want to ask you about the project that as we noted the first historical assessment of the obama administration, the eight years of the obama presidency. what initially got you going on the book and how did you bring together the various writers who were involved in it? >> i had done a book like this about george w. bush, his presidency when it came it an end, and i wanted to continue doing this and basically the idea was to move beyond the presidential rankings that we always have when a presidency ends and instead bring some of the brightest minds together. historians were not obama specialists, but they specialized on other issues, immigration, liberalism in america, foreign policy and have them write a chapter that puts this presidency in perspective. so they all wrote their first drafts and presented it at a little meeting we had in princeton the week after the november election took place and that was -- that was the idea to really generate a first discussion about how this fits in the long history of our presidents and to open a conversation. >> your book is broken down into a dozen or s

they're going to protect the obama administration no matter what that administration did or does.ot, if this were a republican administration that did this to a democratic candidate, it wod b the greatest scandal in american history. >> my gosh, you can imagine if it was george w. bush and karl rove doing this to the incoming obama administration? who by the way had, people that were over in russia back in 2008. mark: unbelievable? >> if they said they were investigating people from the obama campaign talking to russians and investigating them for the logan act, they would have burned down the department of justice. >> i agree. we'll be right back. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing infor

we know that the obama administration ejected some russian officials, we know that president obama confronted vladimir putin himself very directly. and after january, we know the administration put out an intelligence community assessment. there were things that were done after that evidence was presented. what we also know is that it has been more and a year now and we know that russia is doing the exact same thing again and nothing is being done to prevent them from meddling in the 2018 midterm election. >> you get the sense that the internal response of the intelligence community, certainly law enforcement is, when it comes to this criticism. we have seen the intel chiefs on the hill, they seem exasperated they're not being given really the push to go ahead and tackle this problem that it hasn't resolved, still very much ongoing. >> i think that's exactly what you're hearing. shawn's point about what happened during the obama administration pre-election, i think it is entirely correct. we're facing a real live current problem now, leading up in the coming months to the 2018 election. what

they're going to protect the obama administration no matter what that administration did or does.ation that did this to a democratic candidate, it would be the greatest scandal in american history. >> my gosh, you can imagine if it was george w. bush and karl rove doing this to the incoming obama administration? who by the way had, people that were over in russia back in 2008. mark: unbelievable? >> if they said they were investigating people from the obama campaign talking to russians and investigating them for the logan act, they would have burned down the department of justice. >> i agree. we'll be right back. run, jump or swim in this president's day and save up to $600 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. from the brand ranked highest in customer satisfaction, with mattresses by j.d. power. tempur-pedic sleep is power. dawn is serving up dinner for a whole town! that table was like... so big! can one bottle of new dawn clean all the dishes? we did it! 6,000 dishes! a drop of dawn and grease is gone. ♪ wild thing ♪ applebee's handcrafted burgers. any burger just $7

lou: one can hardly blame the russians for laughing at the obama administration because all of the claptraping in the election, president obama did nothing. they didn't intercede. they couldn't prevent it, whether it be at the dnc or other cyberattacks on federal government systems and networks, joe. and now we're talking about another special counsel to find out more about fisa abuses. do you think its' appropriate? do you think it will be effective? >> i think it has to be done. the abuses at the obama justice department and fbi in front of the fisa court go to the bone of the function of the justice department. the justice department cannot investigate ets in this. there has to be a special counsel. and the only way to get to the truth is through a federal grand jury where people are put under oath and they cannot lie. for example, the inspector general has no authority currently over john brennan or james clapper or even james comey because those people have all left the department. he can't interview any of the people from the department of state. there has to be a grand jury with a pr

host: you mention the challenges of the obama administration and a conservative congress. and in the chapter "tea party" about the party, the book reads that obama could never figure out a way around the conservative forces in congress. beenegislative branch had the base of power for conservative republicans since the 1994 elections when the gop, led by newt gingrich, won majority. he couldn't figure out a way around that. how do you think obama's efforts in having relations with republicans in congress, how does that compare to george w. bush? bush: well, george w. obviously was a republican. so we live in an era of polarization where both parties workvery little ability to with the other side. and that also means that within there is a pretty good coherence and consistency in what the president and the party members will do. this presidency has turned out a little bit different but obama was dealing with division after 2010, first in the house and then in the senate. and i think he was dealing with a republican party that was not really going to find much common ground. t

