the obama administration has taken a different approach and as i have on a number of policies , we would invite you to as you consider the policies put forward by the incoming administration, evaluate their performance based on the approach president obama has pursued. i will spare you the long recitation of the dramatic improvements we've seen in our economy because that certainly is the backdrop for all of this but when it comes easily to trade enforcement, we should remember the united states during the obama administration of the last eight years has filed more cases at the wto than any other country. in some ways that makes sense because the us economy is so large and benefits from our strong relationship with other countries overseas but it's an illustration of how aggressively the obama administration has worked to protect our economy. here in the united states . in the context of our trade relations. 25 cases filed at the wto against other countries by the united states under president obama.of those cases, the united states has one every single one that's been decided. 14 of the

a flurry of last-minute actions by the obama administration is placing prickly issues on president-electp's plate. we're looking into the obama exit strategy. darrell issa: president obama is not going softly into the night. he very clearly wants to leave what some call scorched earth or at least troubled waters. sharyl: republican congressman darrell issa questions the obama administration's 11th hour moves. like the post-election retaliation against russia for its alleged interference in our election by hacking democratic party emails. daryl issa: i do believe that the retaliation, if you will, with russia was appropriate for conduct, but it was appropriate for conduct going back weeks, months, or even years. and that's one of the challenges is, the russians see this as the desperate act of a dying administration, not as a measured response to their misconduct. sharyl: the obama administration is also holding open the gates of gitmo, releasing enemy combatants with suspected ties to islamic extremist terrorists. and it's delivered a final slap in the face to our strongest mideast ally,

you're coming in and out of one of those seven countries -- by the way, identified by the obama administration as the seven most dangerous countries in the world in regard to harboring terrorists and affi affirmed by congress multiple times, then you're going to be subjected temporarily with more questioning until a better program is put in place over the next several months. this is something that 75%, 80% of americans out there agree with. we don't want people that are traveling back and forth to one of these seven countries that harbor terrorists to be traveling freely back and forth between the united states and those countries. >> you just said something at the beginning of your answer and it seemed like an aside. this order does not impact any green cardholders from these seven countries. >> of course it does if you are traveling back and forth. you are going to be subjected to further screening. >> let me ask you this. are you going to do that to american citizens as well that travel in and out of these seven country sns. >> i would suspect if you are an american citizen traveling back

those numbers went down a lot during the obama administration. they were down to under 400,000 in the last fiscal year and that is a lot less than the million-plus that we were seeing during peak years in the bush administration. that is not to credit the obama administration. a lot of that has to do with improvements to the economy in mexico and the decline in the u.s. economy. but i think we have hard numbers there. as far as estimating the size of the unauthorized population, that is something we do at my organization, other organizations do. it is not an exact science. but there is a general consensus that is between 11 and 12 million people. we'll see if the trump administration comes up with different numbers on that. and remind me the broader question was about -- >> it was about day one, things that he will focus on. this is what the a.p. has summarized so i'll get reaction to all of this. donald trump promised to stop all federal funds for sanctuary cities to begin deporting what trump estimates to be more than 2 million criminal illegal

obviously sally yates not the only high-ranking obama administration appointee to stay on at the request of the trump administration. what do you think -- what do you think will happen now that she's been fired? >> i hesitate to hazard to guess, rachel. i will just say that if what we saw at the state department today with the draft memorandum circulating that, you know, dissenters, you know, many, many dissenters having problems with the executive order and told pointblank by steve bannon, you know what, just leave. if you're not loyal, just leave. >> by sean spicer, yeah, that's right. >> this is a loyalty test, i think, at this point. >> dahlia, part after who we need to figure out is nuts and bolts. what is dane in boente like, now going to be taking over, how will the senate democrats respond in terms of whether or not they can throw additional sand in the gears in terms of the jeff sessions nomination, will he get a confirmation vote tomorrow? will there be either an exodus or mass firings at the justice department in response to this? i mean, all of it is in process, like laurence

