. >> president obama, president obama, president obama, president obama, president obama and i. president obama, president obama. >> well, hillary clinton's clinging to president obama last night was pretty tight in hopes that she can score with his supporters in south carolina. and force a real vision of distance between bernie sanders and obama on ideology, without having to say so. much more on the dirty tricks in the campaign trail. it has happened before in south carolina, and they're bracing for another season of dirt ball politics, especially by cruz. there, i said it. as the campaign shifts to south and west, the "hardball" round table is here to tell you something i don't know. valentine's day what it means to your family and mine. this is "hardball," the place for politics. what? wow... yeah! okay... guys, i'll be writing a new language for machines so planes, trains, even hospitals can work better. oh! sorry, i was trying to put it away... got it on the cake. so you're going to work on a train? not on a train...on "trains"! you're not gonna develop stuff anymore? no i

. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell spoke out against president obama's plans to close the guantÁnamobay detention center wednesday on the senate floor. here's a look. >> mr. president, president obama has let the american people to wait many years for a serious plan, one opposes no additional risk to our nation or our armed forces. for instance, in pursuit of his desire to close the security tension facility down at guantÁnamo bay. americans have been waiting for seven long years to find out what a serious plan might look like. they are still waiting today. what the president sent to congress isn't a plan. it's more of a research project if anything. it does call on congress to act. it turns out we already have. congress has repeatedly over and over again voted to enact clear bipartisan prohibitions on the very thing the president is again calling for and that is the transfer of guantÁnamo bay terrorists into our local communities. we've enact a bipartisan prohibitions in congress with split party control. we've enact a bipartisan prohibitions in congress with massive overwhelming de

republicans in washington wish president obama was not elected in the first place. they wish he was not reelected in 2012. they wish he was not president today. now that he is president, and he remains president, they've made it clear he would stop acting like it. wishing is one thing. you cannot insist it. there's now eight justices on the united states supreme court, which requires nine justices. we suddenly, in the midst of what is a chaotic political system has bumbled into not yet a constitutional crisis but right now a giant stress test for our democracy. we haven't had a supreme court seat held open since the u.s. civil war. we had one held open then was because of the u.s. civil war. what's the excuse now? >>> since we left the white house i've been quiet in public square. eight years in the limelight was plenty. laura and i are really happy in what she has described as the afterlife. we spent a lot of time on our ranch where we have become tree farmers. gives me a lot of time to practice my stump speech. i've written two books which surprised a lot of people

the white house this evening saying that president obama was informed and that the president and first lady extend their deepest condolences to justice scalia's family. the president will indeed nominate someone to succeed scalia on the high court, that coming directly from our jake tapper. again, the president will nominate someone to take the place of antonin scalia if confirmed by the senate. cnn chief washington correspondent joe johns has more on the life and legacy of justice scalia. >> i antonin scalia do solemnly swear. >> the first italian-american to sit on the nation's highest court, justice antonin scalia was a conservative in thought, but not in personality. >> justice scalia has an ir repressably pugnacious personality. even in his early years at the court that came out both at oral argument where he was the most aggressive questioner and behind the scenes where the memos that he wrote had a real galvanizing effect among the jurists. >> he was able to light up or ignite a room with his often barack demeanor and we could sense of humor. grounded in american law and its con

[laughter] president obama: there's nothing compared to the newspaper which warned that if jefferson were elected murder, robbery rape, adultery, and incest will be openly taught and practiced. his vice president, aaron burr literally killed alexander hamilton in a duel. i don't want to tell you what andrew jackson's opponent said about his momma. lincoln himself was routinely called weak and wishy washy a yahoo, an unshapely man. the obscene ape of illinois. my favorite is: a facetious petty progress. i don't know what that means. but it sounds insulting. comparatively speaking, today is not that bad. as long as we've got a thick skin. as harold washington once said, politics ain't bean bags. it is tough. and that's okay. there's also the notion that sometimes our politics are broken because politicians are more corrupt or beholden to big money than they need to be. there's no doubt that lobbyist have easier access than the average american. there's a lot of work that we need to do to make sure that the system works for ordinary people and not just the well connected. that's true at

