obama: i don't think it was an act of war. i think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was costly. we'll respond proportionally. >> that contradicts a 2011 decision to label all computer cyber attacks from other nations an act of war. president obama also went on to say he's considering adding north korea to the list of sponsored terrorists sony says they'll eventually release "the interview," the movie, but it's not clear on what platform or when. we're coming right back. stay with us. >> while president obama follow i cafolics this country's true heroes have lost faith in their commander-in-chief. general jack kea ♪ they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this special time of year, they shine even brighter. come to the winter event and get the mercedes-benz you've always wished for, now for an exceptional price. [ho, ho, ho, ho] lease the 2014 cla 250 for $329 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. lou: president obama's approval rating plummeting among active duty members of our armed servi

>> well, it's the typical obama. >> well, it's the typical obama. you know, during the big -- it goes back. early in his political career, there was a big fight in chicago in 2006. the city council voted to pass a big box minimum wage bill, $13 an hour. they said there's no factory work left, thanks to nafta and pntr, so if walmart wants to move into chicago, we're going to force them to pay a living wage. and they came up with $13 an hour, with benefits, some kind of health benefits. mayor daley vetoed the bill because he didn't want to offend his friends in business in chicago. he was also, i think, personally offended that democracy had broken out in the city council. you know, it's like the soviet union in chicago, 49 democrats, 1 republican. and so they passed the law. he vetoes it. and there's a big fight to try to override his veto. what do you think obama does when he's a state senator and then a senate candidate, u.s. senate candidate, then senator? he kept absolutely mum on it. he didn't say a word. and nobody asked him to say anything bec

on the show tonight, has obama's economy hit its limits?he president's daughters are still off-limits, and pushing limits. but tis the season. congress is back. will the parties get along? john, if this deadlock? is deadlock in this lame duck all but guaranteed? my seuss is off. >> that is a good holiday thing. deadlock is all but guaranteed. after the election there was a little bit of getting along, but i do not think it is going to happen. and the immigration thing poison the well on the tax extenders deal. you could see the republicans were just there, and in the immigration thing, the deal blew up. that was a deal that was close to getting done with bipartisan support. >> the logic and flow points to what you are saying. i think -- >> to geologic >> -- >> to qlogic -- contrary to logic. >> there has to be a deal on the next couple of weeks. even though, as you said everybody is headed in another direction. i think republicans will let democrats confirm a bunch of people, which will show the progress that the president would like. >> i

easy for obama to say. not easy for people who have families that had the snot beat out of them in cuba. lou: this man knows his own superiority. he's very self-aware, if not self-involved. he is so understanding of racial issues, that he is willing to look out upon the nation, and all of us lowly citizens and announce we're all racist. that our culture is racist. that it's engrained in us. what bothers me is not his garrison, his utter incensibility to his role as president, it's the fact that he doesn't expose an ounce, one iota of gratitude that he's the product of this very society that he's denigrating. it's astonishing. >> lou, i don't think you fully comprehend that this will get better because al sharpton, the official white house spokesperson. not josh earnest. he will take everything from cuba to sony to issues with the police forces across america. and the best thing for al, he doesn't to have pay his taxes. he feels like that he's off the hook because he's doing so much for the country, that we

to president obama and the staff, thank you. last letter to president obama, i wrote that despite my five year tenure in captivity, i would not want to trade places with him and i certainly would not want to trade places with him on this glorious day. five years of isolation notwithstanding, i did not need daily briefings to become visit of what are undoubtedly incredible challenges facing our nation and the global community. i also feel compelled to share with you my utmost respect for and fondness of the people of cuba. in no way are they responsible for the ordeal to which my family and i have been subjected. , or at leasts most of them, are incredibly kind, generous, and talented. it pains me to see them treated so unjustly as a consequence of two governments mutually belligerent helices. 5.5 decades of history show us such belligerence inhibits better judgment. two wrongs never make a right. i truly hope we could now get beyond these mutually belligerent policies. and i was very happy to hear what the president had to say t

