Specifically, how would you rate president obamas year this year . Taking a look at things hes accomplished, things he has not accomplished, you can highlight either of those when you give us a call. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. As you call to tell us how president obamas year went and how you would rate that, you can also post on our social media channels. L, twitter, facebook, and you an also send us email. Several stories stemming from the president s yearend speech before taking off to a visit in San Bernardino before heading to hawaii for his familys vacation. In politico, the headline, obama spikes the football at his yearend News Conference, the president declares victory, saying the president touted his administrations early actions to rescue the economy, on healthcare, the president pointed to his steady implementation of the Affordable Care act as the key reason why the uninsured americans has fallen below 10 . He also pointed to three incredibly partisan and contested aspects of his policy, from the Iranian Nuclear deal, reestablishing diplomatic ties with cuba, to praising the Transpacific Partnership of the examples of the u. S. Leading the way. Again, taking that in mind, and well show you businesses of that press conference, which you saw before the start of this program today. We want to hear from you. President obama gave an assessment of his year. How would you rate his year . Again, call us, republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. To start, well give you a little bit of the president s News Conference from yesterday, specifically talking about those accomplishments, especially the recent passage of the 1. 1 trillion budget. President obama i got to sign an Education Bill that is going to take some of the challenges that we had with no child left behind and promises to invest more in highquality, Early Childhood education. We signed a transportation bill that, although not as robust as i think we need, still allows states and local governments to scomplan actually get moving to put people back to work republican building our roads and bridges. We got banks back to work supporting american exports. And today they passed a bipartisan budget deal. Im not wild about everything in it. Im sure thats true for everybody. Ut it is a budget that, as i insisted, invests in our military and our middle class without ideological provisions that would have weakened wall street reform or rules on big polluters. Host again, for this first 45 minutes of ours, how would you rate president obama here . 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And 2027488002 for independents. If you want to post on our social media channels, you can do so. We will start off this morning with scott. Good morning, go ahead. Im sorry. Well go to matt. Matt is up first this morning. Matt, good morning. Go ahead. Youre on. Caller good morning, pedro. Yeah, i think president obamas done a great job overall. I think hes kept us out of, you know, syria and iraq. You know, assigning troops on the ground in large numbers, and i think hes done a great job on Climate Change one thing i want to say, you know, make it fast here is the way donald trump has formed this bromance with slad putin and the way he is bad mouthing president obama with vladimir putin, saying that one thing that putin and trump agree on is they despise obama, and hes calling him obama, not the president. Host before we go too far down that road, what would you like see the president accomplish in his final year . Caller specifically, id like to do something with jobs. I mean, lets get back to basics. Lets keep the economy humming. Lets create more jobs out here. Host thats matt. Well go next to ron. Ron is in oregon, republican line. Ron, go ahead, youre next. Caller as far as obama goes, i think he should just leave the white house. He has pretty much ruined us. I mean, he the middle east, his red wine, he pulled out of iraq, i meerning hes the isis problem, and he didnt want to do anything about it. As far as bergdahl goes, he needs to go to prison. Host so no accomplishments in your mind as far as the president this year specifically . Caller not at all. He has no time to do anything. Hes just going to leave whatever left over to the next presidency to take care of his problems that he left behind. Obamacare gone to hell. I am on social security. I got no raise this year. Im at the bottom of the totem pole. I have h. I. V. Im dying, but i guess, you know, my grandchildrens children will have to live with his mess. Host thats ron in salem, oregon, mentioning obamas red line when it comes to syria policy. There was a there was a website which had an interview with president obamas former defense secretary, chuck hagel. The headline saying that ignoring the red line hurt the president s credibility worldwide. Mr. Hagel quoted as saying, for one thing, there were way too many meetings when it comes to syria policy, describing a process in which officials mulled issues about every getting to where we need to be. He goes on to say, we kept deferring to tough decisions, and there were always too many people in the room, he said. Mr. Obamas decision to ignore his own red line on syria has come under scrutiny in the last two years as the United States struggles with the strategy to usher out president assad and roll back the gains of the islamic state. Mr. Hagel also quoted as saying, whether it was the right decision or not, history will determine that. Theres no question in my mind it hurt the credibility of the president s word when this occurred. Read that more in the New York Times. You can go to Foreign Policy, the website, for more of that interview. How would you rate president obamas year . Thats what were asking you. Well hear next from charles in florida, democrats line. Charles, good morning. Caller i