you brought one of these pens. most of us call it the epi pen. charlotte, how do you use this?k? >> these are the training pens, don't have the needle or medication inside. normally, would you like to take one? normally what you would do, you take out this blue pen and then once the pin is taken out, inject into the meat or leg of the thigh, wait four ve seconds. >> front of the thigh. >> you wait for a clicking sound. count one, two, three, four, five. then take it pen the pen should have already come out by now. >> what are the side effects. >> heart rate, feeling of anxiety, shortness of breath. always best when you have to use the auto injector to call 911. usually they take the pen with them as they take to you the hospital, monitor symptoms. symptoms don't do last long, it is like a hit of adrenaline how quick it washes over us, passes and fades. the risk of using the pen is incredibly low. danger of waiting is incredibly high. always best to use the pen, call 911 and deal with speedy heart rate for awhile. >> charlotte because you're young, in school, kids find out you c

here's a pen. in the movie, which see jordan sell a pen.. >> i'm going to meet you halfway with this. when you sell someone to sell a pen, there's no context, because i don't know anything about you, i don't know what type of pens you use. so when you do this to a sales person, i would say, piers, how long have you been in the market for a pen? >> i've wanted a pen for three months. >> and what type of pens do you typically use? >> i like a nice, ease-to-use ballpoint pen. >> so the idea is that when you sell someone something, you need to be asking questions first to qualify, to find out what someone's needs are. the big think, this is the best pen in the world, it writes upside down, it's cheaper. if you do that, you sound like a moron. >> are you going to give me truthful answers? >> if you said, i don't use a pen. i said, will you be in the market for the pen? i don't want to sell someone a pen that doesn't need a pen. so you ask questions. how often do you use a pen. so that's the way to do this correctly. otherwise, you're basically j

sell a pen.t's good to talk to you. >>> that's all for us tonight, >>> good evening, everyone. we've got a big night and a head start with breaking news, a "360 exclusive." mayor dawn zimmer of hoboken, new jersey, already accused chris christie of withholding sandy relief money from her battered city for political payback. she's already taken fire from the biggest names in national politics for saying what she has, talked to federal investigators over the weekend. now on this program, the mayor reveals documents she says help back up her case. in a moment, you can decide for yourself. first, dana bash on how we got here. >> tina: it's an ultimatum of epic political proportions, support our project or lose sandy relief funding. the lieutenant governor calls it wholly

sell a pen.ing to meet you halfway here and i'm going to give you sales training about this. there is no context to sell you a pen. i don't know anything about you. so when you do this to a salesperson they will say wacky stuff. the best thing to say is how long have you been in the market for a pen? >> for three months. >> you have been looking for a pen three months now. what type of pens do you use? >> i like a nice easy to use ball point pen. >> so when you sell someone something you need to be asking questions to find out what someone's needs are. this is the best pen in the world. it writes upside down. if you are doing that -- >> are you going to give me truthful responses? >> if you would have said i don't use a pen. if you are in the market? i would say have a nice day. i don't want to sell someone who doesn't need a pen a pen. that's the way to do this correctly. otherwise you are jamming a pen down someone's throat. >> if i learned one thing tonight, it's how to sell a pen. it's good t

sell a pen.hat's all for us tonight, chris christie, the bridgegate scandal starts in a few minutes. that was jordan belfort, the wolf of wall street. >>> good evening and welcome to a special edition of "ac360 later." we are dedicating the hour to chris christie. there is breaking news. you will hear new evide

news of the pen is a veto. he doesn't have to worry about vetoing much of anything. any legislation that he might dislike won't get through the senate, so he's rarely had to worry about vetoing anything. as for what he can do with the pen to sign executive orders, there's some things he can do. they're not very big or he already would have done them. that's the issue here. he does have a telephone, he can call people up, he can stage events at the white house and rally his base, you should never understatement his ability to do that. best i've ever seen. but that only goes so far. >> there he goes on the phone. >> all presidents can do that. i don't mean to be little it, about it can only go so far. >> what does it tell you that he's now at the point of, you know, i've got a pen and a phone and i'm going to act on my own. >> it's about all he's got left. he's basically been politically, in terms of legislation and major initiatives, frozen since the republicans got control of the house in 2010. and the republic

