low at the kings college in new york city, scott. thank you for joining us. happy new year. happy new year to you, too, sir. we ll jump into this. before looking into the new year, we re looking backward to what president obama is talking about his legacy. the first thing he talked about was economic recovery. here s what he had to say. we turned recession into recovery, our businesses have created 15.6 million new jobs since early 2010, and we ve put more people back to work than all other major advanced economies combined. poverty is falling. incomes are rising. 20 million more americans know the financial security of health insurance. all right, scott, sounds pretty good. it sounds great. this is a president who came in promising hope and change, i believe he thinks he delivered it, but the voters don t agree. his party lost 958 seats in state legislatures tur during his tenure, more than any other president in history, three types as many as george w. bush. this is a situ
all right. just wanted to show you a picture of the ceo of rei. disney s latest animated fim many is coming up next. it s called moana. it s setting a record on its first full day of release and took in $15.6 million at the box office on wednesday surfacing frozen for first day release numbers. i think frozen holds the rank for the biggest movie ever. moana is expected to earn more than $80 million over the holiday weekend, just short of frozen s $93 million record for the same span. a 2016 challenge, jill stein, calling for a recount. we will tell you why next. the queen of soul shirnings heart out for a record. what that is all about. this is msnbc.
they re scum. they re horrible people. reporter: horrible people trying to tell the truth about an unpredictable trump presidency. horrible person brian stelter joins us now. brian, thanks for being with us. also with us, cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley. doug, i want to start with you here. the transition is supposed to be the honeymoon period between the president-elect and the press. this really is, in some cases, is as good as it gets, yet there is this incredibly contentious relationship here. there s really no historic precedent for this. there truly isn t, but we have to deal with the new media environment i think. look, donald trump has 15.6 million twitter followers. hays going to inherit about 12 million that go with potus. he s going to suddenly have 25, 30 million twitter followers, whenever he wants to go over the mainstream media, he s going to go and use twitter. he also will use these
trump said, i think you ll be happy with my commitment to the first amendment. the freely blast the people who cover him they re scum. horrible people. reporter: horrible people trying to tell the truth about an unpredictable trump presidency. horrible person brian stelter joins us now. also with us, cnn presidential historian, douglas brinkley. doug, i want to start with you here. the transition is supposed to be the honeymoon period between the president-elect and the press. this really is, in some cases, is as good as it gets, yet there is this incredibly contentious relationship here. there s really no historic precedent for this. there isn t, but we have to deal with the new media environment. donald trump has 15.6 million twitter followers. hays going to inherit about 12 million that go with potus. he s going to suddenly have 25, 30 million twitter followers,
people before turning the gun on himself. i ve got some very strong feelings about this because when you talk to these families, you re reminded that this could be happening to your child. reporter: early friday, two more college shootings unfolded. first at northern arizona university where police say a freshman shot four other students, killing one. later, texas southern university was also put on lockdown following a shooting. one student killed, another person hospitalized. in may, texas passed a new law set to go into effect next year that will allow anyone with a concealed handgun license to carry a weapon on campus. that means you re going to have you re going to have some shootouts maybe. that s what that says to me. i would like to not have a situation where we have shootouts on campus. reporter: mary maloney reporting. when it comes to gun sales in the united states, they are on record-setting pace. in the first nine months of the year, there were 15.6 million