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The president-elect. so hes dismissing it right now out of hand. >> and youre at the white house, kristen. there is a press briefing going on now. we are keeping an eye out to see if the white house comments specifically on donald trumps refusal to accept what the cia and other intelligence officials are saying. talk about mitch mcconnell offering support for committees to investigate but didnt voice any specific committee. whats the mood in washington for hearings on this topic? >> reporter: it...

Battle against terror. martha: moving watching all of you yesterday in san bernardino county. the supervisor joins us now. this has been an impossibly difficult week for you all. how are you doing? >> i am doing well because so many people are offering support, comfort and freres and reaching out in every way possible. we sort of went to watch a little bit of it and kept watching because to hear from each one of you stand-up we showed your heart to this country and we watched obviously throughou...

Year. people know faces. they know people for a long time. and viewers get very connected to people very quickly because they see that face every morning. and just to have that happen on air and for alisyn to have to go through that and our viewers to have to see that as well. its really tough. >> how are you doing? this looks like its hard for you. >> it is. right now its kind of ebb and flow. imauto good for a couple minutes. i was in the newsroom for a while answering as many questions as i c...

The aftermath of the nepal earthquake the major hash tag about the disaster has 720,000 tweets and people are offering condolences for the almost 4,000 people who have died so far. they are offering support and donations and pictures like this, many are tweeting reactions like this. quote, images from the nepal earthquake are absolutely heart wrenching. take time to pay and reflect and think about those suffering around the world. >> another important story, the closing of corinne thee an colleg...

Dead. residents were rattled. >> we are all worried, this woman says. how can you bomb us, unarmed people? today, they were regrouping. >> this is the last line of defense for rebel militants two miles down that road. the donetsk airport said to be held by ukraine security forces, three miles in the other direction, separatists headquarters. >> fighters were busy filling up sand bags and lining up molotov cocktails. kiev is now demanding the rebels leave the buildings or face the fire. >> presid...

Now, shortly after the cars started honking, two pro-russia activists, one armed with a steel bar, another with a pistol, started running after theers ka, tried to block them. they didnt feel they were loyal to the separatist call. the police did nothing, they stood by. people started to stand up to them. some people got out of their cars. other pedestrians came over, offering support. outnumber and shouted down eventually, these few would-be militants backed down. no damage was done. one small ...

Priority to have in this group of individuals dispatched by the justice department to offer, you know, support and. >> bill: maybe protection and monitoring and all of that? >> exactly. and they facilitate conversations between religious leaders and community activists. its very strange. >> bill: yeah. but heres the deal. if this justice department group, being paid for by the taxpayers, under the charge of the attorney general holder, if they were organizing or if they were paying for the demon...

Group of individuals dispatched by the justice department to offer, you know, support and. >> bill: maybe protection and monitoring and all of that? >> exactly. and they facilitate conversations between religious leaders and community activists. its very strange. >> bill: yeah. but heres the deal. if this justice department group, being paid for by the taxpayers, under the charge of the attorney general holder, if they were organizing or if they were paying for the demonstration or making it hap...

Priority to have in this group of individuals dispatched by the justice department to offer, you know, support and. >> bill: maybe protection and monitoring and all of that? >> exactly. and they facilitate conversations between religious leaders and community activists. its very strange. >> bill: yeah. but heres the deal. if this justice department group, being paid for by the taxpayers, under the charge of the attorney general holder, if they were organizing or if they were paying for the demon...