administration obama administration of doing here. we know there was deep resolution in order to push this united nation security counsel resolution forward. that is deeply disappointing because his torquically america has protected israel. i just came from the western wall about an hour ago and touchdown the stones the juiews have touched and prayed towards for thousands of years. the idea this security counsel resolution which was allowed to pass and pushed strongly by the obama administration the fact it called that one of the holiest sights of the jewish people occupy palestinian territory tells you everything you need to know. that's a historical. it flies in the face of thousands of years of jewish history and simply untrue. that's why israel was so deeply disappointed by the resolution and america's vomit in the passage of the resolution. >> to be clear, you're not saying this was a deliberate push by the obama administration. you have said on the record they have helped create the resolution. the white house is denying in thei

host: why now did the obama administration reacted this? what: nobody knows exactly timeline the administration was working on. all we know is several agencies were involved in this decision. the army corps met with representatives from the pipeline company on friday, last week. they appear to have been mulling this decision over the weekend. thatiming was something appears the administration wanted to get done before president obama leaves office. other than that, we cannot tell why they chose last night. host: the pipeline overall, does construction continue? does it hold -- does it halt? guest: it halts what is happening at the missouri river. anywhere else, the company could move forward with construction. financial risk they would be taking on, in case the pipeline inns up being rerouted. the company is free to do that. host: as far as the decision by the obama administration, could the company at behind energy transfer, could they countersue or soothe the army corps of engineers or administration? the company has already sued the obam

i think this is a misstep by the obama administration. what i've seen in the reports i've read is they're pivoting in a way to justify any reason hillary clinton lost this election. and it comes down to the failed policies of this president, and they're looking at anything they can to put blame on why they lost this. if you look at the information that got leaked through anonymous or wikileaks, if you look at that information, is any of it not true? >> congressman, let me ask you the question this way. let me ask you the question this way. for the purposes of our discussion here right now, let's stipulate that this the information that came out in wikileaks and the information that apparently was produced for public consumptionyhis did not have an impact on the election, that donald trump was going to win, anyway. if the intelligence, though, that's being presented here nonetheless shows that russia was behind an attempt to do this, that russia was behind hacking these e-mails, putting the information out there, attempting to disrupt the

going into the obama administration itself, the obama administration argued in a brief to the supreme court -- sorry, they argued it before the supreme court after not mentioning it in their brief that churches and other religious institutions have no right to choose their own clergy, which was contrary to what every single district and appellate court. every single circuit had actually ruled on this. that is an idea that came out of radical legal feminism which argued, for example, the catholic church should be required to have female priests if that would otherwise discrimination laws, the religion clauses of the constitution shouldn't prevent it. and that is, indeed, somewhere, engen, where you can see the influence. that doesn't mean it's no influence. with regards to the affordable care act, it would be very difficult to write a book about the constitution of the obama administration without addressing the cases that everyone knows about as the most famous constitutional controversy of the obama administration. and it's actually what we call, i teach evidence also, we talk about

that's what they say the obama administration is up to. a foreign ministry spokeswoman in moscow says, "any action will immediately bounce back on u.s. diplomats in russia." of course, in just over three weeks we will have a new president here in washington who doesn't believe that the russians are behind the cyberhacks of democratic party organizations. these are organizations, poppy, that donald trump can undo if and when he chooses. >> evan, thank you very much. we will be watching and see if the sanctions or anything comes down today. we appreciate it. >>> we're following breaking news this morning. syria's state run news agency announced a cease-fire expected this morning. russian authorities have also discussed the cease-fire. few of the terms have been released. we'll bring you more information as soon as we have it. >> of course, a big story. we'll be following that developing news as we get more information. >>> meantime, we'll tell you about another story we're following. two u.s. service members both pilots confirmed dead in tex

administration, back to 2009 when the obama administration again, throughout 40 years of american foreign policy, by embracing muslim brotherhood then having doing their iran deal behind the back of israel, then cul culminating with san diego the decision they made friday, then speech today, it administration has never had the back of israel, israel always had to be concerned about what this administration might do. david: reporter, iran deal i think of the proof in the pudding of where this administration stood versus israel. >> the iran deal is very important, i go back in argue that the embracing muslim brotherhood, a terrorist organization, that is committed to destroying israel, is committed to destroying western civiliation, in 2009, remember what did that lead to? it lead to the over throw of mubarak in egypt. and in libya, and see now in syria, it made the whole middle east, neighborhood where israel exists, made that whole area much more hostile to the nation state of israel. you know only democracy of inn the region. tom: whole world seems to be a mess after 8 years, but let me

