hould be protected president barack obama's record clear. al for his entire political life, he's strongly supported the full legalization of abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, for any , including o reason sex selection throughout all pregnancy and forcing american taxpayers to pay for t, whether the taxpayers liked it or not. under barack obama, nearly nine million innocent, defenseless little american babies were ever saw thee they first smile of their mother. president obama was in the unique position perhaps among all other presidents in this country ng together to protect these helpless little children. most powerful human being in the world, mr. obama most o become the powerful enemy of the most in the human beings world. and nothing will stain his legacy or his claims of looking the little guy with more shame than going down in history the abortion president. mr. speaker, it gives me no out this record. i truly and sincerely hoped for god's best for barack obama when office. thatte him a letter hoping he would be remembe

that's not the approach of barack obama. i generally think barack obama will be seen as a good and great president from the perspective of history, not only that he b bush, a country of deep recession where unemployment was growing with people losing the helms at a very quick pace, and today, america is in growth again. we have a very low unemploloymet rate. of course, this is not true for every region in the united states, so i i understand if the , butotest and opposition apart from that, the health care reform, the reform of the financial system. he nominated two female supreme court justices, the first latina. he changed how the country thinks about homosexual love, gays, lesbians, and so on. he had a huge missile contract with russia to delete 1/3 of strategic missiles that i could go on and on. peter: there is a darker side to all this, though. you said at the beginning of the show, or at least i quoted you as saying that trump is obama's legacy. explain. all, if youfirst of say you are delivering change we can believe

barack obama doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

barack obama doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

barack obama doesn't seem to know how to do that. he in fact in private is a very introverted person who doesn't reach out via on a group of chicago operatives whom he's brought with him to the white house. >> when i got the idea for the brief against obama, and said hey, what's the worst thing president obama has done? for what up of course. i just made a list. people call up and say he's no friend of israel. he left that yahoo! in the base at. or it didn't help the iranian revolution. that came up a lot. unemployment is at such and such a rate as such and such a time. i just made up on this and i had a list of more than 50 suggestions. i whittled it down to 24 the 25th cap your is a summary chapter. let me repeat the table of contents. i'm not going to go through each of these because after all you need to buy the book. the nightmare of obamacare. a failed stimulus. stimulus to point out. the biggest spendthrift in history. that is true by the way. the committee organizer who collapsed housing. selling the roles of the unemployed,

. -- barack obama. se conocieron. fueron a sus comunidades. comunidades que quizÁs nunca pensaron visitar. conocieron gente muy distinta. hablaban distinto. no veÍan los mismos programas de televisiÓn. pero tenÍan algo en comÚn, creciÓ, se construyo, y asÍ se creÓ un sentido de esperanza. cierto trabajo. no fue ignorancia de los desafÍos. la esperanza encarando la incertidumbre. probaron ustedes el poder de la esperanza. a travÉs de este proceso, mi mujer y yo, hemos estado a la vanguardia de ustedes. hombres y mujeres. hemos sido el rostro, a veces, la voz. en frente de la pantalla de la televisiÓn, pero esto nunca se ha tratado de nosotros, siempre se ha tratado de ustedes. todas las cosas sorprendentes que ocurrieron durante los Últimos cris diez aÑos -- 10 aÑos es a favor de ustedes. de la misma manera que hablÁbamos de los militares tan maravilloso. jorge: vamos a escuchar el momento en que donald trump esÁa afirmando las primeras Órdenes ejecutivas. carlos: me imagino que eso no e

va a mirar hacia barack obama. hacia el que era presidente, como un lÍder para el partido demÓcrata. entonces, yo creo, que al contrario, del presidente george w bush no se va a retirar de la mira pÚblica. Él va a continuar. >>> fÍjate que bill clinton cuando dejÓ de ser presidente siguiÓ siendo bastante activo en lo que era comentar, criticar y fiscalizar a la administraciÓn bush. >>> aunque normalmente si hay un perÍodo inicial, por lo menos 100 dÍas, que es la luna de miel de los presidentes, donde los expresidente tradicionalmente se han limitado a sus declaraciones pero el presidente obama en la Última conferencia de hoy. insinuo que si por ejemplo, la administraciÓn trump retira las distintas cosas que el presidente obama dio con daca, estos 750 # mil jÓvenes indocumentados que han recibido su permiso a travÉs de daca. que Él hablarÍa pÚblicamente y cambia tirÁi esos esfuerzos. el na anual de reglas se tirÓ por la ventana. y tenemos un nuevo presidente poco convencional, creo que el mismo b