if you have a couple hundred policy people, which the obama administration had until at least near the end of the administration, most of them never see the president, except maybe to shake his hand when they're hired and fired. they don't know the president. but they have a mandate to work in their policy areas and aggressive people who are interested in making a ifference. so as a result it increases the difficulty of people in the agencies being able to take initiatives and lead and connect effectively with the national security advisor. because there's still only one security advisor, one cabinet, it creates a bottle neck, because all these people are generating ideas. they're mostly good people. i mean, they're active. they care. they come to government because they want to make a difference. but in that sense, the large umber is the enemy of the good even when i wrote a piece in 2000 for brookings, which we basically said we think 40 to 50 is about right. if you add that, it makes it bigger. but clearly with under bush and then barack obama, it's gotten bigger. ivo may want to sp

almost more vociferously than they did on -- they denounced the obama administration more vociferously on this issue than on almost any other issue. >> yes, this is certainly not the only place where the trump administration appears to be making appointments that are contradictory to some of his campaign promises or his attacks upon -- certainly upon the obama administration and their choice of appointees. but i really think the big picture here is that this was quietly announced tonight as everyone else was focused on the attorney general and this big news. here we have the quiet little announcement out of dhs that the ice director was now going to be the enforcement guy. and i really think this pour tends to what we should expect to see in the future from immigrations and customs enforcement. it's sort of a doubling down, really, for the trump administration in the face of all the criticism they have been receiving. >> yeah. yeah. i don't know. keeping on the obama administration enforcement guy doesn't seem to be a doubling down to the extent that what they are doing is taking a har

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what the obama administration wanted tackled right away? > sure, in president obama's first statest union, he said something no president had said before, which is every american needs at least one year of post-secondary training to succeed in today's economy. and you see that priority reflected in much that the administration did-- proposals for free community college, putting more money into aid for low-income students. the key difference between past administrations is that i'd say historically, the focus of higher ed policy has been on helping middle-class families who are already going to send their children to college to do so in more affordable ways. president obama focused on the students who weren't going, those who needed higher education, but were not seeking it. >> stewart: alyson, let's unpack a little bit of what you talked about. testing became a buzz word among k-12 education, associated with common core state standards. the common core was, obviously, an idea, a way to have a federal standards so students in nevada could be

to and indeed there are considerable reports that the obama administration, president obama and john kerry, actively encouraged and facilitated under the terms of that resolution the jewish corridor, the old city of jerusalem is illegal and illegitimate and not justifiably a part of israel. under the terms of that resolution, the location of holy sites for the jewish people including the most important holy sites, the temple mount, is illegal and illegitimate to be a part of israel. and under the terms of the resolution, the western wall where jews from all over the world come to pray is deemed occupied palestinian territory illegal and illegitimate. it's more than a little ironic that president obama went to the western wall to place a yarmulke there, pretending to show respect to israel and yet his administration in an outgoing act of contempt declares the western wall not part of the nation of israel. this couldn't be further from the truth, and it was also an affront to views around the world that the resolution was adopted on the eve of hanukkah. for eight days, jews lit candles

was about right, but it has doubled in every administration since then to the point where he had more than 400 people working on the nfc staff in the obama white house. arguably many of those would to have policy people there and they had a lot more technicians than these two. but there there were a lot of policy people there. it the administration has set its work to make it smaller and congress has moved with the legislation this year to mandate some argument over whether they have the power to do that. they've done it in legislation that it can be more than 200 people. how important is that? decides dictate function question does function dictate size question doesn't make it big difference. >> let me jump in on the. on the very top handful of issues probably not much. those were handled by the president and the deputy secretaries and so forth. i think it matters is on a lot of other issues. mostly few have have policy people which the obama had at least until the end of the administration, most of them never see the president except just shake his hand when they're hired or fired. and most don't have a real relationship with the nati

