and businesses we and excess to the markets. for all of those ropes i believe that ttp is a plus for america's economy, america's workers, american jobs and not moving forward would undermine our position across the region and our ability to shake the rules of global trade in a way that reflects our interests and our values. finally, our cooperation has been critical to the historic progress in fighting climate change bringing the paris agreement into force agreeing to aviation emissions and here in lima we continue our work to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and new commitment to our goal of doubling our renewable energy the next two decades. i could not be more proud of the progress we have made together.

obviously, the work is never done as i wrap up my last trip. given the security we seek for not only the united states but our control lies and our partners, i continue to believe america will have a vital role to play in creating and sustain as strong and indooring leadership role in the asia pacific. with that, let me take some questions and ill start with darlene from a.p. >> thank you, mr.nt. you've been telling world leaders that president-elect donald trump is unlikely to govern in the divisive way he campaigns. how can you be so sent of that given the first group of people he has chosen such as national security adviser and law enforcement positions hold the same views he espoused as a candidate and forking up on your

meeting today with president vladimir putin did you discuss with him russia's medals in the election are you concerned this the kind of involvement that we saw in this year's campaign will be the new normal going forward in future united states elections? >> what i have said to world leaders, the same thing i have said in a number of press yens -- conferences, the president elect has put together a team and put forward specifics about how he intends to govern. he hasn't had the full opportunity to do that yet. people should take a wait-and-see approach in how much his policy proposals once in the white house when he is sworn in matches up with the rhetoric of the campaign. my simple point is, you can't

assume that the language of campaigning matches up with the specifics of governing, legislation, regulations and foreign policy. i can't be sure of anything. i think like everyone else we will have to wait and see. as i have said before, once you're in the oval office, wednesday you begin interacting with world leaders and you see the complexities of the issues, that has a way of shaping your thinking and in some cases modifying your thinking because you recognize the solemn responsibility not only to the american people but the solemn responsibility america has as the largest most powerful country in the world.

i can't guarantee that the president-elect won't pursue some of the positions he has taken but i can guarantee realty will force him to adjust how he approaches many of the issues. that is just the way the office works. i have said before, in these issues were easy, in ensuring prosperity, jobs, security, good foreign relations with other countries, in all that was simple, it would have been done. by every previous president.

i'm a pretty good presidential his ton and i've looked at my 43 predecessors and it seems like for all of them even the best ones, you end up confronting realities you did not anticipate. the same will happen here and that is a good thing. that is an important thing. with respect toment vladimir putin i did not have a meeting. we talks briefly, while we were in between sessions and the conversation i had with him was consistent with the conversations i have had with him over the previous several months indicating to him wish still deeply concerned about the blood shed and chaos that is being sown by constant bombing attacks by assad and the russian

military against populations in aleppo. and the need for us to arrive first at some sort of humanitarian cease-fire and move to a political transition of some sort. i talked to him about ukraine and the niece tore -- the need for to us get things done and to instruct his negotiators to work with ours, france, germany and ukraine to see if we can get that done before the term was up as urge, it was a candidate and ...courteous meeting but very clear about the strong differences we have on policy. the issue of the elections did not come up. that's behind us. i was focused in the brief discuss on moving forward. i had already made clear to him

our concerns around cyber attacks generally as well as specific we concerns we had surrounding the d nc hack. i don't think this will be the norm but as i have said before the concern i have has throws do with any particular misinformation or propaganda that is being put out by any particular party and a greater concern about the general misinformation from all kinds of sources domestic, foreign, on social media that make it very difficult to voters, for voters to figure out what's true and what's not.

health me put it this we. the ink if we have a strong, accurate and respond and an engaged we citizenry, a.t.m.s to -- attempts to medal in our elections will not mean much. if we have elections that are not focused on issues and are full of fake news and false information and distractions, then the issue is not going to be what is happening from the outside, the issue is going to be we, what are we doing to ourselves from the inside? the good news is that is something we have control over. >> garner? >> mr. president, thanks for

holding this press conference. if you had hotels, real estate and other businesses distributed around the world prior to becoming president, with you have in the it present to sell them off and pit the proceeds in a blind trust or is it okay in the president of the united states to be personally vulnerable to the policy zig of the foreign lowers he meets and in the foreign policy decisions he makes as president? also, just briefly, what is your complaint of how the n.s.a. and cyber command have done their job and are you considering firing admiral mike rogers? >> that was a rhetorical question that first one. [ inaudible ] >> rather than comment on hype note californias, let me say specifically what i did. obviously my assets were

