for more on that, we talked to john walcott and margaret talev. margaret, let me start with you. the end of the year press conference wasn't exactly a victory march. >> the first question was, is this your worst year ever as president? which he dodged. >> the answer is yes whether nsa or health care. economy, congress. everything. >> gun-control, remember that was going to happen. a really tough year. one of his undoing was the launch of the health care. the one freebie they had. three years to plan for it, it was the signature legacy issue and a stumble on that is still dogging him. >> the problems continue. they had to make changes on policy that they said they were not going to change. >> that is right. the mandate. whether or not to relax the mandate. there are half a million people who are getting canceled because the policy did not meet the standard under the new obama care law. the administration was so concerned that they have waived the mandate until january 1. >> doesn't have the insurance industry very happy. >> no. >> the president -- headed to hawaii, 10 days of rest

. >> white house correspondent margaret talev and foreign policy correspondent indira joining us from washington. ladies, thank you so much. coming up, facebook prices a second offering of shares just ahead of the holiday week. we will look at what it means when "bottom line" continues in just a moment. ♪ >> welcome back to my this is "bottom line" on bloomberg television. equityhow you how the markets finished the session for friday, december 20. stocks rose, sending the s&p to its biggest weekly gain since july. -- boostedst confidence in the u.s. economy. the broader market index was up eight points, almost 0.5%. the dow was up 42 to 16 to two to one. -- 16221. story behind the the numbers. su keenan is standing by in the newsroom with the details. >> good evening mark. the last full trading week of the year. we have fresh records at the close. according to one strategist, the market is feeling somewhat confident. ceo says the recovery is on even. -- uneven. >> there are still great opportunities across the country but it is still very fleeting. something opens up and closes again.

margaret talev covers the white house for bloomberg news.what was on the executive's agendas who showed up at the white house today, march sphwret. >> so much in the final weeks of the administration with the president making decisions about how to rein in this program about making clear what their concerns are which is their business is affected by other countries and they're working on behalf the nsa. >> what was the white house agenda at the meeting. >> so much of the white house agenda is similar to that perception and about sending a signal to americans they care about privacy and sending a signal to american business and the president who has the sort of bad rap about understanding the concerns of business does and that she listening. >> ifill: there were 15 tech titans invited to this meeting. how many of them have been affected by for instance these efforts of the government's part to make them turn over records of the users. >> eventually all of them have been directly affected or are concerned in some way they will be affected from