January 18, 2017 MSM News http://MOXNews.com
President Obama held his the final news conference of his presidency. He answered questions on a range of topics, such as his future plans and issues that would compel him to speak out. Those issues include systematic discrimination, voter suppression, and efforts to silence dissent. He defended his decision to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning, who in 2013 received a 35-year jail sentence for passing hundreds of thousands of classified military documents to WikiLeaks. The president said due process had been served. He ended the briefing on an optimistic note, saying “I believe in the American people,” and a “good luck” to the press corps.
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Obama “I Ask Myself Everyday Is There Something I Can Do To Save Lives?” (Go To Prison)
December 16, 2016 C-SPAN News
President Obama hold final press conference of 2016 responding to reporters’ questions on a variety of topics including Russian hacking of the U.S. election ahead of his annual trip to Hawaii for the holidays.
C-SPAN Callers: What Will Be President Obama’s Legacy?
December 17, 2016 C-SPAN News
Headlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “President Obama’s legacy?” Video clips were shown from President Obama’s news conference the previous day. The program included a video clip from the C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) stop on their “2016 LCV Cities Tour” in Scottsdale, Arizona, and of House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) being interviewed the previous day for “Newsmakers.”