at least according to the obama administration. this unapoll jet scli is a ban, a four-month ban on refugees and an indefinite ban on someone coming from circumstance ya. >> so let me ask you. because this could come down to packaging. i'm curious whether it does, right? slowing it to the crawl, so essentially no one gets approved is almost the same thing as a ban, right? it's just the way you announce it and put it out publicly is completely different. is that what happened here or no? >> well, it certainly seems to be part of it. there was never a point at which no one was being approved under the obama administration, but certainly it was very, very slow. here's a key difference. the obama administration seems to have done a lot of consultation with the justice department, homeland security, the intelligence services. all of the people who have to put it in place before it was put into place. whereas over here, one of the complaints of the critics is to say the trump administration took a small inner circle, came up with the pla

trump national security advisor was in contact with the russians at the very same time the obama administration was preparing to retal i didn't tell for russian cyber attacks. still on the attack, trump unleashes a barrage of tweets. sleez bag russia has compromising information on him. and trump calls hillary clinton quote, guilty as hell. she should not have been allowed to run for president. not legitimate, he conspired to get trump elect the. he says trump is not a legitimate president-elect. and closing in, in its closing days, the obama administration says the hunt for isis leader is intensifying and his days are numbered. are u.s. forces closing in? wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim sciutto and you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news tonight, the house of representatives takes the first step towards dismantling obamacare. a mostly party line vote follows a similar move in the senate, allowing republicans to use the budget process to roll back major parts of the health care law. also breaking, congressman john lewis says he does not consid

it pretty much doubled in every administration since then, where you had more than 400 people working on the nsc staff. in the obama white house, arguably many of those were not policy people. they need a lot more techs than they used to. there is administrative staff. but there were a lot of policy people there. the administration has said it worked to make it smaller. in fact congress moved with legislation in the ndaa this year to mandate some argument over whether they actually have the power to do that but they have done it in legislation, that it can't be more than 200 people. how important is that? i mean does size dictate function? does function dictate size? does it make a big difference? >> let me jump in and ivo may. on top handful of issues probably not very much. those are handled by the president and the chief people, the deputies and secretaries and deputy secretaries and so forth. what matters is a lot of other issues. the couple hundred policy people obama had until near the end of the administration, most of them never see the president except to shake his hand when they're hired and fired. they d

i think that really underscores sort of a distorted viewpoint of the obama administration and their foreign policy throughout president obama's presidency in the sense that even steny hoyer has said that the resolution tips the hand of the palestinians. so we are essentially tipping the hand of -- you look at the palestinian authority and 10% of the budget goes towards supporting and paying terrorists and their families. the same to be said of the iran deal. lifting sanctions for iran, helping iran rebuild their economy. again, the largest state sponsor of terrorism. so i think the hamas spokesperson who is saying that they appreciate the resolution, who's praising the resolution, so i think it is deeply disturbing that president obama and this administration thinks that is representative of american values when we have repeatedly propped up and helped these countries that support terrorism around the country, but yet we turn our back on israel. we turn our back on our friend. and as benjamin netanyahu said, this was an ambush attack and he called it a declaration of war. i find that very d

but it's pretty much doubled in every administration since then to the point where you had more than 400 people working on the nsc staff in the obama white house, arguably they were not policy people and need more technicians than than they need to but there war lot of policy people there, the administration has said it's worked to make it smaller and in fact congress has moved with legislation in ndaa this year to mandate some argument over whether they actually have the fewer do that. anyway, have the done it in legislation. but can't be more than 200 people. how important is that? does five dictate function? dozen function dictate size? >> at the very -- on the very top handful of issues, probably not very much, because those are handled by the president and the chief people, the secretaries, deputy secretaries and so forth. what i think it does matter is on a lot of other issues. most of these -- if you have a couple hundred policy people which the obama had until at least near the end of thed a administration most. them never see the president except maybe to shake his hand won when they're hired and fired. most of them don't

