obama. legacy ishink obama's tied to trunk, because that is how it ends. endorsed hillary, who was a slightly flawed candidate, if i'm being completely honest. there were signs, now that you look at it in hindsight, that maybe she was not the right person for the job. , and thise at the dnc is not a conspiracy theory, the campaign openly said this. they said the goal of the democratic national convention was to humanize hillary clinton. that was their goal. how terrible is your candidate when she has been in the public eye for 27 years and the big problem we are having is that other people are not believing she is, in fact, one of them. they do not see her as a human. they see her as some kind of pantsuit lizard creature from another planet. the whole convention was trying to humanize her. -- i metton got up hillary 30 years ago, and we fell in love just like humans. very subtle. she is totally normal, i swear. surround her with charming people. that was their plan. she will catch it eventually. but she lost. i don't know. obama said he could've beaten tru

and why is obama bad for black people? obama parts. the unemployment is lower among african-americans now than it 2009. the uninsurance rate fell disproportionately among african-americans. agree mostlyand i on the obama administrations response to ferguson in policing reform. maybe we don't. you are looking at me curiously. the obama administration went into all of these communities, met with stakeholders, community activists, black life matters activists. and has beenground working for this community by community in finding associations to serve policing that could be acceptable and legitimate. i think that is mostly positive. he has never endorsed writing. condemnedys an rioting -- he has never endorsed rioting. endorsed it. he is always condemned rioting. they were brutally honest. they said to a lot of reporters, what you said happened did not happen but they talked about the predatory practices of the government on the community and the predatory practices of the department, well taken points. because it was from besides i think

this was a problem since president obama was in office and president obama tried to put people before politics and republicans said, no, we're going to do political obstruction of infrastructure spending. >> that's not true. >> and passed an infrastructure bill, they did pass an infrastructure bill in congress. eric: let's gets rachel in. >> look, it's clear from the stats you showed and from here in minnesota north of me in minnesota they had a bridge that collapsed a few years ago and people actually died. look, our infrastructure has to be done, people understand that. this is a job for the federal government and this is a promise that donald trump has made very clear to paul ryan and the house republicans, that he intends to keep, and they're just going to have to figure it out and offset. we waste money on all kinds of things. from what i understand, they want to work on repatriating overseas profits and the border adjustment tax and those should go a long way to help offset the cost. eric: lets me add something, i didn't mean to cut you off. there's another way, a public-private

look, lincoln was the obama of the 1800s. he was divisive and he made controversial decisions that over time will reveal to be for the greater good. freeing the slaves, that was basically lincoln's obamacare. i'm not sure if you know what went down with the emancipation, but lincoln had some pushback too. and that's why i see today as a celebration. when president obama boarded that helicopter and waved good-bye, i saw a man ascend to greatness and that is something to smile about. - i guess so. i guess so, roy. i guess so. you know what? it looks like-- it looks like you're gonna be okay with the trump presidency. - uh, i will eventually. - roy wood jr., everybody. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] - roy wood jr., everybody. we'll be right back. then he tried tostitos flavored salsas...nline. ...and realized that not all sharing is easy. oooh, roasted garlic... can i...um... stuart... share the salsa, stuart. thanks! roasted garlic, nice. you guys know there's more salsa, right? tostitos. bring the party. is microso

people are realizing that obama care is -- the affordable care act and obama care are the same thing. i like the affordable care act but i don't like obama care, don't you think the rubber meets the road, and people are going to be listening. what are you going to do about health care? he's got to spell that out tomorrow night. >> governing is hard. and i think there are good obama care reforms, some of the conservatives don't like the idea of that. that's an entitlement. have you to make sure -- persuade parts of your party to go along. these republicans were elected on their own, before trump, they had more republicans in the house and senate ahead of trump. they don't owe that much to him. they want a republican president to succeed. the worst case is, nothing happens. the idea that they're going to accept what he says without being persuaded, brought in, having a lot of work. i don't think the white house has done the hard work of actual legislating. >> do you think these town halls have scared a lot of republicans, or made them think twice about health care? >> i think republican