accusation is being made by a couple of far left authors who interviewed a lot of people in the obama administrationaises a real question, why would they tell them to stand down and actively work to prevent the previous administration from dealing with the russian attempts to interfere with the election. the only thing i can couple with that either a they feared some of it would somehow come back now haunt them which of course it is, or they didn't want to do anything to disrupt the collusion, the conspiracy that i think was going on at the time. >> i don't think she is smart enough to know any better. let me turn to the dossier. another day, another connection that is direct from the dossier to the obama admin surprised. another person, this one connected to bind was work on the dossier. amaid all of the -- amid all of the crimes that appear to have been committed in the obama administration, we know maybe 10% of what they were doing. >> just like with the gun running operation into mexico. you hear the story and hear the accusations, your first reaction is there is no way that could happen. then y

why did the obama administration start an investigation into the trump campaign with zero proof of wrongdoingefore the election in november? wanted to discredit so crooked h. would win. unprecedented. bigger than watergate! plus, obama did nothing about russian meddling. we're here with cnn politico analy analyst. >> one, his implication there was that this was a political investigation opened by the obama administration to target trump. remember the timeline here. first of all, it was not the dossier. the fbi started the counter-intelligence investigation seven weeks before the dossier which, again, trump and others have called a political document because the trump adviser, george papadopoulos, told an australian diplomat that the russians told him they have dirt on hillary clinton. then that diplomat considered it important enough that he then shared it with his u.s. counterparts. remember, that's the origin of this investigation. did obama do nothing on russian meddling? he did something on it. you can argue if he did enough, but he did something on it. imposed quite serious sanctions dur

as you look back, do you wish the obama administration had done more and done more publicly? >> certainly i do. big fan of president obama, obviously. but there is no question that thick thi things were going on, that meddling was going on in the presidential race and other races in a real way. and i think it was a frustration for all of us close to the clinton campaign, towards the end, and after the election about why the president didn't move president obama, move more quickly and aggressively. i think to contradict steve, i think he was overly concerned about looking partisan, overly concerned about looking as if he was helping hillary, not what he says about overly trying to help hillary. i will say there is one thing that the president has said that i think is true, though he might mean it differently. i do think the mueller investigation could end up being bigger than watergate. >> all right, steve cortez, christine quinn, i think you and steve will disagree on what that is all about. patrick healy, terrific to see you as well. >>> a new angle in the russia investigatio

attorney who is one of the few holdovers from the obama administration. what we have is two obama hold years investigating corruption within the obama administration. that ain't right. ed: this isn't right. i think this was the death nell for jeff sessions. the chairmen of the oversight committees asked him to do something and he wouldn't do it. i don't see how an attorney attorney appointed in utah can investigate the justice department. i think nothing is going to happen. i think nothing needed a special counsel more than this and i don't think we are going to get one. stuart: is this the end of jeff sessions? ed: i would say have a nice christmas. get rid of the man. stuart: everybody else he gets upset which eventually shown the door. ed: he'll see the door. part of it is the investigation going on. at the end of the day, sessions is not taking charge of that department. stuart: it never seems to end. obama people holdovers deep within the deep state investigating the obama administration. it's actually undermining trump. it never seems to end. ed: i w

that requires high-level diplomacy, the kind of diplomacy the obama administration carried out in the iran deal that the first bush administration carried out in the context of the first cold war. it isn't all that type of project using all the lovers they had and with allies. the remarkable thing around the sore since the bonn agreement. and so i guess i would start there because they can't be worse than where we are now. >> sounds good. >> high. >> hi, dan. >> rather than look forward, let's look backwards. you spoke at the very beginning about missed opportunities, especially the isi d. what are the tools that she think the united states has that could have leveraged to do something different than what it did. i reflect back on the failure of our withholding f-16 says you recall in how they gather dust in arizona. that wasn't a very good lover in the end. what is the lever you would identify? >> they are different at different times of the story. counterfactual history is not a full game, but she can't help but think about the questions were the most significant missed opportunitie

