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Welcome back. tonight im obsessed with the democratization of media. not all of it, giving americans a voice and liberating the flow of information from three networks and a handful of newspapers, all of whom were run by people who look and thought the same thing. what im talking about is a plague of fake news. there was a dangerous incident at the comet ping-pong pizza restaurant here in washington. its hardly the first time fake news has gained currency. james calendar famously spread rumors a...

Trying to make a comeback. heres a preview of "enlighten us: the rise and fall of james arthur ray." >> it was so, so, so intense. you couldnt breathe. at the fourth round i said i had had enough and i crawled over and james was at the door. hes like, beverly, you can do this you can do this youre stronger than this, you can get through this. >> as a good mentor that they paid me to be i would say, come on, now, come on, you can do this. cant you? come on you can stick it out. i would encourage ...

You were there in the room. was it awkward? what was the atmosphere like in there? >> yeah, remember, this is like a larger conference room but there are only about 150 to 200 people invited guests. the elite of media and political consultants, those who -- campaign managers ran these presidential campaign and like a wedding party. >> james? >> im so sorry, james. i got to cut you off and charlie as well because breaking news out of that courtroom in south carolina we have been watching. go ther...

Dnc moving forward? keith ellison or some of the other names that governor dean mentioned? what do you think? james, start with you. >> okay, great. look. i think we have still trying to figure out this emerging field for the democrats. i think its fascinating right now is that if donald trump had lost this election, the republican national committee job would have been one of the first real litmus tests into the future of the republican party. people were ready to go. reince priebus would have ...

Joins me live. laura tucker, nice to have you on. can you just explain to us watching -- i moon people pay thousands of dollars to attend this. why? >> well, brooke, thank you for having me on. the reason why i spent or invested the money i did in myself at that time was the it idea of taking a different approach to life and having a meaningful life, where the way that you approached it actually mattered and has an impact on the people around you. thats a bit of what the secret did, which is how...

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>> when you hear general mattis, when you heard that of your reaction? >> hes revered by many generations of our veterans. there is not a marine that would not shout off their rooftops when they heard about the initial news. >> hes a marine general and honestly, the nation thats decided that we are going to send troops who volunteered to step up and sacrifice to multiple deployments, it under scores the need to have somebody who has worn the same uniform that we have and understand the struggles...

Should note at the top that there were never a formal investigation into general mattis behavior. this is 15 years ago this month. let me describe the event for you, army special forces were moving through afghanistan, they came under friendly fire from the u.s. they put out a call for support for help, general mattis, his unit was about 45 minutes away from helicopter, he did not respond and ended up being an air force unit that responded about three hours away. the allegation according to this...

>> a lot of agreement that hes a good pick. a lot of complementary statements and not just from democrats but republicans. >> mattis has a two-step hearing process. we got to get this rule change so that he can actually served as secretary of defense because he wore the uniform three years ago. the requirement is for seven years. hes got to get that change and in the senate, there was a filibuster vote, that means theyll need 60 votes for that. after that, theyll need a confirmation process. wel...

He says hes not up for any positio positions. he spoke about the mattis election. >> shes got a lot of knowledge on energy issues as well. she was visiting trump tower today. so it becomes that game of matching up those who are meeting with possible ways they could serve or consultants or offering advice to the incoming administration. no meetings are planned for the weekend. we have seen trump worked through the weekends in the past. at this point, we adopt know if any comings and goings we sho...