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caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone . the factor begins right now. hi, i am bill o reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. president obama s job performance, that is a subject of this evening s talking points memo. about an hour from now, barack obama will deliver his farewell address. after eight years in office, he believes he has been successful. others dissent. wall street journal editorializing today, barack obama s presidency has been a disappointment at home and abroad. in fact, ironically, underscored by mr. obama s relentless insistence that he has been a so, now, talking points would like to assess and present the facts about president obama on the job. first of all, some of you believe that i, your humble correspondent, have been too easy on mr. obama. over the years, i ve received letters like these. speaking of matthew richards, native massachusetts come i didt realize that you are the new spokesman for the white house. bill, you threw ....
say that you are the best msnbc host ever created by god. god created you, chris, to be here. thank you, michael. ec baldwin should be looking over his shoulder. no way. i was not lying, actually. that was me being nice. that is all in for this evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. i don t take it personal at all. it was an impression. it was the voice of a certain hyperbolic character. i don t mind, doesn t bother me at all, which i m sure you can tell. thanks, my friend. thanks, michael. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. here s the story. in march of this past year there was an explosion in pasadena, texas. pasadena, texas, is about 11 miles outside of houston. there was a big explosion followed by a fire. smoke and flames could be seen for miles around. look at that. the whole neighborhood around this fire and explosion had to be evacuated. even the houston ship channel, the freeway onramp for all american oi ....
issues for the benefit and safety of the american people. by grandstanding and political sizing the investigation into russia s actions, james comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to negotiate with russia. james comey is ready to break his silence, seming an invitation to testify in open session before the senate intelligence committee at some point after memorial day. let s go now to riyadh, saudi arabia, where nbc s kristen welker is traveling with the president today. in a few minutes, president trump will officially be welcomed by the saudi royals. what will that look like? reporter: well, this is going to take place at the royal court palace. it will include the first lady and then a little bit later on the president will have a bilateral meeting with king salman. this is a day that s going to be filled with pomp and circumstance and the president will be meeting with saudi and arab leaders. his goal is to have a bit of a reset, to send the message he s n ....
believe me, is the united states of america. tucker: the president also denied allegations he pressured to fired fbi james coming to advance in an investigation of former national security advisor michael flynn. did you urge james comey in any way, shape, or form, to back to me investigation against michael flynn? no. no. next question. tucker: donald trump is a volatile president. he s impulsive, he changes course on a dime, sometimes without claiming why. he s elusive about what he really believes that he talks and tweets about himself too much, too much for his own good or for the country s good. by the way, he s not always a great manager. the white house is actually pretty chaotic right now, but not just media spin. it s real. if you voted for tom, you already know this. you probably knew it back in november when you voted for him. but what you also knew, and what has worth remembering right now, is that there are worse things than what we currently have. so, the left ....
refuse to share information about the islamic state with the united states. and official telling the post that trump revealed more information to the russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies. nbc news has not confirmed the reports about the meeting. roughly an hour ago national security adviser h.r. mcmaster emerged from the white house to offer this denial. there s nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. this story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials who are present, including the secretary of state remember the meeting the same way and have said that. their on the record acc ....