republicans in washington wish president obama was not elected in the first place. they wish he was not reelected in 2012. they wish he was not president today. now that he is president, and he remains president, thaiey've ma it clear he would stop acting like it. wishing is one thing. you cannot insist it. there's now eight justices on the united states supreme court, which requires nine justices. we suddenly, in the midst of what is a chaotic political system has bumbled into not yet a constitutional crisis but right now a giant stress test for our democracy. we haven't had a supreme court seat held open since the u.s. civil war. we had one held open then was because of the u.s. civil war. what's the excuse now? ( melodic, calm music ) hi this is conor. sorry i missed you. i'm either away from my desk or on another call. please leave a message and i'll get back to you just as soon as i'm available. thank you for patience at this busy time. join princess cruises for stargazing with discovery at sea. book now for savings up to $1,000 per stateroom plus up to $600 fre

we're only looking at roughly 10 or 11 months until president obama leaves. "for the rest of this president's term, we should reverse the presumption of confirmation." i frankly don't know what he's talking about. the constitution doesn't talk about a presumption of confirmation, but it's pretty clear to me he wants a presumption that the nominee will not be confirmed for the next 18 months. senator schumer, one of the democratic leaders, said -- "i will recommend to my colleagues that we should not confirm a supreme court nominee except in extraordinary circumstances." so what we are doing is what senator reid and senator schumer advocated back when it was convenient and served their purposes way back when. they are now taking a different position because of course their interests are different. they want to make sure president obama gets a chance to nominate and the senate confirm president obama's nominee who will serve for perhaps the next quarter century or more on the supreme court. but it's pretty clear the senate's not bound to confirm a supreme court

let me just play what president obama had to say about your father. here he is. >> i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. and the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people. and i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. it's not hosting a talk show, or a reality show. it's not promotion. it's not marketing. it's hard. and a lot of people count on us getting it right. >> what's your response to that? >> at this point, when i hear that, first of all, it does come as a great compliment. my father built one of the greatest real estate empires of the world. he worked incredibly hard. he built an amazing business. he employed tens of thousands of people all over the country. now he comes into the race for the presidency of the united states. not taking a penny from anybody. he thinks the system is broken. you have lobbyists and super pacs and everything. he's funding his own campaign. because of the many problems created under this administration. right now we have $19 trillion in debt. our educational

president obama said he will nominate someone son. and the republicans want to wait until they have a new president hopefully one of their own. >> reporter: the longest serving justice on the united states supreme court has died. report ares stated that justice antonin scalia died of natural courses in west texas. our colleague passed away. he was an extraordinary individual and jurorist and his passing is a great loss to the country he so loyally served we extend condolences to his wife maureen and his family. he was appointed by president ronald reagan and scalia was the first italian american justice to sit on the court and a conservative and a lifelong catholic. >> one can be sophisticated and believe in god. heck, the first mover is easy to believe more than the big bang. one can believe in a personal god who loves mankind and one can be sophisticated and believe in jesus christ as having been a son of god, are we not all children of the creator? and triumphed over death. his message after all lives on. >> reporter: the justice wa

presidents we had. is how time will judge obama. n the heat of a presence of a relish in -- president election right now, one we have never seen before. we are living and one of most polarizing times we have lived in. it makes it really hard to give a really good value judgment on whether obama was a great president or a bad president . you can find people who are extremely passionate on both sides of that question. host: pamela from petersburg, virginia. what do you think? caller: i'm an independent and environmental engineer. caregiver of a parent, which only enables me to work part-time. neither of the parties has helped me deal with my reality . the president was able to bring his mother in law to the white house, but my life is not substantially change. the black community am i think, .s still suffering coul neither party has change that. i want to address the divided country and justice scalia. i think obama's legacy is that he was an embodiment of a hope and a dream and a vision. my nephew, mylike cousin, and my children can t

president obama -- president obama, president obama, president obama, the obama administration, like president obama had. so what we have tried to do and what president obama succeeded in doing. >> you can get our point there. and today the chair of the congressional black caucus pac, which backed clinton yesterday, hit sanders for his critiques of president obama. george meeks said, i condemn and strongly disagree with recent criticisms from senator sanders that call into question president obama's leadership ability and insinuating that he has been, quote, weak on progressive issues. he went on. senator sanders' disparaging comments towards the president are misplaced, misguided, and do not give credit where credit is due. that statement came out shortly before the clinton campaign held yet another conference call on her opponent. this time hitting sanders for what the clinton campaign says is a clear and evident commander in chief gap. here's what virginia senator tim kaine also said on that call. >> bernie works on the issues that interest him, but foreign policy and diplomacy an