you can provide it to the obama administration. you can provide it to the public and let the public decide. one of the things missing in this whole debate is that the pla as well as the israeli political parties, there is dysfunction within both of those in regard to the police process and while netanyahu says he doesn't want to be lectured by a foreign leader -- >> you can't equate the two. >> let me finish. >> scott, hold on. let's let scott finish. >> there is disarray in both parties. to not want to be lectured by foreign leaders, he's right about one thing, settlement and peace is going to come from those two parties, the palestinians and the israelis but you have to take lecturing from countries that you take $38 billion from. you can't have it both ways. it's untenable. >> ryan, go ahead. >> the israelis are our strongest allies in the region. >> i agree. >> the obama administration has treated them terribly. the israelis want peace. the palestinians won't even recognize the existence of israel. they fire rockets at them, se

that's how the obama administration do things. >> does this hurt us? >> i don't think so. i think the moment the obama administration announced their expulsions, i think they were expecting a retaliation at once. it hurts both countries in a wider scheme of things, but we've seen historically that over a periods of months or maybe a couple years a lot of these people, not the exact same people but the positions will be filled gradually. especially if going forward. relations between washington and moscow. >> but here we were just talking in the break about the era of the strong man. so, trump, assad, putin, shinzo abe. one country and leader that we know that trump does not have an affinity for is iran. when it comes to the negotiations about syria, there is the potential if trump decides to join those that he would be at the table with iranian leaders at the same time that he wants to tear up the iranian nuclear deal. >> that's exactly right. >> what will he do? >> not a lot of gap between the iranian position and the russian pe position on syria. one of a dozen different

and the early years of the obama administration. he told me president obama promised him there wouldn't be any significant changes in the military budget for a while. overall, did he keep to his word? >> well, i think that began to fray, fray may be too gentle a word. >> before too long, gates found himself cutting hundreds of billions from the defense budget. and that was only the start. gates was informed the president wanted to announce even more cuts. >> over the last two years, secretary bob gates has courageously taken on wasteful spending, saving $400 billion in current and future spending. i believe we can do that again. >> what was your reaction? >> well, i guess i'd have to say i felt double crossed. after all those years in washington, i was naive. >> to many, the cuts weren't about economic efficiency so much as a strategic change in the role of the military. you told president obama staffers that the defense cuts send a big strategic message abroad. the united states is going home, cut a deal with iran and china while y

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

the world should know that this administration, the obama administration, the obama administration, has been the most generous in terms of funding and security and weapons, military technology, than any other administration and it has vetoed resolution against settlements early on that went against american policy, so you go so far to defend israel, to protect it from its own m ista kes israel, to protect it from its own mistakes and provide cover for its immunity, and at the same time israel refuses to listen to its benefactor, so this is a swansong if you will and it is also a very genuine plea to rescue the two state solution if there is to be peace and the commitment that it is still possible, because this is the disastrous consequences of the one state solution. thank you for joining us. you're most welcome. some hazardous weather tonight and tomorrow. freezing fog continues to expand across the heart of england and into eastern wales. northern ireland and scotland are getting away with it for the most part but first thing in the morning it doesn't look pretty across parts of engla

i think that is a power the administration that the obama administration may come to regret or people who are in the obama administration may come to regret having claimed because that power will now be available to the next administration. amy: and in the u.s. administration, president obama, had assassinated the son of anwar al-awlaki. >> there was a strike in september 2011 that killed his son and another american citizen samir khan in two weeks later, instruct 400 miles away, the 16- awlaki. son of anwar to explaint have their actions. i think that is probably the most remarkable claim the obama administration made in this context. amy: and how trump will use this, president trump? >> i should say, i think president obama is been a great president in many different ways. but in this particular context, he has claimed powers that will be abused. it was entirely predictable that they would be abused because the lines the obama administration drew were elastic. the terms they used were valuable terms -- malleable terms, terms of the obama administration invented and by manipulable.an