significantly smaller than some other presidents, or president elects but we made a decision to liquidate assets that might raise questions about we how it would influence policy. i basically had our money put in treasury bills. but the yields, by the we have not been massive over the course of the last eight years. just because it simplified my life. i did not have to worry about the complexities of whether a decision i made might inadvertently benefit me. that is consistent with the broader approach we have taken through my administration which is, not just meet the letter of

the law but to go well beyond the letter to the spirit of the law, not just for me but for the people in the white house and in our leadership positions. we have established a whole set of rules, norms playbooks, that just keep us far away from the line. early on in the administration there would be questions about, could a staff person go to this conference or what should they do about this gift thatryied -- this gift that was provided and our first general counsel was responsible for setting up our guidelines and rules in the white house that said, if it sounds like it would be fun then

you can't do it. that is a general test. if it sounds like something you would enjoy or appreciate, no go. as a consequence, i will knock on wood here because we have two months last, i am extremely proud of the fact that over eight years we have fought had the kinds of scandals that have plagued other administrations. when i met with the president-elect i suggested to him having a strong white house counsel that could provide clear guide posts and rules would benefit him and benefit his team because it would eliminate a lot of ambiguity. it will be up to him to make the determine aof how he wants to apomp it. i know what worked for us and it

served the american people well. because i had made a promise to the american people that i would not fall in to some of the familiar habits of washington, i wanted a new kind of politics, and this was an indicator and at the end of eight years i can say to the american people, i delivered on that commitment. >> with respect to cyber, the n.s.a....admiral rogers is a terrific patriot and has served this country well in a number of positions. i don't comment on personnel matters here. i can say generally that we have spent a lot of time over the last several years looking at how we can organize our cyber efforts to keep pace with how

rapidly the environment has contained. increasingly, our critical infrastructure, government data, financial systems are vulnerable to attack. both state and non-state actors are getting better and better at it and it is becoming more and more rapid and it is inevitable we have to modernize and update not just the tool we use to defend those assets and the american people but how we organize. it is true we are exploring a range of options in terms of how we organize the mission we that currently exists.

>> richard? >> thank you, mr. president. early this year president george w. bush warned he would be the last republican president and now republicans have won the white house, controlled the house of representatives and senate and two-thirds of the state legislature and 34 governorships and charges after shallow don't below average. are you worried you to be the last democrat president for a while and speaking of your predecessor he offered no public criticism of you during your time in office, will you, equal, withhold public criticism for president trump even if he attempts to gas mantle much of what you have member -- accomplished? >> i am not worried about being the last democratic president. not even for a while. i say that not being cute, the democratic nominee won the

popular vote and obviously this is an extremely competitive race and i would expect future races will be competitive, as well. i certainly think it's true that electrics in america right now are up for grabs. some of the old alignments in both parties, democrat and republican, are being reshaped. although the results of this election involved some of the specifics of the condition -- candidates and are not going to be duplicated in every subsequent election, democrats do have to do some thinking about how do we make sure that the message we have is received effectively and results in winning elections.

this is something i have been wrestling throughout my presidency. when you look at the proposals i put forward, they garner majority support. the majority believes in raising the minimum wage, the majority believes in common science gun safety rules. the majority believes in investing to rebuild our infrastructure and create jobs. the majority believes in making sure that people aren't going bankrupt when they get sick. the majority agrees with all of the individual components of obamacare. there was a poll this week subsequent to the election that showed that the john general public has a more favorable view of democrats than republicans. as i noted, my approval ratings are quite high yet what has been

true during the course of my eight years that does not always translate. too often it has not, it has trace lated working majorities at the state or federal level. some of that is the nature of our system. and geography. in wyoming gets the same number of senators as california there is going to be some tilt toward republicans when it comes to conditioningal races. the fact that a lot of democratic voters are bunched up in big cities and a lot of republican voters are spread out across geography gives them an advantage when it comes to congressional races. some of it is gist political bad

luck. for example, i came in as an economy was in flow fall and although i took the right steps to save the economy, in my midterm election of 2010 people could not see the recovery and not surprising the president's airport was punished but we lost control of a lot of not just congressional seats but, also the governorships and state legislative seats and that happened to be the your that the census done and you do redistricting so those republicans took advantage of political gerrymandering to lock in majorities even though in a numerous subsequent elections democrats have actually cast more votes or more votes have been cast for democratic congressional candidates than republicans yet you end up having large republican majorities so there are structural problems we have to deal with. look, you can't make excuses about the rules.

