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>> youre my brother, let me ask you. what do you say to the folks, a lot of people who say we need more m & ms and less of what vance says. if you are a person of color and saying i want to tell you what to do. you cant kneel down. i am a trans person and you tell me i cant be in the military. the only way is if i change. what conversation -- why do we need to have a conversation? >> there are some issues we are going to have to fight about. we are not going to turn our back on muslims. im scare...

Van says. if you are a person of color and someone is saying, i want to tell you what to do. you cant kneel down. i am a trans person and you tell me i cant be in the military. the only way i can be in it is if i change. what conversation -- why do we need to have a conversation? >> there are some issues we are going to have to fight about. we are not going to turn our back on muslims. you got transgender soldiers -- im scared, im glad they arent going. i respect them for that. the dreamers, you...

The charts there. but for the west side and for a west side landfall in incredible wind gusts along with such a wet, wet eye wall, here is your rain gauge, your tidal gauge and all the like for naples, chris. you were down here at about 2 1/2 feet below where you should be for the tide. now youre about 2 1/2 feet above where you should be for the tide and the water is still going up and going up rapidly. ive been trying to figure out how much surge came into marco island and so far, its tough to...

The president is not going and members of the white house arent going. its us. >> look. i think that its, you know, were just, this is not the appropriate year to go. >> why? >> because i think, gee, lets go back to the question before tha that. i think the relationship and the coverage weve gone, i dont believe we should fake it. going to a dinner, you sit around, you pretend everything is hunky dory is probably not an appropriate year to be doing this i think they should go have their dinner. ...

Arent going. your thoughts. >> look, i think that its -- you know, were just -- this is not the appropriate year to go. >> why? >> because i think theres -- gee. lets go back to the question before that. >> sean spicer, who on a most interesting day had preplanned to be there to answer questions. let me bring back my panel, susan page, robert traynham, peter alexander is there. justecause its been 20, 25 minutes, lets go back to what sean spicer said about his comments regarding hitler not using...

But this is sort of a -- something that we all celebrate. >> very moving. >> neil: a number of people or not, theyre protesting and not -- thats their right, to. all these congressmen that arent going. what do you think of that? >> i think theyll get there. i think theyll see the light. i do. i think donald trump is smart enough. ill be at the jersey ball doing some -- >> neil: will you really? >> yeah. i wont be on the main stage. ill be at a bar in d.c. >> neil: im be at the dennys breakfast b...

Who plan to boycott the inauguration plans to get longer by the end of the day. those arent the credits for the end of the show, those are the members of congress we know as of tonight arent going. nbc news confirms at least 50 democratic members of congress have said theyll skip fridays inauguration. we dont think 50 would be a record but we do think its the most in at least 40 years to stay away from a presidential inauguration. joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential histor...

Illegitimacy as president. these protests in the street are starting as the list of democratic members of congress who plan to boycott the inauguration plans to get longer by the end of the day. those arent the credits for the end of the show, those are the members of congress we know as of tonight arent going. nbc news confirms at least 50 democratic members of congress have said theyll skip fridays inauguration. we dont think 50 would be a record but we do think its the most in at least 40 yea...

Are anti-trump protesters who marched through much of downtown d.c. tonight. they held signs, caused road closures. some protesters ended up outside the president-elects downtown d.c. hotel. you see that guy holding a sign with an eye on it? some people held protest signs that had the letter "i" on them. that represented what they say represents the president-elects illegitimacy as president. these protests in the street are starting as the list of democratic members of congress who plan to boyc...

Kurdish boots on the ground. but the kurds are not interested in moving out of areas that they arent going -- dont control or are going to control. so then who is going to be the boots on the ground in syria? weve tried to find moderate rebels that we can support, that we can train. we saw how misably that program failed. i think theres a new initiative by putting the 50 special forces personnel in to syria to work with the locals. special forces have a core mission that we dont really talk abou...