president obama' plans for historic visit to cuba generating many concerns here in the u.s. assembly resistance, a group fighting replace the castro regime denouncing the president's plan to the island positive step tore ward. >> if this is only for capitalism to do business with the capastro regime, i oppose it. if this is to open up cuba to the cuban people, i support it. >> this president is planooght castro's hands. >> lynn: and newssf the historic visit drawing quick reaction from republican a on the exainl trail as expect oochtd the can a dates are critical of the president's plans. >> seand to hear that but i i wasn't surprised that this was for shadowed or a long time i i think it's a real miss taifnght i think the president ought t t instead be pushing for f aree cuba. >> it breqk my heart just as we legit ta miez the regime in iran by negotiate age nuclear agreement of we're doing the same by diplomatic relation ch we got nothing in return and my hopepes cuba will be free one day and that's when the president should be going there. a year and two months after the op

president obama has unveiled a record $4.1 trillion election year budget. it finances democratic priorities like education, healthcare and climate change. financed by new taxes on oil, the wealthy and big banks. diane cho kicks off our in-depth coverage of the budget proposal. >> reporter: on the day of the new hampshire primary, the administration released the president's proposed fiscal year 2017 budget. >>> obviously, february in general is crowded this year. and so i'm not sure, given both the february statutory release date and frankly the fact that congress was so lat that we were gonna be able to find a day that was sort of free from other distractions. >> reporter: according to sean donovan, the budget adheres to the bipartisan agreement signed into law last fall. >>> as you may recall, that fully paid for agreement allowed us to avoid harmful sequestration cuts the second time that congress came together on a bipartisan basis to avoid sequestration and provided dollar for dollar funding increases for both defense and non-defense priorities for 2016

president obama. >> madam secretary, that is a low blow. the last time i heard a united states senator had the right to disagree with the president, including a president who has done such an extraordinary job. bun of us ran against barack obama. i was not that candidate. >> sanders had the final word. but it opened a new chapter. it exposed deeper lines in their policy and political differences on health care reform clinton presented herself as the keeper of the legacy. >> before it was called obama care, it was called hillary care. >> senator sanders said race relations would be better in his administration. >> we will create millions of jobs for low income kids so they're not hanging out on street corner. >> clinton tied herself to obama and rejected the suggestion she would be swayed by campaign donations. >> let's not in any way imply here that president obama or myself would not take on any vested interest, whether it's wall street, drug companies, insurance companies or frankly the gun lobby. >>

also appointed by president obama.y migrated when he was very young but has grown up here ever since. a lot of diversity in all the choices, and these are all just speculation. but according to a lot of court watchers, pretty good guesses to start with. >> back with us, jeffrey toobin and jonathan turley. professor turley, you had an article where you talked about president obama using the nuclear option and making a recess appointment. i want to read a part of what you says. the difference is often the exercise of restraint. it's not enough to say you can do something but whether you should do something. do you foresee this getting to that point? >> in the politics we've all been witnessing, there's virtually nothing i'd rule out. this is a toxic relationship between this president and this congress. it's a president who has gone unilaterally in taking actions before, including going too far on recess appointments given the recent canning decision where he was rejected in terms of his claims there. there is a possibil

. >> today senator sanders said president obama failed the leadership test. this is not the first time. >> reporter: a message for democratic voters of south carolina. more than half of whom are african-american and widely adore the president. >> the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president, i expect from republicans. i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama. >> ooh that is -- madam secretary that is a low blow. last i heard, a united senator had the right to disagree with the president, including a president who's done such an extraordinary job. >> one of us ran against barack obama. i was not that candidate. >> reporter: sanders had the final word, but it opened a new chapter in the democratic duel that may be just beginning. the pbs be debate exposed deeper lines in their policy and political differences on health care, immigration and wall street reform. clinton presented herself as the keeper of the obama legacy. >> before it was called obama care it was called hillary

this is not the first time he has criticized president obama. in the past, he called him weak and a disappointment. i could not disagree more with those kinds of comments. i don't think he gets the credit he deserves for being a president. it is a -- [ applause ] -- the kind of criticism we heard from senator sanders about our president, i expect from republicans. i do not expect from someone run for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama. [ applause ] >> madam secretary, that is a low blow. i think it is really unfair to suggest that i am not supportive of the president. i have been a strong ally on him and with him on virtually every issue. do senators have the right to d disagree with the president? have you ever disagreed with the president? i suspect you may have. >> reporter: pushing back that he is not supportive of this president. at the end of the nearly two-hour debate, it is hard to imagine what changed in the mind of supportesupporters. what this did do for the clinton campaign is reset her candidacy after the defeat in

