could face by staying home with their children. >> what does that mean for you and your job? >> it

to 9:00 eastern. up next. joe biden, michelle obama, facebook and michael flinn back-to-back. for now good night from washington. \s kp \s kp >> could joe biden have defeated donald trump? >> oh, i don't know. >> this is the great what-if. >> i say to democrats and republicans and independents alike. >> don't sell this country short, folks. >> joe biden has spent a lifetime as a political power player. >> he just had encyclopedic knowledge of foreign policy. >> one thing i know about joe biden, this is a guy i would take on a long patrol. >> he celebrated triumphs. >> i accept your nomination to run and serve with barack obama! >> weathered setbacks. >> you were on the verge of dying, weren't you? >> the hearings caused an incredible backlash. >> and endured devastating personal tragedies. >> we can always get another senator but they can't get another father. >> you cannot lose a child and three months later get on the campaign trail. >> this was a tough one. he said beau was his soul. >> he has stepped off the political stage but doesn't hold back when it comes to an unconventio

joined tonight in a rare television appearance by president obama's national security advisor who will tell us what to look for in the negotiations with north korea and what he thinks of president trump's hope that north korea's beaches will soon be the home of glamorous beach resorts attracting tourists from around the world. and in my last word tonight at the end of this hour we will show you the most important piece of video that you absolutely must see from the house of representatives today. a new star was born in the house of representatives today, and you will see her in action at the end of the hour. but first, we knew as i said on this program at the time, at the moment that it was announced that michael cohen would testify publicly in a congressional hearing, that that day was going to be the worst day of the year for the trump presidency. we now know that it will surely be that, although there might be many worse days coming for the trump presidency after this testimony. president trump and his most fervent allies are apparently living in such abject fear of michael coh

own. >> flynn feels fault lies with washington, not just kabul. >> his critique is that obama does not see that war, does not see us involved in a global conflict and, therefore, is not focused on designing a strategy that will enable us to win that war. >> once again, skirting standard procedure, flynn avoids military oversight and uses a washington think tank to publish fixing intel. the paper is a scathing 2010 critique of the obama administration's approach to intelligence in afghanistan. it sends a lightning bolt through the national security community. >> it was bitterly critical. it bluntly said, look, the intelligence community does not understand key things about afghanistan, about how the tribal system works. it was remarkable, because you rarely see that kind of candid analysis from somebody in the government in a current job. >> i think he said to himself, if i try and publish this through one of the military publications, it will never see print. it will be watered down to nothing. i was glad he did it. he took a lot of guff. >> in july general mcchrystal was replaced by g

national emergencies going on for different reasons. president obama found funding for the obama care exchanges. the fact is we do have a national emergency at the border. and the fact that that's sustained by the coverage of the humanitarian crisis going on there for a long time. on the very evening president trump gave his remarks in el paso. we had 1,800 different family units coming to the border a row including 316 west of el paso where you have an enormous group of people to the point where they had to move atvs out of the garage to find a place for them to sleep at night there these should not happen. it should be something congress should adrech because presidents shouldn't have the power to do these things. but what the president did is legal. howie: susan collins and other republicans are opposed to this declaration. beverly: we know this is a possibility from trump even when the shutdown happened. republicans looked at it and said we didn't like the when obama did it. the media has never covered it the same way we are seeing the coverage now. one of the problems with the co

from all over the country, excited to hear former president obama host this town hall meeting. he teamed up with steph curry to do it. grammy award winning artist john legend hosted a q and a and performed today. london breed is here along with a number of california legislatures from members of congress to the state assembly. the vent is all about supporting and helping boys and young men of color succeed in america. it's an important conversation. one guest here from boston says he came to be a part of. >> i've never been in the same room as obama and i heard steph curry would be there. oulds hoping they w a part of that conversation. >> these are not disposable young people. these are our future and we've got to make sure we're investing in them. >> reporter: there are 250 my brothers keeper organizations across the country and every one of them has a representative here today. they are all part of the obama foundation. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> that's scottish rite center. these are live pictures from inside. you see president obama and steph curry. more than 45 mi

the reason donald trump -- manydent is obama voters felt like obama circumvented congress to do what he wanted. i think that hurts his case with at least some people. host: if you look at this historically and you look at three coequal branches of government, if the president is successful, it would fundamentally change the power of the presidency and really dilute the role of congress. the president proposes, congress disposes. this would allow the president to do whatever he or she wants by declaring a national emergency. is that not correct? guest: we are talking about moving money around that exist. obama funded subsidies going through the courts with money that was not allocated by congress. i think there is a danger in declaring an emergency because we all have different ideas about what a national emergency is. in that way even if it turns out to be legal, as a precedent it's a dangerous thing to do. host: let's get to your phone calls. jim is first up from georgia. caller: good morning. comment is this. our issues with central america are not recent. .hey go back decades

