humanitarian safe spaces and cease fires that at least alleviate the suffering that's on the ground. i recognize that that has not worked and it is something that i continue to think about every day and we continue to try to find some formula that would allow us to see that suffering end, but surprising to you because you study this deeply that if you have a syrian military that is committed to killing its people indiscriminately as necessary and it is supported by russia that now has substantial military assets on the ground

regime and iran actively supporting that regime, and we are supporting what has to be our number one national security priority which is going after isil, both in mosul and ultimately in raqqah, that the situation is not the same as it was in libya. and obviously there's some who question the steps we took in libya. i continu the right thing to do although as i indicated before in the aftermath of that campaign i think the world community did not sufficiently support the need for some sort of security structures there and now is a situation that they have to get back into a better place. >> last question.

>> thank you, mr. president. [ inaudible question ] >> at least three-quarters undocumented immigrants in your preferred action program, i don't know if there's anything that you can do to reassure them or shield that information from the incoming trump administration considering his stance on immigration, and the second is maintain [ inaudible ] -- an unconstitutional infringement as commander in chief concerning the gradual transfer if you are unlikely to continue under a trump administration, is this now the time to test that theory by moving the detainees?

questions. on the deferred action program that we have known as dhaka that relates to dreamers that are benefitting from these provisions i will urge the president elect and the icoming administration to think long and hard before they are the status of what for all intents and purposes are american kids. i mean, these are kids who were brought here by their parents, they did nothing wrong, they've gone to school, they have pledged allegiance to the flag, some of them have joined the military, they have enrolled in school, by definition if they're

solid wonderful young people of good character and it is my strong belief that the majority of the american people would not want to see suddenly those kids have to start hiding again. and that's something that i will look at. with respect to guantanamo, it is true that i have not been able to close the darn thing because of the congressional restrictions that have been placed on us, but it is also true is we have greatly reduced the population. you now have significantly less

there are some additional transfers that may be taking place over the next two months. there is a group of very dangerous people that we have strong evidence of having been guilty of committing terrorist acts against the united states, but because of the nature of the evidence in some cases that evidence being compromised it's very difficu before a typical article 3 court. and that group has always been the biggest challenge for us. my strong belief and preference is that we would be much better off closing gitmo, moving them to a different facility that was clearly governed by u.s.

congress disagrees with me and i gather that the president elect does as well. we will continue to explore options for doing that, but keep in mind that it's not just a matter of what i'm willing to do, you know, one of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you've got to pay attention to them and the people who work for those rules and norms and that's a piece of advice that i gave to -- to the incoming president. i am very proud of the fact that we will, knock on wood, leave this administration without significant scandal. we've made mistakes, there have been screw ups, but i will put the ethics of this

by the rules and norms and keeping trust with the american people, i will put this administration against any administration in history. and the reason is because frankly we listen to the lawyers and we had a strong white house counsel's office, we had a strong ethics office, we had people in every agency whose job it was to how you're supposed to do things. it doesn't mean everybody always did everybody exactly the way we were supposed to because we've got 2 million people working in the federal government, you know, if you're including the military and so we had to just try to institutionalize this as much as we could and that aches a lot of work. one of my sufgss to the incoming president is that he take that

well. again, you wouldn't know this if you were listening to some news outlets or some members of oversight committees in congress, but if you actually look at the facts, it works and this is just one example of the numerous ways in which the federal government is much better today than it was without people really knowing. you look at the legitimate problems that were publicized in phoenix. it was scandalous what happened. what people don't remember is that we've brought in well over a million people who are getting benefits that weren't getting it

cut homelessness in half. just made the agency work better, not work perfect, but work better. and one of the mottos i always had with my staff was better is good. perfect is unattainable, better is possible. so we will try to share the lessons that we've learned over these last eight years with the incoming president and my hope is that he makes things better. benefit from it. all right. thank you, everybody. you guys -- some of you who are traveling you will get a chance to ask more questions. all right. thank you. >> president obama leaving the briefing room after a rather long news conference, noting that he has a plane to catch, he will be heading soon of course on his trip to europe. the president using this opportunity to talk in reflective conversation about

president-elect donald trump will face as the president said when he confronts governing versus campaigning. i want to go right now to nbc's hallie jackson in washington. hallie, the president was asked about some of the president's cabinet picks as steve bannon as the chief strategist. he didn't want to go there. >> reporter: no, you saw him really avoid the question, lester, saying that it would not be essentially a good idea for him to comment on every single one of the choices for the west wing. steve bannon of course newly named as donald trump's chief strategist along with his new chief of staff in the next administration rnc chair reince priebus. bannon has come under fire for his leadership of breitbart, a news outlet that he says he wanted to make the platform for the alt right, a conservative extremist movement. the president essentially also talked about donald trump's temperament saying that there are some areas in which he may

the president drawing on his own experience as well, lester. >> all right. hallie jackson in washington. thank you. we will have all the latest developments throughout the day and evening on our website nbc news.com and of course many of you will be going right into your local news. complete coverage coming up after that on nbc nightly news.

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also, i'm going to put my makeup on, go out, have a good time. >> what does this sound like to you? >> like drums. >> it does sound like a drum roll, but that's not what it is. take a look at what's happening in this neighborhood in russia. >> sounded like the worst drum everyone was getting it wrong. i see why now. >> this is the worst thing that could happen meters from home that surround this fireworks warehouse. up in flames. as you can see, the people who are nearby when this thing is erupting have to quickly move back while they are filming. >> why put a fireworks warehouse? >> exactly. and if you're going to build something like that, wouldn't

the utmost fire prevention standards? >> you think. wait, russia? >> the place you wouldn't want to be is on top of it, but that's where these firefighters were. >> oh! >> fire that fights back. >> boom. yeah. of course. >> oh, my! . oh, wow. >> those fireworks are coming at them and around them, but they stand their ground. >> it's like fighting a fire >> they have the hose. i don't know how effective that one stream of water will be on this place that covers close to 11,000 square feet. here's the thing, no houses surrounding this building were damaged. >> residents are going to celebrate with some fireworks. >> what's left. >> there aren't many people out there that already know if you

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that's it, that's all. see you on the next "right this minute". breaking news next.. a judge orders the release of making a murderer's brendan dassey.. what the state is doing to try and stop steven avery's nephew from walking out of prison... i'm shannon sims.and i'm charles benson. live at four

that breaking news now on live at four...brendan dassey, one of the two men made famous by the making of a murderer documentary, has been ordered released from prison.

that release in its tracks. it's the latest legal chapter in a murder case that has captivated the country.casey geraldo is live outside the prison in portage, wisconsin. after more than a decade behind bars for murder and other charges related to the 2005 death of teresa halbach., brendan dassey could walk out of this prison today. a federal magistrate issued the order, saying "dassey is arguly position than the ordinary habeas petitioner"his attorneys asked for dassey's release after the federal court overturned his conviction... they say this was an involuntary confession made in 2006... made as a result "various assertions and assurances the investigators made to dassey amounted to false promises that he would not be punished."the court feels "without dassey's march 1, 2006 confession, retrial, reconnection, and re-