this is one of the speeches that will conclude his administration, the obama administrati administration. whole countries in the middle east are collapsing, terror is everywhere and for an entire hour the secretary of state of the united states talks only about the only democracy in the middle east, a democracy that is one of the only stable places in the entire middle east. we are now celebrating christmas maybe secretary of state john kerry didn't see that israel is the only place in the middle east where christians can celebrate christmas in security and peace and happiness. unfortunately, that doesn't interest the president of the united states. he makes a biased comparison between building houses in the east of jerusalem and terror that kills innocents and after that he talks only about israel and only merely condemns terror. the settlements, that's israel, but palestinian incitement, it happens, they don't say who incites. if the u.s. administration would have taken the same energies that they put in condemning israel in stopping the palestinian terror, maybe they would have helped

that is the tone of the venom poured on the obama administration. the foreign ministry spokeswoman saying shortly after sanctions announced and expulsions announced. the obama administration is a quote of vindictive unimaginative foreign policy failures with the exception of secretary of state john kerry whom she worked with over the last couple years. in terms of the concrete response by the russians, it is not entirely clear yet. kremlin told us there will be reciprical sponsor a tit-for-tat response. it is up to the kremlin and he is in no hurry. that may be an indication that putin is waiting for trump to take the white house before he responds. this may be for a u.s. president who is more sympathetic to the kremlin point of view or deterring the russians from reacting so strongly. joe. >> so potential for no response at all? >> reporter: there is that potential, of course. the kremlin was pretty clear that there will be some response. the russian foreign ministry may give us details on the responses over the course of the day. it is early morni

and the early years of the obama administration. he told me president obama promised him there wouldn't be any significant changes in the military budget for a while. overall, did he keep to his word? >> well, i think that began to fray, fray may be too gentle a word. >> before too long, gates found himself cutting hundreds of billions from the defense budget. and that was only the start. gates was informed the president wanted to announce even more cuts. >> over the last two years, secretary bob gates has courageously taken on wasteful spending, saving $400 billion in current and future spending. i believe we can do that again. >> what was your reaction? >> well, i guess i'd have to say i felt double crossed. after all those years in washington, i was naive. >> to many, the cuts weren't about economic efficiency so much as a strategic change in the role of the military. you told president obama staffers that the defense cuts send a big strategic message abroad. the united states is going home, cut a deal with iran and china while y

and the next steps that should happen after the obama administration leaves office. however, a clearly agitated secretary of state john kerry spent much of this speech responding to the criticism that the obama administration has gotten after it allowed that u.n. security council vote on friday, which condemned israel for its settlement building. kerry spent mituch about the speech talking about the settlements and say they among other issues are an impediment to peace. >> in the end, we did not agree with every word in this resolution. there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed or even addressed at all, but we could not in good conscience veto a resolution that condemns violence and incitement and reiterates what has been for a long time the overwhelming consensus and international view of settlements. >> reporter: kerry also says the united states and in particular the obama administration has been extremely supportive of israel. it has vetoed a number of anti-israeli resolutions at the security council and other international forums and points

israel bracing for another potential clash with the obama administration. >> hours from now secretary of state john kerry set to as tensions reach fever pitch. >> good morning kristin. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is concerned with what secretary of state kerry is going to say today. he feels it is his duty to outline his path for peace in the milled east. two state solution between the israelis and palestinians. this is taking place days after the highly controversial vote which the u.s. allowed it to pass condemning set elements in the west bank. the israeli government continues to insist it has hard evidence the obama admin stlapgsed orchestrate the resolution and vote. they are vowing to share that evidence with the incoming trump administration. >> we know there was deep collusion with the palestinians in order to push this united nations council resolution forward. that is deeply disappointing. historically america has protected israel at this very, very biased body. yesterday a spokesman rejected that u.s. was the driving force behind the resolution. >> we did n

the secretary of state addressed that, saying that this administration, the obama administration, cannot in good conscience do nothing and say nothing when we see the hope of peace slipping away. he did also criticize the palestinians, although not to the same extent he did the israelis, saying they cannot promote and must condemn acts of terrorism. >> rich edison at the state department, thank you. let's go to dr. dorie gold, former israeli ambassador to the united states and foreign policy adviser to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he's now the director of the jerusalem center for public affairs. sir, let me get your reaction to what mr. netanyahu said and to what mr. kerry said. >> frankly, secretary kerry's speech was billed as a way forward, as how to move the peace process into a positive direction. and much of the world has been thinking about that question for a while now. but frankly, what came out from secretary kerry was no clear path for how to do that. there are principles that israel could never agree with, like returning to the '67 lines, setting the stage f