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than what has been written. it is well known that after supporting president obama and hillary clinton that he generously and directly to the trump inaugural. he has always gave only his own money from his own resources. >> it's going to be another investigation and possibly a long one. thanks very much. we know you will keep following it. the president's counselor kellyanne conway will join me live. how she says president trump will strike his bipartisan tone. senator chuck grassley said he expects the special counsel's report on the russia investigation to be done in his words in a month. we will ask james clapper what he thinks. and barack obama may not be running in the 2020 race but he is looming large for democrats. we'll explain. the kenya tea development agency is an organization that is owned by tea farmers. every week we sell this tea, we get paid in multiple accounts. we were looking for a bank to provide a safe and efficient technology platform to pay our farmers. citi was the only one that was able to ensure that this was done seamlessly. and today, at the touch of a butto

his presidency they were on pace to spend more money than barack obama did in eight years ok the fact of the matter is debt and deficits only matters to republicans when a democrat is in the white house this is why they harp on it as loudly as they did when obama was in office anybody with a pulse knew that as soon as a republican is back in the white house and as soon as republicans are in charge of congress they will continue to spend and the spending will be out of control and i'm not surprised i'm not surprised ryan what about the controversy surrounding the democratic freshman congresswoman ileana omar she apologized for anti semitic remarks trump says she should quit she says trump has traffic didn't hate trump has yet to criticized congressman king of iowa who is a white supremacist what do you make of all of that. i think there's two things to discuss here larry number one and i hope i don't sound controversial myself when i say this but when ilar own when a lot omar says that there is a israel lobby that spends a lot of money in washington d.c. that is not an anti-semitic sta

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presidents bush and president obama at times went too far with executive orders, and we can have that debate, but that speech isn't about that debate. that's about donald trump's hatred of barack obama, a hatred that was demonstrated in his repeated references to barack obama's birth certificate, and repeated very derogatory comments he has made about barack obama, even after assuming the presidency. once again, i think there is a psychological obsession here with obama, a hatred for obama. i don't know what drives it, you know, it could very well be because of president obama's race. but the bottom line is that president trump now when he's there in the cat bird seat, he is going to do whatever he wants because he wants that wall. he's never in his life been told he can't have what he wants, whether it's a woman he wants to grab or whether it's a wall he wants. and congress is telling him he can't have the wall, and he is going to insist on getting it anyway he can, whether he tramples on our constitution or not. and it's going to be up to the courts to tell him he can't have it. >>

may be double or more of what barack obama raised. and there are these continuing questions about, okay, where did all of this money go? did people in the trump organization or the family make any money of this? and who paid where foreigners were paying. i think one note of caution, erin. tom barrick, who ran the inaugural committee, is in many circles one of the most respected people around donald trump. i know the president wanted him to come into the government, but it's just -- it's hard see him sitting over this -- some sort of piggy bank and being content in letting it go. that's not his personality, that's not his reputation. >> no, it isn't, and certainly he runs a publicly traded company. it wouldn't make any sense at all. but the reporting from axios relates to rick gates, his deputy, and a lot more questions tonight. thank you all very much. >>> and next, someone leaks the president's secret white house schedule. the white house tonight responding. >>> plus, intelligence officers reportedly warned to avoid telling president trump any intelligence that contradicts what h

obama team up to tell kids how to compete .. not on the court, but in a world that can be difficult for young men of color...plus a test every man can do at home right now.. to see if they're headed for a heart attack. it only takes two minutes, i'll time you. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (james)( darya ) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... the bay area today with late morning and early afternoon hours offering up the best chance of any precipitation. skies will be partly cloudy with breezy and cool conditions. this morning not as cold as the past few with lows only in the 40's before 50's later on today. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. accident in fremont cleared nb 680 at mission north. slow from mission south ( darya )get ready to do some push ups.. seriously right now.. this could save your life.. the number of push-ups a man can do is a good predictor of his risk of having a heart attack in the future.if you can do 40 push-ups in two minutes, you don't have

departure from the pretend strategy we have on the obama administration where we did not want to step up and identify these challenges in the world. i'm only speculating, largely because they didn't want to have to deal with them and be accountable for the strategy to cope with these realities. >> is it nonengagement or pretend strategy, isn't that provocative? they see it and they say okay, obama or whomever, they're saying this but they don't really mean it, and then you have the invasion of kenya and then you have the beginning of these islands in the south china sea, and then you have russia moving into syria and so forth and so on. want to break each one of these down. let's start with china. i'm just a pedestrian, but i see china as a major major threat because of all the focus and resources are putting into the military and not just troops, they are strategic decisions, space warfare activity that they're leaning on, stealing our technology which they not only use for civilian purposes but military purposes, constantly claiming more and more waters that belong to the philippines o