lou: the obama administration's efforts to subvert the trump presidency before it begins in testified on capitol hill. obama's highly political intelligence agencies all agree russia intervened in our election. but there is a problem. there was apparent no cyber attack at any level in our elections and the agencies agree not a single vote was altered. >> we have no evidence vote tallies were altered or manipulated in any way? >> that's correct. lou: president-elect trump taking aim at democrats who are refusing to take responsibility for the obamacare disaster that's theirs. he saythe human were clowrns are to blame for the mess and it's time for the head clown to help fix it. a new car maker draws fire from the president-elect who warns toyota if it goes ahead with building a new plant in mexico, there will be a hefty border tax on toyota's brought to america. good evening. the country's top intelligence officials gathered and delivered their report on russian hacking to the white house this afternoon after being grilled on capitol hill to explain what if anything they learned about

a final parting shot at the obama administration. sergei lavrov seemed to ask that the trump administration take a more pragmatic approach to problem solvinsolving. let's bring in jill dougherty in moscow. jill, lavrov seemed to have lots to say. >> reporter: lots of digs on the obama administration which russia believes ruined the world. broke the pots and they are ready to work with the trump administration. they did say, however, minister lavrov is not sure exactly what donald trump will do. in fact, minister lavrov referred to the world as trump sees it. that said, what they do want to do is have a more pragmatic relationship. in essence, what this foreign minister was saying is let's do a deal. let's be pragmatic. let's forget about the values which he would argue led to revolution and fighting on the streets. ukraine, arab spring, et cetera. let's work together. we want to work on fighting terrorism. he got back to the issue just that we heard yesterday on donald trump supposedly saying that if russia were to give -- that the u.

obama white house. many of those were not policy people. this administrationas said it's work to make it smaeler congress has moved in the legislation to mandate some argument of whether they have power to do that. they have done it in legislation but it d k not be more than 200 people. how important is that does size dictate function or does function dictate size. does it make a big difference? >> on the very top handful of issues problem not much. because those are handled by the president and the chief people,s deputy secretary so forth. what it matters on a lot of other issues. if you have a couple hundred policy people which obama had until end of the administration, most of them never see the president except maybe to shake his hand when they're hire or fired. most of them don't have any relationship with the national security adviser but they have mandate to work in the policy area and they are aggressive people entrusted to making a difference so they control what's going global. as a result you have increase difficulty of people the agencies being abl

. >> he was an obama administration official in this role, yes? >> yes, he was. >> that's an interesting -- the reason that strikes me as politically ironic is the trump campaign, if it was about any one thing it was about on immigration issue. it was about the obama white house and obama administration being weak on enforcement, on throwing people out, on finding people who shouldn't be here and making them leave this country. to now put not just keep in place the obama administration official who was in charge of that specific thing, but to elevate him and put him in charge of all of i.c.e would be contrary to the way they denounced the obama administration on this issue almost more than they e denounced than any others. >> yes, this is not the only place the trump administration appears to be making appointments that are contradictory to the campaign promises or attacks upon the obama administration and their choice of appointees. i really think the big picture here is this was quietly announced tonight as everyone else has spoken from attorney

first where there haven't been -- >> i just said it twice, because i think these were the obama administration put these first and foremost and said these countries need to have further travel restrictions based on the intelligence that we have. so, you know, those were identified by the previous administration. there were further travel restrictions already in place from those seven countries. what the president did was take the first step through this executive order of ensuring that we're looking at the entire system of who is coming in, refugees that are coming in, people who are coming in from places that have a history or that our intelligence suggests that we need to have further extreme vetting for. >> let's talk about iraq. you saw that an iraqi interpreter for america was detained temporarily. i have been in iraq with those interpreters. they have saved lives of american soldiers. >> absolutely. >> and now you're saying you can't come in. >> no, that's not what we're saying martha, at all. we're not going to let someone slip through the cracks that seeks to do our country harm. that'

