don't you think it's bonners for barack obama -- bonkers for barack obama to compare donald trump to adolph hitler? >> when his supporters say jews will not replace us in a march that's pretty frightening. >> i don't understand why we have liberals on the show. they never answer a question ever. i asked david about gdp growth. it's my turn. the way this works, you talk, i talk. i shut up when you talk. maybe you should clam up now. the judge throws out to you, donald trump has done great things for israel, he recognized their legitimate capital and you answer a question about some looney tune group of supporters some maniacs that every sane person called out. this is why i hate debating people like you. you always go to a different question. the question the judge asked will make you look silly. what's the name guy i'm up against? i'm sorry i forgot your name. judge jeanine: dan. >> the question is when barack obama compared donald trump to adolph hitler. when you see his supporters say jews will not replace us. >> i'm going to throw up. >> your air sickness bag can be found under yo

barack obama proposed a corporate tax reform. but this was paid for by the high income residents of the blue states whose state and local reductions they took away to pay for it but regressive tax cuts that helped the rich more than they help the poor. it's not something that you can look at and say this is great. there's no question about that and donald trump has played a role in thatprinciplely benefits the wealthy. >> michael beschloss put last night's night in perspective and veterans from the past two administrations weigh in, former chief of staff andy card and former white house press secretary to president obama, josh earnest. [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] ♪ good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. >>> would like to add a personal word with regard to an issue that has been of great concern to all americans over the past year. >> there has been

they were either supporters of barack obama or secretary clinton. he checked on me when i was al gore's campaign manager. he wanted to make sure i was ok, if i needed anything, if i needed him. now i get a chance to check on him, to call him. i am part of his family, part of the jackson family for life. i love him. he is a brother, and i will always love him. brian: what happened to his kid? donna: i know five of his kids. brian: i am talking about jesse jackson junior. donna: oh, i don't know what happened to jesse jr. i went to the house to visit them. he is doing really well. he had a rough time. i don't know what happened between him and his wife emma but i want to continue to be supportive of reverend jackson and his entire family. brian: 20 years ago, this is a quote clip from the article in "the washington post" about you. 20 years ago you said this. "if we don't change the culture of american politics, people are going to give up on democracy, and pretty soon the only people elected will be people with money in their pocket." donna: that was

barack obama. the former president spokes woman told the chicago tribute that obama is planning on being politically active this upcoming year. quote, with more endorsements and campaigning. that would of course be welcome news for democrats in a critical election year. eric palmer is politico's senior washington correspondent and edward isaac derairs, politico's chief washington correspondent, who just wrote about the former president's midterm campaign plans. there's the headline right there. edward, what do we know about precisely how barack obama is going to return to the political stage this year? >> well, he's already started behind the scenes. he's been meeting and talking with a number of democrats including tom perez, the chair of the dnc, and eric holder, who's chairing his redistricting effort. what we'll see going into the fall a lot of endorsement, campaign rallies, things like robo calls, depending on which race wants what. what he will be doing is focussing on what he can elevate, ho

bush, barack obama. because our president has set the bar so below mud, that it almost becomes just another day at the office. we can't let that happen. let's think about this again. think about that story. i don't understand just from a pure capitalism point of view why this is just not -- >> by the way, this is not salacious "national enquirer" story. "the wall street journal" has hard reporting showing who the money came from, where it went. the trump lawyer put his own name on the delaware llc he set up a couple of weeks before election day. his name was on it so "the wall street journal" found the source of the money, found where the payment was directed. it's all right there in the reporting. i know the white house denies it, but "the wall street journal" has been all over this story. and it's a serious and real story. >> what are they paying her for? >> the "national enquirer" not covering it, probably, because donald trump is friends with them. >> look what happened to al franken with a picture o

