the of websites for the after show. format weld japan kmele foster i am kennedy. good night. lou: president obama plays solitaire with the race card. president obama blamed his sagging approval numbers on racial tensions not his scandal-marred administration or the failure of his signature healthcare law the first bla president of the united states, chose to make h remarks on martin luther king day. i am lou dobbs. >> good evening president obama's approval rating is at 40% today, just 2 points above his all-time low i gallup daily tracking poll according to a de ranges interview with new yorker magazine, president obama

believes that racism is partly to blame for his low job approval numbers and his high disapproval numbers, not bengha, or the irs targeting of conservatives, operation "fast and furious," department of justice surveillance of reporters or the jobless economic recovery. when asked about his decline in the pol, president sai quote, there is no doubt that some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. there is a historic connection between some of the argument that we have politically and the history of race in our country, and some times it is hard to disentane those issues. the president added to the day a controversy by citing his support for marijuana legalization effort i colorado, and washington. and using class warfare rhetoric to do so. the president said quote, middle class kids don't get locked up fo smoking pot.

and poor kids do, and african-american kids and latino kids are more likely to be poor, but the president was not through. the magazine pointed out that al qaeda flags were flying across the middle east again, and that terrorist group, has not been decimated as president said, countless times while he campaigned for reelectio could president obama responded by comparing thel qaeda linked terrorists to junior varsity basketball players, president obama, said quote. the analogy we use here, and i think is accurate, is if they jv team puts onakers uniforms that does not make them kobe bryant. the note oriuslyiberal leaning network knocker magazine did not press the president on so-called jc terrorist reference, who carried out an act of terrorism

on which 4 americans were killed but the reporter did call mr. obama's quote, you an characteristically flip for a president. rising concerns about the terrorist threat in russia, just 2 1/2 weeks before the opening of the sochi winter olympics, one of the mostnticipated sporting event of the year, russian security service today aannouncementing they may be knocking for as many as 4 so-called black widow tasked with cry out terrorist attks at the winter olympics, one of those women, whose image is being circulated is believed to be in or near the olympic city of sochi. just yesterday, two suicide bombers suspected of carrying out a deadly attack at a train ation last month, also put out a new video, threat ending a surprise during the ohym olympi, and lawmaker warn that the olympics may not be safe. >> they have publicly stated they want to target the games,

they have already targeted security in the region. >> i know that state department issued a travel warning, that is something to take seriously. >> i would not go, i don't think i would send my family. lou: russian president putin is insisting otherwise, saying 40,000 police and and services officers have been deployed to assure security. >> iran today began implements a l.a.p.d. mark nuclear -- landmark nuclear deal worked out last year with u.s. and other world powers iran stopped enrichment of the urani to 20% purity levels which is steps from bomb making capability, and began diluting stockpile to this level, both u.s.nd e.u. suspded from the the economy sanctions against iran. hire is the united states, congress ii still debating whether to impose new tougher sanctions against iran if it chutes on this deal.

-- cheats on this deal, yesterday's top senate democrat warned his colleagues gene doing so arguing that new san shuns would alien 8 the 5 other world powers in the world deal. we. >> we have 5 plus one other country working with irano this people joining us on the sanction if they look like 're prejudging, the negotiations, they will say, hey united states you are on your own. lou: 59 senators including 16 democrats support legislation to imposs the new sanctions, despite the president's opposition. and his threat to veto such legislation. new documents reveal that nsa phone surveillance program generated more be that a thousand tips a year to the fbi, the declassified documents part of the obama administration aaeffort to reveal more information about the nsa

activities, mike roger calls surveillance program effective and said he belies leaker edward snowden may have had assistance gathering information on nsa data. >> i think that russian -- >> i believe there is questions to be answered there i don't think it is -- it was a gee wiz luck, vent he ended up in mosc . >> that is a dig sive than development. >> i said we have questio we ha to answer but as somebody who investigaons, some things we're finding we would call clues, that certainly would indicate to me, that head some help, and he stole things that had nothing to to with privacy. lou: rodgers' accusations come as new york time editor call board, slammed president obama for not creditingnowden in his speech on nsa changes, last friday. they wrote, quote, his refusal to acknowledge that his inter

speech -- the president's, and all of the program changes he now advocates would never had happened without the disclosures by mr. snowden. the "new york times" does not believe he is a trader and believes we should change the lake tre--label from operator tc servant. aldridge aims, and john anthony walker. the reasoning is impeccable. >> we have it covered for you here, fox national security experts kt mcfarland and ralph peters to assess the fallout of the nuclear deal in iran, and juan williams to react to the president's new york erin ter view, and his comments on race on this martin luther king day.