also ahead, president obama announces an historic trip to cuba next month, the first for a sitting presidentst 90 years. then, why you should look to the political betting markets for presidential predictions. >> polls show what people are thinking now, whereas the prediction markets are what people think will happen in the future. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

seven years after signing an order to close guantanamo, a bruised and battle wear president obama was pleading with congress to give it a chance. >> i don't want to pass this problem onto the next president, whoever it is, and as a nation, if we don't deal with this now, when will we deal with it? are we going to let this linger on for another 15 years, 20 years, another 30 years? >> reporter: over the years, some 800 prisoners have been held at guantanamo. and from that, more than 500 were released from other countries during the burke administration. president obama transferred 147 more, and now there are just 91 left. what the pentagon sent congress was a four-point plan to deal with those 91 and permanently close the prison camp, which president obama argues is a stain on america's reputation and a recruiting tool for america's enemies. the plan would controversy the detainees by this summer. and proceed with legal action against ten detainees, including possible foreign prosecution, and work with congress to find a way to bring the detainees to a facility in the united states. bu

he respects president obama. he has worked with president obama.esident obama's flagship piece of legislation the affordable care act bernie sanders helped prepare and draft that legislation. if we want to talk about disrespect of obama, let's talk about the fact that there is one candidate who ran against him and that is hillary clinton. let's talk about the fact that in 2008 some of the same things that hillary said last night against bernie sanders she said against president obama in 2008. >> mayor, do you think people should give bernie sanders another look? >> the answer is no. let's talk about the fact that she ran against him in 2008, erin. he thought so much of her that he made her his secretary of state and she supported him flat out and did everything she could to see that he was elected. let's also talk about the fact that when you listen to bernie sanders rhetoric, you don't hear him talk about the 14 million jobs that president obama's economy has produced. you don't hear him talk about the 18 million newly insured. you don't hear him

bush and president obama. reserve bank he said regulatory reforms have not gone far enough. he called for break june of the larger banks making them smaller, less connected, less important. he said regulate them like public utilities. he said the banking system has lobbied hard to implement fundamental change to the system. it's a view. kashkari is a republican. he ran for governor of california a couple years ago, you might recall. >>> the for the first time in three weeks gas has risen. don't fret. it's still 19 cents less than last month. gas follows closely behind. don't worry. they expect the national average to stay well we low two bucks for much of the year. the typical household is likely to save $400 this year compared to last year because of the lower prices aet the pump. >> we like lower prices at the pump. amazing we're like kashkari. >> interesting. you hear progressives say break up the banks. by assets, they're larger than they were at the peak of the financial crisis. dodd/frank says they've do

president obama must do his job. i urge the republicans to do your job. let's follow the constitution, live up to the constitution. when the president makes his nomination, let's open our doors so we can meet with that nominee. let's hold a hearing or multiple hearings if necessary and then let's hold a vote on the senate floor. let's be accountable by deeds of our votes, not just simply by avoiding our responsibility. mr. president, less. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. mr. president, at noon today a group of us on this side of the aisle went to the supreme court, stood in front of it, and spoke about what was happening with the republican decision not to proceed with the advice and consent provisions of the united states constitution. and i've been a member of the judiciary committee, mr. president, for 23 years. i have sat on six supreme court cases. and in those 23 years as a nonlawyer, i really became infused with great respect for the american system of justice, for the trial courts, for the appeal court

president obama has promised to fill it, but who will he pick? into the president's thinking is david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama, and our supreme court expert, jeffrey toobin, who has written several books about the court. david, let me start with you. what is happening right now inside the white house? you have been through this process with this president. >> well, first let us say that aaron sorkin could not have written this script better, dropping this right in the middle of a presidential campaign. but look, i think that they're going to want to move quickly. because you don't want this to settle in. you want to move quickly, put a nominee in front of the senate, obviously qualified, and let them explain for the next 11 months why they want to deprive the country of a supreme court justice at a tame when there are a lot of critical cases. >> that's what you would advise the president, put somebody forward who's obviously qualified, don't go for broke, don't go for somebody who's liberal to excite the base? >> there wi

his relationship with president obama. she's basically painted him as anti-obama. sten you love the president, you want to defend his games, i love the president i want to extend his gains and grab this president and show how he's a part of that legacy. he's letting himself be defined in ways that don't make sense. the other thing in love that speech. every black voter in the world has heard that speech. he's got to start telling those civil rights stories. >> he got arrested. he organize ad sit in for segregated housing. >> if he want to be ugly by the way you were for goldwater while i was out there. company tell those beautiful stories. he's got to realize when you're in this situation you have to do something different you can't do the same thing. >> real interesting point. so we're looking ahead to the town hall format. there's always surprises for whether their interests, where their interests lie as voters or what their questions are. what do these two candidates need do? >> i think they both have a lot of homework to do. dan talked about senator sanders and

