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

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

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

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

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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

that happened under obama. is it because of crimea? that happened under obama. try to remember when the russians did the things you were afraid of and who was president at the time. , naivembling idiot stupid president that people seem to think is the greatest thing that ever happened. host: you have no concerns about michael flynn's actions, then? caller: we don't even know what he said. at least the truth came out. did the truth ever come out with susan rice? host: debbie in ohio. independent line. caller: good morning, c-span. i like general flynn. i don't think the cia should be illegally spying on her president. the american people need to give donald trump a chance. mess obamat a left us in. host: what is it about mr. flynn that you like? caller: he has not been in there a week or two. he served this country more than you stupid people calling in like that black lady, oh, you just -- host: we will leave it there. this is a statement from the white house regarding the replacement for michael flynn. namedent trump has aseral joseph keith kellogg acting natio

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

obama didn't do that. he just sent them back on their way and they came back again and they were caught again. >> bob: convict them in a court of law, where do you put them? >> eric: you send them back and they can't come back. under immigration reform law, you can say you come back a certain amount of times, you go to jail. >> bob: they are going to come e back. >> kimberly: they were allowed back in. that's different. >> eric: my point is that everybody is agreeing obama did this get the media is acting like it's never happened before. >> greg: to me, that's the crime. the media is acting like president trump came in and rounded up people, never been done before. you even agreed obama did this all the time. >> kimberly: except they were allowed back in. >> bob: allowed? they snuck back in. who was president when that kid, that terrible picture of that kid. >> dana: bill clinton. elias gonzales. >> greg: bob, you are getting hard-core. we have sound on tape, stephen miller. i love jet airliner. one of my

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

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

well, obama, the great debate about obama too eas a great or ? i don't know. this'll be a lot of fun. i can't wait to see. personally i do think obama is great at lots of things, like killing people with sky robots. these amazing at that. he's like the best ever i would say. spending money, he's like a god. it's like any other peoples money, he's like m.j. in 96. untouchable. i'm sorry your i don't, this is usually a more libertarian leaning event. today i think we brought in some of the lefties, jean. there they are, they are laughing finally. it's been years. it's been years they've been suffering through trevor noah. i'm not taking shots at anybody. i'm not sure content. i'm sure is fun in south africa. it's just a cultural barrier. i'm kidding. i like obama a candidate. he was pretty good. he had a lot of great can't remember the 20-year-old had some guy, like right out of college and it was all like hope and change and yes, we can. now today it's just president morgan freeman comes up. there's been another isis attack. it's not as fun. he doesn't really c

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

>> 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

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

>> 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

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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

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,

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

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 had the media, obama had the you -- judiciary are, obama had all kinds of support. a typical question, what enchants you? obama was never challenged seriously by the media. trump doesn't have any of that. he's got to keep his supporters onboard, he's got to keep 'em revved up. so the rally was great. but the thing that will really make all this russia stuff and all this deep state stuff not take hold is getting to work implementing the repeal of obamacare, getting to work and really doing tax reform and getting to work and really shore up our borders, was that is the -- because that is the primary area where people that voted for trump felt that we were on the way to losing the country. we've even lost the definition of immigration. immigration today, if you listen to the left, equals anybody who wants to come into the country should be allowed. that's not what immigration is. that's illegal immigration. and we ought to all oppose it. we are all in favor of immigration that determines who gets in, the quantity of people who get in, whether they assimilate or not. no

>> 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

house republicans also repealing an obama era gun regulation. let's bring in phil to break it all down. he's live for us on capitol hill. the gun measure is a little tricky. how do you see it all. >> it is chris and it's important to layout what actually happened. the senate and the house as controlled by republicans have a mechanician to roll back obama area regulations about six months. they started to use this mechanism only used once before in history to start cracking back on the rules. one of those a rule created by the obama administration that required them to send over the names of the national criminal background check to anybody unable to manage their disability payments. if you have mental illness you shouldn't be able to have a gun. makes sense right? except there was lack of due process they didn't feel there was enough due process for this system and process to work. that's why you have seen republicans vote to remove this. they already did it in the house and they're likely to do it in the senate as well. this is something that i

obama and president, former president barack obama. we talk about the importance of women and when we drove down for african-american women, i will read this to you. this is a true life story of true glutton. with that she the ultimate titanium in the 21st century washington d.c.. she is one of the most influential and recognizable people of any gender, race or any status confronted not only by the physical condition of being on the scene but also in the process of the racist and jaded mental situation of being unnoticed. in a very real example during the obama and his. michelle obama would leave the white house, her home at the time to venture out for walks and exercised for the personal agenda for let's move campaign. she walked the streets of washington d.c. around the white house. unannounced and most cases, unnoticed. she was rarely recognized and because of that fact the unpublished walk continued. she walked by every day america, tourists and residents. but for the most part she took long walks away from the white house without

obama left office, obama officials saying, that's not true, what's your reaction to all of that? >> it's silliness, anderson, and what i'll tell you is this raid, like any other capture/kill raid is planned months in advance. details are consolidated, information is gained, there is more observation of the target. it occurs, depending on what the target is, and depending the target packaging, going after either an individual or the site. it takes a lot of time to confirm or deny what's there. this was started in terms of the planning process a few months ago. but as items are collected and intelligence is gained, it's further refined. it is looked at by all the chain of command, the central command, and the special operations command. and they make decisions on it. and it's passed back and forth between the pentagon and the combatant commander. it will eventually get to the white house for final coordination and approval when it has certain elements that need the president's approval, because of things like politics and relationships with other countries. and that's what happened