we go inside of the mind of president, joined by psychotherapist robby ludwick to tell us what we're learning about mr. obama's psyche and state of mind. just when you thought the polar vortexas a thing of the past, another round of bitterly cold air sweeping across the nation, temperatures near zero in upper midwest, expected to hit northeast torrow, experts believe this will last a week or more not just a few days, freezing temperatures also brings with them, snow. 4 to 8 inches forecast for the east coast from washington to new york, news d, last month's polar vortex helped make it coldest december on record since 2009. >> directv whether or no weathel blocked out, second biggest pay tv operator wants to reduce fees it pays to weather channel by

more than 20%, channel wants a slight increase. directv, which accounts for 50% of the weather channel's poll revenue has replaced the channel with weather nation. on wall street, markets closed for the martin luther king holiday, police arrested two mexican citizens in connection with a target security breach, the man and woman were arrested at the texas border, nearly 100 fraudulent credit cards containing information of south texas residents whose information was stolen, in that data breach, that affected as many as 110 million target customers, we'll have more as we learn more about those who rried out that breach, stay with us, we're coming right back. >> president obama playing solitaire with the race card. just in time for the marti luther king holiday. fox news political analyst juan williams will join me to assess the president's curious

comments, next.

lou: the president's wide ranging interview with the "new yorker" hasas provoked all sorts of questions and controversy. i am joined to help us assess what the president said, perhaps what he meant, and perha when he wished he had not said, fox news polical analyst, columnist for the hill, juan williams, thank you, juan. first. the president saying, in effect erasism is the reason his numbers soft ended over the our of last two years, i can not think of anything more -- well, troubling for him to say, and have revealed martin luther king

day than those words. >> it is crazy, if he says his numbers, his poll numbers have declined over last few months in part because of race, that is just absurd, it plays to racial aning itnism in the society -- antagonism to the socociety, and you in the book have written just about this point of speaking to the idea of us as one idea as opposed to separate groups, tribal, rare racial or , the presidents saying less that, my suspicion said he knows he did not get the majority of white votes in 2008, and less in 2012, his hope i suspect is that, as he said, you know, while some whites might not like him because he is black, he is aware there are others who like him because he is aerson of color, are those people the ones that define american politics?

absolutely not. lou: what is troubling mere, thank you for the kind words about the book. just, for me it is difficult to understand why a president, who could have been so eloquent in 2004, talking th the country asa family, could have descended to level of slice and dice gangsters and group in identity politics- by the way that is republican, that is democrat. but for the president to have descended to that level, he had such an opportunity to elevate himself, and the nation, is jus -- i mean it is stunning, and disappointing it is not imoving. >> no. and i must say, tt you know, look he had some opposition, i don't doubt that there are some whites thaton't like hem because he is black, okay. but what he have seen, i sense this in the interinterview in th

is that he has a more of a sense of less offensive optimism, can-do, hopeful, and more sense of bng kind of consigned to, well this is the best that can happen. i can only do so much. more was the victimhood that plays into racial attitude that i think is not helpful to the country oo anybody, more matter -- no matter your race, i was surprised to see that coming from the president. lou: to your point, he talks about the government as a col on s cols on suss. oneeday, buth he must recede, an wait for another perhaps, an opportunity at some dispan point. he is a man who arg tic articuln of government and ri his own roe in it.

as a man who is hanging on for life. >> yes, he said he is like a guy in a stream at one point, one of theoments in history, he is trying to hold on. then he gets mad, at robert carroll the historian who wrote about lind lindhlyndon baynesoht say it is a book about lbj, it was not an insu insult to you, t you could uerstand this is a do-something presdent vsus a guy who i don't want to say is do-nothing but you get the idea. >> and a terrific historian, as you note, had a subject who also came to the presidency through tragic circumstances, but from the senateo the vice presidency. and then succeeding john f.

