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National political correspondent for "the washington post," gadston is the hometown of roy moore, the place he somewhat infamously according to reports was banned from the mall, what are you hearing there? >> the first precinct in the county, which we need to findwhen where it was, landslide for jones. this is an area where democrats organized very well, they knew some of the victims personally, some of the accusers i this say, in the moore situation. at this party they were telling me they real...

>> jean: so, this is the same road the rally, rally dakar, took. >> anthony: jean hazard is a senegalese of lebanese descent who grew up here watching the final stretch of the race. it was a galvanizing event for him. he has since completed the race himself, three times. >> jean: so, when i was young, i came with my parents to see the arrival of the paris-dakar race. >> anthony: yeah. >> jean: thats why i like to, to make races. >> anthony: its been eight years since specially modified, true off...

Well, right here. the paris-dakar rally tested its drivers like no other race, sometimes driving over 20 hours a day over ground like this. >> jean: so, this is the same road the rally, rally dakar, took. >> anthony: jean hazard is a senegalese of lebanese descent who grew up here watching the final stretch of the race. it was a galvanizing event for him. he has since completed the race himself, three times. >> jean: so, when i was young, i came with my parents to see the arrival of the paris-da...

From you. maybe because of politics or maybe because of political views. we cant let that happen. >> so how does the public view all this? well, thats not clear. today a new poll shows 55% of voters approve of the presidents executive order. but another national poll released earlier this week shows 51% of voters oppose it. ann geren, national political reporter for the "washington post" and jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios. first to you, anna, the whole sort of elizabeth war...

Some are breaking tradition and not going to the inauguration as we heard from representative barbara lee, and how much do you think this rift with john lewis is attributing to what we are seeing now? >> it could be a galvanizing event, and democrats are weighing their respect for the office and their tradition against donald trump, and its a continuation of what we have seen since the election, and there are a lot of people who voted for donald trump and are enthusiastic of him taking office, a...

A day over ground like this. >> jean: so, this is the same road the rally, rally dakar, took. >> anthony: jean hazard is a senegalese of lebanese descent who grew up here watching the final stretch of the race. it was a galvanizing event for him. he has since completed the race himself, three times. >> jean: so, when i was young, i came with my parents to see the arrival of the paris-dakar race. >> anthony: yeah. >> jean: thats why i like to, to make races. >> anthony: its been eight years since...

People in my business dont want to touch the stuff. its too sensitive. >> what does that mean? >> what im saying is it takes a galvanizing event for people to say, do we want to talk about american liberties and how we collect on people like a kid in phoenix, arizona, when he is using u.s. information on u.s. soil and a u.s. person? people in my business are saying be very careful about treading on this territory, because you are will get in trouble as soon as you touch a u.s. person. >> even th...

Illinois exhumed the body of emmitt till whose kidnapping, torture and murder in 1955 was a galvanizing event of the modern civil rights movement. the exhumation of his body was ordered by the justice department in an effort to reopen the case and offer some semblance of justice after more than 50 years. less than a month later on june 21st, 2005, a mississippi jury convicted edgar ray killen on three counts of manslaughter for the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers. james earl cheney, a...

Disaster. when i would talk to him on the phone, he would say, you know, jim, im 33 and im a carpenter. he wouldnt say he was jesus, but he would say things like this. its a much different event. so to call that in on a rancher whos, you know, obstructing the court order in nevada, its not the same thing. only in the minds of radical extremists who want the confrontation. >> in terms of that -- you called that seminole event that meeting that happened in colorado, am i right, when i hear you say...

Jim, im 33 and im a carpenter. he wouldnt say he was jesus, but he would say things like this. its a much different event. so to call that in on a rancher whos, you know, obstructing the court order in nevada, its not the same thing. only in the minds of radical extremists who want the confrontation. >> in terms of that -- you called that seminole event that meeting that happened in colorado, am i right, when i hear you saying, that was essentially after ruby ridge, it was sort of, they used tha...