they were either supporters of barack obama or secretary clinton. often i did advance, meaning i would go in advance of the candidates. they like to tell you how to run the campaign, how to run the country. the issues that are important to them. just recently, when my book come out, i had one say, why didn't you release your book after the election in virginia? i said, did you go down there and raise money and talk to the voters? i did. they want not just a seat at the table, but they want to control what is on the menu. because you want the money, and i needed the money because i needed to remediate from the hacking, because the dnc had to raise its money, you just suck it up, listen to them, smile a lot, and try to give the very best answers and get home as soon as possible and wash your mouth out with chardonnay or something. brian: this is not a trick question, but i am not sure i will ask it the right way. how can you tell when a politician is speaking the truth? donna: i have always known. because i get to know the person. i get to know their

i said it's roughly the same approval rating that barack obama had... he may not even complete his first term. we live in the same universe, that's why i want him to fight back and when he wins we will pop champagne together. he will win the re—election because he has the right policies for the american people and, by the way, before the cameras were rolling we were talking about governor romney, who i supported. he was a great candidate for president but almost impossible to be an incumbent president in a rising economic situation. you can go back to 1880 and it doesn't happen. you are an extraordinary promoter of the trump cause but i will end with this quote... i am talking facts with you. this is a republican, senatorjeff flake, he has split with donald trump, he thinks that trump is very bad for america. he knows that he will not be renominated. he cannot get re—elected. because he has basically killed his own career by making a stand, he said that there are times when we must risk our careers in favour of principle, and when the next generatio

i said is roughly the same approval rating that barack obama had... he may not even completely first term. we live in the same universe, that's why i want him to fight back and when he wins we will p0p fight back and when he wins we will pop champagne together. he will win the re—election because he has the right policies for the american people and, by the way, before the cameras were rolling we were talking about governor romney, who i supported. he was a great candidate for president but almost impossible to be an incumbent president in a rising economic situation. you can go back to 1880 and it doesn't happen. you are an extraordinary promoter of the trump cause but i will end with this quote...” promoter of the trump cause but i will end with this quote... i am talking facts with you. this is a republican, senatorjeff flake, he has split with donald trump, he thinks that trump is very bad for america. he knows that he will not be renominated. he cannot get re—elected. be renominated. he cannot get re-elected. because he has basically killed

here's barack obama in his book. when i see mexican flags waved at pro-immigration demonstrations, while i'm forced to use a translator to communicate with a guy fixing my car, i feel a certain frustration. here's bernie sanders talking about how open borders help the rich. bringing all kinds of people work for 2 or $3 an hour, that would be great for them. i don't believe in that. i think we have to raise wages in this country. i think we have to do everything we can to create millions of jobs. you know what youth unemployment is in the united states, if you're a white high school graduate, 33%, african-american, 51%. you think we should open the borders and bringing in lot of low wage workers, or think we should get jobs for those kids? the fact that establishment democrats, would say that today shows how much they've abandoned the working class. second point, to use the word of the week, democrats don't give an s-word about the dreamers. if they really cared about the dreamers, why didn't they do something about t

they were either supporters of barack obama or secretary clinton. often i did advance, meaning i would go in advance of the candidates. they like to tell you how to run the campaign, how to run the country. what are the issues that are important to them. just recently, when my book come out, i had one say, why didn't you release your book after the election in virginia? i said, did you go down there and raise money and talk to the voters? i did. they want not just a seat at the table, but they want to control what is on the menu. because you want the money, and i needed the money because i need to remediate from the hacking, because the dnc had to raise its money, you just suck it up, listen to them, smile a lot, and try to give the very best answers and get home as soon as possible and wash your mouth out with chardonnay or something. brian: this is not a trick question, but i am not sure i will ask it the right way. how can you tell when a politician is speaking the truth? donna: i have always known. because i get to know the person. i get to know

