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Holds hearings on the commission. adam scheff is eager to speak with stone. >> that concerns me a great deal when you have someone with direct communications with the campaign >> stone left the trump campaign in august 2015, but twice in 2016, during the campaign, stone claims to have back channel communications with founder of wikileaks which published some of the damaging democratic e-mails. >> stone said this to show time. >> you said that i believe on multiplications publicly that you have a...

Worst of the worst why take the risk? maybe let a third of those go back. they move into more senior positions then they were before. ainsley: usama bin laden put on the terror list. >> usama bin laden why did this take so long? >> hard to know why it took so long. he has been groomed to be a member of al qaeda since he was an adolescent. he started in august 2015 with his boys showing up on these videos calling for attacks in washington dc, in israel and increase in lone wolf attacks and threat...

Opening statement where jurors and family members heard dylan roof in his own words for the first time, dylan roof talked about his own mental competency. he dedicated his entire two minute opening statement to saying why he was essentially not crazy. he said he was representing himself because he didnt want his lawyers to present his mental health evaluation, proving that he is sane. its been the one issue that dylan roof really seems to care about. firi his defense team and his ers saying hes ...

Initially the answer from trump was that he would make no such pledge. >> is there anyone onstage, and can i see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person? again, were looking for you to raise your hand now. raise your hand now if you wont make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. mr. trump, to be clear, youre standing on a republican -- >> i fully understand. >> the place wh...

>> that was august 2015. major point of contention in the republican party. major point of contention at the republican debates. lots and lots of drama around that issue. all the other candidates say, yeah, ill make the pledge. but donald trump for a long time wouldnt. and that is why it was genuinely a big deal, it was the resolution to something around which there was a lot of tension. it was a big deal when on september 3rd, donald trump changed tack, finally announced that yes, he would sign...

Weapon for isis. >> you also have the islamic state using mustard gas in an attack on a syrian town last year, august 2015, i should say. i want to ask you about the report that suggests the uk carried out exercises preparing for an attack like that. when you look at intelligence, is there any way to pick up or identify potential chemical attack? are there any sensors that could be used here? >> well, it depends on the chemical. i mean, one of the dangers of a weapon like nerve gas is that it is...

So, driving that large vehicle into a k-rail with your seat belt on is not how an expert tries to commit suicide. he did something stupid, but he didnt try to kill himself. >> reporter: and it wasnt just georges family who stood firmly behind him. fellow fire fighters came to his defense, fellow west point grads, childhood friends. >> i truly believe hes innocent. he gives too much of himself, and i think that that is one of the reasons he finds himself in the situation hes in. >> were you surpr...

Segs, the alabama republican who is the presidents elect pick to lead the justice department. and brought up kelly ann conway his campaign manager. august 2015, it was the first large crowd he played to and it was that it continued drawing of large crowds in it the country that was a signal to him he would win the election which is what happened and moving forward from here, as president he was advised he probably shouldnt hold the rallies, but hes done the opposite of what hes supposed to do it...

The state, setting up his election night victory. >> heres how mr. trump described a level of passion from his supporters in florida. >> you people were vicious, violent, screaming -- "wheres the wall? we want the wall!" screaming "prison! prison! lock her up!" i mean, you were going crazy. i mean, you were nasty and mean and vicious, and you wanted to win, right? but now youre mellow and youre cool and youre not nearly as vicious or violent, right? because we won! >> well, today, president-elec...

Georges family who stood firmly behind him. fellow fire fighters came to his defense, fellow west point grads, childhood friends. >> i truly believe hes innocent. he gives too much of himself, and i think that that is one of the reasons he finds himself in the situation hes in. >> were you surprised at the amount of support that george got? >> no. no. george, he makes lifelong connections. its part of his generosity. >> reporter: and so, on a searing hot summer day in late august, 2015 -- >> goo...