and israel in the last days of the obama administration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu summoning the u.s. ambassador days after the u.s. refused to block the u.n. resolution over the settlements in the west bank. from the information we have, we have no doubt that the obama administration initiated it and stood behind it and coordinated on the wording and demanded it be passed. we will do whatever is necessary so that israel will not be damaged by the resolution. cnn's oren liebermann following the resolution and story. oren, talk to me about the significance of netanyahu summoning the u.s. ambassador. netanyahu is making a big statement here, isn't he? >> reporter: absolutely. he could have waited a few weeks. he made it clear he is done working with president obama and looking forward to working with donald trump. the relationship between obama and netanyahu is now deteriorating rapidly in the final days. netanyahu calling in the u.s. ambassador to israel. dan shapiro. letting him know what he thought about president obama and

and the early years of the obama administration. he told me president obama promised him there wouldn't be any significant changes in the military budget for a while. >> overall did he keep to his word? >> i think that began to fray. fray may be too gentle a word. >> before too long gates found himself cutting hundreds of billions from the defense budget. that was only the start. gates was informed the president wanted to announce even more cuts. >> over the last two years secretary bob gates has courageously taken on wasteful spending spending 400 billion in current and future spending. i believe we can do that again. >> what was your relacks? >> -- reaction? >> i guess i felt double crossed after all of those years in washington, i was naive. >> the cuts weren't about economicsy so much as a recent change. >> you told the staffers the tax cuts sent a strategic message abroad, the united states is going home to cut a deal with iran and china while you can. >> i think overall it has had that impact. you are send ago message to the r

the obama administration is a group of vindictive foreign policy failures. there are a number of things announced by the foreign ministry with the expulsion of the 35 diplomats from the united states. lavrov just appeared on russian television. he said in response to this, he is recommending to the kremlin 31 u.s. diplomats from the embassy here in moscow should be expelled and another four diplomats from the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. it is what the russians said. they would have reciprical measures applied to the sanctions that the u.s. obama administration imposed. the final decision the kremlin said, it rests with vladimir putin. putin is in no hurry to make a final decision. with the latest announcement from the russian foreign ministry this will be taken to expel the 35 u.s. diplomats from the embassies and consulates here in russia. >> the way this works, lavrov makes a recommendation and it is up to putin whether or not to act on expelling these 35 individuals, right? >> reporter: i think so, yeah. just like in the united states in that sense.

amy: the chamber of commerce may well see the obama administration. republican lawmakers from alaska are saying our considering legislative efforts to overturn it. >> and if anybody tries to overturn is, if trump tries, we will sue trump. we have very good lawyers in the environmental movement. we have the law on our side in this case. it is not just that, we are confident in the law and we willsue and win, but it is also signs and economics. it does not make sense to drill for oil in the arctic. any oil drilling up there would not be available for to the 15 years. in 10 to 15 years, wrote the entire world -- the entire world is moving to a clean energy economy. and that oil is staying in the ground in the arctic because of the law, because of the science, because of citizen power, and because of economics. it doesn't make sense to drill for oil of their. amy: annie leonard, your thoughts on trumps kick of rex tillerson? accountnk trump may really person with more conflicts of interest that himself. it is absolutely insanity to think the ceo of exxon

some have taken more innocent b american life according the obama administration. the bottom line is the people remaining are among the worst of the worst.nt this is how the secretary of defense put it: there are people in guantanamo bay that are so dangerous we cannot transfer them to the custody of another government no matter how much we trust that government. i cannot assure the president it is safe to do thad. there is the mastermind behind 911. he has declared himself the enemy of the united states. there is the 9/11 coordinator who was planning more strikes when he was captured. and there is bin laden's former body guide who trained to be a suicide high jacker for what wai to be the southeast asia portion of the 911 attacks. these terrorist are among the or worst of the worst. they belong at a secured not at a facility here in our own community, not unin stable countries where they are libel to rejoin the fight and take even more innocent life. have no doubt, there are detainies that would rejoin terrorist organizations if given that opportunity.eport the di