. >>> the legacy of barack obama coming up next. >>> barack obama's america was born with hope, people were crying in the streets. and with crisis. >> fragile financial system. >> it's likely to get worse before it gets better. >> health care hysteria. >> why don't they take the health care being forced down our throat. >> twowars mas shtings. >> a gunman opens fire. >> blocked by the mass killing. >> racial violence. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> this guy is a racist. >> barack obama made some big bets that paid off. >> welcome home. >> troops came home. gays got married. enemies were vanquished. >> justice has been done. 6789 millions got health care. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> and sometimes tragedy gave way to hope. >> your moment of liberation is at hand. >> what will remain? >> the president just smiled and said, i'm a black guy named barack hussein obama, i feel lucky every day. >> what is the legacy of barack obama? he may be the most improblemible president in american history. in 2003 he was a state senator from illinois. >> the intent of this

it's not justin bieber or barack obama as personality but barack obama who has always seen the hope of what america can be. hope of a more perfect union. >> also a very sobering tone to the speech. think of barack obama who began national political career talking about optimism and hope and change and unity and progress, ended presidency by defending certain things we didn't think a few years ago needed defending, science, basic facts, journalism, the ability of citizens to talk to each other on the most fundamental level. although i heard the optimism you're reflecting, i heard a great level of concern about it. also the shoutout to michelle obama, i've tried to report the story of the obama partnership and how it's affected this presidency. but i believe it's so subtle and deep and fascinating, we have to hand the baton to the historians. michelle obama pushed barack obama to become the politician she wanted him to be. was above it all lofty figure and wanted him to have elevated presidency. and in the way that jackie kennedy was in many ways the architect of the kennedy vision, say

barack obama arising chicago for his farewell address. jeff sessions, the man picked to be the nexus attorney general, has told a congressional hearing that he is no racist and has never supported the ku klux klan. —— nexus attorney general. fifa approves plans for a massive expansion of football's world cup 248 teams. and the woman who sat in the front row of history. britain's war correspondent claire hollingworth has died at the age of 145 -- to 48 hollingworth has died at the age of 145 —— to 48 teams. —— the age of 105. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6pm in chicago where barack obama will deliver the final big speech of his presidency. it's expected to be a parting plea to americans not to lose faith in their future no matter what they think about their next president. it's also his last chance to try to define his legacy. the president landed in chicago a short time ago. a fitting book into what began eight y

but barack obama was no peacenik. he had a dramatically different approach to war compared with his predecessor. instead of fighting terrorism with large armies, he would rely on a different technology. it would change the very nature of war. the armed drone. >> never before in american history has an american president had the technology and the legal authority to hunt down any person anywhere on the face of the earth and kill them. >> there was a surreal selection process that became known as the kill list. >> they would have bios and pictures of these people. some came to be called sort of baseball cards of terrorists. and a decision was made to put them on the list or not put them on the list. >> carrying out the campaign of killing was the president's cia director leon panetta. obama gave him plenty of latitude. when panetta wanted to dramatically expand the cia's fleet of drones in pakistan, the president, over the objections of his staff, told panetta the cia gets what it wants. >> it was a u.s. drone that fire

people let barack obama down. people let democracy down because of lack of civic engagement, lack of voting, lack of keeping themselves informed. maybe because i am a child of that second world war, my family always understood what happened and i have voted every time i was eligible to vote when i was eligible to vote when i was 21 years old and that was for eisenhower. my father was for him and my father was from that war but let's go to this business of what has happened now in our time. black folk not being engaged. they haven't been engaged because they haven't had the civic education and they don't -- it doesn't need to come from school, they need to understand who they are voting for. >> i want to give david maraniss a chance to respond. thank you for the call for michigan. >> appreciate your comments blues not clear what i said was wrong. she didn't say why. i don't know how to respond to something when i am not sure what the critique is. i will just appreciate her comment and leave it at that. >> give me t