she said it was -- >> how many pen pals are you writing? just one. >> do you know what gangs these people are part of? >> i know that my baby's dad's confirmed -- >> you don't know what. >> the other gang? >> he's a orejone. are. >> according to the letter, this was on here. what does this mean? it's on the bottom part of the letter. >> i didn't write the letter. he wrote to me. >> he wrote that to you. this is garcia, she's a class officer here, she'll be monitoring you from this point on. any reports of gang-related activity i'll remove you from inmate worker status. you are not part of any gangs? >> no, sir. >> do you understand you're monitored for gang member activity? you are not a gang member? >> no. >> go back to your unit. >> thank you. >> thanks for your time. >> officer rodriguez and corporal garcia will continue to monitor perales and for now, would like to see her pen pal relationships continue. >> one reason why we're not jumping on that right at this point, we don't want to expose the fact that we know she's receiving mail. o

when you're doing in the air stuff you want the slow pen. you push it on the paper to grip it on the paper. then you just lift up one second. let's do that again. there we go. you just lift up, and it freezes almost instantly. it's plastic, so it's solid but you can see this is an actual physical thing. it's really been an amazing adventure. we originally saw it was for the craft and hobby, but it's gone beyond that. we started a program for the visually impaired using it to write braille, graphing and education to feel raised lines for the first time ever. >> i was asking jake ward about the economic implications of this. for inventors, makers, prototyping was such an expensive thing to do, and this concept of 3d inventing means you can cut a lot of costs for ththe inventor who wants to brig this to the public. >> absolutely. we started wobble works, we insended a 3d printer so we could make prototypes for our inventions. we were watching it one day and it made a mistake. and my partner said i wish you could just take the head off and fill

have a pen and a phone, too. what can he do with his that you can't do and that i can't do with mine? >> there is a great deal that he can do in terms of executive action with his pen. regulatory power around climate issues which called for his climate plan to regulate utilities companies so they are limiting the greenhouse gasses in terms of convening power. he had a very successful effort around convening business leaders, encouraging them to hire veterans. he can do a similar activity with respect to low-income workers or long-term unemployed individuals th the the internshp program for youth, and also has access to regulatory actions, administrative actions that help to promote those types of programs as well. >> it sundayit sounds like smal, not big initiatives for the united states. >> there are things that do require congressional action to get the job done. immigration is a good example. we need immigration reform, and we need congress to do that. we have evidence that that is one area where they might ta

he's going to use his pen and his phone. >> the white house today even tweeting out a photo of the pen the president can use to write his speech or take executive action. >> if the president wants to move quickly to create jobs, why not take that pen today and approve the keystone pipeline? >> ed, as you know, the practice for many years now of administrations of both parties, the reviews involved in an international pipeline like this, a pipeline that crosses an international boundary, are done or run by the state department. >> gop leaders say the state department has been studying the keystone xl pipeline for years and note democrats have also urged the president to pull back on trade deals republicans like. >> i think it's time to go in a different direction. there are some job creating steps he could take right now. >> a new abc news/washington post poll shows the public might want a new direction as well. only 37% of the public trust the president a great deal or a good amount to make the right decisions for the country. 63% say they trust him some or none. tough numbers for a pr

i have got a pen. i have got a phone.now, really though, there is something really profound about the way we set our government up with checks and balances and with these three branches of government. it works for one to check the other so you don't get an abuse of power. but what we have seen under this president i think is a great abuse of power. first an overreach with obamacare with the irs, with benghazi and now with the nsa. so i think really we can't sort of trust this president just to go it alone. >> what are you going to do about if indeed you are right. i hear so many -- i hear so many on your side of the aisle complain about the president. all i hear is people talking about it. is there anything you intend to do. >> it takes a little while. we did fight him in the court on the recess appointments. he said he gets to decide when the senate is in recess. he can appoint anyone any time he wants. the court rebuked him and he said no you don't. the supreme court is going to it agree with that the president you can'

