obama: what's up? [laughter] [applause] pres. obama: where is michael? from last time, the republican party does not qualify for a bailout. [laughter] countobama: that does not as a troubled asset, i'm sorry. [laughter] pres. obama: dick cheney was supposed to be here, but he isn't. he is busy working on his memoirs, tentatively titled "how to shoot friends and interrogate people." [laughter] pres. obama: you know, it has been a whirlwind of activity, these first 100 days. we have enacted major economic recovery packages, we have passed a budget, we have forged a new path in iraq, and no president in history has ever named three commerce secretaries this quickly. [laughter] me,. obama: which reminds if judge reagan is here, your business cards are ready now. [laughter] pres. obama: on top of that, i have also reversed the ban on stem cell research, signed an expansion -- [applause] pres. obama: signed an expansion for children's health insurance. and driver"ek, "car named me auto executive of the year, something am very proud of. [laughter] we have also

obama: it works.rs,ot just fence asimov you know a drone crash landed a few months ago out back. don't worry, we have installed a new state-of-the-art security system. [laughter] pres. obama: let me set the record straight, i see joe sometimes, he has been at my side for seven years. i love that man. [applause] pres. obama: he is not just a great price -- vice president, he is a great man. we gotten so close in some places in indiana they won't serve us pizza anymore. [laughter] i want to thank our host for the evening, a chicago girl. [applause] pres. obama: on saturday night live, she impersonates cnn anchor, which is surprising because usually the only people impersonating journalists on cnn are journalists on cnn. [laughter] pres. obama: abc is he was some of the stars from the new series "blackish." it is a great show, but i figured abc fair warning, being only makes you popular for so long, trust me. [applause] [laughter] pres. obama: there is a shelf life to that thing. [laughter] as always, th

president obama: syria caved.ith the help of the russians, they, for the first time, a -- acknowledged chemical weapons, signed up for the international treaty saying they did not have chemical weapons and systematically removed them. the notion that, even if they are willing to do what we have asked, we should still send bombs to kill people, so they know we are serious. that is precisely the kind of conventional with -- wisdom that i think it is important for me or anyone who occupies this office to test. if the notion is that i have been hesitant to use military force, and the people doubt my willingness to do so, i think, as i have said before, they should ask bin laden. charlie: could we have done more in syria early on to support the free syrian army and rebel forces. if we had done that, and if a sawed -- assad had been thrown out of power. president obama: this is why i think it is important for us to learn the right lessons. the notion that somehow, had we provided some cash -- caches of arms to a very lo

obama: air force. [applause] pres. obama: marines. [applause] pres. obama: coast guard. all right, coast guard. [laughter] pres. obama: and we've got some of your biggest fans, which is our extraordinary military families. now, we hold a lot of events here at the white house, but few are as inspiring as this one. over the past seven years, this has become one of our favorite traditions. this year, we've got 40 active duty riders and 25 veterans. many of you are recovering from major injuries. you've learned how to adapt to a new life. some of you are still working through wounds that are harder to see, like post-traumatic stress. and like countless riders across the country, part of this great movement is to help each other, for all of us to see each other get other across that finish line. and that's how america is supposed to work. that's how our military works. and it doesn't stop when you take off the uniform. we're joined by marine captain jessica bilkovich. where's jessica? there she is, back there. [applause] pres. obama: jessica was injured in training, but went

one thing we know the obama administration has changed about the u.s.itary -- the words they use to describe certain activities. what did you make of the fact under the administration the pentagon required to refer to military actions against islamic terrorism as overseas contingency operations? >> yeah. >> and that the actual acts of islamic terrorism were to be referred to as man caused disasters. >> it completely exemplifies the approach of this administration that we're not even going to call the enemies what they are. which are islamic terrorists. >> critics say such language is part of the political correctness this administration requires of the military. some think it's harmless. others wonder. >> at ft. hood in texas, on a clear day in 2009, major nadal hassan, a doctor in the u.s. military, stood up on a table, shouted allahu akbar" and then began to fire. he killed 13 and wounded many other. it was a shocking event. >> staff sergeant alonzo lunsford, one of the 32 american soldiers hassan wounded that day. >> i blinked. he discharged the weap