obama is gone for seven days. we won't have to hear anymore more of this stuff. >> did he not look like the dourest figure? >> he did, but it was a disappointing press conference for this reason. here's a president who could have called sony but instead he said, why didn't they call me. we don't let tinfoil hat people in north korea tell us what movies we can watch for gosh sake. they did something wrong. i wish they would have talked to me first. >> and within it all, he rationalizes his own passivity and the appearance of indifference to the outcome of a important national security issue and then says his response will be to consider maybe putting them on a state sponsored terrorism list which they were taken off by president george w. bush. >> do whatever i want to do. that's what the world's dictators are doing. the complete un the loon as we might want to call him. >> this is the exact parallel. he sits there and criticizes and admonishes sony for not releasing the movie when it was his part in 2012 in which

i wouldn't say the obama vags was necessarily disengaged. i think it set the right balance on most issues. in some ways, though, i think some of the values issues, and its reticence to talk about this, and this is where we may disagree, but having been in the middle east and europe last week while the torture report was released, you see that people still look to america in some ways, and you see that that is a form of power that has been damaged by some of our past mistakes, and you see that people look at our politics in many ways and look at it as an ideal, but unfortunately, you see, also, they see the same dysfunction that we all see, that we often make these unforced errors that hurt ourselves. so i'll close maybe with a little bit of optimism. i think looking at sort of where america is today, especially when i was in europe last week and in the middle east, it's less pessimistic coming back here, i think, when you look at sort of how people look to our country, still, as an economic engine, especially hin this yea and the fact that w

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i want to give you a reaction from someone who said obama got it right and someone who says obama got it wrong. >> another very bad deal. >> why? >> the same thing he did you remember when he released one american soldier for four high ranking taliban murders. today he released three convicted murders, here in miami's spies, cuban spies for what, for one person? >> you're wearing this obama tee shirt. do you think what happened today was a good move on the president's part? >> definitely. i think it will be historic. i cry when i see obama's speech it was so moving. he talked to the people in cuba, people o of cuba. about freedom of expression all these things we're seeing in cuba today. >> john it's interesting because the woman you saw speaking there came here when she was 12 years old, her mother sent her from cuba and her mother stayed behind. the interesting generational component, the people who came out are probably in their 50s or 60s they're part of the brain drain. when fidel castro had his revolution in the 50s he tried to redistribute things from the upper to the lower cla

>> well, it's the typical obama. >> well, it's the typical obama. you know during the big -- it goes back. early in his political career, there was a big fight in chicago in 2006. the city council voted to pass a ig box minimum wage bill, $13 an hour. they said there's no factory work left, thanks to nafta and pntr, so if walmart wants to move into chicago, we're going to force them to pay a living wage. and they came up with $13 an hour, with benefits some kind of health benefits. mayor daley vetoed the bill because he didn't want to offend his friends in business in chicago. he was also, i think, personally offended that democracy had broken out in the city council. you know, it's like the soviet union in chicago, 49 democrats, 1 republican. and so they passed the law. he vetoes it. and there's a big fight to try to override his veto. what do you think obama does when he's a state senator and then a senate candidate, u.s. senate candidate, then senator? he kept absolutely mum on it. he didn't say a word. and nobody asked him to say anything becaus

race relations under president obama has gotten worse. in -- what has t to the surface is white peoples absolute hate for black people. carson should be ashamed of himself. people who ust ask are learned, educated, and articulated. a professor at harvard was mistreated by police. dr. carson should be ashamed of himself. they say these things in the front of their n faces to get friendship into the white world. now, america had hugo black -- a ku klux klan that was a supreme court member. seven presidents own slaved. several presidents were members the ku klux klan. fabric rica has -- as a of society -- sewn into its racism, anti-blackism. people, jews, ean other people that have been discriminated against. specifically, black people have been discriminated against. obama has received more death threats than any other president. racism is alive and well in america. host: robert from henderson, kentucky. times" this wyork morning -- mary landrieu was defeated in the runoff. report heck in with a later this program. the dems headline -- insu