but no one has done with barack obama plans to do tonight. chicago, mccormick place, thousands crammed in to say good-bye to their hero. they greeted him in 2008 to hear him say i want to be president of the united states. now it is barack obama's chance to say good-bye and to put a final signature on his 8 years in office. we are told he's going to focus more on the future than dwell on the past. but he won't pass up an opportunity to say how far he we have come as a country. jeff flock in mccormick place on what we can expect from this estimated 30-minute address. >> erupting in applause as the bidens enter. this place is packed. if you said 20,000, everything from the journalists that covere >> reporter: the cabinet secretaries, elected officials. this place is just packed to the rafters with people who would suggest that these past eight years have been an unqualified success. a reduction in unemployment, fewer troops on foreign soil engaged in conflict, a higher graduation rate among high schoolers. they see this as a great success, and

george w bush and bob barack obama and barack obama is doing it. mrobama, barack obama and barack obama is doing it. mr obama, leaving the oval office. his time as a resident almost at an end. he leaves that nodein almost at an end. he leaves that node in the draw of the desk that was made from the timber of the ship that was donated by the british. not when we but it down. no! this is a remarkable moment. this is the tra nsfer of remarkable moment. this is the transfer of power. president obama in the oval office. walking out of the oval office. he has been resolutely... you have to wonder what he and his wife are going through in these final moments. there has rarely been a transition web people with such different worldviews and a lot of it between these two men, during the course of these two men, during the course of the last two years. but he has during the last few weeks been resolutely positive and up beat about his time and the state of america. indeed. and for several each reasons. one is the reference for office love of democracy. i reme

obama for the time barack obama became president, we heard on the radio, rush limbaugh say i want to see them fail. >> host: but he said he wanted a spouse is failed. >> guest: afterwards. he went back at all. i've got the tape of that. on this wonderful platform of c-span, and we have heard people taken off the air for using the. i am not saying everyone who does not like president obama's polished these were about the affordable care act where policing, not necessarily about that. there is a strong undercurrent in this country and we've seen it before or hate against someone because he is different is very pervasive. i believe race and politics and i believe it's the fact black man is president of the united states. >> host: at eight years ago, barack obama sworn in as the 44th president. here's a portion of his inaugural address. the focus on her website, c-span.org. >> today a cd of the challenges we face are real. they are serious and they are many. they will not be met easily find a short span of time. but know this, america, they will be met. [cheers and applause] on this day,

barack obama despide su presidencia. el mandatario recuerda la naciÓn que el ciudadano comÚn debe estar involucrado los cambios que pide. senadores demÓcratas bombardearon al nominado de donald trump. hablaron sobre los retos y necesidades de la comunidad hispana. fue sentenciado a la pena de muerte del joven blanco de 22 aÑos que asesinÓ a nueve feligreses afroamericanos en una iglesia de carolina del sur. comenzamos. locutor: Éste es un noticiero univisiÓn, jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. buenas noches, esta es una ediciÓn especial del noticiero univisiÓn para la costa oeste. luego de ocho aÑos en el poder, el presidente barack obama dio en chicago su discurso de despedida. es un discurso de agradecimiento, a sÓlo 10 dÍas de la toma de posesiÓn de su sucesor. estamos con viviana Ávila, en chicago, amigo, con la mÁs destacada su discurso que muchos catalogan como histÓrico. viviana: asÍ es, maría elena. llevamos unos 30 minutos este discurso final del presidente, barack obama. dijo que era la oport