adriana: lo Único que se lleva el crÉdito barack obama fue a aumentar 20.000.000 $ la deuda. sacÓ compaÑÍas de este país. trajo mÁs trabajos, los programas de impuestos te apuesto donald trump. asÍ que es mejor para todos los latinos y deberÍamos estar orgullosos. carolina: se nos acabÓ el tiempo, les agradezco a los dos. todo depende del punto de vista, el partido y la persona. josÉ y adriana, muchÍsimas gracias. queremos que en casa nos digan quÉ pensaron. hablando de esa noticia de Última hora que les comentÁbamos al comienzo, tenemos mÁs imágenes de ese accidente de tren que habrÍa ocurrido hace unos minutos. era un tren que estaba transportando a varios miembros del congreso, del partido republicano. se nos confirma que una persona habrÍa perdido la vida. el presidente donald trump estÁ al tanto de esto que ocurriÓesta maÑana. javier: en instantes, nosotros vamos a seguir con la informaciÓn y con lo que estÁ sucediendo. vamos a mostrarte momentos que no vista del discurso del estado de la uniÓn y que ya son virales en las redes. ♪ javier: exclusi

, rahm emanuel, but i hadn't heard of a barack obama. so we met him that spring of 2003, and let me just say this mother rest is history. i was this, the rest is history. -- this, the rest is history. i was so excited after meeting him. we later told alexis herrman, the former labor secretary in the clinton-gore administration. we told bill lynch, the deputy mayor of new york city. we told everybody we could in the kerry campaign up to john kerry. we found some video footage. we sent it to the campaign, and he was chosen as the keynote speaker in 2004. i didn't get involved in the primary in 2008. i didn't get involved in the primary in 2016. as a party leader, i wanted to give both candidates -- people would say to me, you got to be for barack obama. i said yes, i am black. i am a woman also. but i am getting old and grumpy, and maybe i will like john mccain. at the end of the day, when may 31, 2008 can around, there is a big meeting in the rules and bylaws committee that the dnc held, and i supported obama's proposal to give the disput

but barack obama also an optimist. eddy, that's why when you have presidents like reagan and you have presidents like obama, that is america bending -- choosing hope rather than fear. but right now we have a president who again every chance he gets seems to burrow down, be reactionary and seek approval from a third of the electorate. >> yeah. he's constantly appealing to his base. i think instead of appealing to our better angels as abraham lincoln had us do, he appeals to our darkest fears. i think it's important we need to remember, joe, especially on this day the kind of racial ana mist attended the eight years that barack obama was in office. the racial tensions that emerged, the energy and some ways the dark undertow of the tea party. the unleashing of voter suppression efforts during the eight years. we need to remember how incredibly polarized the country was when ronald reagan was elected. you think of jessie helms when they were trying to pass the legislation for the dr. king holiday. you can think about that

i said he was roughly at the same approval rating has barack obama. we live in the same universe, that's why i want him to fight back and when he wins we will pop champagne together. he will win the re—election because he has the right policies for the american people and, by the way, before the cameras were rolling we were talking about governor romney, who i supported. he was a great candidate for president but almost impossible to be an incumbent president in a rising economic situation. you can go back to 1880 and it doesn't happen. you are an extraordinary promoter of the trump cause but i will end with this quote... i am talking facts with you. this is a republican, senatorjeff flake, he has split with donald trump, he thinks that trump is very bad for america. he knows that he will not be renominated. he cannot get re—elected. because he has basically killed his own career by making a stand, he said that there are times when we must risk our careers in favour of principle, and when the next generation asks us, why did you do something? and

i said is roughly the same approval rating that barack obama had... he may not even completely first term. we live in the same universe, that's why i want him to fight back and when he wins we will pop champagne together. he will win the re—election because he has the right policies for the american people and, by the way, before the cameras were rolling we were talking about governor romney, who i supported. he was a great candidate for president but almost impossible to be an incumbent president in a rising economic situation. you can go back to 1880 and it doesn't happen. you are an extraordinary promoter of the trump cause but i will end with this quote... i am talking facts with you. this is a republican, senatorjeff flake, he has split with donald trump, he thinks that trump is very bad for america. he knows that he will not be renominated. he cannot get re—elected. because he has basically killed his own career by making a stand, he said that there are times when we must risk our careers in favour of principle, and when the next generation