i think there is a lot of continuity between president obama administration and the trump administrationey'll hate that i just said that. but it is true. if you think about the build up of nato, support for ukraine, sanctions against russian individuals and corporations close to the kremlin, all of those things started under obama and they've continued in the trump era. add to that lethal weapons to ukraine. that is doubling down on a tougher policy that the trump people have done beyond what president obama did. and then there back and forth in terms of expelling diplomats and closing the consulate in seattle, that also is a tough policy toward russia. it is just not endorsed by the president himself. >> well some folks, including mccaffrey say that is because they have something on donald trump. he tweeted the other day, march 16th, reluctantly i concluded that president trump is a serious threat to u.s. national security. he is refusing to protect vital u.s. interests from active russian attacks. it is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of putin. what do you th

the obama administration did that.tioned russia for its interfere interference in ukraine. will this change this kind of behavior. the murder of people outside of its boarderders. >> thank you. >>> the democratic senator from new jersey. he's the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. thanks for your time tonight. first your reaction to these diplomats being expelled. do you give president trump credit for this move? >> it's a welcomed action by the united states and an administration that has been absolutely reticent to do anything on russia and to expel 60 intelligence officers, close the seattle location and do it in concert with 14 european nations is a strong message. it's simply not enough. this administration has been unwilling to challenge russia for all of its violation of international order. i hope this is only the beginning or first step. i hope they will finally pursue the sanctions that congress called for in overwhelming votes against russia. 98-2 in the senate alone. those are mandato

reason i say that is, kim jong-un designed this strategy during the obama administration.e believed the obama administration would accept them and acquiesce, i think his calculation was absolutely right. trish: the south koreans are about to make that statement. >> today i had the privilege of briefing president trump on my recent visit to north korea. i would like to thank president trump and his national security team including my close friend general mcmasters. i say to president trump that his leadership and policies together with international solidarity brought us to this expwrungture. i expressed the president's personal gratitude for president trump's leadership. i told president trump that now meeting north korean leader kim jong-un said he's committed to achieve denuclearization. kim pledged north korea will refrain from any further nuclear tests. he understands that the join exercises in korea and the united states must continue. and he expressed willingness to meet president trump as soon as possible. president trump said he would meet kim jong-un by may to ach

two, the obama administration's post election response was insufficient. three, obama's director of national intelligence james clapper provided inconsistent testimony on media contacts.

part of that -- obama administration and the media.t was discovered in the 14-month investigation. they say there is overwhelming evidence to support the fact that clapper did speak to cnn prior to tapper publishing the story on cnn and actually going on air with it. you know, so, this is what is interesting. it was about the briefing that was given by the senior level obama administration officials including clapper. it included john brennan and others like mike rogers and james comey about the dossier. as soon as that became public and cnn, the rest of the media which had ignored the dossier since the summer of 2016 because they were too afraid to publish it because it was salacious, all of a sudden jumped on board and said wow! there must be something here because cnn reported about the briefing conducted between president-elect trump and obama and ran with it. it was a snowball effect and propagated the disinformation that the russians said things in the dossier about president trump. >> sean: unbelievable. let me go to you gregg j

final question, why today, one year into the trump administration, do we still have an obama policy that forces districts to abandon traditional discipline? a policy that encourages administrators to systematically suppress records of disturbing and violent behavior, a policy that encourages adults charged with the care of our nation's children to willfully ignore clear threats to shoot and kill. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. here is a project i would love to see a researcher undertake with a small army of graduate students. going to various schools with a stopwatch or a chess clock and record the amount of time the students spend on-task. i would bet real money that a significant portion of the achievement gap is actually a time on task gap. much of that gap is caused by disruptive classroom behavior. there is some suggestive empirical evidence for this. about ten years ago, the american federation of teachers found 17% of teachers say they lost four or more hours of instructional time per week to disruptive behavior. another 19% said they lost two to three hours. that is nearly four

