President obamas eyes can still come together. But obviously shes going to be talking to the people that voted for donald trump, who are in some way Democratic Party politics or republican politics and they voted for the change agent. Again, a short distance from this stage, barack obama was the change agent in 2008. This time, he said that this election was all about running on his record. Hillary clinton. Was about running on his record. Now, he is going to defend that record and he is going to say there is still hope and change in the future. Tucker its interesting that president obama has taken a much more moderate and welcoming posture toward the president elect than almost any of his colleagues in the congress. Why is that . I think he wants to have that smooth transition and he has talked about it. Its been rocky at times, as the president has announced there on the stage. It is very familiar. He has done it many times. This is the last time he will do it as president of the Uni
Setting. A very atypical approach to a farewell address. Lots of addresses have happened before the white house with no crowd, or just a handful of people. But president barack obama tonight will be in just moments addressing an absolutely enormous crowd. We know people lined up in subzero temperatures on the streets of chicago on saturday morning to get the thousands of free tickets that were given away to this event. We have very little guidance as to what president obama will say tonight. President s often throw a curveball or very specific ideas into their farewell address. We dont know. With the excerpts weve gotten from the white house, theyre pretty general make. We dont know what were going to get from president obama but we know this will be his last major address to the nation. Ladies and gentlemen, well please welcome the 44th president of the United States, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] hello, chicago [ cheers and appl
Bring president obama in full, we expect him to come out in the next minute or so. This is something George Washington we were talking about was the first president , obviously who chose to give a farewell address. Right, when he did it, he did it because there was no such thing as a twoterm president. He could have been president for years and years and years, and he wanted to make clear to america that we didnt have a king anymore. Sounds like we could be seeing the president . Oh, maybe not. [ applause ] certainly sounded like the music coming out, but that was the purpose of that is to say, look, we are a democracy, we are not a monarchy. So thats where the tradition started. Lets listen in. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the United States, barack obama. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] hello, chicago [cheers and applause] its good to be home [cheers and applause] thank you, everybody. Thank you thank you. Thank you [cheers and applause] thank
Snichgs aleppo and perhaps thatll help you reach that conclusion. Some sharp questions already in those confirmation hearings for tillerson, including for members of his own party. Now democrats would need at least three republican defectors to reject tillerson. Could marco rubio be one of them. And rounding out our agenda, some historic opposition. Senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job. To aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights history made today for the first time ever, a sitting center testifying against a fellow senator in a confirmation hearing. Corybooker from new jersey saying he opposes his colleague Jeff Sessions for attorney general. We will have much more on the sessions hearings day two of those. Ahead a little bit, but first, our top story, the trump press conference. For the first time in months, just hours ago, the president elect standing in front of the media, taking questions on anything they ask. T
Day for Goldman Sachs in this case its our lives. Thank you. President obama is still president and 272 people are the recipients of pardons are grateful for that. And if donald trump was paying attention to Vladimir Putins press Conference Today he should have learned a very important lesson going forward. If Vladimir Putin volunteers to defend you, just say no. Those people are worst than prostitutes. Its extraordinary how many times the kremlin is prepared to come to the defense of donald trump. False statements being spread to compromise the newly elected president of the usa. If putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks, thats call an asset, not a liability. This is more than being about him. Its about the United States and National Security. 40 of americans approve of the way trump is handling his president ial transition. This is a transition and a very important transition, and especially because things will be done beautifully. He seems to want to engage every windmill he ca