they were really upset with her. >> i voted for obama but, you know -- >> this is not the barack obamaoted for, she could have done a lot with it. >> mitch mcconnell had 70 different ads. >> it was amazing. he tried to be hyper local. a lot of these were targeted to individual media markets. eastern kentucky on the coal issue, western kentucky on rural issues. helping workers involved with radiation -- this was a very, highly sophisticated effort. one of the reasons he did this -- the era of your marks are gone. -- earmarks are gone. mitch mcconnell used to run on pork barrel projects. now those are gone. >> those are really gone? >> they are gone on capitol hill. >> you can't claim credit for his spending your marks. >> republicans banned it. >> mcconnell was smart enough to look down the road and see -- this is how you win election. he helped deliver kentucky. now it was harder for him. >> he did a news conference the day after the election and he was standing in the mcconnell center. >> >> who paid for that? corporate donors -- >> there was some initial money but it was mainly in co

president obama's actions are unlawful. violate the separation of powers and in conclusion, even with sympathy to the cause of immigration reform, impatient presidents may not violate the constitution if they don't get their way. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. due pree, welcome. >> good afternoon. thank you for inviting me to testify and to share my thoughts on the constitutionality of the president's directive granting deferred action eligibility to approximately 5 million people who are currently here in the united states in violation of our immigration laws. i served as principle deptive attorney general under president bush. i litigated and advised the white house on moigs policy and reform. in my view, president obama's actions exceed his authority under the constitution. the president was correct on the many occasions where he stated that he did not have the power to do what he has now done. reasonable people can disagree over how best to fix our immigration system and while there can and should be a robus

they couldn't get obama care paid for unless they mandated obama care, he's the one that came up with that idea. >> that's the worst part of it. >> that's the part they should have pounded today on capitol hill, were you the one who came up what the mandate on obama care? >> the other thing is, i'll belt you going back to his class rooms, i bet you the lines to get into his classroom next year are long. >> all right, on the same day as gruber's testimony, senate democrats released a report on the cia's controversial interrogation techniques with the blessing of the white house, while admitting it's going to pose a danger to americans overseas. next on "the fiviviviviviv >>> today senate democrats released a controversial report on enhanced cia interrogations that even the white house admits could put americans overseas in danger and tell dianne feinstein defended the timing of the report's release. >> our commitment to a just society governed by law, and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. there may never be the riling time to release this report. the instabilit

whether it's president obama or his critics. that's how the critics representing it and that's how president obama is presenting it. >> daniel helper, we'll be watching it all and we'll get you back later to see how it all plays out. thanks, daniel. >> thank you very much. >> of course. >>> president obama, by the way, also weighing in on his response to the threat from north korea following that massive sony cyberattack. for more on what course of action the white house should take, tune in sunday morning futures with maria. she'll speak with congressman peter king, a member of the select committee. tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on the fox news channel. >>> the death toll climbings in a horrific accident after this car here slammed into a crowd leaving a church christmas concert. what the driver is saying about the tragedy and the serious charges she's facing. >>> plus, irs commissioner describing this year's tax season as "miserable." so, what exactly does he mean and what you need to know before filing your return.

that somehow the nsa during the obama administration and the cia during the obama administration have relaxed about this and they were better than this? >> i don't think there's any kind of evidence. i don't think that's a fair point to make. i think north korean problem has been a ongoing problem the last 20 years. spans from the clinton years to bush years to obama years. this is not a fair criticism, i would say. >> what do you suppose the reaction is tonight among the north korean regime? is this a victory for them at this point? >> yeah, unfortunately i think they're pretty happy. their objective was to get this movie pulled anticipate they were successful in doing that. they demonstrated a cyber capability that was more sophisticated than previous attacks they used in south korea against businesses and against media companies. admittedly, it's pretty obvious, they had a soft target in sony gwynn the way that sony caved to these attacks. but, you know, i think if this was their objective, to try to show they have this capability and to take down this movie, i don't see how they w