it is no longer the obama administration, it's the trump administration, and i think we need to get this. >> shannon: can you speak to the fact that president obama back in 2011 put a six-month hold on iraqi refugees coming into the u.s. any lingering impacts from that and how that was received in that region when it happened five or six years ago? >> as i recall, i think i was in afghanistan at the time, focused on other issues, there was not a great deal of commotion over that and, of course, i've seen the conflicting statements as to what exactly happened at that time. you know, i can't sort it out and i'm not sure it is particularly important to have it sorted out. again, we are where we are today. it's the steps we take today in going forward that count. if i could, there is one special sub group in all of this. those are the iraqis and afghans who served us, who were our interpreters, who were our support network as we went into combat. these guys went into combat with us. iraqis are now who performed that interpreter role are now blocked. the pentagon is making a huge effort to id

in fact, the obama administration did want that. very different from an all out muslim ban of people, of muslims coming from those countries. >> and the question of illegality, of course there's a question. not only a question as to whether it's illegal, there's a question as to whether it's constitutional. the constitution says you cannot have a religious test, this is executive order, very plainly says there should be a religious test. there is a law in 1965, immigration law, that says you cannot keep people out that are from other nationalities simply because they're from that nationality. so extensive vetting is one thing, but when you ban a whole swaths of people, that is not only illegal, unconstitutional, but it makes our country less safe. it plays into the hand of isis. >> let's make sure and stick with the facts here. this is not about religion at all. this is about terrorism. and there's no religious test involved in this executive order. >> there is though. >> no, there is not. >> look -- >> you should read it. >> 90% --

the obama administration had eight years to show their true colors. when they didn't get their way, they insecurely, naively, and cowardly lashed out at our greatest and strongest ally in the meevet. women, religious minorities, lgbt, and jews would not have equal rights, democracy or peace in a palestinian country. in fact, the palestinian authority punishes palestinians by death if they sell their land to the jewish people lawfully. the current administration has used the united nations to both legitimatize a profoundly flawed iran deal and delegitimatize israel. to think that settlements are the only thing that stand in front of peace is dangerously naive. i urge my colleagues to stand with the bipartisan royce-engel resolution. i urge them to stand with israel and stand with the palestinians in the west bank. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. he has 90 seconds remaining. mr. engel: the house is not in order. the spea

since 2011, the obama administration has made a durable commitment to ensuring retrospective review of existing regulatory protection. under executive orders 13563 and 13610, the administration has required that agencies -- has required that of agencies. cording to howard shalanski, of the office of regulatory affairs under the obama administration, the obama administration's retrospective review initiative has achieved an estimated $37 billion in cost savings, reduced paperwork and other benefits for americans for the past five years. furthermore, as the obama administration stated in the context of a veto threat of a similarly draconian anti-regulatory proposal in a previous congress,s the -- it is important that retrospective review efforts not unnecessarily constrain an agency's act to provide a timely response to critical public health or safety issues or constrain its ability to implement new statutory provisions. that is what the king amendment would do. in fact, because agencies are already committed to a thorough review process to identify and eliminate regulatory burdens, it

about they are talking priorities the obama administration focused on. general concerns about running an agency. they will have to oversee thousands of people in a variety of different jobs. at the very least, the current appointee can help out the incoming appointee to understand just exactly what the getting into. host: when did the work begin for a transition? the electionfter was overcome a you had these so-called landing teams from the going toadministration each of these federal agencies. this: the preparation for started about a year ago. --hink it was generate 20th , agencies began to put together their briefing books. huge binders of all the n different o programs. members will work with the transition team members at that agency and they will pass on information. they will be the ones in charge of getting that information and starting to understand it. host: nicole ogrysko

that 10-year time frame encompasses the clinton, bush and obama administrations. we also heard in the 112th congress from david goldstein, a former republican house committee chief of staff, who testified that, quote, administrations under both parties have reviewed the aggregate impact of regulations and found their benefits to have exceeded their costs, and not all benefits are quantifiable, end quote. their testimony is bolstered by the office of management and budget's 2016 draft report to congress which notes that estimated annual benefits of major federal regulations reviewed by o.m.b. over the past decade, estimated annual benefits of regulatory protections are between $269 billion and $872 billion. while regulatory costs are between $74 billion and $110 billion. mr. speaker, i oppose this amendment, once again, because it focuses only on the cost of regulatory protections, while completely overlooking the monetary benefits of these critical rules. and for that reason i oppose my colleague's amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the g