think the president has accomplished several things under this serious controversy hes living under. But as far as this goes, i think hes done quite a bit. Even what they call obamacarkse Affordable Care, and i think that those who are ignoring it will find out they wished they would have had joined in later years. There are many other things. Hes kept us out of conflicts and war and everything else. Hes trying to talk to various countries without sending people to war. Im a veteran myself, and i dont think war is the answer to anything. Thank you. Host when it comes to the president s healthcare law, the Washington Post highlights a story talking about enrollment on healthcare. Gov reaching the six million mark, saying the surge occurred even though the administration recently tamped down expectations. This fall, health and Human Services secretary burwell issued a forecast saying that 10 Million People will be covered through the end of 2016, only slightly more than expected by the end of this month. Daniel is up next, and hes in georgia, independent line, asking people to rate president obamas year. Daniel, how would you rate the year . Caller good morning, cspan. First off, i think its a pretty good year for the president. In his press conference, when he mentioned acid rain, talk about when they started getting the mississippi, im one of the people who complained about that back in the 1980s with the first bush, and now people dont talk about acid rain no more. I guess they got to be a success, that program, back hen bush did that. I guess with the Climate Change, we might look back at this one day. What i cuba, understand, on the boats or whatever, and thats a good thing. Nd the last thing, pedro, gas. I mean, its under 2 down here in the south in places. I mean, thats almost a slam dunk just on that. Host so off of twitter, this is edgar, saying that president obamas presidency is marked with good social policy, but shaky Foreign Policy. Republican rhetoric has smeared his image. Audrey on our democrats line is next. Audrey, from macon, georgia, hi. Caller yes. How are you . I think president obamas record is an a plus. It would be much higher if the republicans would work with him instead of fighting against him. From day one, they have said they wanted him to fail, and then we have this thing come out called donald trump. Hes talking about banning all muslims. If he gets by with that, he will be saying banned all blacks. Im not an africanamerican. Im a black woman, not from africa. Im black. Host so, audrey, as far as specifics, tell us what you think the president has accomplished, specifically one thing on top of your list. Caller healthcare. The gas prices. He has done a tremendous job with pretty much everything he set out to do as long as they orking with him. Host republican line, fort lauderdale, florida. Go ahead, please. Caller hi. I would like to let you know that i know who the winner of the next president ial election is going to be. That will be the American People, because barack obama will be gone. He will go down as one of the most corrupt and ineffective president s we have ever known. I dont even know where to begin with this man, but i think the biggest damage hes done is to american society. His lack of leadership on Law Enforcement, buying in to this philosophy of leave me alone, i aint killed you yet, its really disgraceful. Hes a liar. Held by the Democratic Party with regard to the economy, he says that the economy is doing well. Well, the people who actually run the economy, the fed, couldnt raise Interest Rates until recently because of the jobless rate. But the president , when he makes a speech, says that the jobless rate is so great, he cant believe it. These two things cant be true at the same time. We cant have a great jobless rate. And the third thing, were really concerned about the jobless rate. I dont even know where to begin with it, but all i have to say is, i dont care who else is elected, america wins, thank you. Host one of the things that the president addressed yesterday was the fight against isis, specifically how lawmakers are monitoring social media as far as the review process for people who get waivers in to this country. Heres what the president had to say about that aspect at yesterdays News Conference. President obama our Law Enforcement and intelligence professionals are constantly monitoring public posts, and that is part of the review process that people are investigating what individuals have said publicly and questioned about any statements that they maybe made. But if you have a private communication between two individuals, thats harder to discern by definition. And one of the things well be doing isen gauging with the hightech community to find out how we can, in an appropriate way, do a better job if we have lead to be able to track suspected terrorists. Were going to have to recognize that no government is going to have the capacity to read every singe persons text or emails or social media. Host if toument see the full press conference, you can go to our website at. Org. Org, see all that, about an hour. He spoke with reporters yesterday before leaving for a stop in San Bernardino to visit with families of the victims of the shootings, and then going on to his yearly vacation in hawaii. From the Washington Post this morning, out of iraq, the Iraqi Military saying that friendly fire heard during the fight gainst isis. The military said an air strike by u. S. Led coalition friday, the first time it is reported friendly fire since the american jets began bombing in the country last year. The strike took place as the iraqi army engaged close combat with militants in poor weather conditions south of fallujah, about 40 miles west of baghdad, the Iraqi DefenseMinistry Said in a statement. One soldier was killed and nine were injured. Host steve