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New year with a bit of competition at the obama family s annual new year s eve talent show. the show is not only a tradition the president is keeping on his annual trip. mike have a caro is here with more on this. reporter: aloha. for hawaiians it is not just a greeting but a code to live by. president obama spent most of his youth here and residents say they can see the influence of the islands in their native son, even when he s back on the mainland. be considerate to one another. try to help everyone. reporter: ironically, those are the qualities mr. obama has been hit for. in washington s partisan climate critics and supporters say the president needs a sharper edge. people will have the satisfaction of having a purest position and no victories for the american people. after an uncharacteristic outburst last month, mr. obama got on a roll winning battles ....
Coming year. now, the president is expected back in washington on tuesday after nearly two weeks away in hawaii. the holiday trip is now an annual tradition. nbc s mike vicara is on the way with the president. he s in honolulu with more for us. reporter: aloha. for hawaiians, it s not just a greeting, it s a code to live by. president obama spent most of his youth here and residents say they can see the influence of the islands in their native son, even when he s back on the job on the mainland. be considerate to one another. trying to help everyone. ironically, those are some of the very qualities that mr. obama has been hit for. in washington s partisan climate, critics and even supporters say the president needs a sharper edge. people will have the satisfaction of having a purist position and no victories for the american people. reporter: after an uncharacteristic outburst last month, mr. obama got on a role, winning battles and signing bills. but the day after he gets ....
Aloha. for hawaiians, it s not just a greeting, it s a code to live by. president obama spent most of his youth here. residents say they can see the influence of the islands in their native son even when he s back on the job in the mainland. be considerate to one another. trying to help everyone. reporter: ironically, those are some of the very qualities that mr. obama has been hit for. in washington s partisan climate, critics and even supporters say the president needs a sharper edge. people will have the satisfaction of having a purist position and no victories for the american people. reporter: after an uncharacteristic outburst last month, mr. obama got on a roll winning battles and signing bills. but the day after he gets back to d.c., republicans take control of the u.s. house. the coming year is likely to see both cooperation and confrontation. all told, the president will stay in this unique state for almost two weeks. announcing midtrip that he was going to be here fo ....