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

we lost 68,000 coal mining jobs during the obama administration. standing here in washington, it may be hard to imagine the impact of losing those jobs. but for families, families that i visit with every time that i'm home, it means falling behind on your mortgage, struggling to be able to put food on the table for your children, and picking which bill will have to go unpaid this month. in the twilight hours of the obama administration, the department of interior finalized a rule that applied to every coal mine in every state in the country. when it was originally only supposed to apply to the surface mines in six appalachian states. the rule amends over 400 existing regulations, including some that are normally in the jurisdiction of other agencies. the complex and duplicative requirements in the rule could lead to a 60% reduction in coal production of a state like colorado. there's no clearer example of a federal agency implementing a redundant, one-size-fits-all mandate, than this last-ditch effort to regulate the coal industry out of business.

but there was no outcry when president obama did it. we have to protect our borders, we're a nation and if people want to come here, they can come here legally. but immigration -- the ban on immigration from countries where terrorism is coming from is a good thing. it's to protect american people and that's the president's job, protect america first and not that we don't care about those people. we do care about those people but we need to help them in their homeland. we do not need to be bringing them here. if you look at europe, europe is in chaos and european leaders basically invited it in when they allowed all these syrian refugees and immigrants that cannot be vetted. >> terri, i have to tell you we have different immigration policies than europe but i do appreciate you being here and stating your opinion, but obama, what he did and what the current president did are are two different things. those were seven countries identified and people traveling to those countries should have got more vetting, not people coming from. it's not

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president obama. boston? president obama. the most consequential decision so far on this executive order is coming out of an obama federal judge in los angeles. its most sweeping order against that executive order. >> well, judges matter. and obama really did transform the judiciary. look, you're around for eight years, you get to do that. you appoint a third of the judges. but when he took office, there are 13 appeals courts in the u.s. only one of them had a majority of democratic appointed judges. and now there are nine. and those are because of appointments obama made. they'll be making decisions on things like this executive order. >> presidency is four eight years. a judgeship is a lifetime. michael grunwald, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> any time. >>> coming up, our next guest, the governor of the first state to sue president trump over his executive. when you hit 300,000 miles. or here, when you walked away without a scratch. maybe it was the day your baby came home. or maybe the

president obama never faced thi this. to see the democrats do what they are doing is so wrong to the american people. they deserve a government and president trump deserves that. he was elected --dash go >> martha: my question was on your side of the aisle, in terms of the g.o.p. people wanting to see much faster progress. i did a town hall last night in florida. one of the things that was loud and clear is that they are less concerned about president trump and more concerned about republicans getting stuff done in congress when they have the opportunity. >> they are working as hard as they can as they deal with the obstruction of the democrats. we have seen the democratic appointees being made, the nominations going throughout two in the morning, senators are staying late so they can get it done. >> martha: that is not preventing republicans from coming up with an alternative to obamacare. >> they are. speaker ryan is focusing on that. they are focusing on deregulation. look at with a trump administration has put forward

obama care has failed. talk about your fake news get all the promises liberals made about obama care. president trump is now giving a very public boost to the border adjustment tax. the controversial proposal he once called to complicate it could complicated could lead to more jobs here in the u.s. blake burman has a latest from the white house. >> the white house is not yet throwing its full support behind the border adjustment tax. however it took a small step in that direction on thursday. president trump gave an interview in which he said the following. it could lead to a lot more jobs in the united states. sean spicer then follow followed that up by talking up its merits. it will be the companies were overseas who had chosen to move out of the country that will face higher costs. they spent hours at the white house on thursday with top administration officials. others offered their reservation. the official tax plan is expected to be unveiled next nth in uoming weeks. meanwhile in mexico city. secretar

