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>> 1597 or something. hes done more than his predecessors. >> its laudable what hes done. >> so i want to ask you. brian said, you know, he would separate the two, he would separate snowden and chelsea manning, but your new book about edward snowden is a deep dive into the extent of his crimes. you called what snowden did a theft. should barack obama pardon snowden? >> no, he wont pardon snowden. its night and day between snowden and manning. snowden stole communications intelligence, which is t...

President obama leaving office with most americans viewing his presidency as a success. he ends with an 60% approval rating. that is his highest since 2009 and he ranks high among all recent predecessors getting positive marks in his final days in the west wing. only president clinton and president reagan left office with a higher number as you can see there. later today the president will hold his final press conference. lets bring back our panel these are confusing times. so president obama wh...

Thats a tricky place to be because wikileaks, we dont know who is behind it. we know assange is behind wikileaks, some implications that julian assange also has connections to russia but we dont know the people behind the twitter account and various websites and trumps determination that they are on our side as long as revealing information about hillary clinton is only works so long as wikileaks isnt coming after him or other republicans. >> what is good for the goose. >> he will tell you its g...

President obama also pardone pa general. hes out pacing his predecessors. >> i think the fact that how many people hes pardoned who have been nonviolent drug offenders. he went all the way as his proponents would have gone but hes go having to more comutations than regan, the clinton, and two bushes combined. i do think, at the same time, as you would say, she got 35 years too harsh. when you have a 35 year prison sentence to 1/5 of that, many

Boeing. who trump tangled with last month over the course of a new air force one. >> i think mr. trump is doing a great job of engaging with bitzness. we are all on the same page. >> corporate america trying to stay on trumps good side with general motors announcing $1 billion investment in fact terz to save or create 1,500 jobs. wal-mart announcing 10,000 new jobs this year. and trump noticed responding on twitter. thank you to general motors and wal-mart for starting the big jobs push back int...

Were told more may come tomorrow. would general petraeus be in that group? >> this president has been very aggressive in wielding the pardon power. i think whats going on here is that the president as he said publicly is uncomfortable with many aspects of our justice system and i think this is his way of really trying to affect rough justice and doing what he thinks is court system should have been doing in the first place in terms of issuing being more lenient >> bill: theyre considerably highe...

1600 range. done more than his predecessors. >> think its laudable what hes done. >> ryan said would separate snowden and chelsea manning. but your new book about snowden is deep dive into his crimes. you call what he did a theft. should barack obama pardon snowden? >> no. he wont pardon snowden. its night and day between snowden and manning. snowden stole communications intelligence, which is the keys to the kingdom of intelligence, the sources and methods by which we intercept conversations, i...

Presidential selections, benefit of the doubt, recognizing, for example, that a persons views as a private citizen do not necessarily reflect their future actions as a holder of public office. from my private conversations with you, i trust that you will not have -- you will not force particular policies on states, unlike what some in education do. your predecessors have come -- have done in some cases in violation of congressional intent. i also recognize that support for parental choice for al...

And trump noticed, responding on twitter, thank you to general motors and wal-mart for starting a big jobs push back into the u.s. as washington puts on the finishing touches for fridays inauguration, some republicans are apprehensive about trumps rocky transition. senator john mccain told cnn hes not surprised trumps approval ratings are far lower than his predecessors. >> he seems to want to engage with every windmill that he can find rather than focus on the large aspect of assuming the most ...

More than half of americans disapprove of the way mr. trump is hand ling the presidential transition. only 40% approve. mr. trump falls far behind his most immediate predecessors. they all had support above 60%. trump also facing a growing boycott among lawmakers. nearly 1 in 5 house democrats say they will not attend trumps inauguration on friday. cnn political director david ch chalion joins us from washington with the numbers. >> that boycott number growing. and its not so much just that they...