grew 42% in barack obama's first year. when barack obama inherited what was called the second great recession, the stock market was at 6,000. when he left, it was at 16,000. let's be honest in the numbers that we're reciting. if you want to talk about the growth of the stock market and the fact that we are in the middle of this bull market, then so be it. you also have to understand that barack obama rebuilt this economy, he rebuilt the economy during the height of a recession. donald trump is riding the wave of his predecessor. >> you have to give this president cit fredit, the stock market has done well under him. they said the dow's rise was more impressive under obama if you measure at the low point on march 9, 2009, during the depths of the great recession. that day the dow closed at 6.547, between then and january 5, a ten-month period, the dow rose by a stunning 61%. there you go. listen, i have to go, though. listen, you have to give this president credit, but also you have to remember he didn't just start the rall

grew 42% in barack obama's first year. when barack obama inherited what was called the second great recession, the stock market was at 6,000. when he left, it was at 16,000. so let's be honest here in these numbers that we're reciting. if you want to talk about the growth of the stock market and the fact that we are in the middle of this bull market, then so be it. you also have to understand that barack obama rebuilt this economy, he rebuilt the economy during the height of a recession. donald trump is riding the wave of his predecessor. >> you have to give this president credit for -- the stock market has done well under him. they said the dow's rise was more impressive under obama if you measure at the low point on march 9, 2009, during the depths of the great recession. that day the dow closed at 6.547, between then and january 5, a ten-month period, the dow rose by a stunning 61%. there you go. listen, i have to go, though. listen, you have to give this president credit, but also you have to remember he didn't just st

and they were when barack obama was president. this past year, we just saw was new york's lowest since they started taking records. and they keep declining in ways that simply baffle criminologists. fossil fuels, global conflict continues its centuries' old decline. isis has been destroyed in its own heartland. i must say, something that we were saying was happening even before donald trump was elected president of the united states. anyone with a phone has access to more learning and knowledge than at any point in human history. more people live in democracies today than a dozen years ago, something that we said last week, despite all of our concerns. and they kill fewer people -- wars kill fewer people in a far more populous world and you see the biggest decline in global poverty ever. the point is that andrew sullivan believes, and i believe, that we may survive this trump presidency in spite of donald trump and so many of the people around, who just aren't qualified to be in the white house. but there are areas that we have to

barack obama lost 63 seats in the 2010 mid—term congressional elections. some of that as a supporter of the president, someone who is a lifelong republican, i would make the case that we had to reinvigorate the party and switch strategies right now, because if his popularity doesn't improve going into those elections, they will be tough elections. you seem to be saying if the republicans don't find a strategy of distancing themselves from mr trump, they are going to be in big trouble? i actually think the opposite, i think the candidates who have embraced him have frankly done better. those distancing themselves have done worse. i'm saying something very different. i'm saying that you have to start connecting now with the american people on what i am calling the dashboard of success for the trump administration and for the republicans in congress. if you don't do that, history is up against you. if you look at ronald reagan, or barack obama, or george w bush, i will use an obama term, they all got shellacked in the mid—term elections. we're almost out of

also barack obama he cannot quit his habit. his lashing out and attacking again the fox news channel. newt gingrich is here tonight to discuss and respond. but, first, there is a lot to cover in tonight's breaking news oopening monologue. we're glad you are with us. massive breaking news at this hour about the clinton bought and paid for fake news russian propaganda dossier of course used by the obama administration to obtain fisa warrants to surveil members of the trump administration and then the president elect. our own ed henry is reporting that in two closed door meetings this week house intelligence committee chairman devon nunes that he told republican lawmakers that he has seen evidence showing clear abuse of government surveillance programs by the fbi and department of justice officials. ed henry is also reporting that nunes told his colleagues that he plans to share evidence of this abuse with the entire house later this month. now, this is a major development but, as we have been saying, there is so much more informa