obama is massively hypocritical. always been a place of individual sovereignty, this is all about sovereignty. and by doing that, he actually managed to fire something into obama before he arrives. and so the obama affect will be less. i never predicted this, but it will be less and previously thought. this is massively critical, america always makes the most of individual sovereignty. i don't agree with him, but he has done it well. ian bremmer: how do you think obama is doing on europe, on the transatlantic legendship, and how about this special relationship? >> i am not concerned about the special relationship either, because i do not think europe and britain in particular have any place to go. so that doesn't mean you take them for granted. it is not like [indiscernible] exactly. europe itself is obviously the second area of the world in crisis after the middle east. it is ironic to say that, partly in connection but not entirely. unfortunately again, it is not entirely clear what the united states can do to help

how would president obama respond? he ordered his military to stand down. >> we demonstrated weakness instead of strength.ign poli bret: when we return we look at how he's transforming our military from the ground up. [ cheering ] thank you! thank you! what a week! we sat down, we kicked back, and we watched tv! [ cheering ] this win is just the beginning! it doesn't end here. because your laundry can wait! keep those sweatpants on! order another pizza! and watch on! [ cheering ] don't wait a whole year for xfinity watchathon week to return. upgrade now to add the premium channel of your choice so you can keep watching. call or go online today. bret: if our military is going through a transformation in how it relates to the rest of the world, it's going through a revolution in how it deals with it self. >> you are standing side by side in a life or death situation next other warriors, you have to know in the bottom your soul that those warriors will stand with you. bret: mike waltz, a special forces commander is referr

one thing we know the obama administration has changed about the u.s.ilitary -- the words they use to describe certain activities. >> what did you make of the fact under the administration the pentagon required to refer to military actions against islamic terrorism as overseas c contingency operations? >> yeah. >> and that the actual acts of islamic terrorism were to be referred to as man caused disasters. >> it exemplifies the approach of this administration that we're not even going to call the enemies what they are. which are islamic terrorists. >> critics say the language is part of the political correctness this administration requires of the military. some think it's harmless. others wonder. >> at ft. hood in texas, on a clear day in 2009, major nadal hassan, a doctor in the u.s. military, stood up on a table, shouted allah akhbar and then began to fire. he killed 13 and wounded many other. it was a shocking event. >> staff sergeant alonzo lunsford one of the 32 injured that day. >> i blinked. he discharged the weapon. the first round went in righ

president obama: all right. see ya. president obama: hello, everybody. how are you? what's your name? >> i'm haba -- hanna. i'm from boca are a to en, florida. president obama: it's wonderful to see you. first of all, you should know that this is one of my favorite things. i love my science fares. seeing all the exhibits. what frayed are you in? >> ninth grade. president obama: so a freshman. what do we have here? i see a robot and a big display. >> i created several differents i rates -- iterations of an ocean energy propose type to provide stable access to electricity. president obama: when did you start pen paling? >> i was in fourth grade when we first started exchanging letters but i received these news letters when i was in seventh grade andtarted my research. president obama: that's great. so the idea was, he lives in a village where a where there's not consistent electric -- electricityity which is true in much of sub-saharan africa. you thought, maybe this is something i can figure out. what did did you figure out? >> i created three different prototypes. it

if obama comes through which he has done recently but all behind the scene stuff is obama good at it around and persuading other people to do that little bit here or there. >> in the polls just in the last few days the u.s. has support for the transatlantic is a lot lower than it's been in the past years of the administration. do you think that assuming you get the tpp done, is this the last big u.s. multilateral deal we're going to see in a long time. >> what's interesting is the transatlantic one in different parts of the world different people object to it the hole wholly different contra particularly reasons and you find people against it for multiple reasons and it's hard to build one for it. >> trade does dislocate people let's face it and in the political party it's folks who are left out because manufacturing jobs is close the down whether because they moved offshore or because they're robots in all kinds of modern techniques that have made them irrelevant. the nature of work is change in this country and we have to address it and the trade adjustment systems doesn't work and

