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I'm a better man having worked with you. i'm confident that the united states and our armed forces will remain the greatest force for freedom and security that the world has ever known. god bless you and your families and god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] >> president obama with a reflective, at times emotional address, a sort of farewell address to the branches of the milita. a ceremony to honor and thank the president that he turned the tables and said he wanted to thank everyone in the room. colonel jack jacobs remains with me. that was something. i thought i saw a tear a...

Listen to how paul ryan had to say it. >> we've been saying all along, we don't want to pull the rug out from people while we were replacing this law. the point is in 2017 we don't want people to be caught with nothing. we want to make sure there's an orderly transition so the rug is not pulled out from under the families who are currently struggling under obamacare while we bring relief. >> reporter: that's the latest on the house side. the senate side you saw mr. pence talking about the importance of making obama own obamacare and what that means in terms of the name, the verbiage. they want...

Happy new year to you. >> we've seen a lot of great imagery over the last half hour. talk about the importance of this ceremony. it's right at the end of obama's term. >> yeah, but it doesn't always happen. in the past, presidents have had farewells from the troops but they haven't been this staged or alternately the president has gone to a military installation that had a lot of troops on a parade field where they passed and review. this is held inside. it's only with the old guard and marines from eighth and i street, the honor guard. it's a very closed event and a closed atmosphere. >> let'...

For about another -- at least another term. and then his term, of course, was the one that evan bayh tried to take back but then todd young in somewhat of a surprise victory won that seat. so, republicans won't be losing a seat because of this. they get what, by all accounts, is a seasoned senior statesman in senator coats. kate? >> hans nichols with break news on capitol hill. thanks so much. let's turn back now to the democrats and coming off that interview that i just did a moment ago with representative joe crowley. i want to bring in fill up rutgers, national political correspondent for...

That. >> reporter: now barack obama got a lot of credit for oofbl saving the auto industry in america as we know it. during the bailout in 2007, '08, '09, these folks decided that this particular election cycle was about jobs, they read the message donald trump put out there. resinated with workers and voters and elsewhere in ohio, and people in the rust belt are going to hold him to it going forward. >> so, 16 days to go, ron, would you sigh the mood is optimistic? do you think he'll come through or are they weary? >> reporter: i think they are optimistic about what he's been saying all along...