kennedy, but he was a deal maker, he loved the give and take of politics, he was a deal maker, a broker. he was a man who wanted to do and got much don inuding civil rights act. he launched the war on povty, he was , of course, a man with great flaws and faiing. >> yes, but he got something done, he twisted arms, you put it in-fligh polite terms but hee a real son of a gun. but that is about politics as opposed to saying, gee, woe is me, i don't know -- that is the first time i saw this in obama, and i was surprised at it. lou: juan, as always, thank you, we appreciate your insight. >> my pleasure, and i must tell people if they are interested in this, look at your new book,

lou, i reay thought was fabulous. >> oh, juan, are you talking about ts book? >> yes. lou: thank you so much. >> now to weeke box office, police comedy, "ride along" surged to top. breaking record f a january opening it earned nearly $42 million for universal, surpassing expectatis, last week's number one. dropped to second place, the animated movie. the nut job, came in third. for open road films. find out at the movies, surpsing book review from "new york times,"ere is what the paper said about the latest biography of fox news ceo and president roger ails, sing tucked away at end of -- there is a note that should have openedhe book, mr. sherman has

done a lot of interviews but so many citations of author interview with a person familiar with the matter that the loudest voice in the room may set a record for blind items and the untrustworiness they en gender gender. it would have helped to know right from the get go why mr. sherman found this kind of jourjournal implement i am imp impressed. if you are looking for a book well sourced and insightful, and with juan william's remmendati, look at this one, "upheaval," on-line, bookstores, walmart, barnes & noble, you can go to lou dobbs.com for the link. john and virginia wrote us to say, i can't help but wonder, if somewhere in 1.1 trillion spending bill that president obama signed to fund theederal

government includes money to have windows cleaned at the white house, wasn't the obama administrati supposed to be about transparency, i love the title of your new book, "upheaval," can't wait to read it, paul wrote, about obamare, let's do the math, babyoomers out number the working young, and the economy is mess, how can this new insurance plan be sustained. the answer i think is blowing in the wind, and i think the answer is becoming so obvious now that. republicans and democrats alike are looking for let's say alternatives, brad tweeted us about the president's state of mind, there is nothing on obama's mind, he claims to know nothing about irs, nsa, "fast and furious" or benghazi, the books are on their way, thank you for your comments, keep them coming. >> up next, syria peace talks unraveling before they begin, majority of senate opposing the

president on iran. >> and president karzai demanding that united states negotiate with the outfit we went thereo destroy in 200 the taliban. colonel ralph peters, and kt kt mcfarland on how the president fixes his middle east [ male announcer ] e new new york is open.

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lou: u.s. officials are scram bemming to keep those syrian peace talks alive just two days before they are seduled to begin in stzerland, at issue. united nations lt minute invitation to iran to join the talks. that has been withdrawn, by secretarsecretary-general of und nations, that upset to say the least the uted states, syrian opposition, and saudi arabia. iran's well one of iran's regional rivals, and african president karzai -- afghan president karzai issued new demands if he is to sign a security deal, among his new demand that u.s. no longer carry

ou military operations or airstrikes in his country, andd@ resume peace talks with the taliban, which would raise the question, why would our troops there be? the iranian nuclear deal taking effect today with world powers, and the white house promising to begin easing sanctions in return for cutting the enrichment of uranium, iran will be able to retrieve over 4 billion in oil revenue frozen overseas, and resume trade in petro chemicals and gold and other precious medals. joining us, former pentagon official, fox institution news analyst ktmcfarland, first to extends an invitation gain the

wishes of u.s. or against the wishes of bong. and then -- of the obama administration, then today withdrawing it, you know after they heard so many protests. >> you have to wonder maybe united nations leadership is tang a page out of the obama playbook. we're for them, we're against it, it looks chaotic, the bigger take away is who is iran, iran will become thal of that dog in -- alpha dog in the middle east, they will call the shots, whether relations with syrian or persian gulf region, they will become dominant economic military and m.i.t.alower in mittal power in the region. lou: that is what disturbs most of us, my -- my guess why would israel tolerate this, because, it seems to make no sense for their security interests. >> well, past a certain point, israel will not tolerate it t israel has been abandoned by the

obama administration. and all of topics you raised in the intro, the common thread is iran, with karzai surrounded b pro-iranian advisors, and syria and sanctions, tehran has done what they set out to do. they are dividing the west, got the u.n., u.s., europe, all disagreeing, they split the syrian opposition away from agreeing with -- and it is a mess. but tehran is brilliant, as far as remark in new yorker that obama made about al qaeda junr varsity, the jv team is the white house. lou: this analogue that he create, about junior varsity and kobe bryant.

