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The president because getting a full range of advice in the situation room on the national security council is so important to have people from a broad range of backgrounds and views so that you get, you know, a broad spectrum of advice and thats how a healthy government decisionmaking is made, but general dunford, general kelly, general mattis, general flynn are all different personalities. >> will you stay right there for just a moment. thank you. well be right back about the homeland security...

That feel that theyve lost control of their country. its not a feeling thats unknown elsewhere in europe, but merkel has been the biggest symbol, i think, across the continent, of somebody who was open to this policy. its by her unilateral action in allowing this wave of refugees to come into europe. she definitely exposed germany and others to the risk of terrorism. >> so, malcolm, there is no evidence that this person who committed this attack was a refugee from syria. youve got this rhetoric ...

To ensure this does happen again to the greatest republic in the world. >> you both have really interesting backgrounds, because you have a military background and bring your experience as elected officials to this. so when you hear congressman kinsing reince priebus saying that if the fbi and the cia would essentially come out publicly, get on the same page, announce their conclusions, also from your background, knowing how intel is handled, you know? this isnt the kind of thing just always air...

Training is very different. a lot of these people that president-elect trump has employed, they have law enforcement backgrounds and navy backgrounds. and thats great in that arena. but doing physical security is very different. look, when you see a picture of the president walking you see secret service agents around him. to the layperson, it looks like, that guy is standing there, that guy is standing there, when in reality, the minutia and k choreography of what goes into what position people...

>> the pbs childrens programming in the 70s became the platinum standard on the planet for how you use this medium to educate kids. ♪ would you be mine could you be mine wont you be my neighbor ♪ >> it was fred rogers who made it okay to speak to an audience of kids like they were human beings. >> there are some new things that are very difficult to understand in a newspaper. >> every now and then i think back to mr. rogers and i think, he would say dont be scared, life is good, life is spec...

Appreciated from afar, and that more was annie. the two of them together radiated warmth and optimism. the bond between them was palpable. in meeting annie we shook hands and smiled and didnt let go. as we talked she held my hand for several minutes, as though i were a grandson returning home, and we spoke as though we had known each other for years, and that easy, open greeting welcomed us to the community. after moving to columbus, we had the pleasure to visit with john and annie on several oc...

Information. >> i know that the trump administration is doing a thorough vet of all of the people he is putting forward, but the senate would have to confirm all of these nominations and will also look at their beco backgrounds. nobody will be put forward. >> who is most controversial in the group? >> you have seen republican senators speak out the most about rex tillerson. his close relationships with vladimir putin and russia. my former boss said he had serious concerns. >> let me stop you rig...

Experience of all aspect and it is not just oil and gas production he brought a lot of that to texas. >> he did. i think he recognize the difference states of positions who have different parts of energy and portfolio. and governor perry put in place some of the infrastructure that allowed that when generation takes off. >> the current secretary of energy is a nuclear of phys physicis physicists. i think thats certainly is a comparison between the last two secretaries who have had strong backgro...

President-elect trump, his whole heart is going after the best talent, trying to do whats best for the american people and putting all ethnic backgrounds in front in terms of who is the best candidate, whether it be male, female, black, white, whatever. this is a people, this is an america thing. he is the president. hes going to be the president for all americans, no matter what color. so putting bits and pieces apart for the cabinet together, you know, its going to be really great. were very, ...

I was excited to see the very folks who historically didnt vote for donald trump in the campaign during the election time are actually being, reaching out. president-elect has proven he is the president of all people and hes concerned about all communities, all backgrounds. even the ones who talk really ugly about him. hes reached back to them and said, come on, lets get this thing going here, lets get america rolling. >> we just played that background clip. were you in the room for the jim brow...