reach an agreement on the details for the cessation of hostilitiehost the kremlin revealed that president obama and president putin had a frank and constructive phone conversation on sunday. mr. obama urged russia to end its air campaign. and in munich, senator john mccain accused them of using syria as a live fire exercise. >> russia has indiscriminately bombed civilians and moderate groups for months with impunity. intelligence leaders have stated publicly that russia's intervention has stabilized the asought regime and helped it get back on the offensive. and now, as we sit here today, syrian, iranian, hezbollah and russian forces are accelerating their siege of aleppo. it is no accident that mr. putin has agreed on a cessation of hostilities when he did. >> russian airstrikes have no doubt shifted the momentum of this conflict. the syrian army says that moscow's support has helped to push back isis militants. cnn's fred pleitgen was given exclusive access to the front lines against isis and has this report from eastern syria. >> reporter: in the eastern syrian desert, on the fringe of isis'

involving president obama's executive actions on immigration. whether or not they are going to be legal. these are vital issues not only to americans in general, but in an election year to the base of both parties, both conservatives, and liberals we are talking about voters, donors, the type of grassroots advocates who go door to door and get out the vote. republicans right now shortly after this news broke have been insisting ever since that president obama withhold the nomination and not some -- send a nomination to the senate. they think the next president, who, of course, they hope will be a republican, will have the privilege of doing that. marco rubio is a senator and republican presidential candidate, here is what he had to say. >> he can nominate someone. the senate is not moving forward on it until after the election. senator mcconnell the majority leader has made it clear and i agree with this. it remains to be seen whether or not the senator ma coming will move a nomination. what is clear, is that president obama is going to make tha

president obama is only president for another ten months.nd the question will be whether president obama's nominee, who i expect will come quickly, will get a vote at all in the remaining months of his presidency. >> and, jeffrey, let's talk through some of the cases that stand out to you most that he wrote. you know, wrote the leading opinion, decision on. what stands out to you most when you think of the history of the cases that he heard. >> famous and influential opinion that justice scalia wrote involved the second amendment, the right to bear arms. for over 100 years the supreme court had said that the second amendment which refers both to a well regulated militia and a right to bear arms only applied to militias. but in 2008 in a case called peller justice scalia wrote the opinion that said, individuals have a second amendment right to bear handguns for their own personal protection. and that is an enormously important opinion. he, of course, was in the majority in bush v. gore in 2000 which essentially made president bush president.

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a stunning news conference from president obama naming names on both sides, talking way, way more about specific is candidates, for example, donald j. trump than you historically hear any president do. finally, opening the door wide, wide open to the notion that he might endorse in the democratic race. again, something you never, never really see a sitting president do. ron brownstein, senior editor at the atlantic. and douglas brinkley, cnn historical and history professor at rice university. douglas, just from a historical perspective, i'm not overblowing this. sitting presidents during a primary don't normally weigh in like this. >> no. it is very unusual i think part of the answer is he's out there in rancho mirage. all the leaders are going up and saying, can donald trump really be president? are you crazy in america? is this the real thing. i don't think he was interfering in south carolina politics. he was addressing a world community, global journalists, if you would like, saying it's my opinion. and i'm somebody who won the white house twice that this guy will not be able to wi

plus, the other battle for the future, president obama coming out to speak about replacing justice antonin scalia who died suddenly saturday. shaping up to be one of the big of the battles of his entire presidency. >> conspiracy theorys in overdrive, blaming everyone from president obama, clintons, dick cheney, mr. spock for the death of justice scalia at age 79. which presidential candidate added tin foil to the proverbial hat? >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news. brand-new cnn polls laying out the state of the race in south carolina as the republicans like to say, south carolina picks presidents. so if your name is donald j. trump you might be grinning, four days before republicans vote in the palmetto state you have a big lead there. hillary clinton also has a big lead, but with more than a week until south carolina democrats flood the poll, so many undecided democrats, a sanders supporter, might, might see some evidence all is not yet lost. dana bash with the poll numbers, ted cruz and jeb bush have been going after donald trum