also barack obama he cannot quit his habit. his lashing out and attacking again the fox news channel. newt gingrich is here tonight to discuss and respond. but, first, there is a lot to cover in tonight's breaking news oopening monologue. we're glad you are with us. massive breaking news at this hour about the clinton bought and paid for fake news russian propaganda dossier of course used by the obama administration to obtain fisa warrants to surveil members of the trump administration and then the president elect. our own ed henry is reporting that in two closed door meetings this week house intelligence committee chairman devon nunes that he told republican lawmakers that he has seen evidence showing clear abuse of government surveillance programs by the fbi and department of justice officials. ed henry is also reporting that nunes told his colleagues that he plans to share evidence of this abuse with the entire house later this month. now, this is a major development but, as we have been saying, there is so much more informa

. >> look, barack obama would have killed for these numbers. he presided over one of the worst recoveries since the great depression. liz: not with the stock market. let me clarify, the stock market jumped 100% during his term, but go ahead. >> exactly, but it's more than the stock market. you talk about what really matters to people, over 2 million jobs created, remember, president trump said he would be the greatest jobs president america's ever seen and he's delivering on that. we're seeing a renaissance in manufacturing jobs democrats said would be gone forever. they said we need to invest in green, and solyndra. 200,000 overall, and remember, in 2016, we lost 16,000 manufacturing jobs. and one last job that's important, he's breaking another mold in the way we thought-- everybody thought having an african-american president would be great for minorities, turned out not to be true. under barack obama, minority fell into poverty, unemployment was low-- was high. under trump we have record low unemployment, record-breaking, never before seen

. >>> coming up this half hour barack obama in a rare post-presidential interview with david letterman. what obama is saying about the challenges of adjusting to civilian life. >>> but we'll start here with an arrest in the case of a missing college student whose body was found in a park in california this week. >> authorities announcing they have a suspect i 19-year-old blaze bernstein, and abc's eva pilgrim joins us with all the details. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning. blaze bernstein was home for winter break getting ready to go back to college when he disappeared. the search for the missing teen turned into a homicide investigation this week when investigators found his body after a grueling several days for his family. this morning, some answers and an arrest. a former high school classmate of a missing ivy league student is waking up behind bars. authorities in orange county, california, arresting samuel woodward on suspicion of homicide in the death of blaze bernstein. >> based on the condition of the body at the scene, the investigation evolved from a missing pers

still ahead, she has been a policy advisor to hillary clinton and barack obama. neera tanden is here to tell us where the democratic party is here now that it is in the minority. shery: fallout continues among u.s. indices are we are seeing the dow fall more than 380 points. under that over. that pulldown see being led by united health, health care shares slumping after news that amazon, berkshire, and jpmorgan are getting into the health care services in the -- industry. we're seeing the s&p 500 going down for the second consecutive sector. the s&p 500, defensive, like utilities. the nasdaq is also losing ground. we will have more on what is happening with the markets. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ shery: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." i'm shery ahn. david: i'm david westin in washington. hesident trump says understands he needs to reach out to democrats on issues such as immigration. will democrats be receptive to his overtures, and what, if anything, can democrats and republicans find is common policy ground, even if they can n

they voted for barack obama in 2012 and they continue to approve of the job barack obama was doing last year. that's pretty interesting. i think it's been hard for people to grasp that, but the reason that that is important is, if you had replaced hillary clinton with joe biden , joe biden, whom i love and if he runs, best of luck not beating donald trump out, metaphoricall metaphorically. he would have been bogged down by obamacare he would've been bogged down by trade, he would have been bogged down by being in washington for decades and those things alone were probably dispositive, and i think the other point is everyone assumes when they say x would have one, they assume ask would have gotten what hillary clinton got and added some and i think that's a really silly way to look at it. other people would not have gotten what she got, either with specific demographics or subgroups silver strategic question is pretty hard to answer. it was just such lunacy. i think if anyone had said if i had a time capsule and went back and met with her senior campaign team in her, if we would've said