that's the deal. we have to do better. doing better involves us working at the grass roots, not ceding territory, going out into areas where right now we may not stand a chance of actually winning but we are building up young talent, making arguments, pursuading, we are see talking about the thing that matter to ordinary people day-to-day and trying to avoids' the constant distractions that fill up people's twitter account s and if we do that i'm confident that we'll be back on track. i don't think there has to be a complete overhaul. there does have to be better

organization, a smarter message. one message i do have for democrats, that a strategy that's microtargetting particular discreet groups in a democratic coalition sometimes wins the election but it does not when you the birthday mandate -- the broad map date you need. and the more we can talk about what we have in common as a nation and speak to a broad set of values, a vision that speaks to everybody, and not just one group at a time, the better off we will be. that is part of the reason i was able to get elected twice that i try to make sure not only in the proposals but in message that i

was speaking to everybody. you had a second part to your question? >> look, i said before, president bush could not have been more gracious to me when i came in and my intention is to certainly for the next two months, finish my job and after that to take michelle on vacation, get some rest, spend time with my girls and do some writing, some thinking and i want to be republicanful of the office and give the president-elect an opportunity to forward his platform and his arguments without somebody

popping off in every instance. as an american citizen who cares deeply about our country, if there are issues that have less to do with the specifics of a legislative proposal but go to core questions about our values and our ideals, and if i think that it is necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, i'll examine it when it comes. what i do know i have to take michelle on vacation. >> juliette?

>> yes, mr. president, given what you have just said about the strong differences that you and president vladimir putin have on the future of syria and the conflict how do you see that unfolding? at the end of your tenure and what you have concerns if we eliminate the islamic state in syria and iraq we could allow a permanent al qaeda safe haven around aleppo? and on aleppo can you say to what extent you think the united states has fulfilled its responsibility to protect in that instance? in materials of finishing your job which you just mentioned, in the last week you exercised your executive authority finalizing oil and gas, rules on public lands and issuing a plan banning drilling in the arctic and the atlantic and many republicans say you should hold off finalizing anymore rules as you are headed out the door because

they oppose many of them and will seek to overturn them when they control the executive and legislative branch. what do you say? >> on the second question, these are the same republicans who suggested that they didn't need to confirm a supreme court justice when i was nine months out until the next election. the john approach is two days after my re-election i should stop until the next election. i don't think that's what the constitution calls for, the regulations we have issued are those we have been working on for a very long time and subject to extensive public notice and comment and everyone's known they have been out there. these are not things we have

been surprising people with. they have been well considered, the right thing to do and part of my task of finishing my work. i recognize when the new administration comes in and a new congress comes in, they will have the option of trying to undo some of the rules we put in miss. that is their prerogative. that is part of how democracy works. i fell very strongly these are the right things to do and i will make sure i do them. with respect to syria, as i saidiven on this trip in a previous press conference i am not optimistic about the short-term prospects in syria. once russia and iran mid-a

decision to back assad we if a brutal air campaign and a pacification of aleppo regardless of the potential for civilian casuals, children being killed, or wounded, schools or hospitals being destroyed, its with very hard to see a way in which even a trained and committed moderate opposition could hold its ground for long periods of time. the issue that obviously i have wrestled with the last five years, how involved should the united states be?

what are legal constraints in such involvement? what are moral obligations? what are strategic interests? those haven't changed. i continue to believe that we did not have a legal basis for military intervention there. it would have been a strategic mistake given the work we still had to do in iraq. the counter isil campaign and ongoingations in afghanistan and we have worked tirelessly to arrive at a political transition that could alleviate the suffering and provide humanitarian access. we will continue to do that work all the way until the last day me and john kerry and others have the authority to speak for u.s. government but ultimately

it takes two or in this case four or six or eight to tango. we are just not getting help or interest from those parties that are supporting assad and assad therefore has been embodien, a man who has decideed that destroying his country and town it to rubble and saying seeing the population scattered or killed, was worth it for him to cling to power. when he had the option to peacefully engage in a transition that could have kept the country intact. that's his mentality. that is not a mentality we support. that is a mentality that russians and easterns automotive group "play of the day"s have been willing to support.