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

president obama. they're simply taking his away. it seems to me, anderson, this is something that the administration had to make a statement on this because they are a party to that virginia case that is going to be before the supreme court here, but if the president had wanted to issue something more, it he certainly could have here. they're splitting it about in the middle, but it's essential very controversial, anderson. >> appreciate the update. joining us to talk about it, cnn legal analyst, and cleef political an lust gloria borger, contributor to the hill, former congressional black caucus director angela rooi and also conservative matt, the president of free the people. receip let's start off with you. we have a soundbyte from donald trump when he was on the "today" show with matt lauer talking about the use of rest rooms by transgender people. let's watch. >> very few complaints the way it is. people go. they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. there has been so little trouble. >> do you have people working in y

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

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

caller: 96% of black voters voted for obama. we arere the people that giving trillions of dollars in two from schools in every conceivable program on earth. they are going to sit there and tell me that they are not bigots when 96% -- they voted for color. i don't want to go into far. host: let's stick to the question we are talking about. retailers talking about -- dropping products. the financial times with the story about donald trump business interests -- the truck brand, the headline of the story . steve, ohio. good morning. caller: thank for taking my call. i think it is terrific that norstrom did. my wife called up and canceled her $5,000 credit card. my credit ranking is going to go up because since these people -- these retailers are going to politicize, we're going to cut our credit cards. our credit cards. pretty soon i will be on cash only. -- i am down to two days a week instead of seven days a week. my wife once a tv guide. she wants the ads on sunday. she is about ready to give up on the ads and if i can get her a

see, obama did it. this is a decision made by the obama administration don't blame us, blame the usda under obama. the problem is that the people who ran the usda under obama are real people, they're not that old yet, they're around, they can speak for themselves, they can tell us whether or not they did that. so here's the former spokesman for the usda under the obama administration saying uh-uh to that attempt to weasel out of the now-growing backlash to what they just did with the animal abuse reports. "decision by usda to remove animal abuse reports was not required. totally subjective. same option was give on the past administration, we refused." then he adds " #transparency." so the previous administration, the obama administration had the option to take down all of the inspection reports about people abusing animals around the country so you could check to make sure you're not accidentally buying an animal from one of them and so these seven states could use that information to make sure their pe

because obama was not going to act. but strategic ambiguity is a good idea. you don't want to announce what you're going to do. the president said we have to be unpredictable but you have to be careful. once you say you are officially on notice, what you've done is established a redline. it's not as dark as the obama redline that he established in syria and then walked away from but you are saying were going to do something and i think we should do something. we are long overdue. the iranians have gotten away with murder. the obama administration was hostage to its own iran nuclear deal and didn't want to disturb the waters. this administration is not hostage but it needs a set of steps, perhaps naval attacks on the proxies of the iranians, the houthi rebels in yemen. perhaps more provocation on our part in the persian gulf when those speedboats go around and harass our boats or perhaps economic sanctions. but i don't think that they can civilly say you are on notice and's and have nothing happen. if you have a set of a

i think that guided barack obama. he did launch the limited intervention in libya but pulled back quickly. and he was very cautious about getting involved to try to onose a military solution syria. and his most significant mandate coming into office in 2009 was to get the united states out of iraq. he did that for limited amount of time but we are now back, using air power with a limited use of ground forces. what donald trump is going to do is continue that policy but we will lie on forces in the region to defeat the islamic state. we will not be able to do that for them. was: one of your jobs working as a staffer for the national security council. what is your thought on the selection of h.r. mcmaster for the advisor role there? guest: michael flynn was a military tactician in the intelligence community. but to be the national security adviser, it relies more significantly on having a strategic view. h.r. mcmaster is a profound military strategist. perspective will serve him well as national security advisor. it rem

today we will vote to end president obama's obstruction. instead of faithfully executing our constitution demands, the obama administration effectively blocks states from making sure hardworking taxpayer dollars only go to our constitution des. the congress spoke in 2012, before i arrived here, but here's what happened. congress spoke and the president signed a bill into law to give states an option, not a mandate, an option to drug test. stand today to say, let's rollback and you do our previous president's unfaithful execution of the law and allow states like missouri to have the freedom to decide for themselves. this is not a mandate, this is simply about states' rights. with that, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote in support of this joint resolution and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield two inutes to a tireless protector of the rights of individuals, representative hank johns

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

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