. >> a pen that prints in 3d. that's part of a wave of cool 3d gadgets straight from the consumer show in vegas coming up. and in those cases where formal education isn't feasible because of >> lisa fletcher is here with a look at what is coming up on "the stream" . we're looking at online gambling. >> three states allow it, and many more are considering it, not surprisingly. there has been a move in congress to make things uniform and legalize it across the boa board. >> also not surprisingly there are some people who made a lot of money because gambling isn't available everywhere. i heard that sheldon adelson is starting a campaign against this. >> oh, yes. we'll cover all of this. >> that's right after "real money." >> there was only one 3d printing company. this year for the first time in the show's history, 46-year history, separate and sizable space is devoted to the sow called third dimension showcasing nine exhibiters and their product. jake ward visited the 3d printing tech zone and joins us from las vega

. >> i've got a pen, and i've got a phone, and i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action. where i can act on my own without congress i'm going to do so. i've got a pen to take executive actions where congress won't, and i've got a telephone to rally folks around the country on this mission. >> president obama warning once again today that he doesn't need to follow the laws of the land to turn around the economy. while a lot of americans are concerned about that, including radio host rush limbaugh. >> he can do executive orders to make things fair. he can do executive orders and executive actions to get rid of the unfairness. he's going to make this lousy country finally fair. now he might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator. >> rush calls it the moves of a dictator, and one prominent lawmaker is calling it lawlessness. here's senator john cornyn. >> one of the most common questions i get back home in texas is people wonder why can't you stop this? what do you do when you ha

he shows it on twitter and he says i will rule from the pen. what makes it sort of pathetic is that it sounds like a tough threat and it is unconstitutional. it's not how you ought to beat the president of the united states. but in the end, there's very little he can do. what's interesting is he said the same thing in 2011, this was a speech he gave in nevada. it was announced by the white house as the we can't wait tour. and it was one statement after another, i'm not going to wait for congress to act, i will do x, y and z. in the end it didn't work, because in the end, the only things a president can do with a pen, executive orders, are fairly limited. with one exception, that's epa and using the epa to shut down entire industries. that power. >> the memo that's gotten out, "the washington post" reported on when he said he's not going to go to congress, but he's going to go and use his pen. that when you campaign on i'm going to change washington, that means i give up. that's not what you expect a leader to do, you expect a leader to carry ou

just a stroke of the pen. you know what? america needs a raise and the republicans need an ultimatum after all we've been through. 24 hours from now, the president will give his sixth state of the union address. we tried to pull out some of the republican highlights in the last five. we couldn't find any good comments. the president will focus on income inequality and this is supposed to be the year of action. he's going to touch on issues like college affordability, long-term unemployed insurance, and the minimum wage. jay carney said the president will bypass congress. >> i think what we saw last year in 2013 was a washington that did not deliver for the american people. and the president says this is a year of action to work with congress where he can and to bypass congress where necessary, to lift folks who want to come up into the middle class. >> now it sounds good, but it's a lot generic talk, isn't it? democrats want the president to increase the minimum wage. we've been talking about that for a long time, especially

i have got a pen, and a phone. and i can use that pen to sign executive orders. and take executive actions and administrative actions. and mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator, good to have you back on the show. which president do you believe is telling us the truth? >> yeah, well, we get, both versions, routinely. i think he would be smart to work with congress. look, everybody is concerned about their privacy. we are also concerned about avoiding another, 9/11 attack. a number of the techniques we developed in the last ten years have prevented those attacks. i think we can meet the balance between americans understandably high concern about their privacy and still protecting us from another terrorist attack. he would be smart, rather than doing it himself. to engage congress. i think we all have the same gel here. how do you, how do you square these two concerns. privacy on the one hand. versus, protecting the public from terrorist attack on the other. there is an article that you wrote this week in politico and challenges in the senate. harry reed's heavy hand