but this idea of safe zones is something that obama administration would not work.nother interesting part of this statement is that the two leaders agreed on the importance of rigorously enforcing the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran. that is the iran nuclear deal. the very same deal that president trump said he did not like. said he would consider pulling out of. so, the interesting to hear a reaftr reaffirmation. one more thing, it says the two leaders agreed to additional steps to strengthen bilateral, economic and energy cooperation. so, pretty substantive statement from what sounds like a substantive phone call with the saudi king. >> thank you so much. at the white house. appreciate it. >>> as we continue to monitor protests and marches across the u.s., a lot of confusion and anxiety inside american airports. at least 109 people were detained at u.s. customs after trump signed this executive order. but after federal judges in several cities granted an emergency stay for citizens subject to the ban, some were released, many still await their fate. l

projects is both a shot across the bow to environmentalists and another major reversal of an obama administration policy. all that plus another comment from the president that sets off an afternoon of media fact-checking and heated reaction. chief white house correspondent john roberts has the news from the white house. >> good evening. the sheer volume of news coming out of this white house and the first couple days worth anything that we've seen in recent memory. the president has still not shaken his campaign air of -- propensity to step on his own message. president trump took major steps to resurrect the keystone xl and dakota access pipelines, another opportunity for the president to undo obama-era actions. >> are going to renegotiate some of the terms and if they would like, we'll see if we can get that pipeline built. a lot of jobs. 28,000 jobs. great construction jobs. >> the twitter-sphere lit up with protest. condemning the executive order on keystone xl and dakota access pipelines. from house speaker paul ryan, praised. thanks to the executive order, the keystone pipeline and dakota a

you just said that the obama administration was arbitrary. >> no, they never did a travel ban. >> obamacurity assessment during his administration selected these seven countries which have now been included. in fact. >> these are applications that had nothing to do with a blanket travel ban, this is a blanket travel ban based on geography and campaign promises. >> it is a 90 day review process. >> jon: but this is legitimate and, if the president campaigns on something and says, i'm going to do that. and then enacts that policy. >> it just shows that maybe we should be taking donald trump literally and not seriously. i am a democrat, sure. but listen to mitch mcconnell, listen to marco rubio, listen to john mccain, listen to lindsey graham. listen to mattis. all of these people have expressed concerns with religious tests. >> this is not a religious test. >> then take it up with mitch mcconnell. that's what he said yesterday. >> this is based on incident. to the one thing that we have here, democrats like to sell the emotion. i want to deal and what a security process is, time. 24 month

putin took the measure of barack obama and his administration early on, they were desperate to achieve relationship with russia to the point that we messed over two of our allies. you remember this whole drama started when president obama immediately upon taking office withdrew missile defense systems and facilities that had been scheduled for poland and the czech republic, which both of those governments, ally 69s united states, had gone through and incredible turmoil inside their countries in order to agree to. and russia objected to it. without any negotiation with russia over what we get in return, and with no forward notice, advance notice to poland or czech republic, obama withdrew those facilities. i think what putin took from that, this is a weak man who wants to be on my good side, so i can push him as far as i can possibly push him and he's done so in the last eight years almost consistently. >> theed managers would say that's a goodwill gesture. when the two met the president told mr. putin to cut it out and intelligence agencies said they stopped doing whatever they were do

the obama administration said that they did not need it. uld point out whatever they head in place right now must not be working. in fact just yesterday administration acknowledged that russia has continued to try to hack u.s. information systems even after barack obama told vladimir putin to cut it out. whatever measures they had have not been working. i wish they would not had gone to such great links. shannon: a report we got from home insecurity pointing out credible links showing the tools and infrastructure that they have and were using to penetrate numerous systems here in the u.s. we got a response from president-elect trump saying it's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. i will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week to be updated on the facts of the situation. is that enough for you? do you think he needs to take a harder line when presented óíne'l+a-(smq3obj?ó@ >> the year was the result of russian intelligence services in just one small example. now many democrats are trying to confuse t

