stagnation has become the new normal for the obama administration. in addition to the lack of economic opportunity, families have had to show renewed burdens thanks to the obamacare administration. chief among these is obamacare, the president's health care law that failed to reduce the cost and ripped away millions of americans preferred plans and forced families on to insurance plans they don't want and can't afford, gives patients access to doctors and hospitals, increased taxes, and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. then there are the burdensome regulations the obama administration imposed that made it more challenges for businesses large and small to grow and create jobs. the environmental agency p-- environmental protection agencies has implemented one damaging rule after another. from backdoor energy tax that hurts poor and working families the most to a new rule that would subject puddles in american's backyards to a complex array of burdensome and regulatory requirements. again and again, i have heard from south dakota ranch owners about

administration is what we call evidence -- talking about how the obama administration came to be in the lawsuits over it is a way of giving the underlying background to why it became the later constitution never say in the book the aca was lawless although i do think it was unconstitutional and the way i interpret the constitution. i would say that the presence delays modifications and exemptions from obamacare are lawless. sy made the argument here. no one believes that. nicholas bailey wrote the best piece on this. he supports obamacare and he was against the congress clause challenge to the medicaid challenge and he says i have in the book via bob obama administration's policy based anxiety the pace at which the adc was abuzz going to affect. they were afraid of the consequences it would have been the elections. they were simple professions like that the "washington post" reported all sorts of regulations to go into effect before 2012 and 2014 and evisceration delayed them. baca -- they should and for popular lessons left of the elections. this has nothing to do with what the bus

administration which includes president obama himself. so let first talk about the problem. the trend of anker and-expand executive goes back to the presidency of head to door roosevelt. as presidential power pass grown, and even as the political divide continues to widen, the partisan political divide, one thing unites republican and democrat presidency and to curb the executive and restore to some degree the rule of law. these reforms unfortunately have been largely in effective. ... this is really may be the most unprecedented of things. that the obama administration has accomplished, the president himself and his advisor seemed to see there's nothing to be ashamed of. we don't go around congress but it is a way of governing, something to brag about. we can't wait says the president, we can't, we can't wait so i will just take my pen out sign it. obama believes there is some inherent virtue in the president ignoring the constitution's separation of power and the laws that are on the statue books in favor of presidential decree. as if p

the promise to close gitmo has been the alpha and omega of ththe obama administration. president obama declared his intention in his first address to the nation as commander-in-chief and in his last. the question is -- can he? pres. obama: i will keep working to shut down the prison at guanta. namo. it is expensive, it is unnecessary, and it only serves as a recruitment brochure for our enemies. sen. graham:here will be a bipartisan backlash, a constitutional crisis, if he tries to do this. sharyl: republican senator lindsey graham is a chief critic of efforts to close guantanamo sen. graham: his campaign promise will not be fulfilled. the problem with president obama, he doesn' t understand that his campaign promises have to yield to reality. sharyl: are you saying it won't be closed down? sen. graham: no. sharyl: how can it be stopped? senator graham: congress won't let it. sharyl: the debate has gone on since almost the start. during the george w. bush administration after the september 11 terrorist attacks on the u.s. >> two planes apparently crashed into each tower

>>you want swift justice -- the obama administration has put no one in guantanamo, correct? karen: bush also did. >> there has been zero under obama. they have all gone into the district of your mark -- new york for the trial? karen: the eastern district of virginia in alexandria. some have gone to the d.c. court. but many of them have gone either to brooklyn or manhattan. >> and what has the outcome been? karen: they often get convicted. they are usually sentenced averaged around 18 years. many of them are put away for 25 years or more. many for life. >> the problem with military commissions in guantanamo is material support, which is a common indictment, is not a war crime. that is why some of these prosecutions fail completely. they were vacated. karen: right, some were vacated. others who would have been charged expected that would be charged, cannot be charged. now, they raise the same issue -- another guantanamo detainee has been through the system for how many years? now it is on appeal for the question of conspiracy. >> he was an bin laden bodyguard? karen: we think.