>> i have got a pen and i've got a phone. and i can use that pen to sign executive orders. >> where i being -- can act on my own i'm going to do so. >> i will also act on my own where congress is dead liked. >> i have got a pen and a phone and that's all i need. >> house majority whip kevin mccarthy joins us. >> nice to be here. >> when he was a senator he had a little different view than he does now about the power of the presidency or when the president should use the executive order. >> you know, the president is correct. he has a pen and a phone but he wants to use it for all the wrong reasons. he should pick up the phone, call harry reid and say send me the keystone pipeline and skills act. use it to sign it. pick you up the phone and call us and listen to see where we can work together. this idea that he can go around everybody, he may have a pen and a phone but we have a constitution that we have developed this country under, and he can't go around it. >> but nothing happens. i mean, as a practical matter he does have

and the -- >> pen, phone. pen. phone. >> david is absolute ly right. if presidents could solve the problems of the country with executive order -- >> i'm not sure exactly what he can do. >> squeezing and squeezing the capacity of the federal government, we have a fiscal policy and that's going to continue regardless of what he du doodles with his pen. >> what can he do? i was talking with some people today. okay, he can do some things on climate change, for example -- >> that is purely at the realm of regulation that he can do that. >> he can do that. he's trying to work with the cabinet, which we haven't seen before. trying to figure out from them what regulations he can sign so he can get something done. but on the larger issues -- and this goes to the point of legacy -- is that immigration reform is something he wants to get done. he wants to get some agreement on nsa surveillance, i would presume, right? >> and that's what i'm going to be listening for. >> one thing republicans keep saying -- we're not goi

he has a pen, and he has a phone.e those to move the ball forward and create opportunity. >> and this from twitter now. qbones writes, people are dissatisfied with government. the more people expect from government, the greater the overall dissatisfaction will be. there have been too many promises, doug? >> huge numbers of promises. i'm going to change your health care system. i'm going to bring the country together. i'm going to basically solve international crises. and the net result has been, harris, that our economy is adrift. our health care system is broken. it's gotten worse. our international position is eroding, and confidence in government is going down. you're absolutely right. the president has decided he's going to do what he can with the pen, with unilateral exercise of power. >> the assertion i can do things that are clearly legislatively required is almost unprecedented in a non-war time situation. where the president, commander in chief, does have unique power. this is really about, as i said, we are

. >> i have a pen. i have a phone. i can use that pen to sign executive orders. >> did president obama miss the class about the three equal branches of government and separation of powers? rush limbaugh is not holding back. >> he can do executive orders to make things there. he can do executive orders and executive actions to get rid of the unfairness. he will make this lousy country finally fair. you have these republicans saying okay i am just going to start writing executive order. the hell with it. i'm finally going to make everything fair. he might have a pen. he might have a phone. but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator. >> nice to see you, carl. >> good to see you. >> rush limbaugh says the president doesn't have the power to run the country like a dictator. doing or something else? >> i am deeply troubled by the president's use of executive authority. the president has a strong executive authority. but the president as decided not to take our drug laws regardin

. >> he will look in every way he can with his pen and his phone. he has a pen and a phone. he'll use those. the president uses the power of his presidency in two areas, his pen which is presidential orders and pick up the phone and bring in american citizens businesses. this is supposed to be a year of action. >> that pen and phone are already inflaming republican opposition. >> when the executive branch tries to assume the legislative powers, that's a form of tyranny, so yeah, there are times when we lose our checks and balances, when government grows and when government's not obeying the rule of law, that is a form of tyranny. >> joining me now reed wilson, gov beat blogger for "the washington post" and political blogger of the grio. so perry, i'll start with you, because it strikes me that the president st trying to strike a bit of a balance. on one hand i want to work with congress, we got to come together, but then he's trying to say, if you don't, i'm going to -- you know, i've got my pen and i've got my phone. and i wonder if we can make a drinking game of that, abou

he will say i have a pen and a phone, your services are no longer required. but he's been defiant for years blaming republican obstructionists and congressional destruction for getting in his way. remember, i will not negotiate. the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, and considering we recently got a bipartisan deal on a budget, monday's agreement on a farm bill and new movement on immigration reform, shouldn't the president applaud congress for its progress instead of vowing to work around it? >> you might -- he might defy some expectations tonight. correspondent jim acosta has just gotten a segment from his speech tonight. what's it say, jim? >> reporter: i hope i don't have to respond to everything that s.e. said. >> please do. >> reporter: i'll let do you that, dan, exactly. the white house in the last few minutes has released excerpts of the president's state of the union speech. we obviously don't have the complete speech to read to you. going to what s.e. was saying a few minutes ago, the defi