embassy he said it's because he doesn't approve of barack obama selling off the old building although the decision to move them to sea was announced under george w. bush. turkey's prime minister is urging iran and russia to rein in the syrian government's offensive in a province one of the rebels last strongholds and says the army assault could force even more people to be displaced on hundred twenty thousand people have fled in the past three weeks russia and iran backed the forces of syrian president bashar assad all turkey's supports opposition fight is seen as a in the authorities have arrested another one hundred fifty people including local opposition leaders in response to almost a week of demonstrations there eight hundred people have now been detained because of their offices should into the government's plan to raise taxes on the price of basic goods were up to date those are your headlines super authorities next up by.

politics in our economy did not start when barack obama became president. they got wiped out when barack obama became president. and he had to try to fix what the g.o.p. screwed up before and now he walked into a mess. >> laura: kevin, i want to get back to you, but kevin your perspective on this and we will get into some of the examples of what other presidents have said that might be a little bit off color, even about other countries, go ahead. >> well, thanks for taking off my shackles, laura. look, everything that this gentleman is saying is completely wrong. it's circa 1960 b.s. that the left has been selling to blacks for decades and it's over. look, barack obama the worst president in history and donald trump. >> black america. >> absolutely. horace you are right there. and proving when you are a leader and go out and do the right things that people start to benefit. the biggest fear that democrats have is that donald trump's success is the biggest fear they have. like, all these guys how many black kids are they going to fly over to go same some kid

obama for definitely, having covered obama for many years, very similar to barack obama speaking. and i think that is on purpose. they are trying to channel that younger, new generation. let's turn the page, let's go for something else, kind of spirit. and he still has that celebrity, that camelot celebrity, kennedy mystique. so he did do better than most people. it is definitely a hard speech to give. ron christie, what did you give of whatjoe kennedy said, this isn't right, not what we are, playing on people's feeling of a very divisive president. what was striking is donald trump spent the first third of his remarks speaking not only to the people in the chamber but to the american people and saying i'm reaching a hand out. what about mr kennedy? racial divides in this country, almost like he was giving a speech for the real action for democrats in 2018, blacks, dreamers, transgender. if you want to talk about a democratic response, this was more a campaign said remarks rather conciliatory vision. we are in campaign mode! thanks very much for your comments. and it's going live

they voted for barack obama in 2012 and they continue to approve of the job barack obama was doing last year. that's pretty interesting. i think it's been hard for people to grasp that, but the reason that that is important is, if you had replaced hillary clinton with joe biden , joe biden, whom i love and if he runs, best of luck not beating -- to knocking donald trump outcome of metaphorically. although i think they did challenge each other to a -- he would have been bogged down by obamacare, he would've been bogged down bytrade, he would have been bogged down by being in washington for decades and those things alone were probably dispositive, and i think the other point is everyone assumes when they say x would have one, -- won, they assume ask would have gotten what hillary clinton got and added some and i think that's a really silly way to look at it. other people would not have gotten what she got, either with specific demographics or subgroups, so the strategic question is pretty hard to answer. he will be accused of sexual assault and harassment and no one cares. hewill be showi

obama lifted a longstanding travel ban for americans. the first years were very good there was an opening and an increase in tourism and that helped us but today relations are more closed the world has become more complicated conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba with four point seven million visitors spending more than three billion dollars there the number of american travelers also rose to six hundred nine hundred thousand more than six times the pre obama level but under new regulations put in place by the trump ministration all u.s. travel to cuba has to take place an organized tour groups that's bad news for many private restaurants bed and breakfasts and other providers at nostalgic car cuba tourists can rent the classic cars have ana is famous for the owner has an idea about why u.s. tourists are facing tighter rules again. but when americans see the reality of cuban life when they hear the testimonies of cuban businessmen from the private s