the obama administration is ignoring accusations it is behind the move. now set to reveal the road map to achieve peace as israelis put working ties on the countries voted in favor of the measure. >>> donald trump out of the public eye, but by no means silent. unleashing a tirade with the media and u.n. and president obama. he is doing it on twitter. >>> and a historic moment in hawaii today. a visit by japan's prime minister to the site of the attack on pearl harbor more than 75 years ago. we will have a preview from h honolu honolulu. good morning. welcome back to "early start." i'm joe johns. >> i'm alison kosik. it is tuesday, december 27th. 30 minutes past the hour. john and christine are off. despite the administration having less than a month to go on the job, secretary of state john kerry is expected to deliver a speech later this week outlining the obama administration's vision for peace in the middle east. this comes as relations with the u.s. and israel appear more strained than ever. with israeli officials claiming there is proof the obama adm

all the obama administration has done is to acknowledge it. that acknowledgement is an affront to a lot of arab states that don't even want to see the acknowledgement. if i may -- we're getting near to the end of the panel. i want to make sure that i heed the call of actionable wisdom that congressman hamilton urged us to do. in terms of moving forward, given these shifts that have happened, how sustainable is this course, that the obama administration has embarked on? the iranians feel that that acknowledgement will evaporate even if president hillary clinton is in office because of her public remarks about the nuclear deal or luke warm reception of it anyway. or that there will be a reversion back to the old habits of having the saudis and israelis be the two pillars. on the question of isil, what might the next administration do that the obama administration, perhaps -- neither through benign negative nor through zeal failed to do? if we could sort of reflect on those and to sort of not neglect syria. if syria and iraq are, indeed, the hear

the obama administration hasjust customarily does. the obama administration has just three weeks left, but it is still trying to make a difference here in the middle east, knowing that when donald trump ta kes east, knowing that when donald trump takes over he will be much more supportive of israel and its position on settlements and jerusalem in particular. if possible it would like to tie his hands. the secretary of state claim settlers in the right—wing government are defining the future in israel, a prominent present of the governing coalition was quick to give his response. it was a good speech by totally unconnected to reality. what john kerry is leaving behind is the middle east in flames, a genocide, iran moving towards a nuclear weapons and now throwing israel under the bus. the us or two rounds of peace talks between israel and the palestinians during the obama yea rs. the palestinians during the obama years. both broke down acrimoniously. the danger is that it is too little too late. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu

in the obama administration. so trump tweeting out this morn morning about israel, quote, we cannot continue to let israel be tweeted with such total disdain and disrespect. they used to have a great friend in the u.s. then it continues into a second tweet, but not anymore. the beginning of the end was the horrible iran deal and now this u.n. stay strong israel. january 20th is fast approaching. essentially saying hey, just wait, hang out until i get inaugurated and things will be fine. we just had this in with benjamin netanyahu. also tweeting a response here to donald trump. saying, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support for israel. that's from benjamin netanyahu's verified account. and of course this is all back and forth over this u.n. resolution and exactly how it came to be with the israelis of course out there saying that the united states was behind it, that they have evidence to that effect. the israeli newspaper herretz reporting this was a meeting in washington where they talked

the obama administration takes aim at russia. announcing economic sanctions and more over interference in the u.s. election. good evening. welcome to washington.as promis didn't hold back naming names and slapping several individuals with punishment. it's a bold step and not unlike some other big foreign policy moves we have seen from this administration in the waning days of the obama presidency. we have team coverage. rich edson with the continued fallout from the surprise move not to back israel at the u.n. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot. peter doocy with donald trump's reaction. but we begin with kevin cork on the steps the obama administration is taking to punish russia. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. the kremlin all but guaranteeing president obama's parting shot at vladimir putin will not be the final shot in this brewing cyber showdown. 72 hours, that's how long nearly three dozen russian diplomats have to leave the country. after the united states expels them in response to the alleged