one thing we know the obama administration has changed about the u.s.ilitary, the words they use to describe certain activities. >> what did you make of the fact that under this administration the pentagon was required to refer to military actions against islamic terrorism as overseas contingency operations and that the acts of terrorism were to be referred to as man caused reactions. >> it exemplifies the administration we are not going to call our enemies what they are which is islamic terrorists. >> critics say such lang wuage part of the political incorrectness they require of the of the military. some think it is harmless. others wonder. >> in fort hood texas major nidal hasan a doctor in the u.s. military stood up on the table shouted allah akbar and then began to fire. the killed 13 and wounded many others. it was a shocking event. >> staff sergeant was one of the 32 american soldiers hassan wounded that day. >> as the laser went across my eye sight i blinked, he discharged the weapon. the first round went in right here in my left eye. it spun me

in the larger obama administration.t's going to set up an interesting debate assuming he's the nominee. >> a break from the republicans, you mean lack of intervention? he does talk about tough -- going to builds up the military? you're saying he's saying, build up the military, i just won't use it? >> right. he's saying it was a mistake to go into iraq. it's the easy hindsight wisdom, but saying we should have done something in syria to help the christians. sometimes it's hard to figure out the specifics, but certainly on the larger themes, i think, it's a withdrawal from the kind of internationalism that characterized george w. bush, ronald reagan, and nixon. >> that's true on trade, no question he'd withdrawal from that, but yet bob corker praised the speech that it was terrific. >> well, i mean, look, here, the reality is that corker aside, this is also a risk for republicans. look, it's only been the last couple of years republicans have. willing to have a debate on national security and foreign policy after a decad

obama: good evening. ed is right, i work a lot, so i wasn't sure that i should actually come tonight. biden talked me into it. [laughter] pres. obama: he leaned over and he said, "mr. president --" [laughter] pres. obama: this is no ordinary dinner. this is a big meal! -- this is a big [beep] meal! [applause] [laughter] president obama: it's been quite a year since i've spoken here last. lots of ups, lots of downs, except for my approval ratings, which have just gone down. [laughter] pres. obama: but that's politics, it doesn't bother me. besides, i happen to know my approval ratings are still very high in the country of my birth. [laughter] [applause] president obama: and then just the other day, my dear friend hillary clinton pulled me aside and she gave me a pep talk. e said, despite the numbers, n't worry, barack, you're likable enough. [laughter] pres. obama: which made me feel better. of course, i may not have had the star power that i once had, but in my defense, neither do all of you. [laughter] [

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one thing we know the obama administration has changed about the u.s.ilitary -- the words they use to describe certain activities. >> what did you make of the fact under the administration the pentagon required to refer to military actions against islamic terrorism as overseas c contingency operations? >> yeah. >> and that the actual acts of islamic terrorism were to be referred to as man caused disasters. >> it exemplifies the approach of this administration that we're not even going to call the enemies what they are. which are islamic terrorists. >> critics say the language is part of the political correctness this administration requires of the military. some think it's harmless. others wonder. >> at ft. hood in texas, on a clear day in 2009, major nadal hassan, a doctor in the u.s. military, stood up on a table, shouted allah akhbar and then began to fire. he killed 13 and wounded many other. it was a shocking event. >> staff sergeant alonzo lunsford one of the 32 injured that day. >> i blinked. he discharged the weapon. the first round went in righ

i think if hillary clinton were to call michelle obama and michelle obama were to say what she thinks works for her, she would say, know who you are, be that person and be that person very consistently. be authentic. be mindful, this is politics and has michelle obama had to learn that lesson. be mindful of who your audience is and what is possible but ultimately stick b with it and don't be cowed. there is a moment not not quite two years ago when my angelo died the poet, michelle went to winston salem column north carolina and spoke at her memorial service. michelle recalled in her remarks moments when she felt very lonely and ivy league classrooms and lonely on the campaign trail where she said my very womanhood was challenge.houg where people doubted so much about her. you will remember how people say she wasn't patriotic and american. she. she said in those moments she thought a mile angelo and she thought of the poem phenomenal women and how much that meant to her. she said at the time that the thing that made my angelo so meaningful to michelle was that she was comfortable in h