and this to give our us business took off after then president barack obama lifted a longstanding travel ban for americans. the first years were very good there was an opening and an increase in tourism and that helped us but today relations are more closed the world has become more complicated conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba with four point seven million visitors spending more than three billion dollars there the number of american travelers also rose to six hundred nine hundred thousand more than six times the pre obama level but under new regulations put in place by the trump administration all u.s. travel to cuba has to take place an organized tour groups that's bad news for many private restaurants bed and breakfasts and other providers at nostalgic car cuba tourists can rent the classic cars have ana is famous for the owner has an idea of why u.s. tourists are facing tighter rules again. when americans see the reality of cuban life when they hear the testimonies of cuban businessmen from

obama lifted a longstanding travel ban for americans. the first years were very good there was an opening and an increase in tourism and that helped us but today relations are more closed the world has become more complicated conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba with four point seven million visitors spending more than three billion dollars there the number of american travelers also rose to six hundred nineteen thousand more than six times the pre obama level but under new regulations put in place by the trump administration all u.s. travel to cuba has to take place an organized tour groups that's bad news for many private restaurants bed and breakfasts and other providers at nostalgic car cuba tourists can rent the classic cars have ana is famous for the owner has an idea about why u.s. tourists are facing tighter rules again. when americans see the reality of cuban life when they hear the testimonies of cuban businessmen from the private sector

where are barack obama's tweets in support of the resistance? >> sean: where is hillary standing up for women? you would think in, all of the millions and millions of dollars of countries that practice sharia. the big blockbuster from john solomon. that is massive. this is huge. the fix was in. they knew that laws were broken, they knew classified material

obama lifted a longstanding travel ban for americans. the first years were very good there was an opening and an increase in tourism and that helped us but today relations are more closed the world has become more complicated conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba with four point seven million visitors spending more than three billion dollars there the number of american travelers also rose to six hundred nineteen thousand more than six times the free obama level but under new regulations put in place by the trump administration all u.s. travel to cuba has to take place an organized tour groups that's bad news for many private restaurants bed and breakfasts and other providers at nostalgic car cuba tourists can rent the classic cars have ana is famous for the owner has an idea about why u.s. tourists are facing tighter rules again. but when americans see the reality of cuban life when they hear the testimonies of cuban businessmen from the private se

i have to say they were bad under barack obama. that i can tell you. >> i'm joined by ashley and david. ashley, can you give us a sense from people hearing about this now, trump saying i decided not to go to london not because of the bad press, because they don't want me, but because i don't like the relocation of the u.s. embassy. how's that square with the kr chronology? >> squares with a pattern that president trump demonstrated previously, which is he does not like to be publically humiliated or insulted or wounded. so he will sort of pre-empt something bad or embarrassing by making an announcement like this on twitter. as you know, of course, it was not president obama who actually moved the low case of the embassy, which was president george w. bush who made that decision in 2008. and it was moved for security reasons. so he's incorrect to attribute that to president obama. but it does seem like him sort of pre-empting what could have been an uncomfortable visit for him to london. >> you know, david, it seems to me you and i

finally, illinois declared august 4 barack obama day. while i am honored to share it with the former president, in my house, august 4 will always be my birthday. >> bret: thanks. a good day for the markets on the first trading day of the year. the dow rose 105. s&p 500 up 22 for a record close. nasdaq closed above 7,000 for the first time with a big 104-point again today. chicago ended 2017 with some grim yet better statistics when it comes to violence in that city. correspondent matt finn takes a look at the numbers now police are working to drive down crime. >> a testament to how bad violent crime is in chicago, 600t people murdered last year, an improvement from 2016 when killings average more than two per day. shootings dropped from about 3500 incidents in 2016 to around 2800 last year. the greatest improvement happened in englewood, infamously one of this these most dangerous neighborhoods. >> sunday morning, drinking coffee, sitting on the porch at night after work listening to music and hearing shots ring ou out. >> police credit

