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Change is the policy? >> well, regime change is something that we think is going to happen because all of the parties are going to see that assad's not the leader that needs to be taking place for syria. so what i think you're seeing is this isn't about policy or not. this is about thoughts. so when you look at the thoughts, there is no political solution. that any of us can see with assad at the lead. and so i -- i don't think that's something for the united states to decide. that's something the entire international community has decided. so you're going to see the president is going to very...

Boston court made the right decision, we'll continue to use all legal means at our disposal to stay that order and move forward to take the steps necessary to protect our country. reporter: the president weighed in on twitter, and criticize that judge, and warned it was making the country less safe, just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril, if something happens, blame him and court system. i have instructed homeland security to check people coming into our country very carefully, the courts are making the job very difficult. on abc's this week, democratic senator argued ...

He thought that the shelby decision was good news, who has been silent on things like criminal justice reform other than to say i'm opposed to consent decrees. how do you support somebody like a jeff sessions where he represents a state where 25% of all of his children go to segregated schools, but he's okay with that because the funding formula is fine with him. how do you support a person who's not an advocate and calls himself the attorney general of the united states. if that is what we can expect, i don't think we're going to be able to get along very well. >> i have to play one more piec...

Leland: president obama will give his farewell address this week from his hometown of chicago. according to the white house, he's expected to take an optimistic tone as he reflects on his eight years in office. he continued his exit tour today, though, on abc's this week where he addressed president-elect trump's affinity for twitter. >> i've said to him and i think others have said to him that the day that he is the president of the united states, there are world capitals and financial markets and people all around the world who take really seriously what he says. and in a way that's just not...

Well, we talked about it earlier. alan thicke passing away suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 69. that news prompting a lot of sadness obviously and a lot of nostalgia for the generation of americans like me who grew up watching growing pains every wednesday night at 8:00 on abc. things were different and there was no social media and amazon. big three broadcast networks were still kings. everyone watched the shows. i remember watching and everyone in my class watched the same shows the night before. that's why the news of alan thicke's death is hitting so hard for so many. a reminder of...