Just days after his State of the Union address in which he called for Congress to find common ground with him, President Barack Obama sounded less than confident that they could find that common ground.
"I think there are some issues where it's going to be hard for them to move forward," Obama said of congressional Republicans, "and I am going to reach out to them and say, 'Here are my best ideas, I want to hear yours,' " Obama told CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper in an interview airing today.
"In no way are my expectations diminished or my ambitions diminished. But what is obviously true is we've got a divided government right now," Obama told Tapper.
The president also discusses whether he can work with Republicans on immigration, whether the Sochi games are safe and legalizing marijuana. Portions of the interview air on "New Day" at 6 a.m. ET and will run in full on "The Lead with Jake Tapper" at 4 p.m. ET.
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