from the president starting his speech. they call at this time second term curse for presidents. problem started with katrina. it ended into catastrophic crisis. ronald reagan's second term was mired in the iran contra scandal. president nixon was run out of town following watergate, second terms are tough as a rule in the modern era. >> that said, at least thus far, republican has managed not only to avoid the second term curse. he's also notched up in the second term a bunch of the things he wants to be remembered for. this past year alone, he reached that controversial landmark nuclear agreement with iran. he restarted the relationship with cuba. he helped negotiate a truly historic global climate change agreement with literally the whole world. even though that shows he