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Good day from new york as we count down to what will be president obama's last scheduled news conference of 2016. we do not anticipate that it will be the last of his presidency. but he is facing a short year of 2017 before inauguration day and his departure from the white house. obviously that's the white house briefing room in the west wing as technicians are talking there. the podium in the background. the press core in front. the flags set up. about 45 minutes from now we'll hear from the president. because the subject of russia has been in the news leading the news of late it was of high ...

Get rid of the white house press core, all of these traditions might fall by the wayside. we don't know. he feels confident that he has a channel to talk to the people he needs to talk to, without the "dishonest media" he loves the media playing the fool. i think one of the things the press is in the middle of figures out, are you playing the role of the heal in the wrestling match to his face, even if you're mixing it up with him. there's this sort of psycho drama around him has been constructed, when he's fighting with the pretsz. when they're fighting with him over legitimate things which h...

Taking care of people in washington that frankly i don't even think they give a damn about education. >> in terms of the common core, i think it's incredibly important. i think it's absolutely a step in the right direction that this country has made. >> if she's being considered for secretary of education, is this a sign that donald trump is backtracking on common core? >> you know, one of the interesting things that i found out about common core is if you talk to individuals about the curriculum itself and the standar standards, people say, yeah, this is a good idea but the state would have v...

This? >> it was japanese government photos that were released. that doesn't meet our standard. and michael, you notice a lot of news organizations aren't using the video, aren't using the photos that came out because that's not how we do it. >> including cnn. >> right. we need independent journalists eyes on the president-elect when he smeeting with world leaders. that's very, very important. >> okay, julie. fast forward to next spring. we all remember president obama doing his comedic routine at the expense of donald trump at the white house correspondent dinner. do you think donald trump is ...

Who actually saved the olympics one year. i think he is the kind of guy that donald trump is not intimidated by but rather respects and says, okay, what can you contribute? what do you have to offer for the american people for our vision of making america great again? and we're seeing that a lot with some of the other people who have been to trump tower this week. he is not afraid to listen. as i think as the weeks go on, you'll see more diversity of opinion. >> speaking of diversity of opinion, donald trump in the primary in the general talked about education and it was one topic that was i g...