said president obama it had long >> another bad deal, president obama, your president. >> reporter: why. >> the same thing he did when he released one american soldier for four high-ranking taliban murderers. today he released three convicted murderers here in miami, for what, one person. >> you are wearing this president obama t-shirt. so do you think what happened today was a good move on the president's part? >> definitely. i think it will be his legacy. i cried when i saw his speech. it was so moving. he talked to the people of cuba about having unions, things that the cuban government has not mentioned, about freedom of expression. all these things we are mentioned to you today. >> it's interesting, the woman you saw speaking there came here, her mother sent her from cuba, her mother stayed behind. if you look behind me, a lot of people that came out are older, probably in their 50s or '60s, and describe that they are part of the brain drain. remember when fidel castro tried to redistribute things to the lower classes. for example, 600 meals of roads were built in six months. what

to make an additional data about president obama's amnesty. in all likelihood in a matter of hours or a matter of days the senate is going to pass this massive, port filled nests of a bill, $1 trillion plus amnesty that is paying off lobbyists' throughout this town. and leadership in both parties, republican leadership in the house and senate have promised this bill is designed for congress to stand up to president obama's illegal amnesty. they said repeatedly that in just a few weeks help is on the way. in just a few weeks republicans will be the majority in this body and we will have a new majority leader. the new majority leader, my friend, senior senator from kentucky said, quote, if president obama acts in defiance of the people and imposes his will on the country, congress will act. we are considering a variety of options but make no mistake, when the newly elected representatives of the people take their seats, they will lack. madame president, i take the soon-to-be majority leader at his word. speaker of the house likewise said, quote,

obama: i don't think it was an act of war. i think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was costly. we'll respond proportionally. >> that contradicts a 2011 decision to label all computer cyber attacks from other nations an act of war. president obama also went on to say he's considering adding north korea to the list of sponsored terrorists sony says they'll eventually release "the interview," the movie, but it's not clear on what platform or when. we're coming right back. stay with us. >> while president obama follow i cafolics this country's true heroes have lost faith in their commander-in-chief. general jack keane on the morale of our military next. your 16-year-old daughter studied day and night for her driver's test. secretly inside, you hoped she wouldn't pass. the thought of your baby girl driving around all by herself was... you just weren't ready. but she did pass. 'cause she's your baby girl. and now you're proud. a bundle of nerves proud. but proud. get a discount when you add a newly-licensed teen to your libert

reactions from supporter and critics of the surprising move by president obama. >>> the interview you won't see, the film pulled from theaters. sony holds release of the film amidst the threat of theaters as u.s. officials say north korea is behind the company's hack. >>> and watch out, rand paul. if you think you can run for the senate and president in 2016, well, there is one woman in kentucky who is trying to stop you. this is "way too early." >>> hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is thursday, december 18th. welcome to "way too early," the show that wishes north korea stopped the release of the adventures of pluto nash starring eddie murphy. remember that movie? alan remembers that movie. you think that was the worst movie ever? no. we'll get your -- who? joy sticks? we'll have my hearing checked after the show today. joey, thank you. >>> a lot to talk about this morning. first, thank you for being here. we want to begin with this stunning news coming out of sony, canceling the release of "the interview" on christmas day following a massive data breach and terror

former hhs secretary kathleen sebelius suddenly seems to know how to fix obama care. >> obama care, nouestion, has a very bad brand that has been driven intentionally by a lot of misinformation and a lot of paid advertising. and i think we may need to call it something in the future different. >> really? just change the name? our political panel is back. john, a new name? >> i just think it's delusional. right now you're finally seeing some thawing among democrats like chuck schumer who are saying it's a bigger problem than this, a problem that doesn't help the middle class. if you think it can be fixed by changing the name name it after somebody popular, taylor swift or aaron rodgers. but it's what obama care does. it's what it is, the reality of it. by two to one people say the law has hurt them rather than helped them from the new fox poll. people losing their plans, paying more. losing their doctors. >> i think she means the misinformation about the past bill. but the misinformation that passed the bill. if you liston jonathan gruber lack of transparency. nobody knew knew it or rea