it is so to me, absolely inoffible to describe what a condone sending patronizing simplistic expression of his foreign policy. >> it fits right in with the campaign pledge, al-qaedaa on the rope, we have bin laden, in his mind this is over, yet this is the jvrunning circles around him, they are now bigger than the entire varsity team, they will takeover the varsity. lou: last thing i want to do is lapse into his constrct of that metaphor, but, you have now, putin, in real trouble it appears for security. the security threats posed by rrorists and his countryry, the -o-called bck widows, 4 at range. large, and a white widow within

the grods at sochi within the olympic village, i mean is this being driven by iran? is there any possibility of that? the confusion over syria. this is as if everything is going iran's way? >> well, certainly going iran's way. but this is not driven by iran. they may supply some of the bomb making material. but the - chechens and people of coccyx identify they are a subject of ottoman empire they identify more with the turks historically, right now they are classic sunni islamists for the most part wh a few shia thrown in this story with ccus muslim fighting russia goes back hundreds of year, this is not new, these are tough cookies, if any terrorist can get through, and let's hope they can't, this wil.>> we'll watch that, and alf

this that is playing out. we have a president who is said he sees overnment as so large, so vast, that it is a machine of whh he does not quite grasp of levers, not quite know where the rottle is. at a given time, and has no compass. >> i have never seen a president who gets into office, and now been in office 8 years looking at his legacy, and he still thinks he is an outsir. well, who is in charge? if everything as is a surprise o him. i don't know about this and that. who isn charge, if he is now thinking about his legacy,,he does not have a lot to show. >> that is not true -- no has a legacy, he revived al qaeda. >> always obamacare 2.0. lou: and to support kt's point, i mean, when it comes to income

inecall fee he running against his first 5 years in office, when he doeso. ralph peters thank you. and kt thank you. >> thank you. lou: muchore on the oba administration,nd its policy in middle east, and latest round of dar taxes on the governor -- tacks on the governor of new jersey, next with the a-team stay with us. >> race in america, smoking pot,tatala al qaeda's [ me announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 06 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little ro above the strip mall f roble avenue. ♪ this magic momt it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those o believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world'great stories. that began much the same w ours did.

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lou: president obama saying that racial tensions may ve softened his popularity with white voters over the last two years. yes, he is playing the race card for himself were playing the

race card and rather than taking responsibility for himself this is the president and it is called headbands. it's about head games. he has put it out it out there for everyone's work out. considering that there could be a correlation between the jobs that he has done his remarks were on the more mark bucher 79% and 6% of republicans actually approve of the job he is doing. and this number is ddwn frm

84%. 6% down from 11% a year ago. and how many of these points are racist and how many are honest appraisals? he didn't say. his tone was dramatically different. >> it is what allows u to pursue our individual dreams. and yet still come together as one american family. out of many there is one. lou: pentacle you further, mr. president, there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is only the united states of america.

and this is nothing when he walked into office. and we were a nation united behind you. as i discussed in my newboo a t vernyivisn anyou e onocsione trd opnder toehnicgrou d vify tse tt digree th you lien twhat sain my bok. >>roupn ideity liti e hrderoth day ad polical ndidy ancampgn stragy. a tionhoseoundg vaes spk to te qulit equ rits a opprtuny hs beco a nion ich r fodingvlsave en assaed biculturalism rather than holding to the truly americ idea. and the president, he still does not accept that it is his performance at issue for millions of ecansother amicans

mr. obama, your failures are your own. your inability to take responsibility as your own. we will take all ofhis up with our favorite go therapist doct robbie ludwig. we'll be talking with her in just a moment. one hopes that the president will be listening carefully. if you'd like to pic upa copy of my audio book, everything has links at our website loudobbs.com. loudobbs.com. we're coming right [ male announcer ] here's a questiofor you: where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? anada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz energy lives here.

lou: -itis told you that we were going to get some insight into the president' thinking we turn to no other than david doctor robbie ludwig. joining us now is doctor ludwig. because i can't believe what this president said.

>> when i was reading that, i was thinking that he is telling himself that and he wants to make himself feel better. because there are going to be people who don't listen to him because he's lack. but that having been said, that is not why he doesn't have the approval rating that he once had. because people will make exceptions even if they are racist. and even if they are they will say that i may not like the group and its one single person in this case. it could be obama. he is the exception. lou: juan williams talks about victimhood. because the government is beyond his control and he said clearly it is beyond his control and he

feels like he's just hanging on there. and that's troubling talked. >> it's very frightening. he seems like he's very honest. and that seems to be his trouble. that he has good intentions without the ability. police the least i think that he has good intentions. but he's unable to execuue this. and so one can see where he would feel powerless and in some cases he is right. lou: icheap quality here as we watch them being revealed seems to be that he is a likable fellow. but you say the same thing about others. they wouldn't be very go if they want likae. >> yes, but i have to say that he appears to be a man with decent family values.

