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Came to colin kaepernick when he was sitting down and said, hey, thats a sign of disrespect. if you want to get your point across and still be respectful to the country and the flag, take a knee. that is a sign of respect of the flag. so now the narrative has shifted from that to him being disrespectful for taking a knee. nowhere in the flag code does it state that taking a knee at the national anthem is disrespectful to the country or the flag. what it does mention is if you wear the american f...

What trump has accomplished which of course is leading the tax reform efforts, which has been great. average americans are saving money. >> kristin, can i ask the question -- >> hes popular. >> -- hes popular, sure. this article says california, arizona and nevada. mr. trump the way he communicates, his proclivity to be a loose cannon could be trouble some for those races. the requequestion is, should he out there on the trump? >> in certain states hes not as popular, sure and he shouldnt go to ...

Like a fishing trip is hard scientific work the size of the fish enables the team to assess the waters nutrient content glaciers around alaska are melting and receding and all of that glacial runoff and the downstream in the last two words here basically where the river meets the salt water and that changes habitat for fish its not just for fish that the habitat is changing so too are the scientists working conditions theyre already experiencing the impact of the presidents opposition to climate...

A fishing trip is hard scientific work the size of the fish enables the team to assess the waters nutrient content glaciers around alaska are melting and receding and all of that glacial runoff and the downstream in the us you are here basically where the river meets the salt water and that changes habitat for fish its not just for fish that the habitat is changing so two of the scientists working conditions there are already experiencing the impact of the presidents opposition to climate studie...

Embracing some positions certainly on bump stocks, on raising the age to 21 for buying long rifles and other measures, and then basically sort of stop talking about raising the age to 21, is now saying, lets look at some lawsuits and lets look at it state by state. >> i respect donald trump as the president, but i think he needs to realize that if he wants to call out these people for being owned by the nra like he did in one of the white house meetings, he cant just step back and submit and bow...

Prosecuted for misdemeanors. and they do things, foolish things, -- we arent talking about felonies. we are talking about misdemeanors. it goes on the record, prohibits them from getting a job, going through the college. the thought behind that was if some youth was caught with a small amount of marijuana or some minor misdemeanor, it wouldnt be prosecuted. it would be handled through the school and through the schools officers. it was really to give the youth another chance. but that had nothin...

Prosecuted for misdemeanors. and they do things, foolish things, -- we arent talking about felonies. we are talking about misdemeanors. it goes on the record, prohibits them from getting a job, going through the college. the thought behind that was if some youth was caught with a small amount of marijuana or some minor misdemeanor, it wouldnt be prosecuted. it would be handled through the school and through the schools officers. it was really to give the youth another chance. but that had nothin...

Devil is in the details. yes, compromise will be key. but 97%, maybe that will get the politicianss attention. >> i wouldnt say nothing got done after newtown. in terms of people feeling helpless, things did change. >> at the state level, yes. >> we dont know what path it will take. but things can be done. and connecticut has paved the way in that way. >> you can see it state by state. youre right, there is a blessing and a curse. we thought florida would follow suit. i dont know about that now....

Colleagues. if we can break the glacier of complicity in congress, we can get measures done. >> you cant do it state by state. if you dont have one rule, you wind up having all kinds of, you know, all of this variability. you look at florida, laws are so different than they are in connecticut. but overall, you have 39 states in this country dont make it legally required to even say if someone is selling a weapon. what makes republicans want to deal with this? dave jolley talked about this last n...

Get a little less money. i mean, you know, that may happen, and trump may want to do that anyway. i mean, hes always talked about funding for the united nations and how we pay too much for this and for nato whereby et cetera, so maybe hell end up, hell end up reducing the amount of money in the united states we give to the u.n., but i dont see how they follow through on it state for state. >> i could see, phil, the u.s. under the trump administration, significantly cutting back funding for u.n. ...