the obama administration is sitting on all these documents. and now weuc have this gun that we could take down a helicopter, found with a guy just picked up after escaping for the second time from prison who has poisoned so many people on the streets of the united states and killing some. so, what are you going to do about this? >> well, look, brian terry one of our border patrol agents was killed with one of these weapons. we know hundreds of mexican police have taken fire from these guns from the obama administration. there is no doubt about why the obama administration wants to put a lid on this and not allow the american people or congress to look at these documents. darrell issa led our charge. we issued a subpoena. they refused to give them to us. the administration simultaneously claimed executive privilege but said the president wasn't involved. well, show us the documents. that's why you have been in court. we won an important ruling just in the last day. but still they are probably going to appeal it we still don't have those documen

sharyl: in 2014, the obama administration released two of swap for u.s. army alleged deserter and talib prisoner -- sergeant bowe bergdahl. berghdahl is currently undergoing trial on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. still to come on "full measure" -- uncovering what the government doesn't want you to know -- some claim it's more difficult now than ever. may help change that. sharyl: this week, the house passed a new bill to help lift the veil of government secrecy. that, as a new report from the house oversight committee finds the freedom of information act -- or foia -- is broken. the law, signed by president lyndon johnson 50 years ago, was supposed to make it easier for americans to access public records. but critics say government agencies have adopted an "unlawful presumption in favor of secrecy" that does not measure up. rep. chaffetz: we have to remember whoe work for. we work for the american people and the american people are paying the tab, it's their right to know. sharyl: republican jason chaffetz heads the house oversigh

the obama administration simply has not managed it. close-- if they wanted to the place, you should get the resources into do [rbwant to -- prb is. and do notf go on take charge of it, you know. >> no one has really been overseeing it. he'll be as petitions have been challenged, and nobody is joining. some people see that as part of the conspiracy. i do not think it is, i just think it is that no one is overseeing the process. >> thank you. chris with the red cross. areeems that some people moved to the united states and have had a negative prb. anything that changes legal arguments? >> the whole premise and reason for guantanamo was to say, these foreigners outside of the united states have no can station on rights. the supreme court said they have the right to hate this. -- hey be us purpose. habeus corpus. under the constitution, it says there is no way to hold people without trial. says, a foreigner within the united states enjoys full constitutional rights and the right to due process. >> hello, i am lonely. i am a former fellow h

we had three former officials in the obama administration all testify. all said isis is a strategic and lethal threat to the united states, not hot air, and we need to be doing much more, especially to reduce their caliphate because towns will come and go in iraq and syria, but they are growing in other countries, libya, afghanistan among them. so we do have to have special operations people much more restrictive -- i mean much more vigorous air campaign. one note came out in our testimony yesterday. the early days of the afghanistan campaign after 9/11 had roughly eight times the number of aircraft that we have in iraq and syria now. just to kind of give you a femafeel for the different level of effort. we need to clearly be more serious about it. all the rules of engagement are handicapping the efforts we are making and as a result of that, many of our allies, who want to do more, who are able to do more, don't trust that the u.s. is going to lead, so they're holding back. as you know, king abdull ah has been in town for the past few days and met with

who in the obama administration's view had violated u.s. law, in most cases dealing with the sanctions that we have begins iran, most of which are being lifted, and these are prelegitimate criminal cases and loretta lynch said we have to be careful about creating equivalence here. if another country grabs somebody on trumped up charges, do we have to release these people who are legitimately on trial violating our laws? and balm said in a one-time -- and president obama said in a one-time humanitarian gesture, he said nobody can complain about. indeed, there were lots of complaints about that last point. people are thrilled these americans are free but there is a complaint that obama gave up too much and that had he taken some sort of a vague, harder line, the americans would have been released without us having to do anything in return. joan: michael, can i ask you one thing about the sanctions, what kind of market opportunities will there be for them and us? michael: fewer market opportunities for us. trade between the u.s. and iran is st

the move by commissioners would urge the obama administration against establishing a consulate here. i asked the m mor about the temperament of this community and consulate coming here? >> i think it's a lot less years ago. if you even mentioned that 10 years ago, there would be a lot more reaction to it. i think the attitudes are change changing. >> county commissione sally hey man started this discussion and so far she has been the only one to speak in favor of it. she said put politics aside and having a consulate here may be a good w to accomodate cuban migrants who are new arrivals here. as we said, the discussion is happening as we speak. we'll have the results for you on the news tonight at 11:00. live in miami, nbc6 news. >>> sarah palin is back on the campaign trail blasting the establishment and obama administration. she joined donald trump a dayy after endorseing him for president. he's not t only one gaining extra support. edward lawrence has the decision on 2016. >> reporter: inn oklahoma today sarah palin stressed donald trump's anti-establishment campaign andis strengt