president obama never approved of mr netanyahu's obama never approved of mr neta nyahu's policies of obama never approved of mr netanyahu's policies of encouraging settle m e nt netanyahu's policies of encouraging settlement growth and a hard line towards the palestinians. mr trump did say, you might have to ease back on the settlements of it.|j did say, you might have to ease back on the settlements of it. i don't think mr netanyahu or the israeli right will enjoy hearing that, because initially they thought they would get a blank cheque from president trump. in the first days after his inauguration, the authorised, with the netanyahu, six and a half thousand units in the occupied territories. and the first all—new settlement in a generation. even the white house said to him, calm down a bit, and that is what trump was saying today. what they we re trump was saying today. what they were both hinting that was some kind of wider agreement involving arab countries. who share their suspicions of iran. that was the other big theme in the news conference. on the moors israel and palesti

she helped in a variety of ways can find k you similarities in the obama michelle obama really sought to imitate mrs. in that manner and do the same with her projects. prescott, a in arizona, good morning. caller: good morning. a lovely lady.s i think it isn't difficult to whatever was going on between them has been over a seems very o, she controlled, i would say. here, what r optics do you think after the "america first," the honeymoon of trump off, that a lovely lady slovania, an immigrant with no history in the united states, going to ow are you pull the optics to have that fly for four years? should we get in trouble? what frame of reference will she to correlate to make us feel comfortable? is a g against her, this tough deal. thank you. host: thank you, linda.cally did was chose guest: well, if i can take this question, i think the important starting point is the trump administration has not had a honeymoon phase as most they come do when into office. he's below 40% favorability in polls, i've seen, i think bout the worst we've seen so far for him. mrs. trump, i believe, could

another tweet, first obama could not do anything because of republicans, next obama did a wonderful job, which one was it? ways? question mark. arket watch is reporting on whether or not the president inherited a mess, in describing the economy at market watch.com. important, without taking anything away from challenges trump faces overseas, things should be noted. 227,000 jobs dding last month according to first job report far surpassing predicted 180,000 by economists. wages are rising, up 2.9% from year, adding $.75 to the hourly pay. inflation is up, context matters. by the way, the president just a moments ago tweeting on this president's day. realis what he said at the donald trump. happy president's day, make again. great from seabring, florida, republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. the air, go on ahead, please. caller: good morning. i'm a hispanica, merican and i have a couple i need to point out. yes, president trump inherited a and here is my base. failing schools, the system, the system is a mess. point number two, immigration, i -- an interview congress ad wit

i believe that in my honest opinion that barack obama -- president obama has done nothing to take care of this problem. in anare major issues area i live in. the crime rates are soaring, but drugs are pouring through the border. i live in a town of 60,000 people and i am starting to see murder rates climb in the city to a point that there is thatbody is out here people are starting to pack weapons. barack obama is 12 in the survey but in the area of moral authority in the top 10 number, number seven in that. just some of his concerns, also how you see this category of moral authority, what that means in terms of when you do the survey yourself. to me what it meant was someone who had personal integrity, whose administration was free of scandal and we note case for this one that just ended. in terms of immigration issue, i agree with you, it is a serious problem for the country. it is a problem of long standing. it didn't just happen yesterday. it has been with us with -- for a long-long time. our challenge is to come up with an immigration policy that is humane. to see mother separated

look, lincoln was the obama of the 1800s. he was divisive and he made controversial decisions that over time will reveal to be for the greater good. freeing the slaves, that was basically lincoln's obamacare. i'm not sure if you know what went down with the emancipation, but lincoln had some pushback too. and that's why i see today as a celebration. when president obama boarded that helicopter and waved good-bye, i saw a man ascend to greatness and that is something to smile about. - i guess so. i guess so, roy. i guess so. you know what? it looks like-- it looks like you're gonna be okay with the trump presidency. - uh, i will eventually. - roy wood jr., everybody. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] get up...and get down at cricket wireless. - roy wood jr., everybody. we'll be right back. where plans start at only $30/month. and more 4g lte coverage than t-mobile or sprint. plus, when you switch now you can get a brand new smartphone for free. cricket wireless. something to smile about. ♪ there's a lot of stuff mic