obama became president. justly or not, drones have become procabbingtive symbol of american power and killing innocents. we ignore this at our peril, we will never be safe from terrorism. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for a really marvelous presentation. the book is just as fascinating. i mean, the details, the examples given really drive home the whole problem of drones, the legal implications, the moral implications but also the human implications, the whole thing of collateral damage. you know, your mother, your sister, your aunt, your uncle, just being collateral damage, they're shooting at you, but these other people get that too. so it's really problematic. i want to open the floor for questions and comments that you may have. raise your hand and wait for the mic to come to you and then you can address with your comments. thank you so much for your question. >> thank you so much for a great overview. i have a very specific question you may or may not be able to address but i'm doing a lot of resea

one thing we know the obama administration has changed about the u.s. -- the words they use to describe certain activities. >> what did you make of the fact under the administration the pentagon required to refer to military actions against islamic terrorism as overseas c contingency operations? >> yeah. >> and that the actual acts of islamic terrorism were to be referred to as man caused disasters. >> it exemplifies the approach of this administration that we're not even going to call the enemies what they are. which are islamic terrorists. >> critics say the language is part of the political correctness this administration requires of the military. some think it's harmless. others wonder. >> at ft. hood in texas, on a clear day in 2009, major nadal hassan, a doctor in the u.s. military, stood up on a table, shouted allah akhbar and then began to fire. he killed 13 and wounded many other. it was a shocking event. >> staff sergeant alonzo lunsford one of the 32 injured that day. >> i blinked. he discharged the weapon. the first round went in right here.

t -- one of the principal tenets of the obama articulated by president obama to the goldberg.s jeffrey tom: the most basic is don't do ex-met active -- ex-met american to avoid entanglements and get leadership actors.nal the middle east is a failure to the viewpoint. with pat and he will nor to some degree in a balanced sense in that president obama have said this to every-goldberg. he has he regrets it but understandable and legitimate points of grievance in terms of european allies saying one thing and doing another, not pulling their weight on defense. britain is better than most but good enough. germany is the worst example. ut the degree to which they play games with the russians on -- one side but with britain a big point of contention is with china and investment bank where the british government is more losely aligned with china than the obama administration would want. on the british side i think more real point of grievance is about the falklands where the administration through to kerry will seemed suggest that was open to negotiation. that caused a lot of consternation. was

carillon twitter writes, i am sick of obama's -- obama doing as he pleases.hat part of the legal does obama not understand? he just wants more votes for democrats. we will be looking for your tweets and post on facebook and looking for your calls as well. phone lines a little bit different this morning. if you are a recent legal immigrant, the phone number is (202) 748-8000. immigrant,an illegal (202) 748-8001. all others (202) 748-8002. we will go to that line for all others. baltimore maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. from -- mmigrated here it took us two years, i was a veteran of the time in the military. , so i can get any kind of benefits to get over here. it shipped to go through all kinds of hoops and all kind of stuff that the american public to go idea of what her through. i'm completely against obama's plan, it's basically putting other people in line in front of the american citizens and people who legally immigrated. host: how much did it cost her family? you talk about the timing, but what you estimated talk -- cost you to get illegal

military by the obama administration, but it was hardly the last.ently at fort gordon, georgia, hundreds of soldiers were summoned to a powerpoint presentation the about white male oppression, and the need to address the hierarchy and then a exercise required of some rotc cadets last year. we have heard some interesting thins that the male rotc cadets were pressured to walk around on college campuses in women's high heels to demonstrate their disapproval of the quote, unquote rape culture. >> i found the entire thing bizarre. when i was a rotc cadet which runzing until i threw up the if my boots were not shined pr properly. >> the obama administration removed all restriction s s on women serving in ground units. >> ta can serve as army ranges,s and green berets, and seals and paratroopers and all areas recently opened only to men. >> and instead of saying, if you are interested in that, this is the standard. >> and we spoke to someone who served two tours in iraq. >> if you meet the standards then you should be allowed to serve, that simple. >> the