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i have a pen i have a phone and i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actionsinistrative actions that move the ball forward. >> that was president obama, showing frustration that congress has not acted on unemployment. >> he is threatening executive action to unite a deeply divided dc. we have crustin powers and columnist for the daily baeft. welcome to both of you. >> hello. >> he said i have a pep and a phone and he will use executive orders to get around the obstructionism in congress; is that the right approach? >> he doesn't have a lot of other options. he will not get anything done with congress. that said, there is not a lot he can do through executive order. i think he is trying to suggest that he's going to get things done to spur the economy. but he is very limited in what is available in that realm and the kinds of things that are tossed around as possibility are not the things that will turn around an economy such as an inneragency task force on competitiveness and small bureaucratic changes, that is not going to do the job. >> brad, there is not a

tonight as two media outlets, one in america, one in england decide to publish a 36 page manifesto penned by the mastermind of 9/11. breaking news on this story, khalid sheikh mohammed has confessed to being the critical planner between the attacks on 9/11. he planned it, he helped organize it, he celebrated the murders of those innocent men and women, beyond that among his other numerous confessed crimes, he celebrates the fact that he personally murdered daniel pearl in pakistan in 2002 by cutting off pearl's head in a video seen around the world and now this terrorist, this murderer, the worst terrorist we have at gitmo has been given a new platform to share his message. a message that started on a laptop in his prison cell, went through a courtroom at gitmo and is now out there for all the world to see. our coverage begins with charles swift, a retired navy j.a.g. attorney. thank you for being here. and our understanding is because we have been in contact with the authorities all day long khalid sheikh mohammed has released a 36-page manifesto that just appeared on the huffington post

-- pencil or pen? when did it happen for you? >> that's a great question. my memories of doing projects sometimes at his easel. i went to undergraduate school and did an architecture degree. >> we're looking at your black and white drawings. >> these are pencil drawings. i'm inspired by mythology. the local legend is really a synthesis of the people that i grew up w the community that inspired me and those are the folks that you're seeing in the drawings on the screen here. >> what it is, too, is very singularly jon mort's work because your dad was into the landscapes and what he sees in the environment and these are very distinctive and very much yours. did you consciously think of that when you started looking at these myth al figures? >> i have -- mythical figures? >> i have to say my interest in mythology began at a very young age, too. maybe the human figure, my draw toward that was a subconscious but i have to say it was my sincere interest in the human form and everything that it can express where i find my passion. >> how do you work? do you just ev

he used his pen. and enacted a number of changes through the epa, and this year, i think rick is right. there is one thing they have to do. they have to raise the debt ceiling sometime in the next few months. and they will do that they will fight a lot and then they will end up raising the debt ceiling. after that i don't see any major legislative accomplishment happening. >> are the republicans willing that the president called them to at least, you know, meet them half way, not necessarily on issues but at least sit down and talk to them or is the war too ugly. >> it's very ugly right now. relationship is terrible between these two groups. it will be interesting to see what kind of demands republicans bring to the debt ceiling fight. because many strategists are advising them not to command anything, any concessions from the white house. many people are talking about this provision of obamacare to reimburse insurance companies if the risk pools are bad that could lead to even more bad blood and a ch

. >> i have a pen and a phone. i can use the pen to sign executive orders and stake executive actions and administrative actions to move the vault forward in helping make sure our kids get the best education, and that our businesses get support they need to make sure that people are getting the skills to get the jobs. >> as you might expect republicans reacted in may saying they can't go around congress when they feel the need. the president says he will use the pen to sign executive orders to get some of what he wants. >> the congress will have additional work in the course of the next few weeks. it's important they do something about unemployment insurance. >> last week there was hope. this week a quagmire, stuck in the senate sandbox. stuck over procedure to move forward, over amendments, how they should be paid for. the upshot is 1.3 million americans put off long-term unemployment insurance benefits at the end of last year - the number is growing, increasing each day 1.5 million off of long-term unemployment b