those sanctions were impose by the obama administration. the president accepted michael flynn's resignation last night. many say flynn broke diplomatic protocol and potentially the law by discussing u.s. sanctions with the russian ambassador before the president's inauguration. michael flynn did apologize for misleading the president about the phone call. the fight against terror is at stake. russia is the most powerful player in the middle east. it supports iran and syria. blake, we are hearing bob corker on foreign relations and roy blunt, powerful consciousmen, they want an investigation. >> that's part of where this story goes from here. there is not going to be any investigation directed on the government side. the white house press second tear sean spicer saying today that they do not feel white house counselors do not feel that the former national security advisor michael flynn broke any laws. instead they believe this was a trust issue. that the trust had eroded between the former national security advisor and the president and that

this policy also in place during the obama white house. the obama administration did conduct a state of raids and pursued a more aggressive --igration policy deportation policy thajn any previous president. jackie is on our line for democrats from houston, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to make my statement because a lot of people are calling in both on the republican and democrat and even independent line and saying why do they not apply for citizenship? applying for citizenship is a long process. with that process, my whole family, everybody in my family is legal. i am the only one who had a problem. host: where are you from? caller: nigeria. in reapplying for my paperwork, it has been 17 years. waiting.l you go to one process and another process and another process. -- it ishy when obama not that people cannot find ways to apply for this thing. the immigration system is actually broken. if that gets fixed, it is easier for people to apply for these programs, these applications. it is easy for people to do the r

harry reid's the one who started it back when president obama was in power. that would allow, even if there's a filibuster, the filibuster to be cut with a simple majority. do you think that will happen? that's what trump wants. >> he only wants it if the filibuster is going to succeed. filibusters have been mounted in the past against justices. david: do you think that the democrats will try to organize one? >> they'll organize one to appease their base. they want to preserve the filibuster, the democrats, if you get a justice on the liberal side who is replaced, they don't want a conservative coming on. they're going to be careful on this. in terms of gorsuch, since he's so good, i think you can peel off eight or nine democrats if necessary, to override a filibuster, but if in the past, up to 25 senators tried to mount a filibuster and it didn't work. i don't think you need to use the so-called nuclear option, but if they do, they will. and the democrats will rue the day they did it. david: e-mack, let's get back to the sort of things that if he does become

in fact, obama had also named a woman to high position of the cia. the objection is not the black site, not the torture, not the destruction of tapes, but that there is gender equality somehow under obama and now trump has picked this woman. that is the state where we are now in our discussion about these policies. the fact that trump's administration, islam is sos, billionaires, bigots, and torture lovers. amy: i want to thank you all for being with us, jeremy scahill of the intercept, baraa shiban of reprieve, and pardiss kebriaei of the center for constitutional rights. you can go to our website to hear the voices of several workers across new york who went on strike thursday in the latest protest against president's trump immigration order. when we come back, we will speak with a transgender reporter who was just fired from the public radio show marketplace. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. story of ato the reporter who wrote a blog post about journalistic ne

in fact, obama had also named a woman to high position of the cia. the objection is not thehe black site, not the torture, not the destruction of tapes, but that there is s gender eququality sow under obama and n now trump has picked this woman. that is the state whwhere we are now in n our discussion about these e policies. the fact t that trump's administration, islam is sos, billionaires, bigots, and torture lovers. amy: i want to thank you all for being with us, jeremy scahill of the intercept, baraa shiban of reprieve, and pardiss kebriaei of the center for constitutitiol rights. you can go to our website to hear the voices of several workers across new york who went on strike thursday in the latest protest against president's trump immigration order. when we come back, we will speak with a transgender reporter who was just fired from the public radio shohow marketplplace. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. story of ato the reporter who wrote a blog post about