president obama led his weight to the story today. >> reporter: president obama is asking congress for $1.8 billion to help stop the zika virus. the president telling americans not to panic. >> the good news is this is not like ebola. people don't die. a lot get it and don't know they have it. it is sweeping south america, especially brazil. women who are pregnant or thinking of getting pregnant. scientists who think there is a link, microcephali, a condition with a baby's head is smaller. they do not know if the virus causes birth defects. the emergency federal cash will be used into research as to how zika forms, why it thrives and how it spreads. >> we have started to develop a vaccine, and we can predict we'd likely be in phase one style. and see if it produces a response. and likely get that going. >> as with the ebola outbreak in 2014. federal cash finding its way overseas. $300 million will be used to tackle zika. where trash on the streets is a breeding ground for mosquitos that deliver it. >> because living conditions are different. experts are optimistic about stopping an out

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> president obama defiant, promising to nominate someone to fill the supreme court vacancy and with a new criticism for the front runner in the race for president. good morning. welcome to "early start." good to see you. >> good to see you. who he might nominate to replace antonin scalia except to say it's someone with a legal mind. the white house strategy for getting a nominee on the high court starting to take shape with a news conference in which the president pushed back against what he called republican obstructionism. our justice correspondent pamela brown has the very latest for us from washington. >> well, good morning, christine and miguel. this is the first time president obama took questions following justice scalia's death and he took a tough stance saying the constitution is clear, both he and the senate have the responsibility of filling the supreme court vacancy. he says he expects republicans to consider any nominee he puts forward no matter what, that they have a job to do until they're voted out and he made the point that whoever

president obama was asked just moments ago if putin is out-foxing him. ng big time with syria. . . charles: saudi arabia publicly warning that syrian president bashar al-assad will be removed by force and will establish safe zones for humanitarian purposes. the big question now are we preparing for invasion of syria? major general robert scales and rod wheeler are back with me. general scales, president obama was just asked at a press conference whether or not he had been outfoxed by vladimir putin? and remember that president obama was saying russia was entering a quagmire when, in fact, it looks like they're winning a decisive victory there. >> absolutely. vladimir putin is 1-0. remember we're talking about two wars here, charles. the eastern war, eastern syria that we're fighting, the western war that hezbollah, russia and iran is fighting. and about surrounding aleppo, vladimir putin with 70 aircraft, 4,000 russians and one shotdown helicopter and one hotdown fighter jet is about to achieve his strategic objectives in western syria to keep assad on th

clinton is trying to drive a wedge between sanders and president obama presidential candidate"the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans. i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to presidential candidate"madam secretary that is a low blow." with sanders returning the favor... presidential candidate"one of us ran against barack obama. i was not that candidate." sanders also targeting clinton over wall street contributions to her super pac ... presidential candidate"15 million dollars from wall street." an attack clinton rebutted by noting president obama's super pac also took money from wall street in 2008 -- but that did not influence his decision-making as president. presidential candidate"let's not in any way imply here that either president obama or myself, would in any way not take on any vested interests, whether it's wall street, or drug companies, or insurance to let clinton off the hook. presidential candidate"people does wall street make huge campaign the fun of it; they want to throw mon

president obama does not plan to attend tomorrow's funeral, but vice president biden will be there representing the administration. the penalty and the first lady do plan to come to the court today to pay their respects along with americans. there's already a line of people waiting outside the court to come by and pay their respects, stephanie. >> again, the doors will open to those people waiting to pass by antonin scalia's casket at 10:3. libby casey, thank you. we'll be right back. al jazeera america. >>> the pentagon says it is investigating the results of a series of airstrikes that hit libya this morning. at least 30 people died. american aircraft carried out the attack on an isil training camp near the tunisian border. the pentagon said strikes likely killed a senior isil member believed to have helped plan two deadly attacks last year in tunisia. the u.s. and russia officials met in tunisia to discuss a pause in the ongoing conflict in syria. a truce was supposed to take effect this weekend but now appears to be on hold. a former assistant secretary of state was our guest. >> i believe