on the security issue, obama is a loser, financial issue, obama's a loser. let's keep gitmo for now. >> jess can be ka, that's what people say in poll after poll, keep it open. >> i understand that. i just would fit with the classification that obama sl a loser. first of all, i think we have 91 prisoners right now. majority of whom who haven't been charged for anything. that's un-american. that's not how we do business. and on top of that, we have for instance the ads facility in colorado houses the shoe bomber, why can't they go there? and susie talked about the possibility of the prisoners then infiltrating an american population, they're in solitary confinement 23 hours a day and get an hour outside of there. i think that the chances are low. as a democrat, we love to spend money. i'm not going to use the money about. it's not about the $450 million, i believe it's what's right. >> but people do not want terrorists on american soil. >> but they're already here. they're already in our prisons. >> we don't want them on american soils. . over an hour from no

president obama: good to see you. charlie: someone said this is the trip about your -- three of your favorite ladies. president obama: it is a pretty powerful conversation. i have enjoyed spending time with all of them. i would say that this is the most elegant walk and talk i have done in quite some time. charlie: proud to be part of it. president obama: absolutely. charlie: you are sending 250 special forces to syria. what did that represent? president obama: it represents what i said from the start which is that u dismantlings isil is a priority -- us dismantling isil is a priority although we will not be sending ground troops into fight. we will try to find out what works and then double that. the own thing that has worked so far is as putting special forces in for training and advising local forces but also intelligence gathering. one of the challenges of mounting a fight against a group like kiesel that -- isil that embeds itself in civilian forces, they are not isolated, they are not out in remote areas where w

libya had been the one natatn where president obama s willing to takaction.soondictator gadhafias gone which only lead to the queion of what happens next? what happened nextasibya fellntnto chaos, a fact brought home t tragically by an attkk i benghazizi which killedour americans, including ambassasad chris stevens.s. soon, warring factionsns includg isis and al qaeda wewe fighting for popower. >> it was a mplete mistake to go in to libya. i was a key job in the admiministration and i can't s here and tell you what was- what were our goals for at operation. i have -- i al don't know. to elimina gadhafi? that was severely dumb cision. >>e said v very bluntly to me ouout the libya intervention, quote, it didn't work. >> wasn't he warned d by people like secretary g gates about libybya's tribal history and dangers of taking out gagadhafi? >> there was a huge fit in t the administration.. tuturns out the gates side was right but i think obama now isi on the side of, you ow whahat? i should not have e let myself pressured intoto this inteterven and thatat influenc

>> you mean president obama? well, president obama articula articulated his concerns over what is happening in turkey. at the end of the nuclear summit he was asked a question of what he thought was going on in turkey. he drew attention to his discomfort and what was happening with the media, and with the general atmosphere over in turkey. you know what tends to happen between the united states and other countries is if there is a problem in the national security foreign policy field it generally translates into unhappiness of what is going on in that country. president obama and president erdogan has been disagreeing about what should be done in syria and president assad. now we're moving into a situation in which the united states is cooperating with russia on a deal that would be leave president assad in power, that makes turkey uncomfortable and the tensions have been rising on the two sides because of that. >> we expect president erdogan to make comments when he opens this mosque. do you think he's likely to

