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Schumer appointing bernie sanders, elizabeth warren to help with the disaster election results from last week. 21 men and women, including bruce springsteen and tom hanks will receive the highest civilian honor at the white house next week. the winners of the honor for significant contributions to the national interests of the u.s. or world peace. among others, robert de niro and robert redford. ellen degeneres and vin scully. and bob dylan has decided not to accept his nobel prize in person...

A negotiated end is the only way for lasting peace in syria. angela and i also agree the need for a comprehensive and humane response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in syria and the influx of migrants and r refugees around the world. we need to build on the progress achieved at the u.n. refugee summit which yielded new commitments from 50 nations and organizations. the united states is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and again to commend angela and more im...

Honored to win the nobel prize for literature, but has previous commitments. the committee says it is unusual, but not unprecedented. if dylan wants the waraward, hes to deliver a speech by next june in stockholm. a surprise policy move out of japan. a rising u.s. dollar has global markets mixed right now. the dows seven-day winning streak is over. fell 54 points yesterday. with the dip, the gains over the last week and a half, stunning. 5.4% up. nearly 1,000 points in a week and a half. the b...

Conflict is the only way to achieve lasting peace in syria. angela and i also agreed the need for a comprehensive and humane response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in syria and for the influx of migrants and refugees from around the world. we need to build on the progress achieved at the u.n. refugee summit which yielded new commitments from some 50 nations and organizations. the united states is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and i want again to commend...

World. again, greeks have done so even as they faced their own great economic hardships, and thats a testament, i think, to their solidarity and commitment to treating people with kindness and fairness. prime minister tsipras has made commitments to increase housing for unaccompanied children and to include access to education for children who are migrants and refugees. in these goals its an obligation of the united states to help because this cannot be viewed just as a greek problem, its an int...

Excited about. rolling up our sleeps and getting to reasoning with our incoming president to make good on his promises. just as i said about the processes, these are things were working on with the transition. thats what the congressional process is about. the point is donald trump wants jobs. ive talked to donald so many times just this week, which is lets make sure we get people back to work. lets make sure we get this economy growing. take all this uncertainty out of the economy and get peopl...

Fixing our national security, securing our border. these are all things that were excited about, rolling up our sleeves and getting to work with our incoming president to make good on his promises. we work on all of these things. a question about budget reconciliation and processes, we work on this with the transition. its going to take time to figure out exactly what bill comes where and how it adds up but thats what the congressional process is about but the point is donald trump wants jobs. i...

Europe. greeks have shown extraordinary compassion and they have earned the love of the world. greeks have done so even as they faced their own economic hardships and thats a testament to their solidarity and commitment to treating people with kindness and fairness. prime minister tsipras has made commitments to increase housing for unaccompanied children and to improve access to education for children who are migrants and refugees, and in these goals, its an obligation of the united states to h...

And i think that whenever youve got an incoming president, especially on the other side, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully its a reminder that elections matter and voting counts. and so i dont know how many times we have to relearn this lesson, because we ended up having 43% of the country not voting who were eligible to vote, but it makes a difference. so given that president-elect trump is now trying to balance what he said in the campaign and...

>> theyre talking about a fence in the republican congress. would you accept a fence? >> for certain areas i would, but certain areas the wall is more appropriate. im very good at thiss its called construction. >> so part wall, part fence. >> could be some fencing. >> you called her crooked hillary, said you wanted to get her jailed. people in your audiences kept saying, "lock her up." >> she did some bad things. >> but special prosecutor? >> i dont want to hurt them. i dont want to hurt them. t...