seib for further discussion. please join me in welcoming and encouraging speaker paul ryan. [applause] >> thank you so much. so in other words, no pressure. thanks, tom. i will try to keep my remarks fairly brief so we get on to a conversation. first of all, it is really nice to be here. to mara and robert and where is jimmy? is jimmy in the room her somewhere? give him a hard time for that. on this placard, being involved, this is exciting. what is this? we are coming to a consensus on how to fight poverty and restore upward mobility in america. number one, we agree this fight needs to be fought. we agree far too many people are slipping into the cracks in this country. we agree opportunity is lacking. we agree this beautiful notion of the american idea, the condition of your birth doesn't determine the outcome of your life is a idea a lot of people don't believe in anymore. if there are some that don't believe in it, then it really isn't true universally at all. it is our job to restore this. this is what conse

. >> rose: thank you jerry. jerry seib to hav of the "wall t journal." you can see the interview online and read it in the "wall street journal" weekend edition. back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: we begin with president obama as he marks his final days in the white house. he sat down with "60 minutes" correspondent steve kroft for his final interview in office. the president appeared on "60 minutes" a number of times since first declaring his candidacy in an interview with steve kroft in 2007. in his latest and final interview as president, president obama reflects on the past eight years and considers his legacy upon leaving the white house. h he also reflects on the 2016 election and president-elect donald trump. >> you have to admit that this is one of the strangest transitions in history. >> it's unusual. i'll agree with that. and i suspect the president-elect would agree with that. look, he is an unconventional candidate. i don't think there is anybody who's run a campaign like his successfully in modern history, not that i can think of, and