21 times in all clinton mentioned president obama during thursday's debate. including in this retort where sanders suggested wall street contributions are all about buying influence. >> i debated then-senator obama numerous times on stages like this. and he was the recipient of the largest number of wall street donations of anybody running on the democratic side ever. now, when it mattered, he stood up and took on wall street. >> let's not insult -- let's not insult the intelligence of the american people. people aren't dumb. why in god's name does wall street make huge campaign contributions? i guess just for the fun of it. they want to throw money around. >> much like on the republican side, the more these two debate, the more we see the tensions and that they're sort of under each other's skin a little bit. heading in -- this is the test for hillary clinton, the whole strategy all along has been maybe we underestimated bernie sanders at first. maybe we're surprised by his strength. but we're moving now into a place where the democrat -- the real democratic

ohio in 2012 voted for barack obama for president. in return our democratic colleague brown to the senate but sent 12 republicans to congress and only four democrats. wisconsin voted for obama in 2012 and elected progressive senator tammy baldwin to the senate but sent five republicans and only three democrats to congress. the republican organization behind red map bragged of this achievement. i'm quote their memo. aggravated numbers show voters pulled the lever for republicans only 49% of the time in congressional races. but republicans enjoy a 33-seat margin in the u.s. house seated yesterday in the 113th congress. having endured democratic successes atop the ticket and over one million more votes cast for democratic house candidates than republicans. this gerrymandererring ran wild because in a supreme court case, four republican justices announced that they would no longer question whether gerrymandererring interfered with any constitutional voting rights. one, justice kennedy, left a glimmer of light, but the practical effect was

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president obama has spoken with president xi. it unlikely that china wants to be seen as the protector of north korea given their outrageous behavior in violation of international law and security council resolutions, so given that, i expect that they will indeed come on board with significant new sanctions, and we are working towards that end. government --e supposed to investigate the north korean abduction of japanese people. what is your reaction to that? ambassador: well, we have been supportive of japan and their efforts to pursue resolution of the abducted, and we hope that japan's interests in this will continue to be fulfilled. thank you. >> may i? >> one last one. cambodia, people who have terrible human rights records, and human rights organizations including human rights watch says it is a signal that the united states supports and legitimizes these leaders to their people with private to than twots rather people and civil society. how would you respond to that? ambassador: i would refute that strenuously. we deal wit

we got a little preview yesterday from president obama. he spoke about resolving problems through peaceful measures. >> here at this summit, we can advance our shared vision of international order where international rules and norms including freedom of navigation are upheld and where disputes are resolved through peaceful legal means. >> reporter: one of the big issues there, liz, we should point out there is a news conference. so the president will be taking questions from reporters. it is highly likely that president obama is asked about the nomination process in replacing the late justice antonin scalia. he also could talk about -- touch upon business issues that many are watching like the 12 nation transpacific trade deal and the administration officially signing the deal today to open airwaves to cuba. president obama will head back to d.c. tonight. liz: a live picture of the podium. the minute the president gets up there, we will absolutely take that shot. blake, good to see you, thank you very much. as they prepare for that speech,

while politicians politicians speculate on how president obama will move to preplace the justice. the president is waiting to scalia's funeral. meanwhile, president obama has ordered all flags to be flown half staff. that echoed by paul ryan and offices in iowa. >>> lines already being drawn between the white house and republican controlled senate for president obama not making a replacement to justice scalia. >> republicans in the senate have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates. >> it's called delay, delay, delay. >> i don't believe the president should appoint someone. >> reporter: politics takes no rest in washington, d.c. but with the death of a conservative champion on the high court, and a lame duck presidency the stakes have just been raced in this blood sport. >> i suppose president obama appoint him to the court and mitch mcconnell would say no. >> reporter: even though the house and senate will likely use their constitutional authority to secure their legacy, the gop stands to lose this epic battle of words because they will be seen as

while others say president obama should nominate someone after the justice died over the weekend. many top republicans say the seat should be left empty until a new president take office. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says voters should have a say in the matter. but democrats say 11 months is plenty of time for the president to nominate the senate to hold a confirmation vote. president obama confirmed saturday night that he will nominate a justice in the coming months. the republican debate on saturday night focused on this issusu heavily. donald trump called on senate leaders to delay a confirmation vote. florida senator marco rubio said president obama would - quote - ram down our throat a liberal justice, if g gen the opportunity. mororrepublican candidates have re- emphasized their stance. " sot - sen. ted cruz / presidential candidatestepha nopoulos: does that mean that you're going to filibuster anyone -- anyone that president obama nominates? cruz: aaolutely. this should be a decision for the people, george. sot - gov. john kasich / send somebody. the presisint must

and many others like ted cruz have hit president obama for refusing to use the phrase radical islamicerrorism. the president has lashed out at those, he says not only is it un-american to use that kind of language, and against american values of openness and inclusiveness, the melting pot that is american society, but it also served as a recruiting tool for isil and other groups when they can point at political leaders at the united states and say, look, this is what the united states is all about. right now president obama is leading with islamic leaders from around the baltimore area, and around the country as well. later he'll deliver a speech of about 45 minutes in length to a group of about 200 invited guests here in baltimore. >> mike, while we're on the subject of invitations, the president has been invited to visit mosques before, but has not accepted, why? >> reporter: well, for the reasons we already outlined this anti-muslim rhetoric that the president has reacted so forcefully too. but to put it in crass political terms, del, you can speculate about it, but you don't have