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obama: it is time. already, we have done more to advance the cause of health care the last 30 days and we have done in the last decade. when it was days old this congress passed a law that provides and protects health insurance for 11 million american children whose parents work full-time. >> [applause] pres. obama: our recovery plan will invest in the electronic technologies that will reduce errors, bring down costs and ensure privacy and save lives. it will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every american, including me. by seeking a cure for cancer in our time. >> [applause] pres. obama: and it makes the largest investment ever in preventative care because that is one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control. this budget builds on a historic commitment to copperheads of health care reform, a down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every american. that is paidtment for, in part, by effi

>> they took it out of the obama campaign in 2012. it was part of that campaign and they turned it into a 501c4 so they don't have to show their donors. it starts at a training center. these aren't like the rabble from occupy wall street or even black lives matter. these are professionally trained agitators. they are schools in alinsky's triewls for radicals tactics in a program that lasts six weeks. 32,000 have gone through that. they have another 25,000 under training now and another training center coming up in march. and we haven't seen the worst of these protests. these are going to hit hard. but obama is the guy behind all this. he's the master minds. if you look at his website. down in the little print, his new website. two organizations listed. one is ofa, organizing for action, the other is the obama foundation. and eventually he wants to merge them. and if they can get the dnc which obama wants to get his guy tom perez, this radical civil rights chief he had at the helm at the dnc, then they get proprietary data base of the

>> all president obama did -- i think you're referring to president obama. he criticized citizens united which anyone can criticize the issue and not attack the judiciary. >> i think that the american public deserve for you and the rest of the elected officials and members of this august body, the congress and senate, to stand up when donald trump does something wrong. if you say that throughout history that something has been done wrong to judges and the judiciary, so be it. what judge said about this judge in washington state was wrong. it does threaten the independent judiciary. i wasn't around when fdr was criticizing a judge. >> i don't think the congresswoman was either. >> i was around before electricity. >> what we're looking for is not just yourself but speaker ryan and mitchell mcconnell and everyone to stand up although i'm a republican and conservative and support you, what you're saying is wrong. to throw it back in history is disengenuine to the american public. >> let's step aside from this and nothing brings out hypocrisy like a judicial conf

the january numbers is this a thanks president obama or thanks president trump? >> ask it's sort of in a late period. if you look at the length of a recovery, it's probably about eight or nine years. you could argue we're at the tail end of a recovery, whether or not the president's proposed plans can keep that jacked up we'll see. the numbers came in a little better than unexpected. income growth is still slow. and are folks going to have more money in their pockets to spend and keep it going? >> it's clear there's the administrative piece which he was able to sign these executive action and then the legislative piece where he will need his friends in congress, and thank goodness he has in congress. >> to be fair dodd frank was contentious on both sides of the aisle. the republicans hated because they thought it went too far and democrats didn't think it went far enough. it became a little bit of swiss cheese in not getting done what it needs to do. i think you're going to see pushback, one would be the rule to set up risky trading and funding to too big to fail

that's president obama's supreme court lawyer. the left-leaning ""denver post"" highlighted judge gorsuch's representation as a -- reputation as a brilliant legal mind who applies the law fairly and consistently. i'm happy to report eve even been ashowered by -- report we've been assured by rachel maddow, that gorsuch is a relatively mainstream choice. it turns out in the year since judge gorsuch unopposed senate kweurplgts he's shown himself -- confirmation, he's shown himself the kind of judge he hoped to be, one who demonstrates fairness and impartiality. then senator salazar lauded him for in 2006 which salazar called a canadastone for being a -- a keystone for being a judge. that was in 2006. that was neil gorsuch's representation -- reputation back then and it is his richly deserved reputation still. as those in both parties known and worked with him continue to tell us. as one democrat and denver attorney put it, judge gorsuch is smart and he's independent. the things we've heard from so many about judge gorsuch, smart, ind