that led tnew controversies with the obama administration leasing detainees to other countries. president obama: i told bob and jannie that their son bowe is coming home. as part of this transfer, the united states is transferring five detainees from guantanamo. sharyl: in 2014, the white house made a secret deal to trade so-called high value taliban prisoners for alleged u.s. military deserter sgt. bowe bergdahl. the obama administration failed to provide congress the required notice, saying it had to act quickly. part of the argument to close guantanamo bay is its enormous cost. hold hundreds is nearly empty. with the current population around 90 and an annual budget of nearly $400 million tax dollars, it works out to $4.4 million dollars per detainee per year. that's about 62 times the $70,000 cost for a prisoner at a maximum-security federal prison in the u.s. carol: we called it the most expensive prison on earth. it's a very redundant operation and it's very complicated, built on the fly, over time, and at this point there's very few people. sharyl: the administration move

we certainly know less than we did at the beginning of the obama administration. now part of the reason is the evolution of technology. part of the reason is the leaks that have told everybody, including our adversaries, what we do and how we do it. but part of the reason is because of the ways we tie our own hands at collecting the information we need for the country's security. for example, p.p.d. 28, presidential decision 28 gives foreign intelligence targets basically the same rights that american citizens have. overriding the instructions that the i.c. has gotten from every other president since ronald reagan. now we are asking more of our intelligence professionals than we have ever asked of them before yet we ask them to operate with one hand tied behind their back. that makes the country more vulnerable. finally, i mentioned earlier that it's unlikely, in my opinion, that the obama administration will do anything other this coming year that will significantly improve the perilous situation we find around the world. i do not mean to disparage the many good

the obama administration has acknowledged agents detained 121 people, including children, in raids over the new year's weekend as part of an operation to deport families fleeing violence in central america. the raids took place mainly in georgia, north carolina, and texas. the number of mothers with children and unaccompanied minors arriving at the u.s. border reportedly rose late last year amid a spike in violence in el salvador and honduras. new data shows killings in el salvador increased by nearly 70% last year, meaning it could overtake honduras as the world's most violent country. republican presidential frontrunner donald trump has released his first campaign ad. the ad vows trump will impose a temporary ban on muslims entering the united states, "cut the head of isis" and "stop illegal immigration by building a wall on southern border." >> he will stop illegal immigration by building a wall and our southern border that mexico will pay for. amy: over that section describing the u.s.-mexico border, video footage shows scores of people streaming over a border. but politifact reveal

that has been the obama administration with very rare exceptions. that's part of their sort of, how the fact that they're so lawyerly spills over into things that even don't directly involve what is the answer to this legal question. there are, they value the process, and if someone somewhere disagrees with something, they don't go ahead, they bump it up to the higher level in the bureaucracy, and they think about it some more, and they keep punting it all the way up. the bush administration was very different. the bush administration steam rolled bureaucratic opposition. and sometimes that bureaucratic opposition came from the national security state. and i think some of the bush administration's record in doing things like suddenly creating military commissions by fiat or having, getting, deciding that prisoners were not going to be treated in accordance with the geneva conventions or not just with torture, but other ways which the military was vehemently against, the uniformed military. but it didn't matter because the white house was willing to

and the obama administration didn't handle it well. since then, there were a number of individuals that have been extradited to the united states. after that, i would say three years. the son-in-law of bin laden was tried. another has set up a camp in oregon. another has been in connecticut for other kinds of crimes. there have been no problems in new york so that the juries don't see other kinds of headlines. for the most part, they've been professional and not too exciting. >> we're talking about the people being tried that's 10% of the population in guantanamo. 90% of the people are there indefinitely in prison without charge or trial. where we've tried the others, better for everyone. at risk for them. if they were confident that they had enough evidence, otherwise, they wouldn't have gone ahead with it. backing down on that, it's just, you know, where they're delayed. >> you may have covered some of this because i, unfortunately, came in a little bit late. but if you look apart from the politicians and the environment that we're i

but the obama administration planes to fly into libya. >> is under attack. let's go, man. sharyl: the upcoming film "13 hours: the secret soldiers of benghazi" recounts the story of cia agents who say they were prevented from going to the immediate rescue of the americans under attack a mile away. and no outside military came to help. but now, an internal government email shows u.s. special forces t far away had "spun up" during the attack. and sources say, they were headed to benghazi but were stopped. the new details may help explain why congress had so much trouble getting direct answers from obama officials who insisted a rescue attempt was impossible. when questioned in 2013, general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and secretary leon panetta of the department of defense or dod had actually "spun up." graham: was any dod asset ever deployed to help these people before the end of the attack? dempsey: would you rephrase, would you? graham: was any dod asset , aircraft or individual soldier, ever sent put in motion to help these people before the at