question, i know i'm a little bit over, lindsey, why today one year into the trump administration do we still have an obama policy that forces districts to abandon traditional discipline without regard to student safety, a policy that ebb courages administrators to systemally suppress records of disturbing violent belafr rare policy that tells adults to willfully ignore clear threats to shoot and kill? >> afternoon. i'm not a researcher, but here's a project if any of you are that i would love to see a researcher undertake with a small army of graduate students. go into various schools and said things with a stopwatch or a chess clock even and record the amount of time that students spend on task. i would bet you real money that a significant portion of the achievement gap is actually a time on task gap. and much of that time on task gap is caused by disruptive classroom behavior. there's some suggestion empirical evidence of this. about ten years ago a poll of the teacher members found that 17% of teachers say they lost four or more hours of instructional time per week to disruptive behavior. another 19%

question, why today, one year into the trump administration do we still have on obama policy that forces districts to abandon traditional discipline, a policy that encourages administrators to systematically suppress records of disturbing behavior, a policy that encourages adults charged with the care of our nation's children to willfully ignore clear threats to shoot and kill. [applause] good afternoon. i would loveject to see a researcher undertake with a small army of graduate students, going to various schools with a stopwatch and record the amount of time the student spends on task. that a bet real money significant portion of the achievement gap is actually a time on task gap. much of that cap is caused by disruptive behavior. there is some suggestive evidence for this. , the american ago federation of teachers found 17% of teachers say they lost or more hours of instructional behavior per week to disruptive behavior. another 19% said they lost two to three weeks -- hours. that is nearly 43% of teachers losing two to three hours of behavior per week. 21% said theyls, lost four more

which many considered a backdoor amnesty by the obama administration. there are 350,000 closed cases in administrative closure. these are illegal aliens that could be deportd, cases are just closed, mostly to fight backlogs are, but it turns out backlogs have increased. there are 368,000 backlog cases. that's over a million people with immigration violations that attorney general sessions is now reviewing to see what categories might be reopened. in addition he's hiring additional immigration judges that work for the justice department. the bureau of immigration appeal. let's go into the weeds and look -- just look at one exg of vetting people coming into this country. let's take the k-1 fiancee visa. remember the woman involved in the mass murder terrorist attack in san bernardino, california, was admitted to the united states under the k-1 visa. there are two steps in a k-1 visa. first step is a petition by an american citizen for his alien fiancee to the immigration service. this is supposed to include face-to-face interviews in the process of face-to

why did the obama administration start an investigation into the trump campaign with zero proof of wrongdoing long before the election in november? they wanted to discredit so crooked h would win. he calls it unprecedented and says it was bigger than watergate. plus, he ends, obama did nothing

breached hillary clinton's server during the 2016 campaign, but then covered it all up for the obama administrationthat's the same peter strzok who helped fired fbi director james comey draft a memorandum exonerating hillary clinton of wrongdoing weeks before she was interviewed by the fbi, despite overwhelming evidence and a probe that was far from complete. also tonight here, special counsel robert mueller, mueller's pack of partisan investigators widening their inquiries beyond all reason. they are exploring now the trump campaign's connections to the united arab emirates and possible business dealing. the special counsel has gone 10 months without producing any evidence of collusion while the house and senate untell jones and judiciary committees have done no better. the same is true of the house oversight committee. they all produced exactly nothing. absolutely no evidence of any kind of collusion. yet speaker ryan panama joart leader mcconnell lacked the integrity to insist the mueller witch hunt be concluded. instead they allow mueller to continue wasting taxpayer resources and dollars to ai

he wrote obama administration legalized bump stocks, bad idea. as i promised today, the department of justice will issue the rule banning bump stocks with a mandated comment period. we will ban all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal

