president castro coming to the united states is in the cards. >> reporter: mr. obama started his news conference, touting his accomplishments of 2014, taking a victory lap over the u.s. economy. >> take any met trek you want. american resurgence is real. >> reporter: to comments about his executive actions, he challenged the soon to be gop congress to work with him on immigration reform and he appeared to dismiss the economic benefits of building the keystone pipeline. >> at issue in keystone is not american oil. it is canadian oil. >> reporter: but he conceded big problems remain such as the racial tensions that flared up in recent weeks after ferguson. >> there are specific instances, at least, where, where the -- where law enforcement doesn't feel as if it's being applied in a color blind fashion. >> reporter: one thing that is worth photoing about the news