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President trump delivered his first commencement address since taking office at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia, earlier this afternoon. he encouraged students to challenge interests and failed power structures. and a search to replace former fbi director james comey is in high gear. six candidates were interviewed today including acting fbi director andrew mccabe. new details emerging about the one-on-one president trump had with former director james comey there. dinner taking place ...

Can do it. you will be successful. i have seen so many brilliant people, they gave up in life, they were totally brilliant, top of their class, they were the best students, the best of everything, i have seen others who didnt have that talent, the most successful people in the world, they never gave up, just remember that, never stop fighting for what you believe in. carry yourself with dignity and pride, demand the best from your self and be totally unafraid to challenge entrenched interests an...

Because theyre people that cant get the job done. but the future belongs to the dreamers, not to the critics. >> reporter: the dreamers, indeed. dream big, is what the president was trying to say there. meanwhile, the president also not only spoke to the students here, theres about 50,000 people that were here. i have to tell you, the stadium seats about 30,000 plus, there were probably about 10,000 on the field, thousands all around the hills and the concourses. it was really amazing to see. th...

If memory serves he was convicted as agent of foreign power which is often how government gets short of full conviction i might be wroeng but thats typically a lighter sentence and this is typical operating procedure for russian intelligence, they are looking at a very long time horizon, they see someone like page or someone else who in 2013 might not have been obvious target but are looking for people who are swimming in the united states power structures. >> didnt he work for the bank that jar...

Or somebody else who in 2013 might not have been an obvious target, but theyre looking for people who are sort of swimming in the important milieus in the united states power structures. >> didnt he work at a bank that jared kushner met with? >> that to me is the most interesting part of this whole story. because he was working for ved bank, the head of which trained or was at the fsb school, the internal russian intelligence service school and clearly has ties to intelligence. so the kushner ve...

Following their job. so, again, another issue really is as your other guest mentioned, what was this person doing in this job. >> right. >> and whether or not going to jared kushner and others to protect his job was the appropriate thing, appropriate use of the power structures within the white house. . that is the question of why he would be so determined to stay in the job and sort of be almost a leave behind for michael flynn. lets play adam schiff who commented on the "new york times" report...

Threats that will come along, isis or changing power structures in the world, did he have the capacity to deal with that. thats the biggest concern, the issue of competence to some extent. jonathan, can i ask you a question quick about that executive order? my understanding, one of the issues raised by the ninth circuit and objection to the original order was the issue of intent and that went back to what donald trump said during the course of the campaign about wanting a muslim ban. how does th...

>> you know, ive had a chance to talk with reince several times. hes a wonderful guy. in a really difficult position. chief of staff is a tough job. being chief of staff to donald trump is a doubly tough job. but he has maybe the most important thing going in, which is he has donald trumps ear. now, the challenge -- >> so does steve bannon, so does jared kushner, his son-in-law. theres a bit of divide of power in there and theres competing power structures. >> yeah, but look, i served as chief o...

>> the president-elect and i have not had the opportunity to discuss this specific issue or the specific area. >> i would have thought that russia would be at the very top of that, considering all the actions that have taken place. that did not happen? >> that has not occurred yet, senator. >> thats pretty amazing. >> is the senator right, alex, is it pretty amazing? >> it was surprising that they havent talked about what is obviously going to be one of the biggest, most immediate challenges tha...

A professor in canada is taking aim at the christmas tradition the elf on the shelf. she claims that the doll actually has a sinister undertone. the article first published a few years ago, but now it is resurfa resurfacing. in it she argues the idea of the elf reporting back to santa each night is, quote, setting up children for dangerous, uncritical acceptance of power structures. she also warns that the toy might get kids used to the idea of living in a surveillance state. you are mocking -- ...