the obama administration. the obama administration didn't put in a freeze like this because they knew putting in place an action like this would send the message that we were going to discriminate against a religious group. i am glad the president has spoken out today. yes, there are procedures that are in place to make sure that we vet people and that we are very careful. and the administration may have said that additional steps may be necessary. but you don't just slap a ban on like this. and you don't say the only exception to the ban will be people who are not muslims. i think that's exactly the wrong message, and that was never a message the obama administration wanted to send. in fact, quite the opposite. >> one of the other measures is basically an indefinite ban or indefinite hold, suspension, of the syrian refugee program. this is what fbi director comey had to say in 2015 about vetting syrian refugees and the challenges of allowing them into the country. take a listen. >> there is risk associated wi

it seems the obama administration is trying to destroy everything within the u.s. and within american society. they went on to say, all of this story is the obama administration's revenge against trump. there you have it. the kremlin view very much this is deeply politicized. this is a last-ditch attempt to poison the well we knenmeye to russians and the u.s. john and christine. >> indeed. clarissa ward in moscow. thank you. >>> breaking overnight. the senate move could be the first step at repealing obamacare. the budget blueprint that passed along party lines. 51-48. rand paul voted against it. they approved it after turning away democratic amendments. >> thanks to medicaid and the children's health insurance program, two programs made stronger by the affordable care act, 95% -- think of that, 95% of children in america have affordable comprehensive health insurance that covers annual physicals and dental care. why would we want to move backwards instead of building on that 95%? >> imagine becoming pregnant and your insurer dropping coverage because you cost too

very little has changesed despite effort of the bush administration and obama administration which hasone a lot of good work. the paper that catherine and shan thon and jay have written, said the trump administration will inherent apparatus. that is like the comment we conveyed in the group. the fault is not with the people doing the work. the fault is defining what the work is how it relates to the rest of the government, that's the problem that's not been resolved. let try to resolve it. i strongly believe that public diplomacy should be strategic. that's a word that's become quite hack mied it mean a lot of different things. diplomacy must use tools of non-violent persuasion to reach a specific end. there needs to be specific goals. i was on task force, joseph and i father of the concept bipartisan policy, when i raised this issue, he said public diplomacy does three things, you can define category. in the short term -- i never thought about this. in the short term it explain u.s. policy. in the long-term it gets people to like us better, not just because we like it whether people l

of then initiatives obama administration to address it, there are basically two. clean power plans which sets andts on how much emissions can generate, and then the efficiency in cafe standards, both smart policy. he was a little constrained in having to do climate policy almost strictly through regulatory changes at the epa, because he did not have a congress that would entertain the idea of moving legislation to address the carbon problem, which is not criminalizing it, but putting a price on it. it carries cost, so it should have a price. that is the obama administration in a nutshell, it has tried to maximize what it can do given the incredibly tight constraints put on it by republican-led congress that would not cooperate en masse. it maximized interrogatory tools to tackle the climate challenge. that is one reason why i would give his legacy pretty high remarks. host: dan griswold, you get the next call. chris, on the democrat line. your guestould like to discuss the effect that machines and robots have on the economy. if you have a factory that had ,0% of t

it was the obama administration that didn't have it in. to answer the former national security adviser's tweet, the c.i.a. was in ours and wasn't in theirs. ith respect to over the -- moving on to, the president signed another memo when he was at the department of defense instructing the joint chiefs of staff to deliver a plan to defeat isis. it must include a recommendation to changes of any rules of engagement and other policy restrictions that exceed the requirements of international law regarding the use of isis, public diplomacy, information operations and cyber strategies to isolate and delegitimize isis, identification of new coalition partners in the fight against isis and policies to fight isis and its affiliates, mechanisms to cut off support including financial transfers, money laundering, the sales of art, historical facts and a detailed strategy to rebusly fund the plan. this memorandum is a profound statement that the president's clear objective is to destroy and defeat isis. this is not only a necessary step for america's na

