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We need to keep the pressure on china to rein north korea in and announcements of their restricting coal shipments, for example, is a big step forward. biggest export north korea has is coal to china, but the third and the most important thing is increase our military presence in the region and our military capability overall. remember, china does not want to have the new carrier battle group in their backyard. they are not excited about the missile defense deployments in japan and korea, the an...

Teaming up with at&t are taking a big step forward. >> we now -- >> putting the wheels in motion for at&t to build and operate a network made exclusively for use by first responders. police, fire, and other ems responders will for the first time be able to communicate on the same network with a broadband capacity that will support them. >> its bringing infrastructure to om rural areas that didnt have it before. >> officials estimate this will create more than 10,000 jobs in the first two years w...

National security basis. i heard somebody say he asked the homeland security how many refugees had been involved in fatal terrorist attacks and he said he knew the answer, which is zero. so this is a big step forward. >> governor, you talked about the checks and balances. republicans are so far declining to check or slow down the administration on anything. do you see the states becoming now much more involved in trying to be that check on the administration, whether its on this or things like s...

Judge where he questioned this assertion that this was a national security basis. i heard somebody say he asked the homeland security how many refugees had been involved in fatal terrorist attacks and he said he knew the answer, which is zero. so this is a big step forward. >> governor, you talked about the checks and balances. republicans are so far declining to check or slow down the administration on anything. do you see the states becoming now much more involved in trying to be that check on...

Intelligence community needs to go forward with a leader. i think its irresponsible to stop that process. maria: all right. what do you want to see in terms of executive orders this week as it relates to immigration? obviously, our borders, one of the key talking points on the campaign trail and one of the critical issues to the american people right now. what do you want to see president trump do in the way of executive orders and policy in the coming hundred days? >> well, i think allow, you k...

Round of peace talks broke out in april, 2014. netanyahu fired off another criticism of the peace conference saying it is a false conference and a rel lick of the past. a new day or era begins soon, very soon. perhaps they are references president-elect donald trump inauguration. >> could it put new pressure on them to find a solution? >> on its own, that is unlikely. there is no con quens. this is some 70 countries meeting. this isnt the u.n. or the eu. there are no sanctions that will come out...

There will be economic sanctions, that means they have to identify somebody or some organization to sanction. you just dont sanction russia. you sanction individuals, organizations and companies. to make the case, theyre going to have to give us some more detail about attribution. tragically in my opinion, there are a lot of americans that dont believe the russians did this. including perhaps even the president-elect. and therefore, establishing the facts to make the case to justify economic san...

To identify somebody or some organization to sanction. you just dont sanction russia. you sanction individuals, organizations and companies. to make the case, theyre going to have to give us some more detail about attribution. tragically in my opinion, there are a lot of americans that dont believe the russians did this. including perhaps even the president-elect. and therefore, establishing the facts to make the case to justify economic sanctions. that will be a big step forward. >> and it seem...

I want to get your reaction. what did you think? >> well, im happy to see it finally,. we passed the same legislation in the house on thursday. senator stabenow and peters have been working to get this done since last january. almost a year. just seemed like there was always a reason to not take care of the people of flint. we broke through that. this is a big step forward. it is not everything we need. but it is a big step forward for the people of flint. >> so talk about life on a daily basis ...

First sitting u.s. president to ever visit a federal prison. joining me right now from boston is cnn political commentator van jones along with cnn legal analyst paul callan who is also a former prosecutor. good to see both of you, gentlemen. >> hi, fredricka. >> van, you first. the president in many ways has had messages during his presidency about the inequities in the criminal justice system. but what is it about his commutations this week and the visit at a federal prison? what is different ...