bring in people from the obama administration? >> the fair way to do it, to make sure that you get to the truth in an impartial way is to make sure that the inspector general is leading out. they have tools, they have access. to give you an idea, and all the federal government, there are 72 inspector general's. they have 13,000 employees. the department of justice alone has roughly 500 people working there. as the inspector general to get in there and find the truth. >> martha: you want them to go first, then, you will likely follow up later. chairman chaffetz, thank you very much. joining us now with more, marc thiessen, fellow at the american enterprise institute and fox news' contributor. austan goolsbee and mara liasso mara liasson. welcome to all of you. good to have you here tonight. let me start with you. what is your reaction to the inspector general call from chairman chaffetz? >> it is interesting. congress will investigate this. i want to say, the first time on this show for me, i'm glad to be here with two people i rea

obama care is a disaster. you have to remember, obama care doesn't work. >> just moments ago, republicans need to move a lot faster than that. >> the president has said he's committed to repealing obama care, republicans in both houses have said we're committed to repealing obama care. >> you want to do it this year? >> absolutely. >> would you be concerned if the time frame slipped to 2018? >> i think we need to move as expeditiously as possible. this was a promise made to the american people and we need to deliver on that promise. >> this leaves question for the 20 million people who are on obama care. what's the human meaning of repealing obama care. >> this is his breathing treatment. >> in the fight for obama care, the most powerful voices, those like cedric clatores, the 29-year-old paralyzed from the neck down can't utter a word. >> you're okay. >> ten years ago, cedric was an avid gymnast, healthy, handsome, a rare blood disease required a liver transplant, then he contracted a neurological disorder. a

they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me. from the iranian foreign minister, iran unmoved by threats. we will never use our weapons against anyone except in self-defense. let us see if any of those who complain can make the same statement. diplomacy by tweet aside, president trump's first weeks have yielded foreign policy confusion. from a president who only days ago said he hopes for a fantastic relationship with vladimir putin, might even lift some sanctions on russia. >> we'll see what happens. >> reporter: while campaigning said he would look into recognizing ukraine's crimea region as part of russia, now comes as new ambassador to the u.n. sounding a much different, harder clearer line. >> i must condemn the aggressive actions of russia. our crimea related sanctions will remain in place until russia returns control over the peninsula to ukraine. >> reporter: something we have not heard from the president himself. though source iz tell cnn the white house was aware of what she would say and was fine with t. >> ambassador

>> to follow where libertarians policy gains from the obama administration under eric loretta lynch didn't stop it. >> it will be more difficult for criminal justice reform but i under president obama's administration while i agreed on him with a lot of krl criminal justice reform we didn't get it done and this is a sausage making factory and you have to mix it up so in some president trump may be more successful because mike here. is up s a creature of congress and state government but knows the to talk nd not afraid to people. you have to have a relationship get things to through. senator rand t is paul. he ran for president in 2016, re-elected to a kentucky republican. on c-span and c-span radio. "u.s.a.me jill lawrence today" columnist and author of "the art of the political deal," beat the odds and broke true gridlock. let's talk about four key areas you wrote about in the book that signs of encouragement. deal, urray budget veterans deal, public lands deal and farm bill. hy are these four examples in your mind? guest: these much four -- were congress got something done in a polarized

something the obama administration started. now has 50 countries in it, focusing on their own global surveillance, capabilities to detect when a new disease emerges. because we've got to keep it out before it comes into the homeland. so we have learned that something like ebola, we had plans on the shelf due to in part very good work by the bush administration to combat say pan demic flu or h1n1 but ebola required a different place book. and so we got to be able to adapt to that. >> rose: how many times did you have to call the president and wake him up? >> i don't know how many times i actually woke him up. >> rose: let's say you or the national security advisor. >> so i will tell you-- . >> rose: or the chief of staff, whoever wakes him up. >> there was one specific time, first of all, he is a night owl. >> rose: if you get there before 3:00 he's okay. >> yeah, but i did very specifically have to wake him up my third week on the job. >> rose: what was the incident. >> the boston marathon bombing. we, i had gun that week inter