afraid of what obama care was going to do.were going to widen and all those things, the president said he didn't have the authority to do executive actions on multiple occasions. turns out he just went ahead and did it anyway. i don't know why all these republicans are surprised when the administration or representatives of the administration, exaggerate, why? why should they be surprised? i don't know why senator rubio would think just because you ask a question that you're going to get an answer that is gets cons happened a day earlier, he would not have been concerned, though he would have had a huge argument over what appears to be untruth of some sort about the consultation with congress. . but i think the major issue here, you mentioned became in 08. he said i will maintain the embargo, for precisely the reason we have cited here today. it provides us with leverage to provide the regime with a choice, if you take significant steps towards a democracy, we will take steps to begin normalizing relations. which is the consen

obama would certainly be get telling blame. there's always a debate when an economic bounces back, how much credit does a president deserve. i put out on facebook that i was going to be doing this, i'm driving around with the family, and gas prices are down and a lot of people are talking about. we have to acknowledge all the good things that are happening in the economy for the president. people are saying what an amazing year it was for the president. they're leaving out the first 11 months. >> those lower gas prices feel nice, but the secret service scandal, the crisis at the border, these are all stories that didn't help the president. it is important that we give the president credit when things get better, especially the economy. >> isis is the jv squad, they turned out to be a little bit more than that, and we see a lot more of these pieces, but it's interesting, because as you say, people are playing up some of that positive news, but leaving out some of the more negative points, i suppose. >> this is a trend that's bre

el presidente, barack obama anuncia el miÉrcoles que luego de reuniones secretas de mÁs de un aÑo deunidense y cuba duraron un aÑo secreto, y nadie sabÍa que estaba ocurriendo y una persona clave ricardo zuÑiga director de la casa blanca de asuntos del hemisferio estÁ con nosotros desde la casa blanca gracias ricardo por estar con nosotros? >>> muchas gracias >>> hablamos durante este aÑo que durante meses se llevaron a cabo conversaciones tanto en canadÁ, como en la santa sede entre la administraciÓn del gobierno obama y los hermanos castro? >>> asÍ es fueron conversaciones complicadas por el, los temas que estamos tratando, mÁs que todo el, en la parte del intercambio de agentes de inteligencia de ambas partes. agentes de inteligencia de estados unidos, detenido en cuba por casi 20 aÑos y los 3 cubanos detenidos en estados unidos demÁs de 15 aÑos, y a parte de eso situaciÓn del seÑor gross tambiÉn. tambien habÍan suntasu que ambas partes para usted supieron en la mesa como movidas soberanas que se iban a tomar por parte de cada parte por su parte, pero en terminos de la polÍtica el

i'm just like bill clinton or barack obama. i came from nowhere and had nothing and got something. >> well, i have been in come to jesus moments with some people if i were to name them, caucasian people, powerful people in this nation, but there was a time when there was a repentance and they would cry and say i have been racist, forgive me, my brother, forgive me, my sister, so i have experienced racism in my lifetime. but i would not, still not say that all white people are racist. when my uncle was killed i wanted to blame white people. i wanted to hate white people. you have heard me say this. my daddy said you can't hate white people. white people marched with us. white people go to jail with us. white people pray with us. white people die with us. so i was taught that by my daddy, a.d., my uncle, m.l. america is not racist. there is racism in america. >> well, it is so sweet of you to hear you say m.l. we are going to honor your uncle with what we consider to be one of his most eloquent statements on race coming up here l