from baltimore, maryland, you are next, rating president obamas year. Hello. Caller does anybody remember how john boehner and the rest of the republicans were crying that this economy was going to fall and they were done . As far as the middle east go, you know, since we got iraq, because the iraqis werent there anymore. Now, if we would have stayed, that would have been a takeover, a dictatorship. Does anybody remember that . Thank you. Host joe is in sarasota, florida, republican line. Joe, go ahead, youre next. Caller yes, pedro, i just want , hes you that obama wrong on typically hes wrong n the voter. That why the law need to be built, because reagan, he should have done that. And the bushes, they should deal the war, because thats the only way. We need to get advice from israel. Thats how you stop hamas and terrorists like palestine. Kids are teenagers killing israels with knives and women. Host with all that you listed, you still give him a b plus. Why is that . Caller i mean, i said b minus. Host why is that . Save 15 ell, obamacare million americans, so that a lot of americans. Save a lot of lives. With re, the republican the funny hair, whats his name . He said hes going to throw obamacare. Thats wrong. Hes right on the war, but hes rong on obamacare. Roman care did good when he was the governor. Whats his name with the funny hair . We know. Host youre referencing donald trump . Caller yes, donald trump. Donald trump said its going to destroy obamacare. Obamacare say 16 to 17 million americans. Host lets flare craig in hillsdale, new jersey, independent line. Hi. Caller hi. How you doing . Host fine, thanks. Go ahead. Caller when obama was 7 igning, he said that trillion in National Debt on the record there was immoral and unpatriotic. Well, when hes leaving, thats bush, hes leaving 20 trillion in National Debt, and he was right the first time, even more right now. 20 trillion that were going to pass on to our children is the most immoral, unpatriotic thing. Host youre referencing the spending bill that was passed yesterday in congress . Are you there . Caller yes, im here. Host yeah, go ahead. Caller im talking about the accumulated National Debt under his presidency. Host oh, ok. Caller 19 trillion under bush, in his term, it was closer to about 7 trillion. And obama said that it was immoral and unpatriotic when bush did it. He was right then, and hes certainly right now that he was immoral and unpatriotic by putting on that kind of debt on to the backs of our children. One more thing. The iran deal, allowing iran to get a nuclear weapon, is also immoral and unpatriotic. He once said, and i saw him say that iran knows that we can take out those Nuclear Facilities if we wanted to. My question is, rather than giving 150 billion to iran, why dont we just take out the Nuclear Facilities . Giving 150 billion to iran is immoral and unpatriotic, the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism. Host lets go to jim. Jim is next, from south carolina, republican line. Caller hey, good morning. How are you . Host fine, thanks. Caller i just two quick things to say. The best thing about cable is they give you a remote with a mute button, and ive used it a lot over the past seven years. And about the democratic callers calling in about more gas prices and giving president obama the credit, if you remember, before he got elected, he fought for higher gas prices, saying he wanted a 4 per gallon price and that it would help fuel the economy. He has fought that tooth and nail. We got low prices because of franking, which he could not stop on the federal level. You democratic callers giving him credit is just another example of the whole unbelievable, low information voters nowadays. Host as far as the year the president has had, how would you rate it . Caller oh, its terrible. I mean, first did he the red line thing in syria, i think it was this year. He left iraq and allowed isis to grow, who he said was a j. V. Kind of group. And then hes refusing to Fund Obamacare through the cadillac tax. How do you fund it . Youre just going to run the deficit up. But in so many levels, and then he told robbie that he was wrong that russia was a hasbeen and that they were a hasbeen, and three years later, were finding out that clinton is a real threat. But then they take down they castigate bush for taking down saddam and how bad that was, but he wants to take down assad, and they took down the libya, gaddafi, and theres havoc and bedlam there. So hes doing the same things that bush did and leadership changes without any voter sayso. At least bush went to the congress, and then he went to the u. N. Host ok, ok. Thats jim in south carolina. Again, if youre just joining us, the president gave his Yearend Press Conference in which he touted his achievements. Were asking to you give us your assessment of president obamas year. How would you trait . 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. 202748800 for independents. You can post on twitter, in order to rate his year, you must rate congress also. Congress did nothing to help the president or the country, so both failed. And then carol saying obamas year was a disaster, and polls reflect it. He lives in a parallel universe. He is full of himself and empty words. David from flint, michigan, is next, democrats line. Youre on. Go ahead. Caller good morning, cspan. I rate him an a minus, only because i didnt like him talking for the trade deal. I didnt like that. But i just i kind of thank god for obama, because my god son is alive today because he was able to get healthcare. Without him, he probably would have died of diabetes. I think hes done an excellent job on keeping the country safe. I think the jobs are not better than they were when the republicans were running it. And i think hes done a great job as far as Foreign Relations with the United State