. [ applause ] >> some obama magic in oakland, but this event was much deeper than a few sound bites. president obama joining steph curry and john legend in an effort to inspire and guide young men of color. this is part of a three-day event for my brother's keeper. that's an organization started by mr. obama when he was in the white house. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us now with the details. ian. >> yeah, raj, when they sit down and talk, people listen. those attending this event came from 250 chapters across the country. mr. obama says this week is about the challenges that confront young men of color and the opportunities within their grasp. [ applause ] >> reporter: former president barack obama and warriors guard to a thousand men in oakland. >> for those of you that don't know me, i'm michelle's husband. >> reporter: sharing the need for leadership, role models and candid stories. >> i didn't have a sense of purpose or a clear sense of direction through a big chunk of my, my high school years. in retrospect, i recognize some of it was i was angry about my father not being the

-breaking audience last night, breaking his record last year, and obama's. speaker newt gingrich wrote this, "it was so effective and powerful that it changed the trajectory of history and "the t emotions of tuesday night-night matched anything president reagan achieved in his addresshi to congress." look at the fake news cnn paul mike a brey the american people agree. 76% of viewers gave his speech a positive rating. cbs news poll, 76% of their viewers approved of the president's remarks. the state of the union obviously resounding success. one of the finest moments for the president or frankly any president, for that matter, one of the key reasons, why was this speech is so powerful? is the success the president has. there is no shortage of real, substantive accomplishments that he has had in two short years. millions of forgotten men and women,en their lives have been impacted dramatically. two years, he's accumulated a trackpa record of achievement unlike anything we have seen in modern history. record-setting tax cuts, trade deal, energy independence that we never dreamed of

party. poor bernie, can you imagine what the presidency would do to him? [ laughter ] it aged obama so much, and he was in his prime. bernie's going to come out looking like gollum. [ laughter ] [ applause ] that's right. we all get rings! [ laughter ] that's right, bernie sanders announced today that he's running for president. he was trying to just tell his family, but we all heard him. between us! [ laughter ] top secret! i'm running for president! that's why i'm whispering! representative alexandria ocasio-cortez, last week, compared president trump's border wall to the berlin wall. hey, come on, it's nothing like that. that wall got built. [ cheers and applause ] it's a real wall. you can see it and touch it and stuff. president trump claimed in a tweet this morning that the stock market would have crashed if hillary clinton had won the 2016 presidential election. dude, you're still talking about hillary? not even bill talks about hillary this much. [ laughter ] it's been over a year since hillary said anything about hillary. [ laughter ] a semi truck overturned near atlanta yeste

. >>> former president barack obama in oakland speaking at my brother's keeper conference. the event supporting boys and young men of color. steph curry and singer john legend are also there. >>> looking for work or career change? caltrans posting hundreds of jobs openings and seeking applicants with a wide range of experience in some cases none at all. the agency getting a g boost from a new tax paid by drivers. >> if you're looking for a job with flexible hours, opportunity travel and starting pay nearly $40,000 with no experience, then caltrans is looking for you. the state's freeways need a lot of help and they need a lot more maintenance people. with the new money from the recent gas and diesel tax, caltrans is hiring. >> we are hiring entry-level maintenance workers to fix potholes, clear culverts and work on bridges throughout the state. >> reporter: that means no experience needed? >> we would like a year of maintenance and construction work but education can substitute for that as well. >> reporter: opportunity to travel means in a truck, flexible hours means nights and week

a mistake. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning buzz... steph curry and barak obama team up to tell kids how to compete .. not on the court, but in a world that can be difficult for young men of color...plus a test every man can do at home right now.. to see if they're headed for a heart attack. it only takes two minutes, i'll time you. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a some showers drifting across the bay area today with late morning and early afternoon hours offering up the best chance of any precipitation. skies will be partly cloudy with breezy and cool conditions. this morning not as cold as the past few with lows only in the 40's before 50's later on today. no major hot spots. bay no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) get ready to do some push ups.. seriously right now.. this could save your

you use to describe the policies of his predecessor look when it comes to the middle east in a obama tried to do this kind of balancing and try to establish in the middle east this kind of coexistence between saudi arabia and you know on the assumption that the major divide in the middle east with which i and i deal with that assumption is this conflict this divide between saudi arabia and iran and so with with the with the conclusion of the nuclear they can even between the united states you know the p five plus one and you know on the idea was that if we take nuclear. weapons if we take the field of nuclear weapons out of the equation in the relationship between the states and the west and iran then we can start talking about these other. these other obstacles or challenges in the relationship which is very much iran behavior in the region so is there war that you put all the aspects of the. policy under i think it's kind of balancing policy it's a kind of a distorting some kind of equilibrium policy and and. let's put it this way it's a de is collision policy now you mentioned the

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