it has been planned since 2009 during the obama administration, not part of the president's promisedorder wall. the white house senior advisor double down on the approved $1.6 billion budget. >> a down payment ensuring we have border wall fencing and new construction is critical, you're talking 10% increase in ice funding to ensure our national security is taken care of and that the wall is being built, that is a promise the president is giving. rob: 380 sheriffs sent a letter demanding funding for the wall and a end to sanctuary policies. breaking overnight north and south korean leaders setting a date for a historic summit, the two sides will meet on april 27th, the first time since 2007 as brand-new photos show what it is like a board kim jong un's armored train he took into beijing to meet with the chinese president earlier this week promising to denuclearize ahead of the meeting with donald trump. the commander-in-chief has total faith that kim will denuclearize before the meeting which does not yet have a date. jillian: teresa may thinking donald trump are standing with the uk

after that, a discussion on the future of the obama administration's school discipline directive. and now the senate intelligence committee confirm igs hearing for paul nakasone. and commander of u.s. cyber command. this is an hour and ten minutes.

they knew in 2009, one year before hillary clinton and the obama administration approved this corrupt uranium one deal. the fbi top echelon, not rank and file lied to a fisa judge about clinton and the dnc. they never told a judge that she paid for these russian lies in this dossier that was then used a warrant to spy on the trump campaign. >> sean: sadly some of these stories still not being covered by the mainstream media -- one of the massive corruption scandals we have seen. they don't touch it especially in light of what we learned how the fisa warrant was based on

also brand new tonight, that clock is ticking for the obama administration, those officials to answergressman devin nunes' 10 questions about the dossier. the deadline for the house intelligence committee, the chairman said is friday at midnight. what devin nunes is trying to find out is what these obama officials knew, when did they know it in regards to this phony dossier. we know the obama fbi, doj, state department, members of congress, all either had the dossier or were briefed on this phony dossier. what nunes rightly is seeking are answers to how these officials found out about the dossier. who told them about it, and then what they did with that information. now, the "wall street journal," their editorial board, they are raising some very important, serious questions. and making key points about the dossier. for example, the editorial board points out that if hillary clinton and the dnc, they are paying the 12 million bucks for the dossier, with russian sourced lies. and fusion gps would have almost certainly shown them what their money bought. now, former senate minority lead

we do know the obama administration unmasking members of the trump campaign at an unprecedented levelof course, trump campaign associates. as the clones had bought and paid for dossier, we still need to get to the truth of matter. hillary clinton didn't care about paying for our false information, russian government lies, to influence an election. the fbi took that completely unverified dossier, they have a legal and ethical and protocol obligation to do it themselves. they lied to a fisa judge, they never verified, they never corroborated, they never told the judge glinted paid for it.or to get a warrant to spy on the member of the opposition party c campaign during an electioner year. remember the grassley-graham memo, the dossier that made up the bulk of the fisa application. the former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe testifying, no dossier, they want and have been a fisa application. they never verified. they never checked. they didn't care. this is the biggest abuse of power scandal in the history of this country. it is the biggest corruption scandal and its only beginning. sit

yet for reasons the obama administration never explained, the school performance of black and hispaniced a higher priority than performance of black and hispanic boys. under obama, the white house solicited hundreds of millions of dollars from corporations to encourage female achievement in higher education. at the time this was happening, one study showed that there was already at least four times asie many privately funded collegeha scholarships available for girls as for boys. four times. the administration never acknowledged this. instead, it sought new ways to close a gender gap that no longer exists. one idea was "breaking down gender stereotypes in toys."r to that end, the white house pressured manufacturers, retailers, and media outlets to eliminate gender distinction in children's toys. this, the administration claimed, would allow kids to "explore, learn, and dream without limits." well, educators at all levels took this idea seriously. in 2015, one kindergarten teacher in washington state banned her male students from playing with lego. fitting together plastic blocks has be

not only with the trump administration also with the obama administration in this context i see this this increase in protective status that there is a frustration there is in russia now why the u.s. is disappointed and the european union again has to be very clear that the u.a.e. you is will to go aside with the u.s. to liberalize the world and create a level playing field where you say that there has been a frustration for a long time including under the obama administration and those more hidden trade barriers for example what would be a solution then in your view. so i would be reluctant in using this trade for but at the same time it's not very important you know the justification of donald trump like with the security reason it's highly problematic and at the same time offering any country a bilateral exemption is aiming at destabilizing the multilateral trading system or simply a state stated that both trade organization so it's very important that the european union reacts with the bee to reach retaliating measures but sticking to the w two zero rules and also bringing all th