but barack obama was no peacenik. he had a dramatically different approach to war compared with his predecessor. instead of fighting terrorism with large armies, he would rely on a different technology. it would change the very nature of war. the armed drone. >> never before in american history has an american president had the technology and the legal authority to hunt down any person anywhere on the face of the earth and kill them. >> there was a surreal selection process that became known as the kill list. >> they would have bios and pictures of these people. some came to be called sort of baseball cards of terrorists. and a decision was made to put them on the list or not put them on the list. >> carrying out the campaign of killing was the president's cia director leon panetta. obama gave him plenty of latitude. when panetta wanted to dramatically expand the cia's fleet of drones in pakistan, the president, over the objections of his staff, told panetta the cia gets what it wants. >> it was a u.s. drone that fire

barack obama. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] neil: all right. barack obama addressing many in this crowd, by the way, we're told are some of the same ones who were with him about eight years ago, some ten years ago when he first announced he was interested in running for the presidency of the united states. of course, his wife and daughters are there, the vice president, joe biden, his wife there. they chose this venue because he wanted to get outside of washington and make a statement about the small town guy who made it big even though chicago's hardly a small town. in the case of barack obama, it launched a career that changed american history. many critics will say they don't like the kind of changes, but he was a consequential figure and will go down as such. we'll watch barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> it's good to be home! [cheers and applause] thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] thank you! thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you! thank you so much. than

curious, barack obama addressing the star. hello, everybody! you know, michelle and i, we've really been milking this goodbye thing. so it behoves me to be very reef. —— very brief. yes, yes. i said to be very reef. —— very brief. yes, yes. isaid before, and i will say again, that when we started on this journey, we did so with an abiding faith in the american people and their ability, our ability, to join together and change the country. in ways that would make life better for oui’ ways that would make life better for our kids and grandkids, that change didn't happen from the top—down, but happened from the bottom up. it was met sometimes with scepticism and doubt. some folks didn't think we could pull it off. there were those who felt that the institutions of power and privilege in this country we re power and privilege in this country were too deeply entrenched. and yet, all of you came together, in small towns and big cities, our whole bunch of you really young, and you decided to believe. you knocked on doors and made phone cal

as he was coming in. >> barack obama is projected to be the next president. >> senator barack obama of illinois... >> narrator: by november, the economic crisis and the growing divisions in washington would soon be barack obama's problem. >> ...will become the president of the united states. >> that night, when he came out, the look on his face to me looked like someone who finally understood the weight of the job that he had just won. >> and you saw this seriousness and this weightiness that had come over him suddenly, as if he knew that this giddy ride that resulted in his election was, in effect, over. and it was as if the burden of the presidency fell upon him in a split second. >> narrator: but that night, obama insisted the unity he had promised was now within sight. >> americans sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. we are, and always will be, the united states of america! >> you have, in obama's case, gone within four years from being an illinois state politician to the most famous

barack obama said he has become a fictional character. here is a quote from his interview, i believe with "rolling stone" in 2008. he says i was never subjected to the villification of fox news and the media ecosystem. he blames that on bringing down his approval ratings. >> he won'tlet it go. bottom line, he should have come on fox news and reached across the aisle more. he passed through without any republican help. he didn't want it, he never got it. howie: he seems to leave out other parts of the equation. >> the mainstream media has backed president obama and will have been outspoke others who have definitely been on the attack. there is no question about that. he's right. there have been talk shows and conservatives who have gone after him. but he's the president. you can expect he's also a super liberal president. when you have a president acting in a liberal way you will have the press going after him. >> the obama administration often leaked everything they needed to the "new york times." so it's no surprise the "new york times"

bush for barack obama. he just put a postie on if with 44 and inside was another envelope that said, two 44, from 43 -- to 44 from 43. and then the next morning here's a picture of barack obama reading the actual note. the procession to the capitol is always a big deal. they move along pennsylvania avenue there, and here's a picture from exactly 100 years ago. an open carriage, and that is william howard taft on the right, and the new president, woodrow wilson on the left. and in 1933, we had a situation with franklin roosevelt and herbert hoover. they didn't long so well. wasn't a lot of conversation on the ride to capital. in those pictures roosevelt can seep waving to the crud or smiling or turning toward hoover and trying to have a conversation but in every picture hoover is looking straight ahead, ignoring him. there have been other times also where the.presidents, new and old, didn't get along so way and both are mentioned in the book, the chapter is called "can't we all get along." sometimes weather