but at this stage we are going to need to have a change in how all pairs think about this in order for us to end the situation. our ability to go after isil can be sustained. there is no doubt this will continue to be forces in and around syria because it will still be in chaos for quite some time. there will be elements in iraq as there have been elements in afghanistan after the taliban were swept out and after we killed bin laden but we can reduce the risk and take their key external operators off the

field. what i am probably most conditioned about is paying sure that as we do that united states policy, united states statements, united states positions don't further radical ize muslims around the world or alienate or radicalize law-abideing muslims who are living in europe or the united states. that is why it is important to understand those are our key allies in the fight. not enemies. mike? >> thank you, mr. president. this final foreign trip of your presidency is obviously playing out in very different circumstances than you might have expected, a very different transition is underway than you might have envisioned.

have you thought to approach this trip reflecting more on the powers and the new of the presidency on the world stage so you might be able to over the kind of counsel to your successor he has said he hopes to draw upon? also, on a political note you talked dug your re-election campaign of the fever that had consumed the republican party and effective political strategy they employed to block you on issues where there could have been common ground. what is your advise to democrats would could see that kind of strategy as the same kind of path to taking back power that the republicans employed and related to that what was your advise to house democrats about whether to reelect nancy pelosi as party leader in the house of representatives? >> i will work in reverse. 19 is an outstanding and historic political leader.

so much of what we accomplish was accomplished because of her smarts, her tenacity, her legislative skill and i don't normally meddle with party vote and on my way out of door i shouldn't meddle here but i cannot speak highly enough of nancy pelosi. she combines strong, progressive values with just extraordinary political skill. and she does stuff that is tough. he is a remarkable leader.

with respect to democrats and republicans and how the democrats deal with the new administration, you give them a hearing. i don't want them to do what mitch mcconnell did when i was elected meet the day of and say our objective to not cooperate with them on anything. even in the country is about to go into a depression so we and gain seats in the midterms and defeat 'em. that is not why the american people send us to work to play those games. this is not my advise to democrats. my advise to democrats is know what you care about and what you stand for. fight for your principles. even in it is a hard fight. if there are areas where the new

administration is doing something that will be good for the american people, find a way to work with them. if you think it is going to be a problem, say so. and make the argument. the town stone is, what's good for the american people? it has worked for me. it means at the end of the day and end of eight years i can lock back and say that i did what i thought was best. it doesn't mean you don't make mistakes but it means thank you be being true to your oath. and the commitments you have made to the people who elected you. reflecting on the united states presidency as i have been traveling, the main reflection i

have and the main advice that i give to the incoming president is the united states really is an indispensible nation in our world order. i say that as somebody who has gone out of his way to express respect for every country and its people and to consistently acknowledgment that many of the challenges we face are not challenges we can solve on our own but i know that the bake democrat basic frame work of the world order coming out of world war ii and then on through the under of the cold war was shaped

by a set of ideals and principle s that is worked for the vast majority of people not just in america but around the world. the notion of democracy. and rule of law. and a free press. and independent jaw dishary. and open markets. and a social welfare state to moderate some of the sharp edges of capitalism. lifting up issues of human rights and investing in development in our own borders and elsewhere in the world. and working with institutions like the u.n. making surewe arel

norms and rules. that's what has made the modern world and there have been times when we have not observed some of the norms as well as we should and here in latin america countrieses have felt disrespected and had cause on occasion for that. and there were teams when we haven't observed the values in our own country and have faulten short of our ideals but that basic structure is the reason why the world is much wealthier, much more secure and let violent, healthier, and better educated, more tolerant than 50 years ago.

that requires constant work. it doesn't just happen on its own. i have said this in europe and in places where there is a push back against the modden order but you take an example like europe before that order was imposed we had two world wars in the span of 30 years. and in the span 16 million people were killed, not 500,000 or a million, but the 630 million, entire continents. in places like the asia pacific, before that order existed you saw famines of millions of people not just conditions about low -- concerns about low wages but people die because they did

not have any flood. or drinking water or died of cholera or simple diseases in somebody had pencillen they could have been saved. i would say we all share responsibilityies for improving that order and maintaining that order and making sure it is more enexclusive and delivered great hope and process experts for more corners of the world and we all have responsibilities, every nation, in respecting the dignity and worth of their citizens and american can't do it forker else. there are limits to our reach in other countries if they are determineed to oppress their

people or not provides girls with education or siphon off development funds into swiss bank accounts because they are corrupt. we cannot handle every problem but the american president and the united states of america if we are not on the side of what's right, if we're not making the argument and fighting for it even if we cannot deliver 100% everywhere, it collapses. this is no one to fill the individual. there really isn't. there are other very important countries like a china where if it weren't increase china's cooperation we could not have gotten the paris agreement done. but china is nature the one who

