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Marching band. she really was the one person who was focussed on donald trump. that is one of the things that i think has been lacking a bit in the debates is that they are focussing on each other and fighting each other. she was very intentional about saying -- and im going to keep dolling him out. i think the challenge for cory booker is the love argument might work in the general. in the primary democratic voters want to fight. they want to fight them and they want to fight trumpism. trumpism...

The president at it again tweeting, i was with you all the way, alabama. by claiming that the state was in danger when it wasnt. so how is that with you all the way? and were learning tonight the president personally directed his homeland security adviser to issue a statement this afternoon that he was the one who showed the president a graphic that showed possible tropical storm force winds and the southeastern tip of alabama. that is according to a white house source. which leaves us with the ...

>> yeah. >> you know? and youve been there before in breaking news stories and on these stories. it is just unbelievable whats happening there. >> yeah, and the unknown is going to become a priority. theyre going to have to do their rescue and their searching and were going to have to stay on it and not forget because the need will only grow over time. it shines the light, don, why now is the time for leaders to be focused on things that matters. the last thing they should be focused on is thems...

And national security are two things that are very important that he would be focussing on rather than defending the presidents tweets and statements from, you know, a week ago. its clear that hes being used in this instance to try to protect the president. the president has been fuming, according to our reporting, very fixated on this issue. hes been very consumed by the fact that people are calling him out over his alabama tweets, and he wanted his government to defend him, and the issue of lo...

Background checks, which is one of the three bills sit on mitch mcconnells desk, we saw the ordinary courage of these people who just rose to the occasion, saved their babies, cops showing up in one minute in dayton, you think whats happened in the country in just the last few weeks and for him to say, well, i dont know what the president wants to do. we should put those bills up for a vote. we should pass them. because i sat across the table from donald trump after parkland and he nine times sa...

Of the three bills sit on mitch mcconnells desk, we saw the ordinary courage of these people who just rose to the occasion, saved their babies, cops showing up in one minute in dayton, you think whats happened in the country in just the last few weeks and for him to say, well, i dont know what the president wants to do. we should put those bills up for a vote. we should pass them. because i sat across the table from donald trump after parkland and he nine times said -- i had some hashmarks on a ...

Back to 2016, steve, because what i hear from democrats is that merrick garland seat that got held before the election woke democrats up from the base on up to lawmakers. and said, oh, my gosh, to michaels point, weve been losing at this game of focussing on the judicial branch of government and how we can reshape government and win at politics there. and then the kavanaugh fight cemented that. activism. of course, democrats are still trying to figure out, like, what that means for them as a par...

Obama. secretary, thank you so much. as former secretaries of defense, you and general mattis spent a lot of time thinking about threats to the nation. do you agree that tribalism here is a bigger threat than outside adversaries right now? >> i dont think theres any question. you know, we -- we spent a lot of time focussing obviously on danger points and dangerous threats that face us abroad. and we have the strongest military on the face of the earth. weve got men and women in uniform that are ...

Secretary under president barack obama. secretary, thank you so much. as former secretaries of defense, you and general mattis spent a lot of time thinking about threats to the nation. do you agree that tribalism here is a bigger threat than outside adversaries right now? >> i dont think theres any question. you know, we -- we spent a lot of time focussing obviously on danger points and dangerous threats that face us abroad. and we have the strongest military on the face of the earth. weve got m...

Have faced comes to an end. kate snow has more on the journey across america by foot to raise awareness. >> reporter: every day for more than four months. >> every day is different, and you dont know where youre going to end up that night. >> reporter: navy veteran, tommy has been focussing on one more step from oregon. >> im here in what they call the high desert. >> reporter: to iowa. >> happy july 4th. >> reporter: michigan. >> now were officially at 2,000 miles walked. >> reporter: all build...