things and that's not anti-cop. >> how it is a direct result of the obama administration? >> let's say black lives matter, which is a hate group, okay. >> 71% of cop shootings occur by white men. what is your excuse for that? >> black lives matter is a hate group. you have government officials in our government today that support groups like that, that call for the assassination of cops. >> see, this is fake. this is a lie what he is telling you. he is leading us down the road and saying black lives matter, that's the first thing he just said. >> let's go back to address the idea there's too many guns on the street because -- >> no, let me address that, because i'm tired of saying black lives matter over these cop shootings, when 71% of the shootings are done by white men. people come on television and say black lives matter is the cause, and that's not true. black lives matter and other organizations want to hold police accountable for the things they do. >> democrats like to address the idea there are too many guns on the street, they want to implement new gun lives. hal

kerry's address a pathetic step accusing the obama administration of trying to limit president-elect trump's ability on his own policy on the policy. mr. trump tweeting today, we cannot continue to let israel be treated with total distaken and disrespect. they used to have a great friend in the u.s. but not anymore. the beginning of the end was the horrible iran deal and now this, un. stay strong, israel, january 20th is fast approaching. jon: all which resolution condemned israeli settlements in jerusalem, u.s. embassador broke with past practice and abstained from the vote refusing to exercise america's veto pow ore. that would have stopped resolution in its track. israeli benjami netanyahu blames president obama raising tensions even higher between if two leaders who have had as you know a strained relationship for years. rich is live for us at the state department right now. what do we expect secretary of state kerry to say, rich. >> good morning, jon, we expect the defense of u.s. action and a path forward for the middle east peace. there's questions of how significant that will

and the early years of the obama administration. he told me president obama promised him there wouldn't be any significant changes in the military budget for a while. >> overall, did he keep to his word? >> well, i think that began to fray, fray may be too gentle a word. >> before too long, gates found himself cutting hundreds of billions from the defense budget. and that was only the start. gates was informed the president wanted to announce even more cuts. >> over the last two years, secretary bob gates has taken on wasteful spending, saving $400 billion in current and future spending. i believe we can do that again. >> what was your reaction? >> well, i guess i'd have to say i felt double crossed. after all those years in washington, i was naive. >> to many, the cuts weren't about economic efficiency so much as a strategic change in the role of the military. you told president obama staffers that the defense cuts send a big strategic message abroad. the united states is going home, cut a deal with iran and china while you can. >>

we need to hear more acknowledgment from the obama administration of that. >> yang: the obama administration acknowledges these numbers are estimates. they say ngos like yours have more access to research these numbers. but sarah, the policy has been and will continue to be that no air strikes if there's a near certainty that a non-combatant would be killed. but we have on average, one in every four of these air strikes have claimed a non-come batted nt life. what does that say about this system and the precision that naureen was talking about of the system? >> precision is a really tricky thing. precision means that you are hitting the thing that you think you're going to hit. i am going to hit this folder. i am going to hit this glass of water. it doesn't mean that that folder or the glass of water is actually the thing that we think it is. so if you are striking from the air with a drone, for example, you may be hitting a person that you thought was something but is actually something else. and sometimes those are civilians. >> yang: also today we have an executive order laying out policy

i think the obama administration is wonderful and very, very happy that the obama administration and our attorney general have stood up and said that they see the transgender community and that they support us and they're behind us. and that they care about our actual safety and our well-being. i think it's wonderful. >> the study you may have seen from jodie herman surveyed 93 transgender people in 2008-09. she found if her study that the transgender people that she had surveyed were the ones at ris inco -- risk in bathrooms. which ones are more at risk? >> the transgender people are more at risk, absolutely, because people fear the unknown. when you're going into a restroom and certainly if i had have to go into the men's restroom, i'm going to be putting myself at danger, not just because people may be intimidate order afraid or ignorant to transgender, but because anatomically, i'm a woman. to be crass, i have a vagina. that puts me in physical danger to be in a men's restroom. the men are not in danger. and if i go in a women's restroom, the women are not in danger. >> candace c

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 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 cle 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. the gitmo prison was opened during the george w. bush administration after the september 11 terrorist attacks on the u.s. >> two planes apparently crashed into each tower.

