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I think you'll hear something similar from the president if he's asked about that. >> this is going to be one of those legacy issues for the president two or three days before he leaves office. this controversial decision is something that's going to stick around for a while. and you covered him, jeff. you appreciate that. >> add it to the list. i thought our list was sort of over of the legacy item. i think you're absolutely right in terms of how he is viewed by hawks and national security people. like lindsey graham and others, i think that this will, in their view, offer one more piece of e...

>> those issues, immigration and foreign policy are very very challenging for president obama, even though they are important legacy items for him, with stroll out of iraq as immigration reform, i don't think he wins his legacy by making that the hallmark of the next couple months, he will do what he can do to placate the base but benefit himself because the other issues don't held. >> i agree with him on trade. we went to certainly encourage free trade because free trade lifts people out of poverty across the globe. that is one thing i will give him credit for. criminal justice reform, bipart...

Welcome back. ari melbar in for steve kornicki. president obama went ahead and achieved the biggest foreign policy goal, arguably, of his whole presidency. he got this deal with iran through congress and do so with plenty of vinegar. >> in fact, it's those hardliners who are most comfortable with the status quo. it's those hardliners chanting death to america, who have been most opposed to the deal. they're making common cause with the republican caucus. [ applause ] >> as they say in foreign policy circles, oh, snap. now president obama's biggest legacy items, that iran deal, which was multil...

Makes. the fight last year over health care was an unfair partisan battle. this year this fight over wall street reform rollbacks, that's a principle stand for democrats. that's kind of the view for the white house. what's interesting is the president did get some victories in here. he got money for his health care law. he got money for those executive actions on immigration, two other big legacy items, climate change fund and early childhood education fund. that could put pressure on house speaker john boehner with conservative who is are not happy he signed off on this. the president is faci...

Unlikely that he will get anything bigger than the bite-size deals at this point. republicans are waiting for this 2014 mid-term elections and they won't give this president too much in terms of a bigger budget deal. unlikely to give him immigration reform and any other major legacy items so insteader dealing with the smaller deals, as you say, but also still implementing health care reform which is a bear for him and is likely to continue that way for some time to come. >> stand by. we are being told there is a little delay. we think the deal is still in the works, but a little delay. while w...