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Affected, and the businesses they patronize, as well. nbcs rehema ellis is in indianapolis, indiana, where one local barbershop is offering free haircuts to furloughed federal employees. rehema, what are you hearing from these employees who are stopping by? >> reporter: well, one of the things i want to say is, as you know, craig, there is a saying, when you look good, you feel good. >> yes. >> reporter: at this barbershop, theyre hoping they can help people feel a little better by offering them...

Also someone like malcolm x. these are all parts of that era. >> as a little girl, i can remember very distinctly looking at a black and white television in our living room and these horrific, you know -- film of black people in the south having a water hose turned on them and the dogs attacking them and martin luther king and this whole idea of conquering hate with love. >> the television was showing us the plight of people in despair. look at any civil rights footage. these are african-america...

Against a significant shortage of new troops. dan springer has more on the militarys fresh approach to tackling this growing national security threat. >> reporter: its early morning p.t. at joint base louis in western washington, home to the armys original stryker brigade, a main weapon in the fight against terrorism. the army is fighting a different battle, one for new recruits. it has been the hardest place in america to sign up enlistees. they are targeting this and 21 other thats lean left p...

Dramatize to the nation and dramatize to the world that hundreds and thousands of negro citizens of alabama, but particularly here in the blitheville area denied the right to vote. >> the civil rights movement is one of the defining moments of the 1960s. freedom rides and the march on washington, martin luther king as a symbolic figure. also someone like malcolm x. these are all parts of that era. >> as a little girl, i can remember very distinctly looking at a black and white television in our ...

. well watch out for that neither side seems willing to halt the fighting here despite peace talks in sweden in december more than two million people who have fled the battle zone are housed in this refugee camp in mari of which aid workers from saudi arabia say is overstretched. these refugees dont have enough to eat not even half of them are receiving what they actually need to get we are hoping for support from the un and the international community and. for out of five people in the country ...

This way. as these people are waking up and going across we will find out how much pressure, with more coming here. donald trump has a message for all these migrants standing firm on the fact they wont be let in. listen. >> now you have more caravans, thousands and thousands of people. we dont know where they are from, who they are, nothing. if we had a strong border america is defenseless, vulnerable and unprotected. >> reporter: as we look one last time down this road the plight of these migra...

Pennsylvania, he has been accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in july of 201-6100s were killed including dozens of police and afterwards, tens of thousands of his supporters were arrested including enes kanters own father who is facing years turkish prison. kanter regularly blasts the president on twitter calling him the hitler of our century and says there isnt a single piece of evidence of my wrongdoing, i dont even have a parking ticket in the u.s. kanter spent tuesday on capitol hill mee...

But the result here is that pelosi will not be going to afghanistan, nor will the other members of their delegation who were hoping to go not just to talk to troops and to visit but to get briefings there from military leadership about the ongoing war. >> jill, the political gamesmanship, the back and forth, the things that are being done clearly to score points with the base and make a point, perhaps. do you get the sense this administration or even other lawmakers there in d.c., do you get the...

Pennsylvania. he is accused by the turkish government of orchestrating a failed attempt in 206-0100s were killed including dozens of police and upwards tens of thousands of supporters were arrested including his own father was facing years and a turkish prison. he regularly blasts erdogan on hitler calling him the hitler of our century and says there is not a single piece of evidence of my wrongdoing. i dont even have a parking ticket in the u.s. he spent today on capitol hill meeting with lawma...

That doesnt erase your racism or your homophobia because you say that. the president saying im not a bigot doesnt mean -- >> thats why im embracing this moment. because no matter what you think about yourself or the president. everybody must agree that this is no time for somebody who is not a bigot to be quiet. this is no time to be that, especially if you are elected by this country to lead. because if there is one value that must define this country, as imperfect as it may be executed, its eq...