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Path of totality, the key word is totality. thats what makes this eclipse special and a century event. how so? >> well, the reason why this is a special event because of totality is because the idea of totality being in one particular place in any location on the planet, thats kind of rare. solar eclipses can happen as few as two times a year, maybe as up to five times a year. but to stand in totality gives scientists the ability to study elements of the sun. the surface of the sun is only 11,00...

Explanations for what seemed like super natural phenomena. superstition didnt die out completely. in 1831, an eclipse inspired nat turner to begin the largest slave uprising in history. >> he tried to propagate when shall we rebel. and then there was a solar eclipse. he said then its time to do it and it turned into a rebellion. >> in the 20th century, eclipses were tools of scientific advancement thanks to albert einstein. in 1950, he predicted relativity would cause a discrepancy in mercurys o...

15,000 now and thats huge, we could see even more, so keeping those two groups separate, how are law enforcement going to be able to accomplish that? >> well, the first thing theyre going to do is use the training that theyve been filled in on and the tactics that they know very well, because theyve managed a bunch of events like this, to keep those crowds separate. they have public platoons, officers, large numbers of officers if its necessary in the event and to push crowds in one way or the o...

Appeal to more americans. >> well talk about the media in a second because theres an interesting twist to this. the presidents new statement, three days after the fact, were there dog whistles there? he called out the kkk by name, white supremacists by name and neo-nazis by name. >> too little too late. i would speak to mr. president right now and say until we put back funding to counter extremism from the far right from domestic terrorists, we are not taking this issue seriously. we have an est...

Brooks and luther strange, they have been duking it out for the second slot, those polls generally show the race between brooks and strange to be close. he got the nickname big luther when he played basketball in college, he was a dominant figure then. >> heather: i know the latest poll has them at 32 and 28% respectively and mo brooks coming in at 17%. in terms of mitch mcconnell throwing his endorsement behind strange as well, versus president trump, there is a little discrepancy when you talk...

To do it. it would be hard for me to seek how they do tax reform and the obamacare repeal at the same time with all going on in september. >> heather: not only the discrepancy, but an issue of opinion within the white house itself. so how do you get the white house aides on the same page? >> it will be if they are there. there. steve bannon, the chief strategist, a flurry of reports that he is on thin ice with the president. he is clashing with the national security adviser. h.r. mcmaster, also ...

Made at their national jamboree last month. well, in a newly released transcript of an interview with "the wall street journal" conducted the day after speaking to the boy scouts, the president said according to a transcript interview, and i quote, i got a call from the head of the boy scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful. the boy scouts responded in a statement, quote, we are unaware of any such call and went on to point out neither of...

Call from the head of the boy scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful. the boy scouts responded in a statement, quote, we are unaware of any such call and went on to point out neither of the organizations top leaders had placed such a call. when asked about that discrepancy today, along with a phone call donald trump said he got from the president of mexico, which according to the mexican government also never happened, white house press...

Of college. what do you make for that discrepancy. what happened to republicans that suddenly dont see college as positively as they used to. >> i think a number of things could have happened. i think under the obama administration we saw expansion and innovation in many areas, and i think they began to readjust their thinking, the politics that i think the trump administration is going to. >> do you think theyre influencing people in the republican party? >> i think theyre influencing them and ...

President and that the statement that was ultimately issued is one that he decided and is often his way as you know, hes not an emailer. he suggested the language, in the statement that was ultimately used and ultimately released to the new york times. and to a certain extent had to be walked back or 56r7ified upon in the coming days. >> its not clear to me, that the presidents attorneys i believed that previously said that it was donald trump jr. and donald trump jr.s attorneys who had been the...