Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where President Obama has held the final Press Conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the Trade Embargo with cuba. He had words of advice for donald trump dont try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. And there was a final thought in my heart, i think were going to be ok. Heresjon sopel. For one last time, barack obama came to the White House Briefing room to joust with the press. Good afternoon, everybody. But amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. You are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. Youre supposed to ask me tough questions. Youre not supposed to be complimentary, bu
Gets the nod to serve on the highest court of the land. At 49 years old George Gorsuch is said to be the Youngest Supreme Court nome no , maam Court Nominee in 25 years. What kind of justice might he be, jana . Reporter frank and julie, judge neil gorsuch comes from a republican family. Some say he might be a more moderate conservative though than the way justice Antolin Scalia, the man he would replace. President donald trump welcomed judge neil gorsuch a colorado native to the white house. Mr. President , i am honored and i am humbled. Thank you very much. Reporter in his speech gorsuch paid tribute to Antolin Scalia who had hoped to fill with a likeminded judge. Gorsuch gave a glimpse of his own legal philosophy. It is for congress to write new laws. All judges to apply not alter the work of the representatives. A judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge. E stretching for results he prefer stretching for results he prefers. Reporter he was a law clerk for
Thank you for being here today. Of the president strategies and had involvement with missiledefense. On the secretary defense of the obama administration. Yorty met the director of the missiledefense program. Tom will talk about missiledefense 2020 and next steps. Laura is a Senior Scientist in the program. Aboutso has a book missiledefense and will speak to that and a number of issues, i think. Our third panelist is a major general, retired friend, and his last posting was the director of strategy for norad and nor calm. He headed up several commands were already missile and air defense, and was director of at one point. I want to thank you for coming and those unable to be here due to a scheduling conflict. To kick is words often than we will turn to the panelists, indeed as mentioned earlier, the Trump Administration is kicking off a major review of the missiledefense policy. If we go back to the 2010 missile review conducted by the last administration, it is defensethat it placed i
Clinton foundation to be a vast, muscle grubbing parcel. Staffers knew it and Chelsea Clinton knew it and says her computer was bugged. Big picture, the election has taken a turn again. Trump is making a very Late Comeback and hillarys scandals no longer ignored. Its intense, isnt it . Politics and money, oh, do we have a show for you . Varney company is about to begin. All right. Lets get to the new fox poll results i was telling you about. Slowing trump is closing the gap. Hillary up by 3 in a fourway matchup. 4441. That is within the statistical margin of error. She was up 6 last week and 7 the week before that. The trend is clearly to trump. Now, look at this. Independents are flocking to him, with that, very important group, he leads by 13 points. 4128. His numbers also improving albeit slightly with women and also improving among evangelicals. Yes, it really is a race. Now, thats politics. Well get back to it shortly, i promise. Look at your money, were going to open a little hig
Live coverage underway now here on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. I am the executive director of the center for law economic the finest here at gw. The senate as a think tank is on to be a focal point in d. C. For the study integrated major issues, this is a law, entrepreneurship. We are excited about todays program. We have the best, so the best experts coming with different perspectives to discuss the use housing cost the 2000 financial crisis, what is the right policy for the future course for all audience members we are live right now on cspan2. So just so you know so they can ask questions, you will be broadcast to the world. Before we continue i would like to introduce you to the dean who is elderly Family Public service at gw law school. Thank you to ill be brief. I just want to express my thanks to all the different Peter Wallison with whom i agree on many things but disagree on many others. I bought this bo