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>> to say folks here are proud of their town is an understatement, and theyre no fan of the recent headlines about it. this is beattyville, kentucky, one of the poorest, predominantly white towns in the country. more than half of the people here live in poverty and rely on food stamps. less than a hundred miles from here is where president lyndon johnson declared the war on poverty just over 50 years ago. >> this administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in americ...

One such place is beattyville, kentucky. many in that town of about 1,200 have been without hope, not just for a couple of years, but for generations. now the presidents promise to bring back american jobs is giving them a reason to look up. cnns poppy harlow went to beattyville to hear directly from the men and women who think trump is their best chance for better days ahead. >> im very hopeful that the jobs will come back because of trump. >> i guess im most hopeful for opportunity and job gro...

They would win the white house the white house. they had a tough election ahead of the mid-2014-26 intake that the senate. if you do this, youre going to regret it. we are eventually going to be in power. >> i was an understatement look at whats happened now. while theres a lot going on this week, we have you back because there is inherent to sleep. it is the cabinet was seen in a long time so theres a lot of pressure to get these then. >> absolutely. we will see what happens with the other outs...

Were you surprised? >> hard to put into words, to be honest, anderson. im very proud of my team. they have literally worked around the clock the past six days. and i mean that quite literally. attorneys have been in my office around the clock for six days to make this happen. as a lawyer, its why you go to law school, to do something that benefits the people you serve, that upholds the rule of law and the constitution. so, to say it was the best day of my professional life would be an understate...

And -- was it you who asked if he -- >> i asked would you hold him in contempt? that would be interesting to have a federal district court judge hold the president in contempt. its possible. its possible. the constitution provides for that. as he said, nobody is above the law. >> what does that mean? if you find the president -- i know were getting ahead of ourselves. what happens? you order the president to do it and literally, you could find the president in an ultimate case, you could order h...

Certainly better than most. thats an understatement. but in your last interview with president obama, if my life depended on it, i couldnt remember anything but one very important thing that you got out of president obama. very important. he looked you in the eye and he said that there wasnt a smidgen of corruption at the irs. >> bill: right, right. >> the reason we all remember that is because it was breathtakingly dishonest. the irs scandal was a major scandal. so hats off to you, bill, for th...

That will be it, 4:00 p.m. on sunday. the rest of it is going to be on "the factor" on monday and tuesday. that is not a crazy -- the other questions werent crazy, either, i dont want to demean them. but what i have to do, in my mind, is get into the policy aspect because so much that is happening so quickly in america that people need to process this. i have this rare opportunity in history to sit down right across from him and say, "why are you doing this, why didnt you do that." when is this ...

New method. >> thats an argument he can make. the americans are not happy with this approach. it would be a very small minority that thinks this kind of tactic is acceptable on the world stage and its never been the norm. in fact most foreign leaders try to stay away from people who play it this way. that could happen if he is not accepted by his peers in the international community. >> former secretary of state kiss jer said no -- >> i think thats an understatement. i wuss thinking, when i driv...

Which is always -- not always, but usually very scripted, you know, a lot of phrases that are used over and over again which is winks and nods to say a certain thing, that was out the window in this conversation which i think is so fascinating. >> my first question is why did the administration -- how did this leak, why did it leak, was there an intention behind that? and i want to look back the past 12 days i think its 12 days, what can we assess about trumps diplomacy? could he keep this tacti...

Democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, a member of the senate armed services committee as well as the judiciary committee that will hold confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch. its an understatement when ali arouzi says this is a very different diplomatic approach than we saw from the previous administration. i want to play reaction from the speaker of the house. >> its about time because iran gets away with what they think they can get away with and they keep pushing the to...