i hope your thursday night and ♪ >> lou: the obama administration's efforts to avert the trumpet administrationefore begins in evidence on capitol hill today. obama's highly politicized intelligence agencies all agree russia intervened in the presidential election, but there is a problem. there was apparently no actual cyber attack at any point or level of our elections. agenciea single vote was altered to be had have no evidence any tally is altered or manipulative in any way. >> that's correct. >> lou: we will have the full report for you and more. also tonight, president-elect trump taking aim at democrats refusing to take response ability for the obamacare disaster that is theirs. mr. trump says the schumer clowns, as he calls them, are to blame for the mess and it is time for the head clown to fix it. congressman jim jordan agrees and joins me next. in a new car maker fire from the president-elect who now warns toyota if it goes ahead with building a new plant in mexico, there will be a hefty border tax on toyota brought to america. remember, it's america first. and good evening, everybody

clayton: exclusive interview with sawn hannity, assange says the obama administration is trying to toegitimize the trump presidency. heather: you will not see everywhere else. good morning, kelly. >> good morning to you as well. julian assange, founder and editor in chief of wikileaks claims the obama administration is trying to delegitimize the election of donald trump. in an exclusive interview inside the ebbing -- ecuadorian embassy where assange is staying. >> you did not get this information about the dnc john podesta emails k you tell the mesh people a thousand percent you did not get it from russia or anybody associated with russia. >> we can say, we have said repeatedly over the last two months that our source is not the russian government and it is not state party. our publication had wide uptake by the american people, they're all true. but that's not the allegation that's being presented by the obama white house. why such a dramatic response, well, it's the reason the obvious, they are trying to delegitimize trump administration as it goes into the white house. they are goi

very little has changed despite the best after of the bush administration and the obama administration which has done a lot of really good work. the paper the kathryn and shannon and jay have written since the trump administration will inherit a sound public diplomacy apparatus. that is of course much like the common that we conveyed in the group defaults not with the people who are doing the work. the fault is with defining what the work is and how it relates to the rest of government. that's a problem that still has not been resolved. so let me try to resolve the period i strongly believe public diplomacy should be strategic and obviously that's a word is quite happy, means lots of different things. you must use the tools of nonviolent persuasion to reach specific ends. they need to be specific goals. i was on a task force with joseph nye, who's the father of the concept of soft power that the bipartisan policy center. when i raised this issue, is that public diplomacy does three things. you can define the categories in a temporal way. in the short term, and never really thought abou

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but that's not what the obama administration proposed. i think we need to have a more holistic structural agenda for lower income americans, rather than just treating it as a problem of recession and recovery. the advice would be to focus on skill development and on support for work. >> and, glenn, glenn actually proposed something! he said had, had the original jobs bill around infrastructure had been targeted to be more permanent, that that could've fundamentally changed the structure of the economy! >> i want to just jump in on the skills development because there were increases in the pell grant to make them more available to more students. there were investments in student loans. >> and record high school graduation! >> and record high school graduation rates last year. so, so the, the administration was focused on skills development. i think we would have liked to have done more, but again we were working with a congress that wasn't so cooperative. >> i think the obama administration did make several efforts in skill development. i

costello, and we begin with breaking news this morning, and vladimir putin just accusing the obama administration of trying to undermine trump's legitimacy, and saying attempts are damaging to the united states and compromising material against trump is, quote, obviously, fake. let's get right to jill doherty, and she's a former cnn moscow bureau chief. these are extraordinary statements by vladimir putin. >> they really are, carol. came up at the end of a rather uninteresting news conference, and then all of a sudden, a reporter, i believe it was russian, asked about the dossier with compromising material alle -- allegedly compromising material, and he uttered the word prostitutes, and he went on for several minutes, and this is the just of what he said, and he said it's to undermine the legitimacy of trump's victory, and they are trying to -- and meaning this administration, the obama administration, trying to bind the hands and feet of trump, preventing him from doing what he wants to do. he said compromising material is obviously fake, and then he said, i don't know mr. trump, i never met him