careful to avoid personal criticism of one another in the weeks after the election but more combative tone emerged this week after obama claimed he could have beaten trump if he ran for a third term. i am confident in this vision because i m confident if i had run again and articulated, i think could have mobilized majority of people to rally. trump retaliated. he thinks he would have won against me. he would say that, no way. jobs leaving. isis, o care, et cetera. but seemed cordial. done everything we can to make sure successful and will continue. never met him before but had good chemistry going. i found him to be terrific. i found him to be very smart and very nice. since then the two have had
american people to rally behind it. reporter: trump tweeting, president obama said he thinks he would have won against me. he should say that, but i say no way. jobs leaving. isis. o care, et cetera. but just days after the bruising election, the two appeared seemingly cordial. we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful, as i promised. that will continue. i never met him before, but we had a very good chemistry going. i found him to be terrific. i found him to be very smart and very nice. reporter: since then the two have had several phone conversations, and today trump s incoming press secretary, sean spicer, tried to downplay the public bickering. they continue to talk. i don t know when the last time they did. but as the inauguration gets closer, both the current president and his team have been very helpful and generous with their time as far as the actual transition. reporter: today, between
why? because americans don t have to stay in a job in order to get health care. or maybe they can work part time and stay home with their kids. sounds good, doesn t it? not to the republicans. they were quick to attack. look at these headlines. o-care will cost 2.5 million workers by 2024. i guess there are some people who think it will be just fine to be like europe, sit back, let somebody else work, take the welfare. you could work 35 hours and say i ll be eligible for food stamps, get more financial aid for them and have a lower quality of life and spend more time with your family while you wonder where all the money is. for every job lost, it s one more body dependent on the government. this is the serenity of soft socialism. it doesn t come with a hammer, it comes with a handout and it s
iranians don t make good on their commitments, we can turn on a dime and congress can turn on a dime and implement new sanctions. there s already a house bill. the senate could take that up and pass spananctions in a matt of a day. the truth s we really don t need anything now, even something that has a trigger six months from now. it s not necessary and it could prove divisive because it could be taken as a sign of bad faith by our allies and irans. i want to switch gears and point out something senator john cornyn tweeted because i think it shows what we are dealing with here. he tweeted, amazing at what white house will do to distract from o-care. our colleague dana millbank said, quote, this would appear to be the first time a president has been accused of distracting the public s attention by making peace. call it wag the dove. what do you make of that? you know, i think republicans in congress really, really,
iranian centrifuges, we haven t gained anything. there is this response. this is his tweet. amazing what the white house will do to distract attention from o-care. that, is of course, short for obama care. secretary kerry joins candy crowley at the top of the hour to talk about the new nuclear deal with iran. that s 50 minutes from now on state of the union at 9:00 eastern. let s talk with candy about the washington side of this deal. we just heard that chorus, candy, of complaints from republicans. good morning to you first of all. secondly, how does president obama answer those concerns? well, you know, if he can make this stick, if it proves that the proves out that the iranians are serious about this, that s the best push back. but the president i think said it last night as did john kerry which is so what s the alternative? interesting that s what you also heard a little bit on the streets of israel.