. >> i have got a pen, and i have got a phone. and i can use that pen to sign executive orders. >> did president obama miss the class will three equal branches of government and separate powers. rush limbaugh is not holding things back. >> he can do executive orders and executive actions to get rid of the unfairness. he is going to make this lousy country finally fair. he has got these republicans that is standing his way, okay, i will start writing executive orders. the hell with it, i'm going to finally make everything fair. now, he might have a pen and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator. >> karl rove joins us. nice to see you, karl. >> good to see you. >> rush limbaugh says that the president doesn't have the power to run the country like a dictator. is that what the president is doing executive order or something else? >> i'm deeply troubled by the president's use of his executive authority and abuse of his executive authority. look, a president does

i've got a pen and i've got a phone. >> pen and a phone.w far can he take his agenda forward without the help of congress? executive orders notwithstanding. >> yeah, he tried this before in 2012. he had a campaign in which he thought he'd launch a series of initiatives belt around executive actions and executive orders. to be sure, they were worthwhile ideas, but in general when push comes to shove, real change comes by way of major legislation and that means he'll have to rely on a do-nothing congress. that's a real challenge. republicans have shown no interest in job creation, no interest in economic growth. the president wants a year of action, it's going to be a tough hurdle to get congress to do its job. >> you were listening to that perhaps, as well, amanda, the president saying he's going to talk about the cabinet, talk about helping everyday americans, help the middle class, he's looking at the economic schedule going forward and he's going to be doing events related to that. if the president does undertake more executive orders and

i have got a pen to take executive action. >> he has a pen, glenn, he has a pen and a phone. >> i knowthat he will use it. and had e has a phone. and the clip shows that he says he will use it to call his friends in universities, that will turn it into nothing but activist sites. this is a dangerous use of power, i want to make it clear. everybody knows where i stand on the president. i warn against congress and both parties, as well. we're coming up to an election, and i think this is an awful lot of power for people to relinquish. and i haven't seen the character of george washington stand up, but that is what it will take, somebody to just say i will get it done, that is not what our republic says, the constitution says, the american people don't want that. they don't want a group of people in washington pitting people against each other and then saying i'll get it done for you. no, no, no, please, leave us alone. let us take care of it. let's take care of each other. let's have reasonable conversations. but we're not having that in washington. >> do you think there is a move away f

how could he be worried about going to the pen. >> lineup card? he was trying to figure out what the line in the race was. >> there were allegations that

the phone and the pen piece, i thought keith hennessy at stanford had a good point toot. it's more like an erasable pencil because with the u.s. district court that continues to thwart president obama on some of the major things like the national label of relations board and most recently the supreme court over the weekend on the little sisters of the poor, the president's staying power for what he says he wants to do, all of those things could get overturned as well. they telegraphed so much that they don't need congress, i think he could have done the thing that is only required by the constitution, which is periodically report to the congress, sent them a memo. he doesn't need the congress, what's the point of going up there? just to give a political speech? >> why is he doing it? >> it's tradition. i think it's become rote. >> it's not inconsequential. he signed an executive order to allow 800,000 undocumented workers to stay here, number one, and congress did not challenge that. what is going to happen, i think, the storyline after tomorrow night, is courts will be v

the president says he has his pen and phone and it's shorthand for bypassing congress, some say he haso follow the constitution. are we in for a worst gridlock >> executive orders and direct theives are not -- directives are not unconstitutional. unless the republicans want to make a court case out of something, that alone will not do it. it's a diminished presidency if the president has to concede he has to bypass congress and if he uses the telephone and pen, it's not the strongest starting point. others say he may want to like an optimistic note. nothing wrong with that. it will be hard to have the year of action. >> talking about not having a strong starting point president obama goes into this with record low numbers, a gallop pom, 52% disagreed. 37% have confidence he'll make the right decisions. 63% do not think he will. a lot is fall-out from obamacare. 63% think he's has no confidence. >> he's paying the price for breaking his word on obamacare. he said if you like your plan you can keep it. it wasn't true. he's paying a price because there's no economic boom. in regan's secon