[laughter] president obama: i think -- [applause] president obama: that's very important.reat place. it's a great town. you know, the way i thought about diversity is not to think about any single seat as, oh, i've got to fill this slot with this demographic but, rather, if i've got a broad set of nominees to make -- and this is true across the board -- how do i make sure that i'm intentional throughout that process? i have confidence that if i stick to that, if i do that, if i make sure that i'm broadening the search, broadening the pool, looking at a bunch of folks, even if they're not going through the conventional paths, that i'll end up -- the process will result in diversity. and that in fact, is what's happened. i am, you know, not to brag, but i have transformed the federal courts from a diversity standpoint with a record that's been unmatched. [applause] president obama: we've got more african-americans on the circuit courts than we ever had before. we've got -- i've appointed more african-american women to the federal courts than any other president before. i've

obama: hi, peter. audience: thank you. future, imagine in the and meone comes to you ays -- [cheering and applause] and she says oh, he's prioritized education, healthcare and defense. these are the three issues we've got in the budget, what's your priority, what would you think bout ranking those and what would you see in the priorities there. next obama: for the president? audience: and for yourself as well. pres. obama: well, you know, one of the things that i've learned don't always s i have the luxury of just choosing one or two things. urns out, that how well we do in the united states and how well the globe does depends on a lot of things. my first priority is to keep the american people safe, just just -- prime minister cameron, if you asked him what is your first priorities, keeping the united kingdom safe. so security is always going to a top of the list item, and isil, and from transnational terrorism are to address.ritical address them is important. y isrecognizing that securit not just a matter of military a m

president obama: great question. we're in this really interesting moment where generally, congress is thoroughly unproductive, not by the way because of the members of congress who are here -- [laughter] president obama: who are all doing great work. [laughter] but in the aggregate, it's not doing much. one exception has been this growing interest, this movement, in criminal justice reform. and it's bipartisan. and it's sincere on the part of all sides on this. and it's an interesting convergence. you have fiscal conservatives who have been seeing how expensive it is to incarcerate people year after year after year, and how it's breaking the bank, particularly at the state level, where if you track spending on public education, and spending on incarceration over the last 20, 25, 30 years, there's almost a direct line between more people in jail and less support for public universities, for example. so, there's a fiscal concern. you've got a libertarian strand of conservatives who really believe, you know, why is it t

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if there is a 4-4 split, that is bad news for the obama administration. the lower courts ruling would stand and programs would continue to be blocked. another issue is standing if the justices stand that texas and other states didn't have standing to bring this lawsuit. that would mean the programs would go into effect. texas contends that it has to spend millions of dollars subsidizing driver's licenses. we expect to find out what the opinion is later in june or july. >>> thank you. >> in a few hours, president obama heads to saudi arabia. tension rising over how to battle isis and a controversy bill over september 11th that's being discussed in congress. details next. ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >>> president obama heads to saudi arabia today with relations between those countries strained at best. the saudi regime is dealing with plunging oil prices for coffers. civil war raging along three of the borders. now a bill in congress to allow the 9/11 to sue the saudis. that is a sticking point with the long time allies. let's bring

obama's rub is he's always been l lawless. you think about it, trump talks about tariffs, his love for eminent domain and government healthcare, there's not a lot of difference between the two. an authoritarian streak and pragmatic streak that essenti essentially sends principles out the window. >> has this election cycle changed the way media treats candidates or what we've been through in the past? this could be a brand new world in american politics? >> it's certainly a unique cycle, eric. there's no playbook how to cover donald trump and presents a challenge to the media, how much airtime do you give him versus other candidates? how do you cover someone who has no political history whatsoever in terms of comments made but votes nothing there. it's a challenge for the media. it makes complete since they would try to blame the media for not covering him properly and vetting him properly. i've seen great coverage of donald trump and past business policy and positions. quite frankly, donald trump has used the media to his adva

president obama: absolutely. 250lie: you are sending special forces to syria. what did that represent? president obama: it represents what i said from the start which dismantlingus isil is a priority -- us dismantling isil is a priority although we will not be sending ground troops into fight. we will try to find out what works and then double that. the own thing that has worked so far is as putting special forces in for training and advising local forces but also intelligence gathering. one of the challenges of mounting a fight against a group thatkiesel that -- isil embeds itself in civilian forces, they are not isolated, they are not out in remote areas where we can hit them on their own so having people who develop relationships with local tribes, with people who may be going in -- out of places like rocca we can distinguish between people we can work with and those we cannot. charlie: will they be engaged in search and killed messenger -- missions? president obama: i will not going into detail. as a general