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Run through the tape and work until the end of his administration to get things done. in the last couple of weeks youve seen him announce the plans to transfer more detainees from guantanamo bay prison in cuba. banning offshore drilling in parts of the atlantic and arctic. granting clemency to another 200 people and also on the foreign policy front having secretary of state john kerry come out and lay down the administration views on the israeli/palestinian conflict and the talk of the need to c...

York times," slashing the remaining population there by nearly a third, though stopping short of fulfilling his 2008 campaign promise to close the prison. >> it will be judged harshly by history, and i will continue to do all that i can to remove this blot on our national honor. >> reporter: president-elect trump has promised to not only keep the prison open but to fill it up with, quote, some bad dudes. obama also this week granting clemency to 231 people, mostly drug offenders, the most ever i...

Often foreign countries not very friendly to us. >> reporter: and the president isnt just taking action on the environment. hes also preparing to transfer an additional 17 or 18 inmates from the u.s. prison at gat moe bay cuba to other countries according to the "new york times," slashing the remaining population there by nearly a third though stopping shorpt of his 2008 campaign promise to close the prison. >> it will be judged harshly by history and ill continue to do all i can to remove this ...

Al-assad in syria. the concern that even if the iranians stick by this nuclear deal, the cost of having a stronger richer more robust iran meddling in the region makes this a bad deal. >> lawrence i want to focus on the macro before we end the segment. which is just the presidents last four weeks. we have the iran deal normalizing relations with cuba the supreme court decision on gay marriage. upholding of affordable care act. the trade deal which looks like it is on the right track. the preside...

The crash site has not been found as of this morning. bizarre twist in the so called real life case compared to movie "gone girl." a california woman claimed she and her boyfriend were kidnapped for ransom. now the story she told is taken seriously. federal prosecutors have filed charges against 38-year-old muller here, marine and recently disbarred as a lawyer in the abduction of she and her boyfriend. he was picked up after a recent string of home invasions. in the back of his car, authoriti...

Prosecutors before granting clemency. >> and fabian nunez, the father of the convicted man told the "los angeles times" i used my relationship with the governor to help my own son. id do it again. there it is. i would do it again. the popes tour of south america has taken him to bolivia. next he will go to santa cruz where pope francis hopes to spread goodwill. they make little hearts happy and big hearts happy too because as part of a heart healthy diet, those delicious oats in cheerios can h...

And creating a culture where we recognize that in the land of the free and the home of the brave, you cannot imprison everybody and be a great society, is really going to be key. and i think that is where we failed. we knew a lot of these projections would create very serious problems. you look at poor communities where now we have 6 million people on probation and parole, we are v. tare have tens of milo cant get jobs. the collateral consequences have been devastating. so i do think it requires...

From the president obama administration delay. it could be the end of the line for amtrak on several western states. why it could end railroad service with key areas in towns that really need it. a car slams into a church on easter sunday sending nearly two dozen people to the hospital. >> its an issue that some add row -- advocates say has gone on too long. in some cases people spend years behind bars for mandatory sentences even if they are later pulled back or repealed. many requirements have...

The law or not? wouldnt that be the case if he were to be given asylum? >> well, let me say this. edward snowden would not be the first person in the last ten years to get this kind of clemency, but he would almost certainly be the most deserving. washington is full of people who broke the law by lying to congress, by engaging in illegal spying, by ordering the torture of prisoners. we havent seen prosecutions of those officials, and we havent seen a lot of hand ringing about the precedent set b...

Be? >> so my personal view is yes, it is worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances the remainder of the data could be secured. and my bar for those assurances would be high, more than just assertion on his part. >> jeffrey, whats at stake as the obama administration has to weigh as well, entertain the idea or even have discussions about granting clemency. what is at stake for the u.s. if it were to seriously entertain that, this administration were to seriously entertain that, e...