bush and president obama himself cites president bush sr. >> but there's nothing like for president obamase. >> but again, you and i may disagree -- >> maybe that's why he's pushing so hard for iran. >> there's something as pushing too hard for a deal but people are very worried in the neighborhood, some are worried he will get a deal, it's not a good deal for us. cub could be a dangerous deal for us. >> that brings up an important point. he brings up the president reagan example. we saw margaret thavtcher and then pope john paul bring the soviet collapse of the communist dictatorship there. here, they worked to reengage without being a collapse of a dictatorship and collapse of a communist regime. therein lies the difference. >> i was originally a market reporter and wanted to look at the economy. president obama took over as every viewer watching around the world knows at the worst time. you expect the numbers to be good. better than good. gas prices at lowest level, stock market is up. unemployment rate is down 26%. so you could look at all of that, doug, and say, well, that's just bec

than president obama. i'll ask the president to apologize but i ensure you now i expect nothing at all from president obama. to accuse americans of racism now clinton looks to echo the shocking remarks to raise the ante. next. ♪ ♪ lou: well, it turns out president bill clinton doesn't think much of americans either, he's the latest to weigh in on the everything garner -- eric garner, michael brown decisions, agreeing that racism is deeply rooted in americans and our country. >> we still have not solved the problems that lead us to act out of fear sometimes, of preconceived notions of people of another race who also may not be of our socioeconomic group. these preconceptions are almost wired into us, and we have got to get beyond them. lou: joining us now, "wall street journal" editorial board member jason reilly who is the author of the important book, "please, stop helping us." great to have you here, jason. >> nice to be here, lou. lou: your reaction to the president saying racism is deeply -- talking to

obama, to get back to steve's point about obama governing in a way he wants the world to look insteadgoverning the way it actually is, it ties back into our discussion of gitmo and trying to close gitmo. we don't send people to gitmo anymore. a third of the people we've released have rejoined the battlefield. that ties into the thing of this isis sneaking up on us. we don't interrogate them anymore and find out about the intelligence. we don't have that operation anymore. because this president is more interested in obtaining a political goal of shutting down gitmo regardless of whether it helps us fight these real world problems. >> you know, i was talking about things that we weren't aware of a year ago or hadn't happened a year ago. one thing we were talking about a year ago was the effort by the u.s. and our allies to restrict iran's nuclear program. we were about to begin talks with iran. well, it's a year later. the talks have been extended twice. they've missed two dead lines. here is secretary of state john kerry on that continuing effort. >> we would be fools to walk away fro

they couldn't get obama care paid for unless they mandated obama care, he's the one that came up with that idea. >> that's the worst part of it. >> that's the part they should have pounded today on capitol hill, were you the one who came up what the mandate on obama care? >> the other thing is, i'll belt you going back to his class rooms, i bet you the lines to get into his classroom next year are long. >> all right, on the same day as gruber's testimony, senate democrats released a report on the cia's controversial interrogation techniques with the blessing of the white house, while admitting it's going to pose a danger to americans overseas. next on "the five." 9000 with contour detect technology that flexes in 8 directions for the perfect shave at any angle. go to philips.com/new for savings on shavers and trimmers. innovation and you. philips norelco. we are about to make more gooddeliveriesverybody. to more places than anybody on earth. we have the speed. we have the technology. and we have the team. we made over 15 billion successful deliveries last year. 15 billion! football ha

soil, hours before the obama announcement. >> thank you, president obama, for everything that you haveone today and leading up to today. >>> question, president obama says the reason he's changing the policy of isolating cuba is that it has had, quote, unquote, little effect. is that true? >> it's not true. the isolation of cube -- break and bank the soviet union, but i will say this. ive think the president did a good deal on the prisoner exchange. he gave away too much on the details. russians don't buy their sugar anymore, don't get the oil, not going to get it is from venezuela. they are in desperate straits. raul's coming to us. i will say this. he's going to get investment, might get tourist dollars and the rest of it, but he is taking a tremendous risk, when you get tens of thousands of tourists, travelers, american visitors, cuban americans folks coming out of cuba, 'a real risk with the survival of his dictatorship and police state down the road. >> eleanor? >> yes, that's exactly the point. cuba cannot continue with the oppressive regime it's had once the country begins to op

