Also expect the president to address russias Annexation Of Crimea . Reporter probably so just because this dominated the discussion so much. The g7 meeting which was held as a part of the Nuclear Security summit wasnt really, the move wasnt originally part of the plan. It wasnt because of the esflepevents that happened in ukraine. Suspending with the biggest economies in the world. Russia was supposed to host in june in sochi. It is a big step. The question, though, is, specially among critics, will this have any effect . The u. S. Ed administration, other countries repeatedly said, there is still a door open to discussion, to a diplomatic solution. There is a chance for deescalation. We can change things if russia decides to change course. For everything that has been said and all the talks that have
been held, not only among western countries but talks with russia, nothing has changed that course. So it remains to be seen now what could constitute escalation for additional and more d
We are as americans. Reporter but moments later a stockily different take on an exploding crisis. Children crossing the border to the u. S. Alone, illegally. They should be september back as soon as it can be determined who responsible adults are in their families. Reporter shes speaking out of both sides of her mouth. If you want the immigrant community to see you as a champion, youre going to have to make difficult choices and take a firm position. It didnt seem that way yesterday. Reporter then theres benghazi. The attack that killed four americans on clintons watch. Republicans say she still has a lot of explaining to do so this was music to gop ears. There are still unanswered questions. It was the fog of war. Republicans convinced benghazi is clin clintons Achilles Heel wasted no time saying shes the one who must answer questions. Secretary clinton from The Beginning has stone walled on this rather than acting as a
partner getting to the bottom of what happened. Reporter clinton
That we seize it. My presidency is entering the Fourth Quarter. Interesting stuff happens in the Fourth Quarter. And im looking forward to it. Going into the Fourth Quarter, you usually get a timeout. Im now looking forward to a quiet timeout. Christmas with my family. I want to wish everybody a measure wrimerry christmas, a happy hanukkah, a happy new year. I hope that all of you get time to spend with your families as well because one thing that we share is that were away too much from them. And now, josh has given me the whos been naughty and whos been nice list and im going to take some questions. Reporter thank you, mr. President. Starting with north korea since
that seems to be the biggest topic today, what does a proportional response look like to the sony hack . And did sony make the right decision in pulling the movie or does that set a dangerous precedent . Let me address the second question first. Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats agai
President elect has nominated Ardent Obamacare critic tom price, a republican congressman from the state of georgia, Congressman Price is very tight with paul ryan, this is according to the House Speaker himself. Here is speaker ryan on local talk radio. What im excited about is tom price who is a very close friend of mine. Tom price is one of the architects of replacing obamacare, of fixing health care. Hes a surgeon, he knows how the law works and hes been the most passionate advocate for patientcentered Health Care Reforms that ive seen in congress and im really excited he is now going to be the quarterback, the point person in the new administration on reforming health care. So that was speaker ryan and as donald trump is adding to his cabinet, hes also making headlines again for one of his tweets. This is what he wrote nobody should be allowed to burn the
the momentum our campaign got in the last two weeks of the campaign i think was largely due to the fact that those obamacare pr
Well, if i might to make sure we are not making a mistake senator coops. It is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal Justice Reform that as Attorney General you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. Last let me say in my six years here in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal Justice Reform you have repeatedly voted against congressional attempts to prohibit torture in the military on text or the interrogation context and to defend enhanced interrogation practices. Are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to rover yid that clear Legal Authority what actions would you take . On your previous question i would note the federal prison population has already dropped 10 or more percent and will drop
another 10,000 this year. What is happening now is reducing the federal population. This law only dealt with the federal prison population. And th