joel rubin who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration he's president of the washington strategy group joel joins us from washington. alone we'll start with you you seem the deadliest day who's in who's in violation of the cease fire well when they un security council declared a cease fire about ten days ago in the hope was that that could lead to a period of calm for a little while and as has happened so many times in the past the assad regime continues to bombard civilian positions throughout syria with the help of russia in particular and in its attempts to exert more control over the syrian territory as it stands now president bashar al assad is in the strongest position he has been in really since the start of the civil war support from russia the help of the iranians. have really helped prop up the assad regime in a way that allows him to feel confident in his ability to remain in power in the future. hold. what happens to the falls joe. well larry if it falls certainly it would be tragic and right now we're witnessing a very defens

sandra: if you could, marie, because you are in the position to do so having worked in the obama administration, can you give us a sense of what you're seeing with this administration and compare it to his predecessor? is president trump being tougher on russia than obama? >> marie: despite today's actions, which i do think are tough and are a good thing, president trump for some reason has not been able to be quite as tough on resident pollutant a number of people have said that, why did he call and congratulate vladimir putin on a sham election? 2018 is a very different time in russian politics. these are facts about russian politics. >> marie: you look -- those people, the obama administration wanted to have a better administration with russia. there was nothing wrong with that then there's nothing wrong. >> sandra: it's a simple question, marie. >> marie: unequivocally, no. the president refuses because he is so angry about the collusion narrative, he has refused to fully acknowledge russia's interference in our election and is not taking the proper steps to crack down in advance of 2018. >

the obama administration was able to deter that. that was our ultimate goal, and that we were ultimately successful in fulfilling that. >> so this idea that the response was scrapped to a certain extent because there was a concern with president obama that it could potentially box the president in. there's no truth to that. >> no, there's absolutely not. the point here is that, of course, we -- as we have said, we wanted to do more publicly when it came to warning the american people about the russian meddling? we took this to conference. republicans in conference, namely mitch mcconnell who could not go along with a plan to make this a bipartisan whole of government effort, but the response of the obama administration mounted was aggressive and ultimately it was effective. >> as you know, megyn kelly sat down exclusively with vladimir putin. she asked him if his citizens should be concerned that he had no idea russians were involved in a cyberwarfare campaign against the u.s. take a listen. >> translator: listen, the world is very

trump campaign turning into an investigation of the alleged fisa abuse by the fbi under the obama administration. what it all means for the special counsel probe next. plus no developments tonight on a breaking story. a new trump administration proposal aimed at making sure immigrants don't become dependent on government benefits if they want to attain legal status. also on tap, marching for our lives to marching for life. another group of students is trying to organize a nationwide school walkout. we look at the same kind of support? ♪ ♪ with esurance photo claims, you could have money for repairs within a day. wow! that was really fast. so it doesn't have to hurt for long. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance, an allstate company. click or call. today, it's the dawn of a new lawn. that's because roundup for lawns has arrived. finally, there's a roundup made just for your lawn, so you can put unwelcome lawn weeds to rest. draw the line. with roundup for lawns, there is no better way to kill lawn weeds to the root without harming a single blade of grass. it's a great day to be a lawn.

the house intel committee, they are sending 10 key questions about the dossier to two more obama administrationls. one of them who worked as a key advisor for barack obama and joe biden is actually married to a senior fusion gps employee. now, this is draws comparisons to demote a doj official bruce ohr and his wife nellie who worked on that fake news dossier for fusion gps. other served as the national security advisor to biden. this scandal is getting bigger and bigger by the day. the house intel committee chairman devin nunes revealed earlier this week that he has received some responses about the dossier from some top obama officials. others so far refusing to comply. so, nunes is now threatening to issue subpoenas, which he should do. and finally, president trump's major win with north korea is sending the media into a hate-filled frenzy. the partisan press is absolutely going apoplectic over the fact that entrepreneurship's peace through strength approach dealing with little rocket man, kim jong un is now yielding positive results. we may have peace in the korean peninsula. this breaking