guest: "america will miss barack obama's decency." the article says "tonight of all nights, the difference between barack obama and donald trump was stark." to what wasreacting said, what was inside, and who was there and wasn't there. one of them was barack obama's daughter, sasha obama. this women's online publication was wondering where she was. people on the internet came up with all sorts of theories and you can read some of them on this website. one says that "when the ticket is so hot that you can only get two tickets for the family." this other tweet i pulled out says that "osh obama be at one hell of a sleepover party right now." according to our correspondent philip crowder, the white house says it is because she has an exam today. best of luck to sasha. host: thank you for that look at the papers. you get a closer look at the press review on her website. the address is france 24.com. you heard her talk about that t farewell speech by barack obama. we will have more on that speech. ♪ 777/ woman: this is our story, a un

barack obama campaign for hillary clinton a lot. michelle obama had some of the most romantic and emotional roles. gave some speeches in the fall campaign that were extraordinary on the part of a first lady. mark: you see two men who have run for president, bernie sanders and to his left john mccain. another sign of the bipartisanship. >> first lady michelle obama. director of the united states senate committee on rules and administration. [applause] mark: there they come. michelle obama. very vocal opponent of donald trump in the election. gave these emotional, powerful speeches. i think one of the things for alling here is these folks that will be asking themselves for a long time, did we do enough? did we do the right things? then we do the wrong things? ec soul-searching this weekend -- you see soul-searching. they all feel as though they are trying to be -- to do the right thing for the country. hisident-elect trump and people have expressed great appreciation for the fact the obama's in particular have been so helpful and grac

cual de cuatro puntos menor al de su antecesor, barack obama. segÚn datos de cnn. obtuvo un 84% de aprobaciÓn, bill clinton 66. george bush a un 61%, antes de llegar a la oficina en enero del 2011. marÍa leticia: el presidente electo, donald trump hay muchas personas y varios hispanos que esperan al futuro mandatario de el paÍs con los brazos abiertos. leÓn: afinan detalles para viajar el paÍs con el fin de tomar en la toma de posiciÓn de su candidato a la presidencia. >> el comitÉ de inauguraciÓn presidencial, requiere el honor de su presencia. reportera: este viernes 20 de enero en la capital del paÍs. >> yo como una inmigrante, centroamericana me pude haber imaginado que iba a ser invitada especial de un presidente. >> para el concierto, la ceremonia de juramentaciÓn y la fiesta de gala. reportera: se ajusta el dÍa en que una encuesta de cnn, revelÓ que el presidente nÚmero cuenta y cinco tomarÁ el poder en uno de los momentos de mÁs baja popularidad de cualquier primer mandatario. sÓlo el 40% de los cuestionados, prueba la forma en que estÁ man

i said barack hussein obama, president of the united states. that doesn't seem like it's going to sell in peoria. but he changed all the rules. >> his first line in the speech is "the plains of peoria." >> he said only in this country is my story possible. only now is my story possible he should have said. >> well, to me -- joy, how do you -- chris's point about this popularity, i think in some ways that's part of the thing that's so hard to get your head around. here's someone who had been a controversial president. he's overseen one of the most polarized eras since the civil war and yet is going out with -- as one of the more popular politicians of the country, one of the more popular exiting politicians in recent memory yet is going to turn this office over to a man who is a repudiation, rejection of him. >> it's incredible. i can recall interviewing people during the campaign who really liked barack obama, who voted for him twice, he wears very well as a president. you have to live with a president over time, he wears well, he's a congenial

