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Oh man, had to call the crisis center. >> anthony: portugal, sandwiched between spain and the atlantic ocean, and tiny as countries go, has had an outsized impact on the world. during the age of discovery the portuguese they went to sea in great numbers, gained fame as navigators, ship builders, explorers. they conquered a large part of the world. their empire stretching from brazil to africa to the east indies. the city of oporto is a reflection and a creation of that relationship with the sea....

>> on board the u.s.s. gerald r. ford sailors and ship builders pack the belly of the aircraft carrier anxious to see their newcomb hander and chief. >> i agree. >> i agree. >> many in the crowd havent heard that new attorney general jeff sessions was under fire for sharing to say he met with a russian ambassador twice during the campaign. >> many are saying he mislead the committee during his confirmation hearings. does that concern you? >> it does. it does concern me so i hope thats not true. ...

>> mr. president, you have spoken passionately about americas greatness. and there are no finer examples of that greatness than the two groups that are before you here today. the crew of the uss gerald r. ford and the newport news ship builders. [ cheers and applause ] >> hopefully we will all be together this summer to commission this ship. let me add a special thank you to the navy leaders for your continuing efforts to find a solution to pier 11 dilemma.

Sailors, marines, ship builders there. about his goal to rebuild the u.s. military and increase dramatically defense spending. well have live coverage of the president once he arrives at that event. meanwhile, a chorus from both sides of the aisle for the attorney general, jeff sessions, to recuse himself from the justice departments russia investigation while others like the minority leaders in the house and senate, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are formally, publicly, aggressively calling f...

Others, ship builders, have gathered to hear the president. plus, a growing number of democrats now calling for the attorney general jeff sessions to resign. >> the fact that the attorney general, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the american people is grounds for him to resign. >> his integrity and independence has been questioned. it would be better for the country if hed resign. >> democratic congressman brendan boyle is standing by. hell join us live. well discuss this and mo...

The 5,000 sailors and ship builders, its not really much of an issue. what they want to hear about is donald trumps plan to build and spend more on the military and what percent of the pie theyre going to get. yes, clearly donald trump is going to grow the pie. federal contractors, ship builders, everyones salivating, but everyone wants the biggest slice they can possibly get. one thing the navy knows how to dough, they know how to treat dvs, distinguished visitors. we saw trump land on the deck...

Those guys right there are being trained, as we speak, for 800 jobs that one of the biggest ship builders in the country cant fill. don, the opportunities to work are everywhere. and the thing that annoys me and the reason i love this campaign is that for ten years on dirty jobs, everywhere i went, i saw the same sign. it said "help wanted." its not the kind of jobs people necessarily aspire to and dream about. but theyre real opportunities and somebody has got to shine a light on them. >> were ...

Where you sit. now what is absolutely true is not everybody is going to feel it. not everybody is going to feel it all at once. what is true is is that the accumulation of those stories all athis country, folks who suddenly, you know, might have been working all their lives to get an education, just so they can get that job and get out of welfare and they have got their kid in head start and now suddenly that head start slot is gone and theyre trying to figure out how am i going to keep my job b...

Funding for the disabled kid or the poor kid? do i close this navy shep yard or some other one? when you are doing things in a way that is not smart, you know, you cant gloss over the pain and the impact its going to have on the economy. and the broader point is, virginia, we cant just cut our way to prosperity. we cant just cut our way to prosperity. we cant ask seniors and working families like yours to shoulder the entire burden of deficit reduction while asking nothing more from the wealthie...

Morning -- or this afternoon. my apologies. thank you, sir. right now the president is in the midst of being introduced here. this is newport news, virginia, as we told you. its a ship building facility in the newport news shipyard, and were iffing to before the president comes on, he is being introduced now by the person that -- were going to sneak in. were going to -- no. never mind. we are going to dip in because we believe the president is coming in the room. >> now as ship builders we do ...