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Deeply moving. removed a few hours, these days its like a few months because as long as we get to ruminate on the news cycle, im struck by a couple of things that general kelly actually didnt say. he actually didnt say, for example, that any of the reports of what president said -- president trump said in that conversation were wrong. he seemed to indicate they were right. and second, he didnt indicate that he really had much of an understanding of why congresswoman frederica wilson was there at...

Ice, unforgettable, searing and deeply moving. removed a few hours, these days its like a few months because as long as we get to ruminate on the news cycle, im struck by a couple of things that general kelly actually didnt say. he actually didnt say, for example, that any of the reports of what president said -- president trump said in that conversation were wrong. he seemed to indicate they were right. and second, he didnt indicate that he really had much of an understanding of why congresswom...

Because she was a friend, of course, but shes a government official and had gone through this before with other people, other young men who had fallen and part of her mentoring program. maybe they wanted her there because she was familiar with the situation before. i thought it was a low point for him. he, on the one hand is kind of lamenting the erosion where women were treated like they were sacred and there hs dismissing representative wilson like she was nothing. >> thats the thing i find su...

After the congresswoman, he does sort of adopt the role of a political, of a political actor. hes the chief of staff to the president of the united states. and its worth remembering that, you know, the reason the congresswoman was there was because the family opted to have her there, to be present for this conversation. she said that the sergeant had been through her mentoring program that she had a relationship with this family. so it wasnt just sort of a congresswoman injecting herself without...

>> i am sure that call was appreciated. you are, as you said, a veteran. you are also the senior senator from the state of florida and now a member of your delegation, representative wilson, is talking about the phone call the president had with the widow. theres this controversy. she says the president was insensitive, and he says shes lying. what do you make of the back and forth this morning? >> well, i will not get into the controversy. i can tell you this about the congresswoman. she was pa...

Signing up for, but it still hurts. and i asked them to let me speak with them. and master sergeant said, no, you cant speak with him. and i said, but i want to speak with him because i was livid when i heard that. and i was livid because this is a young man who i reared in my community of miami gardens. he came through my mentoring program. his father was a student at my elementary school. i was his principal. so i know them. and for him to say that this young man stayed in school, did all the ...

Johnson and the president? >> what im really concerned about, and i wrote a letter to general mattis about the circumstances surrounding his death. im not trying to politicize what the president said. that letter went out long before the conversation. i have a real concern because i have been fighting boko haram for three years in the congress of the united states ever since they kidnapped 274 school girls from a private school in nigeria. so, bring back our girls is my project in the congress o...

He has two younger brothers and they all came through the 5,000 role models of excellence project. one of them is in college in florida national university studying engineering. the other one is in the 5,000 role models of excellence fire college. he is going to be a firefighter. and we have started a scholarship fund for his children, for his two that are living and for the one yet born. and already we have reached $150,000 in one day. were asking you to give. its la david johnson scholarship f...

Trajectory, we changed the trajectory of these kids lives and there is nothing more powerful than that. >> your interest isnt passive. mentoring is huge. i only know because my mother runs a huge mentoring program. people like you in those kids lives make all the difference. it lets them know there are other avenues. >> when angel called me and said ive got so much going on between work and college, i think im going to take a semester off, i said, no, you arent. her mother plays an important rol...

I think thats the only way that were going to unify our country. weve got to talk, you know? president obama said, you got to sit down and talk, and i really enjoyed the conversation. he seemed really sincere. hes a genuine person. >> do you have any lingering things you want to talk about, things youre still concerned about, things you havent heard what you wanted to hear yet. >> for this, we got off to a great start. i think it could be the beginning of something. but for them to invite me her...