but no one has done with barack obama plans to do tonight. chicago, mccormick place, thousands crammed in to say good-bye to their hero. they greeted him in 2008 to hear him say i want to be president of the united states. now it is barack obama's chance to say good-bye and to put a final signature on his 8 years in office. we are told he's going to focus more on the future than dwell on the past. but he won't pass up an opportunity to say how far he we have come as a country. jeff flock in mccormick place on what we can expect from this estimated 30-minute address. >> erupting in applause as the bidens enter. this place is packed. if you said 20,000, everything from the journalists that covere >> reporter: the cabinet secretaries, elected officials. this place is just packed to the rafters with people who would suggest that these past eight years have been an unqualified success. a reduction in unemployment, fewer troops on foreign soil engaged in conflict, a higher graduation rate among high schoolers. they see this as a great success, and

view barack obama and his time in office? >> any time the white house switches hands, it reflects on the president before. clinton when bill replaced george h.w. bush primarily because we had an outsider beating an incumbent. here we have an outsider defeating an insider that would have been a third continuation. one party has held the white house for three consecutive terms only once. this would have been a validation of obama's legacy. the american people did not give it to him. katty: how much have they been talking? what is the relationship going to be like? few times,e spoken a like when donald trump has criticized the ability of the transition. president obama called to touch base. this will be one of the more fascinating relationships in the years going forward. he will only be a couple of miles down the street, and they have such different worldviews. president obama says they get along. i'm not sure i believe that, but it is a relationship they will be talking through, because this incoming president has no experienc

that was barack obama, and to some degree, to barack obama, and michelle, since he has been in office, a thousand democrats, governors, state representatives have lost because his enormous popularity which we saw tonight, at one point somebody yelled out. i love you. it was like a justin bieber concert, i say that respectfully. it was respectful. i won't retract it. what i will say, the love was for a personality, not for a platform or policy. >> you can't argue the democratic party is in some level of confusion at this stage, you might even say disarray. >> yeah, so is the republican party, all of our parties, that has to do with where we are in our country right now, which is people rejecting labels and boxes, all of that. that is a global phenomenon. i think it's really important to take a step back and think about what the president said tonight. he talked about things that are a threat to our democracy. he put on not only his state of the union hat, his constitutional law professor hat, his founding fathers hat and said we have a threat with economic opportunity, an issue with ra

do you think democrats will do the same with barack obama? >> the reagan cult is creepy and dangerous and you had years and years and years in which republicans said what would reagan do? let's find some minor writing that reagan might have said. >> right. >> what was right in 1980 is right forever. that's bad. >> right. >> but they should value obama's presidency. they should see it as a model to emulate and defend. >> jonathan chait, the book is called "audacity," fascinating and provocative. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you, chris. >>> that's "all in" this evening. a reminder, at 11:00 p.m., "the obama years with brian williams." "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you, my friend. we know that it didn't end well. what we forget sometimes is that it did not start well. richard nixon was elected in 1968, re-elected in 1972. that meant that his inauguration day for a second term was in january 1973. it was his inauguration date, january 20th, '73. almost spooky to look back at that day now because of the way we know

on the issue of race, though, barack obama leaves a complicated legacy. aleem maqbool reports from alabama. there were civil rights battlegrounds across this country, but few as crucial as those in this state. in one of his last acts as president, barack obama has designated certain sites in alabama important in the civil rights movement as national monuments, including the gaston motel, which was used as headquarters for a time by martin luther king. around the corner stands a church that was bombed by white supremacists in one of the pivotal moments of the civil rights struggle. president obama has now made this a national monument too, in honour of the four young girls who were killed. ii—year—old denise mcnair was one of those who died in the bombing, an event that sparked national outrage. churches are supposed to be your sanctuaries, so for that to happen in a church, i think those that may have been on the side of segregation had to take a second look. during his presidency, barack obama has paid tribute to the historical events that helped pav

on the issue of race, though, barack obama leaves a complicated legacy. aleem maqbool reports from alabama. there were civil rights battlegrounds across this country, but few as crucial as those in this state. in one of his last acts as president, barack obama has designated certain sites here in alabama important in the civil rights movement as national monuments, and they include this, the gaston motel, which was used as headquarters for a time by martin luther king. around the corner stands a church that was bombed by white supremacists, in one of the pivotal moments of the civil rights struggle. president obama has now made this a national monument, too, in honour of the four young girls who were killed. 11—year—old denise mcnair was one of those who died in the bombing, an event that sparked national outrage. church is supposed to be your sanctuary, so for that to happen in a church, i think those who may have been on the side of segregation had to take a second look. during his presidency, barack obama has paid tribute to the historical events t