president obama says christians and jews need to speak out when they see anti-muslim rhetoric.(sot: president obama)"we have to understand, an attack on one faith is an attack on all of our faiths."and he called on muslims not to become cynical - saying they're not t muslim or americans but muslim-americans. mark albert for cbs news, baltimore. 3 3 officials and residents of flint michigan appeared before congress this morning to testify about t the city's water crisis... but one major player was missing.the attorney for former emergency manager darnell earley refused service of a subpoena last night ordering earley to testify this morning... saying his client couldn't make it to not sitting well with committee chair ... who asked u- s marshals to track earley down.meanwhile... in michigan... governor rick snyder proposing additional relief to flint water customers. 3 "when i do my presentation next week, i'm going to be calling for a 30 million dollar appropriation for a consumption and consumer credit for water bills in flint."snyder says it will take nearly 800- million doll

but president obama today was asked about the idea of a president trump?> reporter: that's right, david. today, president obama addressed the trump campaign, saying, quote, i continue to believe mr. trump will not be the president. i have a lot of faith in the american people. that said, trump is still drawing large crowds here in south carolina. and david, just seconds ago, he addressed what the president said, saying president obama is lucky he didn't run four years ago instead of romney, because president obama would be a one-term president. david? >> tom llamas with us again tonight. tom, thank you. >>> meanwhile, to the democrats tonight, and their battle for the south, and in particular, the fight for black and latino voters. new numbers tonight showing hillary clinton 18 points ahead of sanders in south carolina. it's believed to be much closer in nevada. and just a short time ago, hillary clinton, launching an assault on republicans in defending president obama. arguing race has played a role in their battles with the president. abc's cecilia vega

>>> and a hioric visit for president obama. he is headed to cuba next monthhe is headed to cuba next month. the fit time in more than 80 years that a sitting president will advice i hate it country. is planned from march 21-22 according to abc news. and in about 30 minutes, we will learn in a white house briefing, but first, let's go to our coverage. local 10 political reporter michael putney will hav more details on that trip, and sanelalasabovic will are reaction. first start with michael. >> reporter: constance and kristi, we have come down from a news conference of the office of ileana ross-lehtinen and another from miami was also there. cuban-americans. and, as would you expect, they are livid of this prospepeive trip to cuba by president obamatrip to cuba by president obama. they say it t not justified especially in light of the fact they say cuba has cracked down even harder in the last year on pro-democoacy dissidents. president obama and mrs. obama are scheduled to go to cuba march 21-22. this is the first time a u.s. p

right now on "first look" -- developing overnight, president obama is about to do something no sitting president has done since 1928. he's going to cuba, but not everyone is happy about it. >>> to politics where ted cruz leads republicans and a revealing moment for donald trump. >> he's drawing thousands of people at his rallies and bringing in a lot of new voters to the political process and he's not beholden to any super pac. who am i describing? >> or any special interest or any donors? you're describing donald trump. >> actually, i was describing bernie sanders. >> well, that's good. >> alarming reports of radioactive material stolen in iraq raising security fears. >>> plus, nike drops manny pacquiao over anti-gay comments they call abhorrent. and look who's back on "late night." >> what is going on with the republicans? trump attacks cruz, bush gets into a fight with trump. remember the good old days when republicans were united against the poor and the minorities? what happened? >> "first look" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. for the first time in 88 ye

nine months after dropped from the state sponsored terrorist list, president obama is planning a trip to the island nation. it's been rumored for weeks and this morning it appears imminent. >> diana: this will be the first time a sitting president has visited the island nation in nearly 90 years. >> president obama: today america chooses t t cut loose the shackles of the past. >> reporter: president obama announcing the reknewable in diplomatic nations after the cold war. havana and washington, d.c. just four months later he met with raul castro face to face for the first time at the summit of americas in panama. president obama an the cuban leader shaking hands. mr. obama talking about the long and complicated relationship between the two neighs and would not be removed from the list of terror without further investigation. the cuban embassy reopened. protesters gathered across the street as dignitaries raised the flag. august, secretary of state john kerry traveled to cuba to watch as the american embassy was reopened, the flag raised over et. marco rubio said if he was president, h