israel hopes the outgoing obama administration will prevent any more damage being done to israel at the un in its waning days. i wish i could be comforted by the promise that the us says it will not bring any more resolutions to the un. that is what they said about this previously. absolutely incontestable evidence the united states organized, advanced and brought this resolution to the united nations security council. we will share that information with the incoming administration. some of it is sensitive. it is all true. you saw some of it in the protocol released in an egyptian paper, there is plenty more at the tip of the iceberg. they say we didn't bring it and could take john kerry's speech at this point. could be raised in the french international conference a few days from now and brought up at the un so france or sweden, not a noted friend of israel. and the united states said we can't vote against our own policy, just enunciated it. i think the united states if it is true to form or at least if it is not true to its word should not come out and say we will not allow any resolu

is that not credit to the obama administration rather than trump? >> but, so -- i'll answer both questions. but first we are talking about what's happened since this election. have you seen a great deal of optimism and you have seen a stock market jump all in anticipation that there is going to be a better environment for business which means there is a better environment for jobs and job growth. looking back to obama, he took over in a massive financial crisis. and you know this, that when you have a massive financial crisis you also would get a massive economic boom after that crisis. and frankly, we have seen lack-luster growth in the economy. we have had 1% and 2% growth, which is historically low after such devastating downturn. the reason we haven't had this massive growth in the economy, gdp hasn't grown at 3% and 4%, is because of tax policy and regulatory policy that has come from barack obama. new job growth isn't really good-paying jobs. we have a lot of part-time jobs that have come into play to drive the numbers down. what america wants

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

, obama's administration's reaction this week? >> they said they had no comment. i received a one-word answer from the white house, which was just "no." >> and nothing behind the scenes from anybody else, right? >> no. no one else has said anything else in the administration at all, either. >> great. well, thank you both for joining us. we have francessca chambers there and bob cusack. happy new year to both of you guys. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >>> later, president obama's legacy, and the biggest threats to it. despite his record-high approval numbers. we look at what he accomplished and the effort under way to keep it from the coming overshadowed. >>> later -- 'm crushing my cance. you are crushing it... thanks to breakthrough discoveries at st. jude children's research hospital. we freely share our research to help kids like isabelle across america. wanna help me cheer st. jude? yeah, let me get up on your shoulders. ok. give thanks for the healthy kids in your life and give to those who are not. donate now at stju

israel's prime minister fired back reminding the obama administration that its days are numbered. we have fox team coverage. john hutty has the strong reaction from netanyahu, peter doocy has more. and we begin with rich edison with a message the secretary of state is trying to sends. >> reporter: the state department billed this as an opportunity for the obama administration to outline its plan for palestinians and israelis to find peace and secretary of state john kerry delivered that and in a strong condemnation of israeli policy. >> some seem to believe that the u.s. friendship means the u.s. must accept any policy, regardless of our own interests, our own position, our own words, our own principles. even after urging again and again that the policy must change. friends need to tell each other the hard truths. and friendships require mutual respect. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, his government and allies criticized the obama administration this past week after the united states allowed the united nations security council resolution pass that condemned

exercised and what the obama administration is unwilling to do. that's point number one in point number two that matters for purposes of what goes on in the executive branch. whether you feel constrained by treaty or international law and statute in constitutional constraints really plays it different -- the mattock role in how decisions are made. your book charlie demonstrates that in better than any single source i can think of in the third on to make his these issues for the future depend somewhat not only in times in what these menstruations executive branches have done but perhaps more partly how they are perceived and described in the press. if everyone goes around claiming there's an imperial presidency and the bush and obama administration are set to the same and the president ultimately can do whatever he or she wants without constraint i think that is corrosive. i think it leads to executive branch thinking where many officials within the executive branch is thinking there is this kind of liberty and expansive authority where there truly

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

i want to be sure we're not letting the obama administration off the hook either. congress is acting in a way that is totally out of line with reality. the administration is making efforts but not enough. i think that points to the point that the action at the city and the state level is incredibly important. the support that organizations, that citizens movements are bringing to taking action at that level, the demands that are being made of state houses and city councils to pass resolutions that move clean energy, that are looking at the public health impact of climate change are important. i wouldn't want to leave this up to the industry, but i think that by looking at that side of things-- >>> coal, the petitioners in this case are trying to save coal as a sustainable. >> they're dinosaurs in this case. they're kind of revealing themselves that way or maybe fortunately because we can all see it, and the future is absolutely in renewables. we're seeing that play out both in the implementation and in the market. i think the more that we see that reality the more