where the obama administration said the worst of the worst, this now seems open. in terms of how people think of mass deportation that there's going to be sweeps. there's nothing in the guidelines that say that. and so this is where we have to figure out how is this going to be operationalized? now, the trump people are -- and the new rules are going to bump up against a lot of things. money, where is the money to get all of this? state and local sort of pushback, a lot of mayor dos not like this. they like to integrate their immigrant communities. governors as well. you'll have cost issues as well as where i think the big pushback is going to be is going to be the mayors and governors who are going to say we don't want these i.c.e. agents in here doing this. while the rules have changed, the enforcement we are just going to have to wait and see. i don't mean to minimize these but we're not at the sky is falling yet. >> one of the important things, i remember talking to the mayor of los angeles and talked to other mayor who is say just from a law enforcement stand

i wanted to look at president obama's first 100 days. we did some did some research and we found out they had three cabinet nominees who got bounced. tom --, tax problems, bill richardson, pay to play, and judge judge greg had conflict of interest and remember the aig scandal when they had to bail out a aig and they got over $100 million and they spread it around to all these guys on wall street, they couldn't get the money back. that doesn't sound like a fine oiled machine over there, does it. >> no, it doesn't. the questions i remember clearly with president obama being asked her in his first 100 days were how impressed he was with the office. they stopped short of asking him what his favorite color was and whether or not he would like even or odd numbers. it was ridiculous the way they coddled him. jesse: thank you very much. up next the blogger comes to "watters world" and it doesn't go so well. >> someone who comes from an immigrant family like yourself, don't you feel some sort of bond toward milani at trump she is an immigrant her

you mentioned obama chief of staff. we make it look like there's wars in the city, but the obama staff was gracious to the incoming staff to the trump. trying to make this a good transition. >> that's important. i think people who have worked in the white house realize how important it is to for the whole world to see how america can have a transition that is is peaceful even when there are presidents coming in of ha different party or different philosophy. people who work at the white house regardless of policy or philosophy are rooting to r to the baton to be passed to make a difference so that -- president is the president of everyone in this country and leader of the free world. we want him to succeed. >> i have heard nothing but a lot of respect in terms of transition. they were incredible helpful to the new administration. andy, thank you for joining us. >> congratulations on your new opportunity. >>> up next, could business leaders prompt a change from the president. >>> jared kushner and ivanka trump made big im

obama did too. i think we can do better, now it's up to these guys to show they can keep the promises and do it. it's going to be interesting to watch them try. >> well the markets have responded. thank you both very much. happy weekend. happy super bowl speaking of football. >> the repeal and replace or repair, which is it? what c in, inn is learning and transforming america's health care. and a full confirmation vote hearing is set for monday for secretary of education, but two republicans are already saying they will vote no. is there a real chance betsy devos will not get the job? >>> welcome back, you're watching cnn it appears republicans are a tad more cautious when it comes to repeal and replace obamacare, some are tremendousi stressing wholesale over haul is not possible. >> you talk about repeal, replace, now repair, which is it? >> this is a pretty stark shift in tone, in every election cycle we have republicans really passionately go after the affordable care act, repeal and replace are

under the obama administration, i.c.e. would go out and target specific individuals in sweeps similar to this. we know that over the past five days, hundreds of people were taken into custody. they were the ones in l.a. you mentioned. also some out of the atlanta office, which affect some sort of part of the southeast and there were also reports of arrests in texas as well. so, we know these enforcement actions happened as they did under the obama administration. the question is, whether the priorities for who they targeted. john kelly did go out and really tried to erp emphasize these are not out of line with what the administration had done in the past. >> thank you so much. we'll talk more about that and the differences on how these sweeps are being targeted i'm joined now by javier and former commissioner for u.s. customs and border patrol and jeffly recory lord. are these raids the same as what was conducted during the obama administration? >> kus tums enforcement is different, but i can tell you as a chief of police