he came from a family that in some ways was unorthodox. his wife came from a traditional family. he seemed to want to be a good family father. so i think his heart was in the right place. and he could play some of his favorite president and he realizes that he's nothing like them which is also a little bit disturbing. >> what drives a president or anyone, reallyto say that sothing like this is a lot better? he weighs into an argument that someone that didn't go to medical school. because of you are using a substance and clearly marijuana is not healthy. it's not good for e lungs. not recommended for those who only want to apologize to all those who are aplogizing and

trend tching in colorado and washington might now do and it's also different in the marijuana people use on the street. >> the one you look at what is happening prediction in this country, when you look at whether it's pot or alcohol or cocaine or heroin, we have a problem here that isn't being addressed by state governments were the federal government adequately. for the president weigh in on this level -- one in the world? >> i think he is trying to play the middle rolled. it has become legalized in certain states. and ithink that he can point out part of this. >> are you saying basically that he is a good guy? >> yes. >> he is a fine fellow as good intentions. but he's not ready for the job and he doesn't have the right characteristics for the job. i would like to have lunch with him. lou: we will work on organizing

map. perhaps i'm not e right guy to do that. thank you so much. we appreciate it. up next, the mayor of hoboken adding to the governor chris christie controversy accusing the governor of py for play with hurricane sandy cleanup funds. what do the facts say? we will have that with the "a-team" coming up next. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nhts. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments ere we can s, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who stted it all... with a sigture. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to help start yours.

lou: the 18 tonight. hank sheinkopf. fox news radio talkshow host john gibson and editor and publisher crystal rice. a president who says that the reason his numbe are dropping

is because there are some racist americans. what do you think? >> it is always because president brought obama is black. and it's always because of race. the new yorker was nothing new here. president obama loves the uniqueness of being the first black president. buwhen it comes to accountability for his failures, that is when he is like you have to hold me to another vendor. and his apoval ratings are down because he had presided over one of the worst economies in history. >> it does explain where that stuff comes from at msnbc. he's having thoseguys and i'm always wondering where these guys get the idea that the americans he brought obama. they elected him twice and now they find him exactly at the front of that knowledge.

>> is the largest in american history. people like them and they only became racist after i won twice. >> i guess that would be -- i'm not sure what that would be. and he also didn't get specific about much. he sees that is better than alcohol. so why were you not bad at all? >> by way on all the other things but the president wants to weigh in on.

the fact is that marijuana is a gateway drug. and i think it will be interesting to see. they are basically saying go smoke a joint, it's not as ad as alcohol. see how that works out in colorado and washington. i shook my head and laughed and rolled my eyes. what will he come up with next. >> he does have some expertise on the matter. in states where they want to legalize it, anything that the president of the united states is behind it. let's do it here. lou: what is the profit? what is the point? >> is a failed foreign policy and economy that is still stalled and frankly they chaos with the affordable care act which is hurting a lot of people and creating tremendous anxiety.

lou: the anxiety. lou: thehe new york mayor is competing heavily he decides that people shouldn't be allowed into the state. conservatives who support gun rights, they say have no place in new york. so crystal, what is going on? i can't even begin to believe. john gibson i were talking earlier about this. this is getti ridiculous now. all of government is designed for talk radio. >> can you imagine if governor cuomo is a conservative governor of a red state and he said just the opposite of this? he would be called a racism all sorts of names. the one i first heard about that hereminded me of killer when heller said let's exterminate the jews.

and he reminds me as a black woman of governor wallace and all of the segregation from the south. >> i can't imagine he intended to say that. it must have woken up. >> whether he did or didn't, there's a l of people of state did say okay, it's my turn come november. >> we have reached a point it seems in which "the new york times" is asking for edwrd snowden to be giving a tip of the hat and perhaps a medal for awakening our intelligence agencies to their own foibles

and flaws. and crystal, for the life of me i can't understand why people are hesitant to call this man what he is. >> he committed treason against united states of america. that is what he did. if you wanted he wanted to do that, that is great. we learned a lot about it. but he needs to be brought to justice. but what you expect from "the new york times"? >> the truth would be nice. >> find him wherever they are protecting him, and hopefully convicting him. lou: this is not aboutprivacy.

this is about national security. lou: thank you for being here. hank sheinkopf, cry

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