he is vowing to use the power of the pen and side step congress. >> what did the president focus on inhis year's speech? >> he had a number of issues during the 5th state of the union address he highlighted the growing gap of income and equality the need for more women's rights a higher minimum wage as well as immigration reform and green energy alternatives. he also told congress he may go about many of the issues with or without them reminding those in the chamber of his powers of executive order. >> in the coming week i will issue a order requiring paying federal funded employees a fair wage of 10.10 an hour because if you cook or deliver meals or wash their dishes you should not have to live in poverty. >> republican lawmakers responded in part saying these promises may sound good but they won't solve the problems americans face. they argue there needs to be more policies empowering americans and not empowering government. >> the president talked a lot about equality, but the real gap we face today is one of opportunity in equality. and with this administration's policy that gap ha

don't talk about, i have the power of the pen. use the power of the pen. could save bristol bay, our great salmon runs up in alaska by not letting the pebble mine come in. theodore roosevelt saved the grand canyon. you can't tell people you're going to use executive power and not use it. you'll be called out on it. he fought for gun control. he got the public into it. couldn't do it in congress. i would look at places where he could sign a lot of presidential proclamations and let the chips fall where they may. >> in speaking about who used executive authority, cleveland was the last president to use as many executive orders as obama. these used to be bipartisan issues and every single one of them got shut down in large part by the republican party. so to -- to a large degree, if not entirely, the reason that we have come to this place is because there's nobody to work with in congress on issues that didn't used to be divisive. >> these are bipartisan issues. there is bipartisanship. look at increase in minimum wage. 48% of republicans want to see a substa

they sent out a photo of the pen. reason they did this the president will use that pen to sign executive orders if in fact congress refuses to act. >> he simply won't stop there. mindful of congress's reluctance to be cooperative at times, the president is going to exercise his authority. >> the president is expected to use tonight's speech to announce executive actions for job training measures of retirement security programs and assistance for the unemployed, but without help from congress his options are limited. he's also expected to talk about income and equality something republicans may feast upon. >> 95 2012 went to the upper 1 percent. and we know that 80 percent of the executives on wall street donate to this president over his opponents we kind of figured out where he is going there. he's probably going to have to talk about something besides income distribution. >> even though the state of the union address is one evening ends up being an entire week of events. like any president this one is going to phit

i've got a pen, and i've got a phone. i can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions, administrative actions that move the ball forward. >> the president isn't waiting around for congress. and tonight he is pushing forward. joining me now from the white house briefing room is valerie jarrett, white house senior adviser and assistant to the president of the united states, barack obama. valerie, welcome back to the show. >> good evening, reverend al. it's a pleasure for me to be here. it's a very important day. the president is really looking forward to this evening. and i welcome the opportunity to chat with you in advance of his speech. >> now the president is talking tonight about executive actions. can he not rely on congress to do its job? >> well, i think what you're going to hear from the president this evening is twofold. number one, we're going to continue to work with congress, just as we always have to try to find common ground and move our agenda forward there are important pieces of legi

it's fine they have a pen. >> and he has a phone. >> i heard about a phone. a pen and a phone. trading and making deals which is one thing you can do when you have a congress that wants to get to a deal as krystal mentions, they have to find ways to do more pressure. before the state of the union have the president say let's have them working weekends.obst. how do you take low approval ratings for congress and use it as a political weapon against them. they haven't found ways to do that enough. you have to force more votes. you have to make that happen. >> they have to play more golf. you know that. >> the president's approval rating isn't all that high either. so you can also make that point. >> we're out of time but i do want to say -- year before this and year before that. >> l is for lead. >> amen. >> up next, the findings of a new report on the benghazi terror attacks. what the senate is saying now about the political firestorm. stick with us. ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ [ male announcer ] th

. >> i've got a pen and i've got a phone.n to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward. >> long-term, the challenge of making sure everybody who works hard can get ahead in today's economy is so important that we can't wait for congress to solve it. where i can act on my own without congress, i'm going to do so. >> i've got a pen, i've got a phone, and we all refilled his pen last year, mark. it seems like it's on. >> you bet. look, the white house's line is we're going to work cooperatively with congress when we can, and we will bypass congress if we must. if there is this kind of level of obstruction, you know, this 113th congress is on track to be the least productive congress in the history of the united states. i'm not exaggerating. this is more unproductive than the do nothing congress under harry truman. so i think the challenges we face in this country are great. the president doesn't just have an economic obligation to make sure that economic inequality is