you can't get away from the criticism of barack obama, which has been he has beena barack obama, which has been he has been a president with so many promises that hasn't necessarily brought many to the front, and one of the big things, the massive things, one was gun control, which he hasn't been able to do, and secondly, they probably tie into each other, the fact he wanted to change how washington worked, he wanted to change the red tape and how easy it was to push these skills through. and of course he has found, like so many others before him, that once you get into power it is so much more difficult to get things done than it looks from the outset. and we wonder whether that will be different this time around because the republicans have the majority in both houses? donald trump has used the phrase on the drained swamp, and it remains to be seen. there is so much self interest. every democratic government that has a civil service thatis government that has a civil service that is always there despite whichever party is in power, they are the ones running the day—to—day busines

barack obama was not. but the dignity in which you carry yourself in the office. ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, none of them perfect but there's a dignity they carried with themselves in office. and the difference between now and 2009, think we're waxing poetic about barack obama on the way out. 2009 night before inauguration attended a bipartisan dinner for john mccain and called him american hero and patriot. don't see that happening tonight with the president-elect. >> you have to remember there were a lot of ups and downs with president obama and we're focusing on a lot of the positives i think because he's leaving and the contrast with trump and approval started going up a lot in the election because people looking even at hillary clinton and options they have, hang on, maybe not so bad with barack obama. but he also has a fundamentally good temperament, a calm person. been criticized for it but bore fruit in this situation. way he thought it through, realized when it happened and behaved in a way, lot of us wondered could i be so gracious to someone who tr

first, barack obama, never had a chance. he probably could have been one of the best presidents in the united states of america forever. because of the hard-core onset power that the republicans played against him he never really had a chance. the one thing about barack obama is he was humble, he was kind, he was charming, he was accepting, he was gracious, he was fit and caring and all of those things are reflective of a man of grace and of great concern for the world. one of the things that is so imperative and i don't think this country is aware of, our nation is aware of, we are now a global world because of the ability of the internet and instan tainuous news around the world and when our president in our country is elected, basically the status quo, they say, he is the world leader. now we have a world president-elect coming onboard who lacks in grace and charm and any sort of humbleness at all. host: elizabeth, we'll leave it there and let our guest respond. guest: well, barack obama was the jackie robinson of u.s. pr

>> by now, her husband barack obama was senator barack obama, and he had his sights set on the white house. >> michelle gave up a big career, but there is nothing to compete with this historic opportunity for those who sense that they can be a part of of history. >> she is the love of my life, the rock of our household. >> when you strip away princeton and harvard and all those wonderful degrees and accomplishments, deep down, i'm just a girl who grew up in the south side of chicago. >> candid and confident, qualities instilled in her by her parents went a long way have -- with voters on the campaign trail. >> because every time in my life, when i tried to do something, there were people around telling me why i couldn't. >> and mrs. obama was a bridge to african american women, in ways like no one else who came before her. >> my question to you all is, can we do this? >> even early in her husband's political career, her style earned her the nickname, "the closer." >> can we do this? [ crowd chants yes we can ] >> she's a closer. she's going to stand up there and get right down to the

now hopefully, he does not finish second to barack obama because i do not think barack obama made too many promises other than some of these health care plan where he said you can keep the doctor and that type of thing. going against the grassroots and going against the american people, i do not think barack obama tried to hurt us -- well i guess he did on some of heardepa regulations, he the ones on there. but he did not lie about. you know, he did not say am not going to do that then turn around and do it. on president-elect trump to not touch medicare, medicaid, social security. i hope donald trump does exactly what he said he would do and the republicans who are finally in charge now, i think it does time we should americans and showed the world that we are ready to govern and we're going to do what is right for the american people, the middle class, and god bless america. host: please stay on the line for a minute. we sat down with kellyanne conway in new york and we will be airing the full interview later this week, and after the length and tone about the president-elect speech,

