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>> reporter: but lana can only attend the school because of a controversial voucher program, one thats been at the center of a heated political battle in florida for 16 years. instead of paying taxes to the state, corporations get dollar-for-dollar tax credits by donating money to organizations like step up for students which gave many of the 98,000 scholarships to lower income students, enabling them to go to private schools statewide. >> i dont think low income children should have less opport...

Her grandparents say that almost every day, ended in tears. >> so why are you crying, mommy, i dont like it here, i dont like it. >> so anna and anibal brought their second grader here to kingdom academy just outside miami where lana has flourished. but lana can only attend the school because of a controversial voucher program. one thats been at the center of a heated political battle in florida for 16 years. instead of paying taxes to the state, corporations get dollar-for-dollar tax credits by...

>> math, science -- >> reporter: for this 7-year-old ala alana, going to public school was miserable. she had trouble making friends, didnt get enough attention from teachers and even hated the food. her grandparents say almost every day ended in tears. >> so why you cry, mommy i dont like it here. i dont like it. its not right. >> reporter: so anna brought her second grader here, to kingdom academy outside of miami. where alana has flourished. >> i think its better here. >> reporter: but she ca...

Elected is because he is a fighter. the american people want a president who will fight for their future, who will fight for american jobs, fight to make america strong in the world again but he sls willing to make his case and to challenge his detractors when unfair criticisms come his way. >> amacare, is that going to be the first thing you all tackle? or are you going tdo tax reform? >> its right out of the box. >> obamacare is? >> obamacare. >> kou be walkicould you be wale same trap that pr...

Different atmosphere. people believed in you and expected you to succeed. how did it make all the difference for you? >> yeah, most definitely. going to that small, private school in jacksonville, they felt like a family to me, you know? before i went to school, i really hated going to school. felt like a nightmare of punishment. i say that all the time but it really did. i dreaded going there. after going to a private school on the step up for student scholarship. they became a family. they hel...

Hes got a step up and do that and in order to do that, you have to go through the procedures of letting the community take a look at itself basically. >> melissa: right now, it says with a basic committee. heres the chairman of the committee talking about it. >> we are going through all the evidence. the idea of a special prosecutor to go on a witch hunt against the american people, thats something that the legislative branch of the government should be concerned about. >> david: devon nunez is ...

I learned a long time ago its the things you do outside of the bedroom that really click in the womens mind. abbys of the world ask husbands every day do you really love me? do you really care? abby: what about kids? because thats always a topic of conversation do you make them first or always put your husband first? >> we have seen the enemy, and they are small. [laughter] >> and they are unionized. steve: and they live in our house, thats the problem. they have needs. >> if you are in a blende...

His response was talking about his election victory. hillary clinton tweeted, and you guys put it up earlier, this is the first tweet since president trump has been president that she directly, specifically, referenced the president and gone to the president with his suggestions, and she has been supportive of the womens march and the travel ban, and she says step up, mr. president. >> the president is walking in right now, and we just saw his advance team, and we are waiting for him to come int...

Increased defense spending across europe. >> what happens if they dont? you heard the vice president, mike pence, say the patience of the american people will not endure forever? what happens if rich countries like france, germany, italy, canada, if those countries dont step up and meet that 2% threshold? >> my focus is on what can we do to make sure that we succeed? what can we do to make sure that we continue and keep up the momentum, continue to increase defense spending? im not focussing stw...

Since the campaign that wanted to bring back jobs to that region. we had a chance to speak to some coal miners directly affected by this. what did they say? >> its interesting. the biggest problem coal faces isnt regulation, its really cheap natural gas. when we talked to people in coal country today, there was some skepticism. here it is. >> monitors that are still willing to work, that arent too old, that would give them a really good shot in the arm. >> that aint going to put no coal miners b...