the obama administration is underphi for its immigration policies, thought from republicans but democrats, saying it's breaking up families and sowing fear. kristin saloomey reports. >> immigrants line up to learn their rights. fear is spreading, with the knowledge that federal officials are conducting immigration raids. >> social media, as an organization it has been nonstop. i think fear has grown. >> reporter: this woman doesn't want to show her face. she and her three children watched her husband get arrested by immigration officials while he went to work. he's still in detention. news of the raids has her worried that she will be next. >> i told the kids to stay calm, everything will be okay but they're afraid to open the door if someone shows up. >> reporter: according to the obama administration, the raids are aimed at those who cross the border illegally in 2014 and 15. many after fleeing violence in central america. >> we are seeking to deport felons not break apart families. >> the administration says it is rounding up people who are already rounded up by immigration court and f

but they continued to keep the bomb under the obama administration. so the obama administration and to stop north korea from getting the bomb failed. this is a clear violation of international norm that we have had that nobody test nuclear weapons, no one else in the world has tested a bomb 1998. what do we do about this kind of thing? i think the answers you're getting from people like the wall street journal is fear mongering editorial in today's paper. and the washington post, the only answer is regime change. that this shows the only way to deal with this problem is what they proposed with iraq, that you have to go in and physically militarily overthrow the regime. nonsense. there is a way out of this. and although they did not test the hydrogen bomb, the shock that north korea produced in the international system from their claim may enough to finally told the two powers that can actually do something about this into action. china, which has the most ability to put pressure on north korea, and the united states, which has the set of incentives th

nathan: i think the obama administration is trying to save a law that they kn is failing everybody. first and foremost, the obama administration has always put the emphasis on their metrics of success, which is putting an insurance e card in everyone's hand. the premium increases was less important to them. sharyl: in round numbers, 10 million have gototn expanded medicaid, 4 million people h he picked up insurance buying their own policies, and 3-4 million their parents' plans. but nobody's counting how many previously-insured are now going without, like janet hill. she's paying a price -- a $325 penalty tax in 2015. $695 this year. and so you're doing without insurance. janet: exactly. sharyl: there's a penalty that comes with that. janet: i'm aware of that. sharyl: you're just gonna have pay the penal? janet: that's all i can do. i cannot afford insurance. sharyl: there's another downside. she broke her shoulder and says she just has to live with it because doctors won't see her without insurance. and meantime you have a broken shoulder? janet: yes, this was fractured. because i

you've put coal out of business under the obama administration. how does that help? >> it doesn't. those numbers, they're just flat wrong. corporate profits are down. this is the weakest recovery from history. the average has been a gdp growth of 20%. if you want to cherry pick your numbers, you can have your own opinion and you can't have your own facts. the facts are we have too much regulation right now and we have three times the amount of that president bush put into place. barany frank was the one that said lower standards. early 2000, let's roll the dice on mortgages and all of a sudden he's showing to fix it. and they don't deal with the market. it's just silly regulation for absolutely no reason. >> joe, are you pro regulation? >> first of all, let's put in in context. your global ceos they're talking about global in other countries. you've got other people in europe that don't have to deal with obama care. it is an issue. global ceos are dealing with much more global conditions. they are also very high on the series of global warnings. but i'm sure he doesn't like the reg

sharyl: yet as recently as october, the obama administration quoted a 7.5% would "find plans for less than $100 a month." premium hikes are only half of the burden. deductibles are up, too. 7.8% this year on average for silver plans -- worse in places like mississippi, with an out to $1,473 extra for the year and washington state, averaging a 47.6% increase or $1090 more in that state. no matter how much it costs or how little it covers having insurance is now the law and more have gotten insured. pres. obama: as the affordable care act has taken effect, nearly 18 million americans have gained coverage. in fact, for the first time ever, more than 90 percent of americans are covered. nathan: i think the obama administration is trying to save a law that they know is failing everybody. first and foremost, the obama administration has always put the emphasis on their metrics of success, which is putting an insurance e card in everyone' s hand. the premium increases was less important to them. sharyl: in round numbers, 10 million have gotten expanded medicaid, 4 million people have picked