later in the programme we'll be looking at barack obama's foreign policy legacy. republicans and democats in the us senate have clashed over the confirmation of donald trump's nominee for attorney—general. republican senators described jeff sessions as a distinguished legislator but democrats said they were troubled by what they called his extremely conservative agenda. several times he rejected allegations of racism. barbara plett usher reports from washington. this was always going to be a hard sell. a senator dogged by years for allegations of racism now set to become the country's top law enforcement official. jeff sessions is the first of donald trump's cabinet nominees to be questioned by congress and the most controversial. iam not a racist, iam not insensitive to blacks... 30 years ago he was accused of racist comments in front of this same committee, it rejected him from a position as federaljudge. other charges of civil rights violations followed and he has been defending his record ever since. i'm from south carolina so i know... a fellow senator from

barack obama ba rack obama has just barack obama has just finished his last press conference as president. there was plenty to discuss within it. we'll work through the main points with the help of katty kay. here is the president talking about russia. in my first term we negotiated the start two treaty which has substantially reduced our nuclear stockpiles, both russia and the united states. i was prepared to go further, i told president putin i was prepared to go further. they have been unwilling to negotiate. if president—elect trump is able to restart those talks in a serious way, there remains a lot of room for oui’ way, there remains a lot of room for our countries to reduce our stockpiles. part of the reason we've been successful on our nonproliferation agenda and nuclear security agenda is because we were leading by example. i hope that continues. let's bring in katty kay from washington. a few years ago there was lots of talk about resetting the relationship with russia. hasn't really worked out as planned, has it? no. relations are not good at the moment. obama administratio

these are very difficult circumstances for democrats, and for barack obama as well. he will try to end this on as positive a note as possible. his last trip to chicago, his trip on, and his last air force one. it is the last time he will be in one room together with so many of his supporters as president. host: hundreds of thousands of people have been paying their respects to iran's former president, who died on sunday. his coffin passed through the streets today. he will be laid to rest beside the leader of the 1979 islamic revolution. alexander hirst has the story. reporter: tens of thousands gathered at the university of to honor the former president. on monday, iran's current president paid tribute to his current mentor. a religious moderate, he won support with his help. former president. >> his bravery and bright thinking showed young people the right path. fortill had several wishes the honor of this country, the glory of the system, and revolution. we are all hopeful we can continue in his path. reporter: nicknamed the shake of moderation, his death that she

brought up if barack obama had done this, night before barack obama got inaugurated and sworn in, what was he doing? at dinner honoring john mccain, people like mitch mcconnell talking about one term president and republicans meeting under the cover of darkness so his agenda wouldn't exist. but that said, often people said that barack obama, something he also said and taken back, being the first post racial president, now to hear that donald trump is the post partisan president. >> not talking about going to dinner with john mccain. congressional republicans said this is the first president that didn't pick up phone to -- didn't extend and reach across the aisle like the gingrich days. >> republicans under barack obama literally said their job was to make sure he's unsuccessful. donald trump needs to reach out. yet to see any olive branchs to anybody. >> and i remember democrats and african-americans criticizing him saying stop trying to work with them. not going to work with you. tried too much. >> donald trump has yet to try a little bit. just give me something. >> listen donald trum

. >> her husband barack obama was senator barack obama and had his sights set on the white house. >> michelle gave up a big career. there is nothing compete with this historic opportunity for those who sense that they can be a part of history. >> she is the love of my life. the rock of our household. >> when you strip away prince and h ton and harvard, deep down inside i am a girl who grew up on the southside of chicago. >> qualities instilled in her by her parents went a long way with voters. >> every time in my life when i tried to do something, there were people around telling me why i couldn't. >> mrs. obama was a bridge to african-american women in ways like no one else who came before her. >> my question to you all is can we do this? >> early in her husband's political career, her style nicknamed her the closer. >> can we do this? >> yes we can! >> she is the closer. she will stand up there and get right down to the tax of what's happening in the country and what we need to do and let's get on with it. >> her brother expected big things from her. just not this. >> astronaut may