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obama was an issue there about whether ba rack obama would was an issue there about whether barack obama would be invited to the wedding. so you can't have even, can you, there is a lot of ex—presidents to get through. maybe an american president has different status when it is the an american citizen who is doing the marrying. any way, speaking of that wedding, whether or not donald trump is there, and it looks like he probably won't be, the sunday times is saying, your paper peter. indeed. meghan is going to make a speech at the wedding. and no reason she shouldn't, but that is quite an interesting bit of detail ahead of the wedding. yes, presumably if trump were there, it would give her the opportunity to remetre views on his attitude. you are still a misogynist, you are still the president. it is a break with precedent. why not? it is 2018. and yes, because the expectation is her father, former hollywood lighting director is not going to speak for her. we don't learn why he is not going to, but what more can one say. it is 800 people, of some of the most influential people, i can't

can you imagine if this was barack obama, what the news coverage would be like? yes, she denied it, but it's reported as part of her settlement, she has to deny it. i don't think it will move the needle but she has to deny it. mollie: the normalization of anonymous sourcing is not good for the industry and that's something journalists should care about because donald trump won't always be here to excuse. howie: the level of distrust in the media is so great -- susan: readers have a right to know. the problem with anonymous sourcing, when you have an anonymous source, you don't know their agenda. howie: the readers don't know. and you are supposed to trust the journalist's filter. howie: after what bill clinton did in office. if it happened in 2006 does not sound like a media bombshell, fit happened. marie: there are a lot of people who believe every anonymous source in the administration i worked in because it fits into their world view. we have to have reporters who do their jobs well and avaluate the anonymous sources. but there has to be a place for them in ou

and we saw that when she endorsed barack obama back in the two thousand and eight election what do you think carson how can her voice you know regardless of her becoming a candidate for the white house how can her voice impact america's polarized politics right now. she has a big following so she definitely will have an impact but she also cannot work miracles she endorsed barack obama and he won but she also endorsed hillary clinton and she lost them and if she really will run for president again i'm not quite sure if she will be able to unite the country because she definitely was a thrill and energize the liberal democratic base she might be able to get the support of some independents but generally i think we would have a similar situation to the one we have right now one part of the country thrilled and the other parts of the country in this may just with reversed roles i'm not quite sure if she is really the right person to unite the country maybe a more experienced a moderate politician might be better but then again what do i know i'm not even american so my vote doesn't count

obama in 2012 and continued to approve of the job that barack obama was doing last year. >> that is pretty interesting. it has been hard for people to grasp that. the reason that's important is if you replaced hillary clinton runs,oe biden -- if he best to knocking donald trump out, metaphorically. he would have been bogged down by a obama care. he would have been bogged down by trade, he would have been bogged down by being in washington for decades, and those things alone were probably dispositive. and i think the other point is everyone assumes -- you know when they say x would have one, they assume that x would have gotten what hillary clinton got and added some. i think that is a silly way to look at it. other people would not have gotten what she got either with specific demographics or subgroups. i think this strategic question is hard to answer. it was just such a lunacy. had -- saying you're going to face donald trump, he's going to be accused of sexual assault and harassment, nobody is going to care he went bankrupt six times. he will say he could shoot someone and not los

i want to quote barack obama by barack obama quoting barack obama. a short time ago. look at this. >> we saw the u.s. economy grow consistently. we saw the longest streak of job creation in american history by far. a streak that still continues, by the way. thanks, obama. >> neil: okay. that was last month. you know what i'm saying. i only think with this stuff, we what i'm presidents when the economy tanks. we might as well give them bow when it goes their way. you might credit the federal reserve, other factors. president trump and president obama could take a bow to this and who is to begrudge all of us making money? >> i'm going to say something to make everybody happy today. the thing is that no one president actually can take credit for the growth of the comply. it's the policies that any president puts in place that can take -- >> neil: and the federal reserve. >> that's right. so it's be business owners like me, big businesses like fox, all of those people working people. we're the ones that move the economy. people that buy goods and services. >> not accordin