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>> its definitely tough. and when you say, its strength and honor, thats one of the ones we do, when we shake hands, we say "strength and honor." thats still what i gave true. i gave true brotherhood. i did my best. 150% all the time. and i gave strength and honor. and my full brotherhood to every military person i ever worked with. >> i spoke with kristin beck just before airtime tonight. >> kristin, the white house press secretary was repeatedly asked what will happen to those transgender memb...

This is unusual for such a major policy shift. >> what is -- what is the impact do you think for those service members who are transgendered who are serving and have been serving honorably? >> just like you said, theyve been serving honorably. theyve been in war zones, back and forth a few times, some of them. theyre my friends. those are people who served on the front lines of american freedom and liberty. and now theyre going to be told that theyre going to be rejected and unworthy to serve? i...

Press secretary was repeatedly asked what will happen to those transgender members currently serving, will they be forced out, and she couldnt answer that question. i know you have transgender friends currently serving. what are they saying? do they know whats going to happen? >> i dont think anyone knows whats going to happen. you keep seeing all the heads of staff, every staffer, every branch in the military are totally blindsided. this is unusual for such a major policy shift. >> what is the ...

Tweet and talk about this today. and obviously to get his perspective on what this means for the military at large. >> very quickly because i want to move on to other issues. but during the campaign the president often sold himself as a great champion of lgbt rights. how is this going to play on that? >> i mean, youve seen that lgbt groups have complained about where this president and where this administration has been, complaining about sessions, for instance. you saw today log cabin republica...

Another one and it doesnt clear. the next day, theres an old old tired sofa in the front yard and you tell them to take away, and you know, they drag it to the back. this is irradiance compliance today. >> the cia director hinted that there is going to be a policy shift in the way this administration deals with iran. the president has really gone out of his way to feel this coalition with the the and thas going to be pushed back against in the region. >> sandra: catherine herridge, thank you. >>...

Panel that the vice president heads, charged with determining the task that the election process in this country is full, fair, and filled with integrity. obviously, the president has the concern that illegal voting are those who should not be voting could have been counted and the last election. it will continue to follow the progress of the committee. >> heather: in the meantime, some more breaking news for you. just moments ago, attorney general jeff sessions announcing a policy shift, revers...

An hour. >> i mean, kristen, they dont need a stop watch but maybe a little hand recorder to record any policy issues were discussed. this significant policy shift in syria, a program that was fought for by i believe hillary clinton was an advocate for this program at one point. john mccain advocated and fought for this. its now kaput. does the white house have any capacity to understand that they bring in to question potential ties and coziness with russia when they make any sort of foreign pol...

Did the last administration. >> so one of the things that we can say that we thought we knew clearly, mark, about this president, certainly as a private citizen and then as a candidate was that he didnt want to have anything to do with nation building or expand the u.s. role abroad and yet in your "times" article you write go afghanistan that when the president announced a pretty major policy shift, essentially seating authority over troop members to the defense department, not so much as a twee...

Lengthy sentence but his hands were tied. >> oh, i just died a little inside. >> reporter: what do you say to people who go if you dont want to do the time, dont do the crime? >> i totally agree with that. what happens with the mandatory minimum sentencing laws and the conspiracy laws i was held accountable for everything that my co-defendant had done before i even met him. >> reporter: a year before she was to be released martinson received this letter from president barack obama commuting her ...

You wouldnt to hear from the president, not from the communications director or the press secretary. when i heard sean say he wasnt going to answer the question, thats the president, im looking forward to people asking the question. >> me, too. >> is this going to be a policy shift? >> me, too. >> hold on a minute. >> if the president -- >> you just said that if youre going to talk about global warming and climate change you should hear it from the president. the president just made the biggest ...