i ve watched him manage younger people coming up behind him. and he s never disappointed. he is not only a great press secretary, but more importantly, he is a really, really good man. josh, congratulations. thank you. [ applause ] meantime, moving trucks, look at them. having spotted outside the white house ready to usher the obamas into their new washington home. vans are already outside. swanky d.c. neighborhood unloading eight years of presidential memories. we also hear the obamas plan a palm springs vacation. let s talk to cnn contributor, grace and power of american s modern first ladies, kate. all right. they re getting out of dodge and heading to someplace warmer. what have other first couples done in those first couple of
days at office? they do often leave town. you know, each post presidency has been different. you look at the carters, they went straight back to plains and embarked on the most successful post presidency in modern history. the nix ons went back to california after watergate. a very difficult he rent story. so, each president carves out the space for himself. i think it s interesting looking at president obama because i ve talked to a former obama staffer who said, look, if democrats are thinking that obama is going to leave the charge against trump, they will be disappointed. that he is someone who is very measured, very careful in his wording and he doesn t necessarily want to take up the mantle of being the democrats voice, anti-trump voice, he s more interested in getting democrats elected and doing things like that than coming out and being a voice against trump. yeah. you know, cnn has this new film about what it s actually like inside the final days of the obama white house
coming up next. moving vans spotted at the white house as the obamas are preparing to leave. hear what happens to their staff and where they are heading on vacation on inauguration day. you re watching cnn.
matthew chance, our cnn international correspondent there, jim sciutto, our correspondent in washington. putin coming out in defense of trump he used some pretty extraordinary language. he did. and he may not be getting very good approval ratings in the united states but in russia the president of russia is making these unprecedented statements in support of donald trump. it s quite exceptional that a russian president saying that in such a way, the scandals the dossier dumped by buzzfeed is an attempt to under mine the methods of donald trump, it said it has been used in the ukraine during the uprising which many russians believe was orchestrated by the united
question republicans not mind you democrats feel compelled to work with him if the american public don t have that kind of approval for him. it might not matter, in the way things work, so maybe this is just added to the long list. but maybe there s a little bit of a honeymoon period and soon to be president we just talk today a trued to a trump s he has a lot to approve. vladimir putin coming to the of donald trump. saying the allegations were totally unsubstantiated. cnn rrpted soeported were provi