was going and organizing 200 nations to sign on to a paris agreement. or putting together the paper and policy outlines and the conceptual framework. russia is a very significant military power. but they are not worrying about how to rebuild after a hurricane in haiti. we are. i have said before that's a burden we should carry proudly and i would hope that not just the 45th past the united states but every president of the united states understand that is not only a burden but it is also an extraordinary privilege. if you have a chance to do that

right you should seize it. all right? thank you, everybody. [ applause ] >> for almost an hour, and most unusual at a news conference, applause for an outgoing president obama, the last news conference as a foreign trip, refrequentive, insightful, offering guidance and advise to the soon-to-be successor citing decades long pillars of democracy, free press, independent jew dibbary and setting the themes of his presidency and american ideals as he sought to allay concerns of world leaders with the transition saying when president-elect donald trump assumes the oval office there be a "reality for him," and he spoke of the limits of american power saying without our country there would be no one there to fill the void. arthel? >> and the president was asked

about president-elect donald trump's policies and his proposals and how they will line up with some of the rhetoric on the campaign trail and president obama saying that probably will change as the oval office has a way of doing that to you. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? stay tuned. clear

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>> welcome back, president-elect donald trump leaving his private golf club there in new jersey, about again minutes ago. and wrapping up a day packed full of meetings with possible picks for the administration. we will take a look, this is taped video of early today when president-elect donald trump was going back into the follow club. today's list of guests, by the way, including former governor mitt romney, this yesterday, a possible pick for secretary of state and, now, today, on the gift list was federal new york city mayor rudy giuliani and hedge governor chris christie and investor ross and brian, sum

it up for us? >> yes, arthel, president-elect donald trump and vice president elect mike pence have headed for dinner and finished the day, a dozen meeting today, starting at noon, with the big headline president-elect donald trump cage out and said he made a couple of deals and they will announce it soon but it will be not tonight. they will head back to new york tomorrow and tuesday at the transition continues. today, meetings with governor chris christie and mayor rudy giuliani familiar faces of trump loyalists. trump came out and said good things about christie during a photo opand he said, and made it clear that giuliani is a candidate for secretary of state along with mitt romney. it appears for the set of state job as for chris christie we are

unsure and he made some time for other people like the last meeting which was with retired marines core general john kelly who could be a candidate also a candidate for congress secretary. a billionaire wilbur ross, a friend of his, he met with him today, too. so plenty of meetings today, more to come tomorrow as this transition continues in midtown, manhattan. >> and back to the city. thanks a lot. eric. >> it could be another cold blooded execution of a police officer. yet again, shot point blank. we'll have that next.

another law enforcement officer cut down and it could be another brazen execution. this time a san antonio police officers shot and killed while sitting in his police car. will is following the story from los angeles. >> reporter: authorities say that this suspect who was still on the run is considered extremely dangerous for both police officers and the community right now after he he guns down this veteran police officer in broad daylight this morning in front of police headquarters in downtown san antonio. authorities say that 20-year

veteran, detective benjamin marconi was writing a traffic ticket when a dark colored car pulled up behind his patrol car and the suspect described as a black male in his 20s or 30s, walked up to the car and then shat marconi in the head. he then reached in and shot him a second time in the head. the suspect then took off in the dark car and hasn't been seen since. take a listen to the san antonio police chief. >> our hearts go out to detective marconi's family and to all of our sapd brothers and sisters for whom this has hit home hard. most families will be celebrating the holidays and sapd will be burying one of its own because of an ultimate act of of coward is by a suspect who will be caught and brought to justice. >> reporter: the mayor in san antonio tweeting, my deepest condolences to the family of the officer killed today and all san antonio police. this type of crime cannot and will not be tolerated and with

the suspect still on the run the motivation still unknown but this makes more than 50 police officers shot and killed this year alone. eric. >> just a horrible reminder of the sacrifice of our brave law enforcement men and women that we must honor across the country. >> and our condolences to the officer's family for sure. and margel neville. >> and i'm eric shawn, up next with the day's news and the continuing speculation and news from new jersey on the potential trump, next. >> stick around for harris faulker and "fox report."

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this is fox news and we're ro looking at bedminster, new jersey after a potential stream of job candidates filing in and out. big names, vying for a role in a trump administration. all of the meetings so far behind closed doors with the media just a few feet away and here is who we have seen on this sunday. former new york mayor, rudy giuliani and chris christie and noted investor wilbur ross. both mr. trump and vice president elect mike pence speaking out about other candidates for post, including secretary of state and secretary of defense. here is the president-elect just a few minutes ago. >> mr.