obama seem to be outlandish wrong. because until these news stories shouldn't be too many comments until they have found comes toruth before it a story. don't understand these so-called statements, it doesn't make sense. shouldn't be ran that way. i'm a citizen. hat would i know other than what is being said? gott-- it doesn't appear to be the right way to attack the beginning. the host: that is james in richmond. david in mobile, alabama, the for independents. how seriously do you think the .s. should take the threats from a regime like the kim regime in north korea? caller: i agree with president obama we have to respond -- but also i degree with john mccain. t is a new type of warfare and with them threatening the white house, pentagon and other create -- we ill have to take she is seriously. they dn't rule out -- if are going to threaten the white house and pentagon we can't rule out military action. maybe.rikes i don't know. host: that is david in mobile, alabama. asked about being and some administration official

but also president obama in his remarks talked about vietnam. the united states has a relationship with vietnam much different than cuba, and vietnam is a communist country that the united states fought a very bloody war with over the years, and making the argument that the united states can be engaged with some of these other countries in the world that it has history with as well, he argues that we ought to be abled to that with cuba as well. the main point the obama administration wanted to make was that this was not a sp spy-for-spy swap. that mr. gross' release was made for humanitarian reasons. not an one-on-one swap. but in the grand scheme of things was it a prisoner swap, you have to say it probably was. >> jamie mcintyre in washington. and the concerns about human rights, democracy and cuba, i want to go over to mike viqueira at the white house, i wonder if that ability to continue those conversations have a better opportunity given the communications that it took to pull off this deal? when you look at raul castro and his address toda

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president obama. this election was a referendum on him. >> i want to specifically ask about the divide in the drablg party. if you u ask on that map now, you said it's sad, it's going to be tough for democrats, srntd it? >> well, no, it depends, as long as the party continues, he's contracting right now to basically a coastal party. and if it starts losesing the midwest and some of the industrial states, then it will be in deep trouble, few problem is the republicans are trying to do well in some of those areas. >> this is the a but, harris, there are 256 electoral votes that are democratic, that is where the democrats won five of the last sick presidential elections and four or five states that if they win just one of, they win the presidency. to while the democratic party is as pat suggests, a coastal party, electorally for the presidency, it's hard, not impossible. >> the republicans have to crack some of these democratic states and reach out beyond a southern party alone doesn't do the trick. and

the obama white house did respond, they put out a statement.88 word statement condemning the attack as you expect. the white house did not condemn the terrorist group that committed the massacre, not a single one of those 88 words was the word taliban. and the taliban is the group that immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. a final thought. wouldn't it be nice if our president would measure what he says about our country and our people? wouldn't it be nice if he actually cared about the sensibilities of the citizens, american citizens as he does those of our enemies. the quotation of the evening, this from the greek author and poet homer -- we're coming right back. >>> president obama's immigration amnesty fiat called unconstitutional by nearly half the states and a federal court judge today agreed with the attorneys general. ♪ the mercedes-benz winter event is back, with the perfect vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on. [ho, ho, ho, ho] lease the 2015 c 300 4matic for $419 a month at your local mercedes

is it about obama's legacy? when you look at his legacy in afghanistan, no one ever talks about the fact that 73% of casualties during the war in afghanistan happened since 2009. they don't talk about the fact that 90% of the injuries that have come out of afghanistan have happened since 2009. so what is president obama's real end game here with his policy in both of those places? >> well, the scary part is he doesn't know. he's just looking to get out of office without any more major problems. katie, you made a critical point. obama just patted himself on the back again because he said he pulled most of our troops out of afghanistan. well, he put most of our troops in afghanistan, and absolutely right. 3/4 of our casualties were on his watch. fortunately, we're leaving a small residual in afghanistan. let's hope that it's enough. but a fundamental problem seems like our president is like children believe you saying something makes it so. he said iraq was a strong democratic government contender, we could leave.