we certainly know less than we did at the beginning of the obama administration. now, part of the reason is the evolution of technology. part of the reason is the leaks that have told everybody, including our adversaries what we do and how we do it. but part of the reason is because of the ways we tie our own hands at collecting the information we need for the country's security. for example, ppd 28, presidential decision 28, gives foreign intelligence targets basically the same rights that american citizens have, overriding the instructions that the ic has gotten from every other president since ronald reagan. now, we are asking more of our intelligence professionals than we have ever asked of them before, and yet we ask them to operate with one hand tied behind their back. that makes the country more vulnerable. finally, i mentioned earlier that it's unlikely, in my opinion, that the obama administration will do anything over this coming year that will significantly improve the perilous situation we find around the world. i do not mean to disparage the many good

well, it just so happens the obama administration had another negotiation with iran last week. on tuesday, two u.s. ships and entering iranian waters due to what defense secretary ash carter called a, quote, navigational error. should be noted, there was one female sailor on the boat who i'm assuming was the one saying, "just admit we're lost and ask for directions." [ laughter ] either way, no one is disputing that the error was with the u.s. navy. so what do you have to trade for ten sailors, and how long will the they negotiations take? >> ten american sailors held by iran are safe tonight, freed earlier today. quickly sparing another major international crisis. >> the sailors were released less than a day than after they were captured. >> seth: less than a day. so the obama administration basically amazon primed home ten sailors without giving up anything. surely republicans weren't upset with that. well unfortunately, the iranians took a photo of the sailors on their knees and to ted cruz, that photo was an act of war. >> if i am elected president, no serviceman or service

so the obama administration basically amazon primed home ten sailors without giving up anything. surely republicans weren't upset with that. took a photo of the sailors on their knees and to ted cruz, that photo was an act of war. >> if i am elected president, no serviceman or servicewoman will be forced to be on their knees in any nation that captures our fighting men and women will feel the full force and fury of the united states of america. >> seth: so the full force and fury because our boats drifted into their waters. see it all in the new vin diesel movie, force and furious eight, iranian drift. [ laughter ] [ applause ] so critics of the obama administration like to frame every concession and any deal as an embarrassment to america. but you want embarrassing, how embarrassing is this for iran? according to "new york times," of the prisoners agreed to in the swap, none of the seven men had chosen to return to iran at this time. we negotiated your release. we can't wait to see you back in iran. um, yeah, we might stay here? if that's cool with you? and when it comes to emba

but it's also the reality that it's unlikely the obama administration is really going to do anything over the next year that's going to change that fact. and, probably not do anything that will abruptly change that trajectory. no president is irrelevant, but in many respects i think the country and the world are moving on. so all that means the next commander in chief, whoever he or she may be, is going to inherit a whale of a mess on their first day. you know, we all follow the news cycle as it goes from crisis to crisis. but as charles hill writes in his book, grand strategies, those of us living through great historical events can rarely even glimpse the significance of what is going around them. see, i believe that those who look back on the events of our time will find that we are living through historic times, the magnitude and the consequences of which we cannot fully appreciate. but the question is, is it historic in a good way or historic in a bad way? what we know for sure is that the stakes are enormously high. no one can take the place of the united states of america as t

yet the email indicates special forces were ready and high-ranking obama administration officials, or "princals," were to weigh in. "assuming principals agree to deploy these elements, we will ask state to secure the approval from host nation," the military tells the state department. convey that approval to us." libya's approval for the u.s. forces to fly in to help. the availability of special forces is news to greg hicks, the top u.s. diplomat in tripoli during t in 2013, hicks testified he repeatedly told there was no military help available. mr. hicks: i asked the defense attache who'd been talking with africom and with the joint staff -- is anything coming? will they be sending us any help? is there something out there? sharyl: responding to the newly public email, hicks tells "full measure" -- "an aggressive interpretation" of the military options presented "would have tasked me with obtaining flight and landing clearances from the libyan government. i have no doubt they would have been granted." sharyl: the significan of this memo, would you say? significant, and you would und

there is not one obama administration. i think today about when president obama wisely and mainly his executive power to bend solitary confinement in federal prisons. in the last couple of years, president obama has seemed more liberated from his mantra of finding common ground with republicans to widely use to enact a set of really progressive and independent and effective measures. the problem with president obama in the first couple of years was he went in trying to find common ground because he was essentially elevated as a public and the figure democratic convention in 2004, speaking about there is no red state, ground, fine, let's find where you can. give it a couple of weeks and when mitch mcconnell says the day you are inaugurated that republicans first by already or second priority is to take you down, i think you give it a couple of weeks and then you find a different governing strategy, but i think the president in these last couple of years has found a strong areasg and there are where he has not been as bold a