then when the obama administrati administration. the memos that were the foundation of the cia. >> did you think you had a business at that point? >> well, you know, yes, sort of. it was clear we would have some sort of carryover litigation which was clean up litigation from what with gone on from the previous eight years. from my perspective, the first few months of the obama administration were heavy times, the torture memos were disclosed as everybody knows one of president's first act was to formally disavow, torture, reverse the transparency presumption that prevailed under the freedom of information act. he committed to close guantanamo bay. some of the cases i had been litigated got settled in the first few months after president obama took office. i had been litigating these two cases on behalf of cases related to foreign scholars who had been excluded from the united states and both of those cases were settled and the obama administration, the state department under secretary clinton actually, agreed to allow those foreign

president obama ended up nominating merrick garland anyway. the definition of a non-controversial moderate choice. the republicans never even held a hearing on him. they have held open that seat for more than a year simply because they didn't want a democratic president to appoint someone to the court. several republican senators sid before the presidential election that if hillary clinton won the election they would continue to hold that seat open for four years, for eight years if necessary because hillary clinton is a democrat. new republican rule, democrats don't get to appoint supreme court justices. openly hewing newly defined washington, d.c. priniple that only republicans can nominate supreme court justices. the nominating process was already harder than it was historically and way more partisan and that was before the republicans held a seat open for a year for 100% partisan purposes which is the only reason the new president had this seat to fill tonight and now the nomination will go to neil gorsuch. this was going to be hard anyway

something the obama administration started. now has 50 countries in it focusing on their own global surveillance capabilities to detect when a new disease emerges because we have to keep it out before it comes into the homeland. so, we've learned that something like ebola -- we had plans on the shelf due to an part by very good work by the bush administration to combat say pandemic flu or h1n1 but ebola required a different playbook. and so, we got to be able to adapt to that. charlie: how many times did you have to call the president and wake him up? um, i do not know how many times i actually woke him up. charlie: you or the national security advisor or the chief of staff, whoever wakes him up. lisa: i don't know how many times i woke him up. there's one specific time. first of all, he's a night owl so -- but i did specifically have to wake him up my third week on the job. charlie: thank you so much for coming. much success in your future. great to have you here. lisa: thanks. charlie: lisa monaco. see you next time. ♪ ♪

they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me." so signaling that he is going to take stronger action. his advisers are not taking military action off the table as well. for now, kate, it's sanctions this morning. >> so maybe the first of more steps, especially with that kind of foreshadowing yesterday of not taking military action off the table. but this is the first concrete action. jeff, great to see you, thank you so much. >>> let's go from iran to israel. the white house shifting its posture towards israel's settlement activity. white house press secretary sean spicer put this out in a statement, saying, "while we do not believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal." so for more on this, let's go to jerusalem. cnn's ian lee is there. ian, the trump administration has stood fast in its support of israel and prime minister netanyahu. what does the prime minister have t

>> i do, and in fact when the iranians tested ballistic missiles in the obama administration, the obama administration imposed sanctions this is consistent with steps that have been taken in the past. >> is it a violation, these ballistic missile tests of the iran nuclear deal which you were involved in? >> it's a violation of international law from our perspective. that's why we should impose sanctions. >> explain why it's a violation of international law? the iranians say it's regular ballistic missiles defense, not a big deal. >> testing ballistic missiles -- while it's not technically part of the nuclear deal, it's part of united nations security council resolutions. if they violate those resolutions, there should be consequences. >> give me an example. >> i think sanctions against entities that are involved in iran's ballistic missile program, should be pursued immediately, that's what the trump administration says they're going to do. what i think is a mistake, though. is to saber rattle and to throw around tough talk without a clear strategy for what they're going to do to back t